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Play the race card when everything else lines up and the only factor in the difference in treatment is RACE OR GENDER.<br><br>And ITA, Rush didn't have to play the race card, but it appears Reid was going to play it and hoped nobody was watching him do it.  <br><br>Reid studied long and studied WRONG.  If he knew what the hell he was doing, he would have stayed out of this shyt.  Not only is he trying to block Burris, but also Caroline Kennedy and Al Franken as well, so his hands aren't clean in this mess AT ALL.<br><br>Blago played him like an 8-TRACK, and now he's going to get burned.  Maybe this will mean Obama will get another Senate Majority Leader that will lead in the Senate the way he needs to get his projects accomplished.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_22:41:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4873058, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4871572": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Rory,<br><br>What's so fascinating is here we are, sharing this info, and we've never been around each other or anything.  And I swear, every person that my grandmother & mother stated had a veil over their face were very gifted & wise people. I kid you not!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_18:33:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4871475, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870668": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Look for the shaved Adam's apple on that chicken neck of hers.<br><br>I still think she's a tranny.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_16:59:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868398, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870162": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Tell it, Town.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_16:33:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4869785, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4874260": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "My bad.<br><br>I forgot Ann Coulter is ACTUALLY A MAN.<br><br>I humbly apologize to trannies everywhere.  They are more fabulous when they dress up that I'm in total awe of them.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_22:42:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4871468, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4869653": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/02/opinion/02krugman.html?_r=3&ref=opinion\" rel=\"nofollow\">Paul Krugman:  Payback's a b*tch for the GOP.</a><br><br><blockquote>The fault, however, lies not in Republicans\u2019 stars but in themselves. Forty years ago the G.O.P. decided, in effect, to make itself the party of racial backlash. And everything that has happened in recent years, from the choice of Mr. Bush as the party\u2019s champion, to the Bush administration\u2019s pervasive incompetence, to the party\u2019s shrinking base, is a consequence of that decision.<br><br>If the Bush administration became a byword for policy bungles, for government by the unqualified, well, it was just following the advice of leading conservative think tanks: after the 2000 election the Heritage Foundation specifically urged the new team to \u201cmake appointments based on loyalty first and expertise second.\u201d</blockquote><br><br>Well, he's not always wrong.  Just like a stopped clock.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_15:48:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868121": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The webs we weave....<br><br><br>Interesting, because Blago was saying on one of the tapes that he was getting a lot of pressure not to appoint Candidate #5 (JJJ) and now we come to find out that Reid was calling up Blago telling him not to appoint Candidate 5 (JJJ), or Davis or Jones because he \"feared they'd lose to a Republican.\"<br><br>Why didn't Reid \"fear\" Duckworth would lose to a Republican?  Didn't she lose her race?<br><br>Or maybe Reid had no fear that Duckworth or Madigan would lose statewide because the Democrats would put their muscle and might into backing Duckworth and Madigan out but werent' going to help out JJJ, Davis or Jones?<br><br>And maybe THIS is why Blago picked Burris, a BLACK man because black candidates were on Reid's DO NOT CALL list.  Maybe THIS is why Blago flipped up the whole racial deck and brought Rush to co-sign, because Reid & Co. had played it on him first.<br><br>And now they're saying some of this might be on tape?  Pass the popcorn.<br><br>Now they're stripping Blago of his homeland security credentials.  Why?  He's still the Gov. of IL.  So if Al Qaeda blew up the Sears Tower today, Blago can't perform his gubernatorial duties because what?<br><br>I would think all of this would piss people in IL off that all these other people from other entities and states are coming down telling IL how to handle their business.<br><br>I need for Blago to runteldat all about Reid's involvement in this mess.  Hell, if you're going down, don't go down alone.  All of this \"black = unelectable\" mess has got to go in the '09.  They tried that unelectable mess on Obama, they tried it back on Doug Wilder in '89 and it's got to stop.  Every other group gets to try their hand but black folks need to sit down because 'we're unelectable?\"  Get out of here with that!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_13:51:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 33, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4867916, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870172": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Dang, Justice, I remember another \"Daddy\" moment.<br><br>Remember World Finest Chocolate Almond Candy Bars they sell for fundraising?  My dad took two boxes to his job and sold them all for me; he helped me sell enough candy to win the prize of a radio for selling close to $50 dollars worth of candy back in 1971.<br><br>I was very proud of that radio and my daddy helped me sell enough World's Finest Candy in order to win it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_16:34:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868522, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4871173": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "But the fact is, your daddy did it to help you. <br><br>Dang, I wish Obama had talked to a few of us before he made that Fathers' Day speech.  We could have pointed him to our examples of good, responsible fathers.  Many brothas like our dads got turned off by Obama's speech - they're still mumbling about how they felt he dissed and talked down to them in order to curry favor with the others.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_17:43:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4870362, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4869153": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Preach.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_15:33:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868773, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4873251": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Plantsmantx:  I usta WATCH them 2.   :&gt;)  Enjoyable!!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_20:51:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4870989, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870183": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Maybe Obama should have watched one of those Fatherhood PSAs before he made THAT SPEECH.<br><br>&lt;&lt;&lt;ducks and runs&gt;&gt;&gt;", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_16:36:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868296, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870696": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Or someone broke it for her skinny ass.<br><br>She didn't get the message.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_17:01:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868941, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868143": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "oh, I know....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_13:53:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868027, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4878385": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't know why it went out of vogue. I think that it came back because many saw the importance of having fathers in the home and the impact on greater society", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-04_07:49:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "TariqNelson", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4877696, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4871218": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Here's another Daddy story for you, Rorysmomma.<br><br>I was an angel in a Christmas play at school.  You would have thought I was playing the Virgin Mary in that sucker - my mom had to work, but I looked out in the audience and there was my DAD, front and center and hollering, \"that's my baby up there!\".<br><br>I think the school took pictures and stuff - and there's me and daddy cheesing for the camera - me in the white sheet and silver halo on my head, and my Dad looking like a Black version of Ward Cleaver, skinning so hard for the camera I thought his teeth would break.<br><br>LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_17:49:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868675, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870409": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yep, but in this case, the person intended to burn (Obama) might blow back and get the one who didn't want to get burned (Reid).<br><br>You gotta wonder if Reid wasn't planning to get behind Obama in any case.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_16:52:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868417, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4871224": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "CPL,<br><br>But look at this....Your folks stated about the veil, my folks did too but we didn't know each other from Adam. Our families never knew each other but yet we know about \"being born with a veil over the face\"!<br><br>Strange, isn't it?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_17:49:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4871148, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4867641": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh, Cindy McCain and her 250K outfits? <br>Her \"private plane is the only way to travel in AZ?\" <br>Her gangster father's alcohol empire (that did not rankle christian conservatives lol)?<br>Her 11 homes?<br>Her brazen adultery? <br>Her avarice in regard to her relatives?<br><br>Cindy had a great charity she founded with her own money-- although she did force her employees to create painkiller scripts written in the names of other employees, and then when caught used her husbands influence to avoid prosecution.<br><a href=\"http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1994-09-08/news/opiate-for-the-mrs/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1994-09-08/news/...</a><br><a href=\"http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/10/18/drugs/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/10/18/dr...</a><br><br>Yeah you go Ann Coulter keep fighting the \"good\" conservative fight.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_12:58:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "Piepiepie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4867144, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4875834": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Justice58:  Ohhh!  YES!!  Daddy, like all the \"daddies\" mentioned here, was A VERY SPECIAL MAN!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>LOVE 'IM!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-04_01:12:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4875360, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870203": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_16:35:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4869968, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868539": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "me too...My Dad was also Dad to many others as well, since he worked at a community center. Many kids called my Dad Daddy and relied on him for all manner of needs. My cousins, too. We could probably talk for hours about our Daddies.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_14:35:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868473, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4873278": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "TariqNelson:  Major co-sign!!  :&gt;)  In my family, it neva went out of style.  :&gt;)<br><br>My dad & mom were married for over 64 years!!  :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>Annnnnnd, DADDY WAS DADDY 'til the END!!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_20:54:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868770, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870207": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I can't imagine the pain Travolta and his family are going through right now.<br><br>Travolta is one of the stand up guys in Tinseltown.  I'm praying for his family.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_16:36:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4867943, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868672": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "my Dad, was also very patient and timely for any activity of kiddos plus very engaged and interested, too.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_14:46:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868522, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868675": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Daddy talk was what I needed today.? Shoot, I am about politicked out.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_13:46:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868539, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868676": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/01/ann-coulter-blasts-michelle-obama.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ann Coulter blasts Michelle Obama to sell books</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_14:46:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "icebergslim", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 28, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4867655": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It's interesting how all of these Daily Kos trolls are flowing over here lately, and especially since the Blago thing went down.  <br><br>Just an interesting observation.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_13:00:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4867144": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>Ann Coulter Slams Michelle Obama In New Book</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/03/ann-coulter-slams-michell_n_154947.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/03/ann-co...</a><br><br><i>More details of Ann Coulter's next book, Guilty: Liberal \"Victims\" and Their Assault on America are out revealing how Coulter slams Michelle Obama for her style while applauding that of Cindy McCain.</i><br><br><i>The Daily News reports:</i><br><br><br><i>Coulter wrote, \"Her obvious imitation of Jackie O's style - the flipped-under hair, the sleeveless A-line dresses, the short strands of fake pearls - would have been laughable if done by anyone other than a media-designated saint.\"</i><br><br><br><i>Coulter said Cindy McCain, the wife of vanquished GOP nominee John McCain, \"dressed well without freakishly imitating famous First Ladies in history.\"</i><br><br><i>Coulter facetiously and snidely refers to Michelle Obama as a \"saint\" and \"Mother Teresa\" and suggests that her public service career \"advanced in lockstep with the political advancement of her husband.\"</i><br><br><br><br><br><b>You're a jealous Hater, Ann Coulter, with your freakishly manly resemblance....</b><br><br><b>I'm Just Saying...</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_12:23:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 18, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4871753": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well we can thank the failure of the Dems for that in not stopping that recall election that put do nothing Ah-nold in office. Sheehan won't win next election either but the continued erosion of support of Pelosi will shake her up and she'll have to stop ignoring Code Pink and a host of other true progressives.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_17:57:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4871617, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868170": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "my parents were divorces so mostly when I was with him my grandma would do 2 french braids but if worse came to worse he could pull out one neat ponytail.<br><br>You, see I was raised to have a passel of them on my head, so I was excited when he did just one, ol. Moving down in the number of ponytails was like steps on the stairwell to adolescence, lol.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_13:56:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868079, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870733": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Cool your jets.<br><br>Ain't nothing wrong with Obama or Reid or anyone else that we don't know about yet <i>suggesting</i> people they would like to see as Senator.  It happens.  Blago should have expected it, but it was his final decision...before we found out what he was really up to.<br><br>It remains to be seen whether Obama knew what his left hand (Reid) was up to, that is, asking Blago not to consider an Obama ally, Jesse Jackson, Jr., when he agreed with Reid that Burris shouldn't be seated.<br><br>Reid's fear, of course, is more about Jackson's <i>daddy</i> than about Jackson, Jr. himself.  Outside of Cook County, Jesse Jackson, Sr. is considered anathema.  Reid didn't want to run the risk, I believe, of pissing off those white downstaters who might turn Thug in two years because they can't separate the son from the father.  That doesn't mean that I agree with his arm-twisting advice to Blago, either.  I'm just airing what I believe to be the real reason for it.  It makes me even more disgusted at this sorry-assed turn of events.  I wish Jesse Jr. had been given the nod.<br><br>The pressure from Reid doesn't qualify Burris at all, at least in my eyes.  I still feel that Burris is tainted because he's been chosen by Blago. who has been criminally charged.  As <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blagojevich#Federal_arrest_on_corruption_charges\" rel=\"nofollow\">Wiki </a>relates:<br><br><blockquote>Despite the charges, he appointed Roland Burris to the vacant seat, <b>in what is widely seen as a shrewd move that would put Congressional Democrats in the awkward position of having to refuse to seat someone who would be the only African-American</b> in the Senate.</blockquote><br><br>And that's all Blago is aiming for.  To embarrass Obama and to divert attention from his schemes, of which there have been quite a few.  And as far as I am concerned, a lot of yall are falling for it.<br><br>It doesn't pay to burn the whole mother down either.  Plenty of stores got burned down during the Sixties, leaving the community with nothing to go to for months on end for food and for employment.<br><br>As I said before, I have little love left for Reid or for that matter, Pelosi.  Far be it for me to support these monumental a-holes who've betrayed a lot of progressive Dems over the years.  However, Burris should not be seated.  Too much smoke here.  Way too much.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_17:01:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4869785, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4874319": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh, man.  I wish Steve WAS here.  That brother could turn out some universe-class commentary.<br><br>Rest in peace, Steve, but please come back soon.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_22:49:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4870587, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4869897": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Is she still getting her groove on with JJ from Good Times?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_16:13:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868773, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4871249": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Like always finds like, Justice.  I put it down to that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_17:54:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4871224, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4874835": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well I like the idea of a First Lady who is a proud African-American woman with no need to resort to \"kicking someone's ass\" to prove how \"strong\" she is. And she could care less about being pegged as \"helpless\" or \"sniveling\" because she is secure enough not to go there.<br><br>Believe it or not, some proud Black women get through life and accomplish things without \"smearing vaseline\" on their face and kicking ass. Even if they can - Not unlike our First Lady.<br><br>Also, I would add Eleanor Roosevelt, Betty Ford (founder of the Berry Ford Center, one of the first public figures to discuss her breast cancer) and Nancy Reagan (not always likeable, but hardly helpless) to the non \"helpless/sniveling\" First Lady list.<br><br>As I said earlier, generally I'm with you - and I'm all for humor - but I am really over this ass-kicking \"Superwoman\" Amazonian stereotype for Black women.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_23:46:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anovelista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4874107, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868182": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "My father wasn't that kinda hands on, but he gets props for trying to share the best of who he is with us.  That and making sure we always knew we were/are loved.  <br><br>More importantly, he was/is always respectful of his girls, my Moms, and our teenage friends, especially the young ladies who would visit.    Looking back with adult eyes, I really appreciate that about him.  <br><br>Thanks, Daddy!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_13:58:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "bb90730b238bd2c1f318bc1437a3fc1e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4866964, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870743": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "JJai,<br><br>You mentioning Calendars reminded Me of how I sold Band Calendars for my kids. I sold the hell out of those Calendars! When it came to fundraising, I was out there for my kids to help put money in their Band account for trips. I was tired as a son-of-a-biscuit eater, but I did it!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_17:02:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4870362, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4871256": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well, you ASKED....<br><br>ROFL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_17:54:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4871245, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868187": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I love the Fatherhood PSAs (?), especially this one. In general because all the families depicted are not black. Me thinks that's progress!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_13:58:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "metricpenny", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4875360": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "GreenLady,<br><br>Kudos to your family!  Sounds like a very loving man.<br><br>I've only known one man in my life that would hand over his entire paycheck to his wife and that is one of my sister's husband.  I always was amazed by that. <br><br>My ex gave me money but he didn't give it all to me(lol) but my sister's husband sure did!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-04_00:34:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4875114, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4869218": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It IS interesting Town.<br><br>Of course, I thought I was just wearing the tinfoil hat again. <br><br>Glad to know it's not just me..LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_15:35:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4867655, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868027": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh, I definitely agree -- especially about her horse-face and her phoniness. <br><br>I was just stating Ann's argument about M.Obama is absurd.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_13:40:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "Piepiepie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868002, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4866660": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Lawd-a-mercy.....LOL<br><br>Preaching Moderate Islam and Becoming a TV Star <br><br>JIDDA, Saudi Arabia \u2014 As Ahmad al-Shugairi took the stage, dressed in a flowing white gown and headdress, he clutched a microphone and told his audience that he had no religious training or titles: \u201cI am not a sheik.\u201d <br>But over the next two hours, he worked the crowd as masterfully as any preacher, drawing rounds of uproarious laughter and, as he recalled the Prophet Muhammad\u2019s death, silent tears. He spoke against sectarianism. He made pleas for women to be treated as equals. He talked about his own life \u2014 his seven wild years in California, his divorce, his children \u2014 and gently satirized Arab mores. <br><br>When he finished, the packed concert hall erupted in a wild standing ovation. Members of his entourage soon bundled him through the thick crowd of admirers to a back door, where they rushed through the darkness to a waiting car. <br><br>\u201cElvis has left the building,\u201d Mr. Shugairi joked, in English, as he relaxed into his seat. <br><br>Mr. Shugairi is a rising star in a new generation of \u201csatellite sheiks\u201d whose religion-themed television shows have helped fuel a religious revival across the Arab world. Over the past decade, the number of satellite channels devoted exclusively to religion has risen from 1 to more than 30, and religious programming on general interest stations, like the one that features Mr. Shugairi\u2019s show, has soared.<br>Full article: <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/03/world/middleeast/03preacher.html?hp\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/03/world/middlee...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_11:21:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4871271": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You know Elisabeth bobblehead from the View is fuming it wasn't her first.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_17:57:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868676, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870762": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You saw that outfit she had on the night of McCain's nomination.  That freak show gold outfit with bling cost over $300K and she came off looking like a $10 ho on the Vegas Strip.<br><br>Michelle Obama looks like a million dollars and shopped at Banana Republic, Gap and probably Old Navy - still looked better than Cindy and probably had $295,000 left over from getting hooked up. (although I still want to slap whoever told her to wear the dress she wore on Election Night -and y'all know I'm right, LOL).<br><br>Coulter wears nothing but that black cocktail dress that could stand up on its own because it's used to hanging off a manequin.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_17:04:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4867641, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4874349": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Me, too.  Quiet as it's kept.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_22:53:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4870668, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4871791": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "EVENING THREAD IS UP", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_18:58:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4869744": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "'Unelectable'. <br><br>We're the ONLY state in the Union that has sent TWO Black Senators..<br><br>FROM CHICAGO, no less. <br><br>But, Harry Reid, who doesn't have enough Black folk in Nevada to fill a handful of thimbles,<br><br>can decide WHO is electable?<br><br>GTFOH.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_15:58:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868121, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870264": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Slim, I particularly liked this comment:<br><br><b><i>Fear of losing power, power by the way (3+ / 0-)<br><br>that he doesn't understand or know how to use. All he wants to do is stay in a position of power.  How in the hell did the Dems choose someone who has a complete lack of leadership skills to lead them? Did I really ask that? Its the Democrats after all. Times like these I think we're totally frakked no matter who is President.</b></i><br><br>If Reid can't drive the vehicle, take his license and give the keys to Durbin, who would do a much better job as Majority Leader.<br><br>Hell, I didn't even know who HARRY REID WAS until he became Minority Leader.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_16:41:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4867916, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870780": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "OOOh, Pie, you going to flamed if you keep this up.  LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_17:05:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4867641, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4874082": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "For once, she might have gotten a smack down from both Joy Behar and Baba Wawa, cause Baba is all but in love with Barack now.<br><br>I say Baba and Joy, cause Whoopi and Sherri too busy being house negresses on that show.  LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_22:22:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4871271, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870802": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "So if bin Laden flies a plane into the Sears Tower, Blago has to sit on his hands and not perform his gubernatorial duties because Reid's throwing a hissy fit?<br><br>And Lieberman has already engaged in his first act of weaseldom - doesn't revocation of Homeland Security Creds have to be signed off by the Department Head, but it should get an okay from the Senate Committee Chair (who is Lieberman the Weasel)?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_17:07:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4867027, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868244": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>see I was raised to have a passel of them on my head</i><br><br><br><br><br>You're speaking to the choir! I got so many spankings for taking my hair down. All those ponytails was \"much too much\". lol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_14:07:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868170, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4869785": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If Obama had nothing to do with it, Obama shouldn't worry.<br><br>See, this is where the \"Burris must go\" folks are wrong:<br><br>They're wrongly placing blame on this situation on Burris and Blago.<br><br>The blame belongs with Harry Reid.<br><br>This Burris situation has NOTHING to do with Blago being corrupt, taint, or any of that.  It's all about Harry Reid trying to cover his ass.<br><br>Harry Reid is on tape telling Blago not to appoint JJJ, Davis or Jones.<br><br>When Blago got arrested and Fitz announced they had tapes, Harry Reid comes out and states WE WON'T ACCEPT ANYBODY BLAGO APPOINTS.<br><br>That's cuz his ass is ON TAPE discussing the whos and whats of Blago's appointments.<br><br>Blago allegedly said ON TAPE \"I'm getting lotsa pressure not to appoint Candidate 5.\"<br><br>Now we know who he got the pressure from.<br><br>This ain't about \"taint\".  This is about Harry Reid trying to CYA.<br><br>That's why I want to pass the popcorn.  And if it burns the whole motha down, oh well.  Too bad, so sad.<br><br>When you play with fire, ya might get burnt.  Harry Reid set a fire and he's trying to put it out before anyone notices.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_16:03:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868417, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868762": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "WOW! Well, that's what I get for talking and not doing! I totally had this idea when I lived in Charlotte (6 years ago) - I just sent the link to a friend to show it COULD be done and someone did it!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_14:55:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868528, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870813": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL!<br><br>Too cute!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_17:07:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4870399, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868256": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Let's all shared Daddy moments. I can say, one of my cooler Daddy moments was in high school for sewing class when I lost the zipper  I needed to complete a pouch for my first grade in the course.  I called my Dad in the middle of the day to to see if he could save the day. Didn't want to made a bad grade because according to Daddy C on a grade was for average and he did have any average kids (we all had the smarts to make better grades) and C in conduct was for clown and he didn't raise not clowns. He would allow a B in conduct if the grade were a high A in the course because then obviously you were bored, lol. As a sidenote, I did make a C in conduct in SEWING!  Singing <i>baby take your time, take your time do it right, you can do it baby, do it tonight,</i>  lol! <br><br>Anyway, he was able to come to bring my zipper to the school. When he arrived he  asked to see my fabric for the pouch. ( I wasn't gonna say that the blue didn't match my fabric, because I was just glad for the save) He went back to the store took my fabric with him and my zipper was just the shade of turqoise to match perfectly.  I  made an A on my first sewing project. My little pouch was super cute. Plus, he did it all with no complaints.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_14:08:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 34, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4871329": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This is why I was glad Bobby Rush mad a point to mention there were no Black Senators. I know he isn't the model for Black solidarity but what he said was ON POINT!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_18:04:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868121, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868770": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Fatherhood.gov had a series of commercials like that. I loved them all. I am glad that fatherhood is back in vogue", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_14:54:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "TariqNelson", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868685, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868773": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Skank heifer.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_14:55:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 14, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868676, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870822": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"Ain't nothing wrong with Obama or Reid or anyone else that we don't know about yet suggesting people they would like to see as Senator.\"<br><br>No, there's not anything wrong with that, and by the same token, it wasn't wrong for Burris to suggest himself.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_17:10:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "c87fa9ab975275187368e74f6f34d3d1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4870733, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4867752": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Energy Independence and ethanol; it will not happen w/ wwthanol.<br><a href=\"http://energytribune.com/articles.cfm?aid=1150\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://energytribune.com/articles.cfm?aid=1150</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_13:11:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4871196": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Not as good now as it was then.  Chock full of almonds and rich chocolate.<br><br>The bars they sell today; I'll still buy one from a child I see selling them here in DC, because they remind me of my Daddy selling that candy for me to win that prize.  But they sure skimp on the almonds and that's the best part. LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_17:46:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4870349, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868778": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I feel you miranda, I was in labor and I was running an extremely high fever, and I was tired and in pain.  I kept crying for my dad, but he had passed on two years prior.  girl, you had the right idea.  when I wrecked my car he was the first person I called.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_14:56:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868663, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4867243": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hmmmmmmm... not sure what happened to my post.   This is a 2nd attempt.  <br><br>It looks like Al Franken may get clowned next week too, huh?  <br><br>:: busts a Running Man move :: \" those boys, those boys are much too much...\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_12:35:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "bb90730b238bd2c1f318bc1437a3fc1e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4866733": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Rikyrah,<br><br>Just love the cheerleaders! lol  The clip is too dang cute!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_11:31:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868785": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "lol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_14:57:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Piepiepie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868417, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4869298": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I remember my dad attending all my basketball and volleyball games when I was in school.  And I sucked at basketball and volleyball.  But he was there cheering me on.  Since I went to a small private school some of our games were at schools up to an hour away.  But he was always there offering to drive me and my teammates.<br><br>Since I became an \"adult\" I can't even count the times I got in a jam and needed him to come deliver a spare key to me in the middle of the night because I was locked out of my apartment or car.  Not to mention the times he came all the way into the city because I needed help with something simple like hanging a picture or putting together a table.  <br><br>My dad is awesome.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_15:36:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868672, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870835": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "is it at blockbusters for rental?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_17:12:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4866875, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868277": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I feel ya' Justice. Though, I did like to sling my hair and hear the barettes hitting each other. It made a nice sound, lol.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_14:11:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868244, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870326": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Go CPL!<br><br><br>I remember my grandmother & mother mentioning about babies being born with a veil over their face! It was in reference to someone being wise or very gifted!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_16:47:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4870123, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4871352": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Obama can't quite get rid of Pelosi. She and Feinstein have a lock in CA. But you can support Cindy Sheehan when she runs again in Pelosi's district in 2010. The more votes she shaves off Pelosi the better.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_18:07:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4870985, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868793": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I had a similar moment when I had a car accident. And he was there in a flash to save me =-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_14:56:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868663, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868282": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It was really surprising for him to do it.? He was such a hard ass.? Extremely frugal, minced words, and was an absolutist when it came to everything.? We couldn't watch tv and listen to the radio at the same time.? He said I couldn't date until I was forty and I went on my first real date when I went off to college.? <br><br>He did not waste anything ever.? I miss him a lot.? I understand why he was so tough.? He didn't want me to become a loose woman...LOL? I thank him for that.?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_13:12:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868018, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868283": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Mine wasn't that hands on either.? It was ironic because he was such a man's man LOL.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_13:12:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868182, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4869821": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Obama had a radio address today<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgYuhl6CU2s\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgYuhl6CU2s</a><br><br>Still silent on the \"big topic\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_16:06:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "TariqNelson", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870334": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.congressmatters.com/storyonly/2009/1/2/211220/9858/712/315\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.congressmatters.com/storyonly/2009/1...</a><br><br><br>Will Harry Reid allow Norm Coleman on the floor but not Roland Burris?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_16:47:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4872383": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i> \"Since I became an \"adult\" I can't even count the times I got in a jam...\" </i><br><br>Tell me about it!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_19:39:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "bb90730b238bd2c1f318bc1437a3fc1e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4869298, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4871363": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You know they've come to tell us how we are supposed to be thinking.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_18:09:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4867655, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868296": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "indeed, metricpenny, indeed! Because, suprisingly all black Daddies don't need the gov'ment to teach them how to parent!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_14:12:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868187, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868663": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "My daddy drove me 30 miles to my weekly piano lessons but I think my most memorable moment was when I was 20 yrs old and me and a friend, being fast, decided to drive from FAMU to my my family reunion in Tuscaloosa, AL because we didnt wanna be in Tallahassee that weekend. We had exactly $20...that's it. Now my parents had already told me not to come but Pam talked me into it.....I had JUST gotten that Sentra the month before.....and wouldn't you know it....yep...sitting at a light in Troy, AL.....got hit from behind by this old man in a Cadillac the size of a yacht...and that rammed me into the Lincoln Continental in front of us....my car was smashed in from both front and back...but the two big azz cars were not even scratched! Pam was asleep and got thrown forward, hurting her neck and she was bitching about her pain....I stepped out, as the state trooper is talking to me...it started to rain....and he's trying to ask me something....and all of a sudden I just turned to him and started crying and saying over and over \"I want my daddy! I want my daddy! I dont know what you're asking me!! I need my daddy!!\".................yep...that's how THAT went down....LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_14:44:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868256, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4869004": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Practically switched at birth:<br><a href=\"http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c373/momasboy327/emhkoja2.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c373/momasboy...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_15:18:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868948, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870349": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh yes, do I ever remember that Candy!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_16:50:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4870172, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870362": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "back in 1996 my Daddy sold $20 calendars for a ritzy group I was apart of.  I was one of the only girls black or white who sold are her calendars. He sold a bunch of them in the hit /shot house (house of a probaby retired single woman who sold drinks in her living room/ala club and played the blues) to tipsy folks. But, that is just details =-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_16:51:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4870172, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868315": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "=-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_14:15:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868282, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870368": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Town, it wouldn't be the first time the Senate Leadership has gone into other states to tell them how to handle their business.<br><br>CASE IN POINT - the Dark Sith.  There was a respectable and electable challenger to Harold Ford's nomination for the Senate seat - a council or assembly woman named Rosalind Kurita.  She had good credentials; she was a registered nurse by profession and had a history of advocating for health care reform.  Her problem was that she couldn't raise money to remain competitive with Ford because Chuck Schumer called Tennessee Democratic Leadership and ordered them to throw their support behind Harold Ford or ELSE.<br><br>The money dried up and Kurita soon bowed out of the race, leaving Harold to run for the Democratic Nomination UNOPPOSED.<br><br>Many in Tennessee were pissed about Schumer's interference in what they thought was a matter of Harold convincing THEM he was worthy of the nomination.  You can check with Jackson Baker or Chris Davis at the newspaper, \"The Memphis Flyer\" and verify this.<br><br>And here's another tidbit that you might be familiar with - Ford and Obama can't stand one another; Obama felt Ford didn't pay his dues like he did, and had everything handed to him (which he did).  When Ford needed support for the Senate run, he turned to Obama and Obama made himself unavailable until he was ordered by Schumer to take his ass to Tennessee and campaign for Ford.<br><br>The appearance was successful, but not for Ford.  The people turned out to see OBAMA, and not the brotha actually campaigning for Tennessee's Senate seat.  Talk about ROFL at that one; it had to piss Ford off.  So, when you saw him on election night drinking the haterade on Obama, remember, Ford is now effectively shut out of circles in DC, and though he's the Chair of the DLC, if he's not effective in raising money for their candidates, he'll lose that gig.  Since he's out of the circles in DC, it may not be long before Merrill Lynch cuts their ties to him as well, because he no longer has the perceived political clout he had when they first hired him.  Fox News cut him loose - which is why he's on MSNBC, but that might be with a shelf life date soon to expire in the New Year.<br><br>There you have it.  And Reid doesn't appear to learned from it, either.  Schumers' toning it down, because he might get caught in a scandal like Rangel if he's not careful.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_16:52:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868121, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4869857": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Lay it down, Town!<br><br>Harry Reid is putting up a front to distract the public with how corrupt Blago is because he knows what went down between him and Blago! <br><br><b>Oops!  Dirty Harry Got Busted!</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_16:11:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4869785, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4872059": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "As if Ann Coulter would ever be within 10 feet of the Obama White House...<br><br>Usually I'm with you, but I am already a little weary of all of the Michelle Obama \"ass-whooping\" imagery.  We complain about the depiction of her on the New Yorker cover with the afro and the machine gun, but continue to push the stereotype of the violent dark-skinned woman \"smoothing Vaseline on her face\" to whoop some poor white woman's ass.  <br><br>Sorry, I'm not feeling it...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_19:29:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anovelista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4869968, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870887": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>Blago played this like Chicken George played Massa on the sharecropping tip in ROOTS, when they all left and went to Tennessee to settle as free people.</i><br><br><br><br>ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_17:17:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4870538, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870889": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You all have had me crying. That's why I loved this clip...it was of a Daddy doing something absolutely ridiculous for his baby girl. <br><br>I love sports because of Daddy. He had me watching golf, when we were the ONLY Black folks in the gallery. We were watching tennis before Venus and Serena. Daddy taught me how to fill out my scorecard at the baseball game. We'd spend the day; he packed a lunch. He bought me my first transistor radio. There we were, sitting at Comiskey Park or Wrigley Field, looking at the game, filling out our scorecards, with the ear pieces in our ears, listening to Jack Brickhouse or Harry Caray call the games. <br><br>He used to take us (Mama and I) shopping. He'd bring along a stack of magazines and newspapers, and the radio. Find a bench, and tell us to take our time. <br><br>I learned how to cook because of Daddy. He made 98 out of every 100 meals fixed in our house. <br><br>While Chicago was still a segregated city when I was growing up, Daddy wanted me to have the best. So, off to Magnet School I went, and when I wound up making friends with folks all around the city, Daddy never said anything about it when I wanted to go to parties. He just made sure that HE was the one taking me. I was young; I was naive. I realize NOW, that my father wasn't going to have his daughter, on the bus or the 'el' at night, trying to get home in neighborhoods that weren't too friendly to those of us with melanin in our skin. That there was a reason why he arrived at every party I went to a half hour early. It wasn't just to inform me that he was there - I always knew Daddy would be there. It would be so that the parent in the house, just in case one of their neighbors looked out the window and saw a Black man sitting out in a car and called the PO-Lice, would be able to 'speak up' for Daddy. Daddy protected me and let me grow at the same time.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_17:18:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868256, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4866794": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Those boys are much to much!! LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_11:39:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4866733, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868331": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>And now they're saying some of this might be on tape? Pass the popcorn.</i><br><br><br><br>Maybe it's the reason Blago is being so brazen!  Wonder what did Reid tell Blago?  Yep..... pass the popcorn!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_14:17:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868121, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4874064": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm glad you pointed out ex-Senator.<br><br>Franken is going to have a field day with this shyt; his own and Burris', too.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_22:20:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4870988, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4867314": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:<br>More on the Ukraine/Russia gas spat courtesy of the Oil Drum:<br><a href=\"http://europe.theoildrum.com/node/4929#more\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://europe.theoildrum.com/node/4929#more</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_12:40:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4867028": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.womanist-musings.com/2009/01/racism-from-generation-to-generation.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Racism from generation to generation:</a> Looking at the way children are taught to assign value to difference.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.womanist-musings.com/2009/01/womb-for-sale.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Womb for sale:</a> Looking at the exploitation of the surrogacy movement and how it effects poor women.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_12:06:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "womanistmusings", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4875003": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "CPL et al:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGbnua2kSa8\" rel=\"nofollow\">That's What Friends Are For - Dionne Warwick & Friends HQ</a><br><br>REALLY ENJOY!!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_23:58:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4871249, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870399": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "ha ha <br><br>and honey, we were working class folks. My Daddy gave til it hurt. In fact, after a week of 3 car accidents among my 2 older sisters. My Daddy said we even took his dreams at night. Poor Daddy, lol.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_16:54:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4870183, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870913": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "yes, every year. there is a museum and everything.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_17:19:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "nickwah22", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4870201, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4867337": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "lol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_12:44:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4867243, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868874": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I am hoping she is the way she is portrayed on the Boondocks.... hilarious<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZbz2NcfLrY\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZbz2NcfLrY</a>", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_15:05:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868526, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868875": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Has anyone ever been to the Mummer's Parade in Philly? I didn't even know what this was, just happened upon it on WGN right now. Never even heard of it before....quite interesting parade! Cool costumes too!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_15:04:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870874": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yeah...I just read up on it...had never heard of the Mummers Parade before in my life....guess you really do learn something new everyday!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_17:14:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4870201, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4866850": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I know!!!!!! lol", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_11:44:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4866794, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4871972": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Gray Davis was <i>loathed.</i>  I mean, I don't understand why even now, but he was set up by energy (read \"Big Oil\") interests who pushed Arnold into running after Davis cut into their profits with electricity deregulation.  The resultant energy crisis in Cali broke him.<br><br>Davis didn't invite a lovefest among Dems either.  They thought he was too bland, conservative, dry, unexciting, and moral. That last one made me laugh because he had continuing problems stemming from questionable campaign contributions.  The man was always flush but stingy about sharing the war chest with other Dems.  Right wing talk radio, I hear, was instrumental in his defeat by having listeners fan out recall sheets.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_19:20:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4871753, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870437": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Turn that phrase, Town.<br><br>It is what it IS.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_16:53:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4869785, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4871468": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Trannies everywhere are now HIGHLY insulted! You know they only celebrate fabulousness: Diana, Cher, Tina, Barbra. They're like who the hell is that bizzatch!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_18:22:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4870668, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868398": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If I was as mannish as ann coulter I would hate Michelle O too.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_14:23:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4867144, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868913": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Geez,  that can be really frightening especially when you're not suppose to be in a certain place and an accident happens! Whew!!!!!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_15:10:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868663, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4871475": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I was born with one, my grandma said the same thing.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_18:23:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4870326, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870454": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Now you insulting Clint Eastwood.<br><br>He should be \"Filthy Harry\" cause involving himself in this shyt is some dirty work Harry Callahan would have blown someone away with his .44 Magnum.  <br><br>LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_16:55:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4869857, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4882231": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I totally agree.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-04_15:01:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "CarolinagirlinGA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4874835, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868920": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "OMG.......if anyone goes to Huffington Post and looks at the pic that accompanies their column on this bitch...now admit it, that's one scary looking photo is it not?? All that's missing is the flying monkeys.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_15:10:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868773, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4866875": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Did anyone rent I've through with White Women. The sisters and sista's Johnson acted and produced and the director is a sista as well. To the men this is  not a chick flick", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_11:47:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868417": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>Hell, if you're going down, don't go down alone. </i><br><br>Which is EXACTLY what the Thugs are hoping Blago does.  And especially hopes that it washes on Obama.<br><br>You may want to pass popcorn, but that fire <i>burns</i> as much as it cooks.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_14:25:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 23, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868121, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868420": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Roll that beautiful bean footage.  That would be one way to get rid of his ass.  He is the weakest leader ever.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_14:25:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868121, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4871495": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You got me howling and crying!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_18:25:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "metricpenny", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4869968, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870985": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>Yep, but in this case, the person intended to burn (Obama) might blow back and get the one who didn't want to get burned (Reid).</i><br><br>CPL, respectfully, I don't think so.<br><br><i>You gotta wonder if Reid wasn't planning to get behind Obama in any case.</i><br><br>Whatever.  They kowtow because they have to, <i>at first.</i>  If Obama turns out to have known what Reid was up to, that is, heading off JJJ's nomination, Obama's a sorrier brother than I would have thought.<br><br>Obama can have Reid and Pelosi removed, if he or a surrogate can get the votes up.  And frankly, I've been wanting to see that happen for quite a while.<br><br>The first time LIeberman leaves so much as <i>a turd</i>on the White House lawn, his @ss becomes grass.  That I will bet on.  And his approval ratings in CT have tanked.  Ned Lamont has been salivating for a rematch.  Again, from <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#2007_and_2008_political_activity\" rel=\"nofollow\">Wiki</a>:<br><br><blockquote>In September 2007, a poll by non-partisan pollster Research 2000 (commissioned by the blog Daily Kos) found that Lamont would win a rematch in a race for Senate with Joe Lieberman by a margin of 48%-40%.[49]<br><br>In April 2008, a similar poll by Research 2000 found that Lamont would win a rematch over Lieberman by a margin of 51%-37%.[50]<br><br>In July 2008, another similar poll by Research 2000 found that Lamont would win a rematch over Lieberman by a margin of 51%-36%.[51]<br><br>In November 2008, after Lieberman campaigned for John McCain's Presidential Campaign, another poll by Research 2000 showed a margin of 59%-34%.</blockquote><br><br>I loathe Lieberman and wish him out now, but it just may be a matter of time.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_17:25:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4870409, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868938": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This calls for nachos and a big cherry slurpie!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_15:11:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868331, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870475": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well since Harry don't know JACK about Illinois politics, he should stop CLOWNING around.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_16:55:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868420, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4867916": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Please go over to Daily Kos and recommend this diary about Harry Reid dipping in Illinois politics. <a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/1/3/102849/1994/633/679750\" rel=\"nofollow\">Link</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_13:27:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "icebergslim", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 35, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868941": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The human stick figure's jaw's wired shut these days.  She broke her jaw a couple of months back.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_15:12:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4867999, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4873040": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yeah, I saw this commerical on TVOne during the New Year's Day \"Jeffersons\" marathon, and I had to post it here.<br><br>My biological father left my mother when I was 2, so the man I call Daddy is actually my stepfather.  He raised me from 2 years old til adulthood.  In fact, he is my Daddy!  I call my biological father by his first name,  I can count the number of times I  talked to bio dad on one hand.  I talk to my Daddy all the time, and he calls me randomly just to hear my voice he says.  <br><br>The thing I liked about this commercial, is that he doesn't really say if the \"Dads\" are bio dads or not, they just say that it's the little things that influence a kids life.<br><br>Anyway,  my daddy memory is of when I first hit puberty.  My peiod had come down at school, and they couldn't reach my mom, so my dad had to come and pick me up from school, take me to K&B Drugstore (ol school pharmacy in New Orleans) to pick up some sanitary napkins.  I was embarassed, he had no idea what he was doing, but to this day, I remember it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_20:26:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "fd35c4322b63b2dab06baea3e23047cf", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868948": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "She looks like a hairless cat wearing a wig of straw.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_15:12:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868920, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870201": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I just changed the TV to that channel. What is the parade for? Is this some sort of tradition?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_16:35:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "CarolinagirlinGA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868875, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4872025": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I know and I take some comfort in knowing those people are suffering a little bit now but not as much as they should be!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_18:26:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4871972, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868685": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm not sure who is cuter here, the dad, or the little girl with her pom poms as big as she is. :)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_14:47:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "b45f45c3d16eaa32e1783c1d1798a893", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4869983": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks for the link.  We can use some levity here from time to time.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_16:22:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868528, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4869985": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "ewww.....<br>Lord....please never let them procreate.....please.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_16:22:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4869897, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4873058": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I hear you on the double standard call, CPL.  <br><br>I think nowadays, the race cards have to be the option of last resort.  With all due respect, it certainly didn't need to be played <i> the way it was </i> with this appointment.  <br><br>Sometimes you just throw the red meat out there then sit back and observe. LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_20:29:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "bb90730b238bd2c1f318bc1437a3fc1e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4870618, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4871013": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Self-promotion at any price, I guess.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_17:29:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4870822, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4867943": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>Update: Jett Travolta Dies, Son of John Travolta And Kelly Preston</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/02/jett-travolta-dies-son-of_n_154877.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/02/jett-t...</a><br><br><i>John Travolta's son Jett Travolta died in the Bahamas, reportedly from a seizure and hitting his head on a bathtub. Travolta has called Jett \"my heart\" in the past. The family had just arrived in the Bahamas on Tuesday for a New Year's vacation. An autopsy is scheduled for Monday, but foul play is not suspected:</i><br><br><i>Rand Memorial Hospital in the Bahamas tells TMZ the son of John Travolta died...</i><br><br><br><i>There have been reports that Jett was autistic, though Travolta has denied it, saying he suffers from Kawasaki Syndrome, a condition which often leads to heart disease...</i><br><br><i>According to a [police] report, Jett Travolta was last seen going into the bathroom at their private suite at the Old Bahama Bay Resort sometime yesterday [Thursday]. The body was discovered by the caretaker, Jeff Michael Kathrain, at 10 AM today. The report says Jett suffered from seizures...</i><br><br><i>Restview Memorial Mortuary and Crematorium in the Bahamas tells TMZ Jett's body would be transferred to Restview on Monday...</i><br><br><i>Travolta's attorney Michael Ossi says Jett suffered a seizure at his family's vacation home at the Old Bahama Bay Hotel on Grand Bahama Island. Attempts to revive him were unsuccessful and he died on scene.</i><br><br><br><br><b>So Sad!</b> <b>May God bring comfort to the family</b><br><br><b> I had a 14 yo cousin to pass away a few months ago due to a seizure, where he stopped breathing.</b>  <b>Just too sad!</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_13:31:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4871345": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So if Blago casually strolls around the floor, are they acknowledging that he's the executive authority from the State of Illinois?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_18:06:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4870988, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4875114": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "JJai:  I'm a little LATE, BUT. . . . . . .<br><br>My daddy showned me how a REAL MAN is 'pose ta treat his lady/wife.<br><br>Erry payday, he would bring his PAY home and count IT out at the kitchen table.  <br><br>IFFF we even \"axed\" for a penny, as he HANDED ALL of the MONEY to mommy, he would say - - -- \"You have to \"axe\" her, 'cause THAT'S NOT my money!  It's HERS so that she can take care of the house.\"      ***tears***<br><br>Yes he had his \"hustles on the side\". So he had some $$$<br><br>BUT,  he was showing ALL o' us that he RESPECTS HIS WIFE and the work that SHE does to take care of the family!!     ***tears***<br><br>DADDY WAS \"THE MAN!!\"   :&gt;)     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-04_00:10:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868256, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4874107": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm sorry, but I like the idea of a First Lady who is a proud African-American woman, who, yeah, can kick someone's ass - not the helpless, sniveling women (Hillary and Jackie Kennedy being the exceptions, and maybe Rosalynn Carter) we have had to endure since there have been First Ladies.<br><br>Sometimes, I get a laugh, sometimes I don't - just like Almond Joy. LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_22:23:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4872059, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4871401": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I have no idea what the senate will decide to do. That's independent from Blago's trying to sell the senate seat if you read my initial argument against the Burris appointment, and the argument that is going to go through the legal system.<br><br>Good try, it's a weak analogy like people saying that Madoff could start a new mutual fund b/c he hasn't been convicted of anything yet.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_18:12:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "Piepiepie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4871345, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868473": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That is so sweet.  I can talk about my dad all day and night.  He wasn't just my dad either.  Several of my aunts were single mommas..... He was surrogate daddy uncle, and grandaddy for at least 10 children.  He attended functions, paid for school clothes, school supplies, and everything.  I miss him horribly, but they miss him just as much and their deadbeat daddies are now somewhat involved.  They couldn't hold a candle to their Uncle Calvin.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_14:29:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868256, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4873083": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "oh, I ain't shame =-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_20:30:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4871173, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4877696": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm glad too, TariqNelson.  Why do you suppose it went out and what brought it back in vogue.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-04_05:29:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "antennaness", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868770, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870538": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think Reid has taken too many pops upside the head during his boxing days to think he could get away with this and CYA at the same time.<br><br>Blago played this like Chicken George played Massa on the sharecropping tip in ROOTS, when they all left and went to Tennessee to settle as free people.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_16:58:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868331, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4871052": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>He used to take us (Mama and I) shopping. He'd bring along a stack of magazines and newspapers, and the radio. Find a bench, <b>and tell us to take our time</b>.</i> <br><br><br>Sounds just like my dad!  He was always so patient.<br><br>I still love him! Love never dies!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_17:33:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4870889, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4874307": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOLOL,<br><br>I'm hoping they will have the common sense to STHU, but hey, it didn't work for Clinton, either.<br><br>I just hope Barack doesn't have too many ex-girlfriends to come out the woodwork so Regency Publishing can offer fat money for them to write tell-all books.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_22:48:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4874175, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4866964": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This reminds me of my father, God rest his soul....  He taught me how to walk in heels for the Miss Black teenage World pageant.  I miss you daddy, and God Bless.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_11:59:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4871061": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>WHAT!?</I></i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_17:33:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4869897, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4867481": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Places where the ffects of Global warming are real; the Pacific Atoll and Island nations:<br><a href=\"http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=110550\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=110550</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_12:52:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868506": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Misery INSISTS upon company.....so they go looking for it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_14:31:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4867655, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4869022": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Look at her legs, will you? Ewww!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_15:20:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868920, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4867999": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ann has got to sell books. She is nothing but a sensationalist.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_13:36:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4867144, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4874145": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm praying that Feinstein retires when its her turn to run for re-election.  She should be around 80 or close to it by then, and needs to go home to that super-corrupt hubby of hers who made his fortune ripping off the Labor Unions in Ess Eff.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_22:31:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4871352, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868002": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ann fights for no one but her bank account and notoriety.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_13:36:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4867641, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870989": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "One of my earliest \"television memories\" is of watching the Mummers parade on TV. I haven't thought about them for many years.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_17:27:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "c87fa9ab975275187368e74f6f34d3d1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4870874, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4875176": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "lamh31:    THANK YOU, AGAIN, for this vid!!    :&gt;)      :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-04_00:16:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4873040, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4871082": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's only a matter of time before Lieberman reverts to being a weasel and starts trying to call for hearings for Obama breaking wind, when he allowed the criminal activities of the Bush Administration to go UNCHECKED.<br><br>I hope that if Lieberman shyts on the White House Lawn, Obama will make like a lawnmower and mow his ass down.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_17:36:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4870985, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868850": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "kat,<br><br>The little girl is just too cute! I love how she starts in with the cheer and then, when they both start all over again....priceless!<br><br>I can't get enough of it! lol", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_15:03:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868685, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868526": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I wonder who the surgeon is that does Ann Coulter's work.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_14:34:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4867144, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868528": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I don't know about you guys but I've been feeling a little but on edge because whenever I watch or read the news everything is so negative and sensational.  Don't get me wrong, I love some of the drama, but sometimes it gets to be too much.  <br><br>Anyway, I was searching the net for sites that didn't talk about war, economic collapse or Hiedi and Spencer from The Hill's and found <a href=\"http://happynews.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">happynews.com</a>.  It's a cute little site focusing on the positive news stories of the day.  I've read a few of the articles and there are some feel good stories so I thought I'd pass it site along.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_14:33:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4874161": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yep.  Only progressive left in the Bay, besides Barbara Lee in Oakland, is Lynn Woolsey in Petaluma, and Barbara Boxer in the Senate.  Anna Eschoo, maybe, but the rest of the women, especially Ellen what's-her-name over in Contra Costa County, are selling out as fast as Pelosi and Feinstein.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_22:32:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4871617, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868018": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "My Daddy wasn't quite this involved. But, he could make a neat 1 ponytail hairstyle and was quite engaged in hair upkeep, clothing neatness, earrings wearing, and other randomly feminine aspects of his 3 girls. He was a very cute Daddy, R.I.P.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_13:39:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4866964, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870729": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "well, looks like we got a good one started =-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_17:02:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "JJai", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868675, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870587": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Guess they can't take the shyt dished out on the Wingut Blogs like Insta Pundit, whom the late Steve Gilliard referred to as \"InstaCracker\". LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_16:57:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868506, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4874175": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well we now know that she likes Black men enough to take up with somebody's husband! TMI !!!!! I am surprised Barack's former white girlfriends haven't made their way to the press though I do expect a tell all sometime during his 1st term.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_21:34:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4874082, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4871617": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Can't stand either of these broads.  Sellouts of progressive values.  They're just like Hilpatine.<br><br>Sheehan's got to be more than a one-note; don't get me wrong, I like her, but there is more than just the war going on.  The Bay Area is in worse shape than it was when I left in 2000.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_18:39:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4871352, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4871499": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ain't nothing better than Daddy being proud of you.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_18:26:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4871218, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4874183": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yeah, but if Ah-nold wanted the job, he could have challenged Davis when it was re-election time.  As a California resident, there's no worse feeling than engaging in the election process and then having an entity discount your vote like you didn't matter.<br><br>I was happy to get my own revenge on Ah-nold by helping to send those ballot initiatives he called a special election for (and we couldn't afford) to defeat.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_22:35:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4871972, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870088": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "YOU SHOULD HAVE PUT A WARNING UP, CPL.<br><br>A Sista nearly choked on lunch reading that. <br><br>BWA HA HA  HA HA HA", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_16:29:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4869968, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870988": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Norm Coleman has floor priviledges as an ex-senator, so do sitting govs.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_17:27:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "Piepiepie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4870334, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4871114": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You don't want a picture, do you?<br><br><a href=\"http://flashwarner.com/images/walker_coulter.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://flashwarner.com/images/walker_coulter.jpg</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_17:39:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4871061, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4869580": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You would think she would take this as a sign to STFU, but no she keeps on  hating.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_15:39:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868941, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870094": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Gag!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_16:29:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4869985, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4871245": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>Ewwwwwwwww....</i><br><br>LAWD have mercy.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_17:53:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4871114, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4867027": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>Blagojevich's Homeland Security Credential Stripped</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/02/blagojevichs-homeland-sec_n_154927.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/02/blagoj...</a><br><br><i>CHICAGO \u2014 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has revoked embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich's access to classified federal security information, officials said Friday.</i><br><br><i>The move withdraws the governor's access to classified information, although Blagojevich spokesman Lucio Guerrero said other individuals within state and local government have access and the head of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency has usually been the main contact in emergencies.</i><br><br><i>The revocation was \"pretty standard procedure,\" Guerrero said, adding that such emergencies are rare.</i><br><br><i>\"It hasn't come up _ I don't think it's something that comes up often,\" he said.</i><br><br><i>IEMA received a memo about Homeland Security's decision on Dec. 9, the day Blagojevich was arrested, said spokeswoman Patti Thompson. The memo was brief and did not include a reason for the action.</i><br><br><i>\"It doesn't change day-to-day operations very much at all,\" she said. \"Several other people both with Homeland Security and law enforcement are receiving that type of information on a regular basis.\"</i><br><br><i>Amy Kudwa, spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security in Washington, D.C., confirmed the revocation but declined to comment further on circumstances surrounding the decision.</i><br><br><i>Blagojevich did not normally receive briefings on homeland security matters, Thompson said. He would only be informed of high-profile cases, she said, citing examples such as a 2006 plot to blow up the Sears Tower and, the same year, plans to bomb planes flying between the U.S. and London.</i><br><br><i>The federal charges against Blagojevich include allegations that he tried to sell President-elect Barack Obama's Senate seat for money or a high-paying job. That triggered calls for his resignation and the beginning of impeachment proceedings in the Illinois Legislature.</i><br><br><i>Blagojevich denies any wrongdoing and has rejected calls to resign.</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_12:07:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4871124": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "How is he any different from anyone else who had an interest in the seat?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_17:41:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "c87fa9ab975275187368e74f6f34d3d1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4871013, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870087": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "FAIL. *SMH* Come on CPL....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_16:27:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "CarolinagirlinGA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4869968, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870618": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Franken will get seated while Norm Coleman is banging on the door that he didn't win the election, and no Capitol Hill PO+PO will bother him because they'll be watching Burris like a chicken hawk.<br><br>Damned Double Standards....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_17:00:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4867243, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4874196": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "She might be running for Gov. I think Newsom sunk his chances for about 8 yrs though.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_21:36:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4874145, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4874205": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Like we're going to listen to THEM.<br><br>ROFLMAO!!!!<br><br>Now that it's discovered that Harry Reid's in this up to his ASS, the Kossacks have caught the vapours by now.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_22:35:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4871363, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4869968": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That cow better hope Michelle Obama doesn't catch her in a bathroom at the White House.<br><br>Michelle: So, you been dissing me to sell books, huh?  When was the last time your skinny ass actually ate solid food?<br><br>&lt;&lt;&lt;takes off pumps, smooths Vaseline on her face, and scrunches back hair in a ponytail&gt;&gt;&gt;<br><br>Coulter:  What are you doing?  &lt;&lt;&lt;screams for help, only the SS won't let her out&gt;&gt;&gt;<br><br>Michelle: Since you want to be \"down\" with Sistas by screwing JJ from Good Times, you should know the signals of a sista getting ready to get in that ass, and from what you have, I should make quick work of this shyt.<br><br>&lt;&lt;&lt;proceeds to break open can of Whip Ass on Coulter and leaves her a broken sack of bones and moaning on the floor&gt;&gt;&gt;<br><br>Michelle wipes off the Vaseline and reapplies her makeup, puts back on her earrings and is surprised she didn't even BREAK A SWEAT.  She calmly walks to the door and steps out into the waiting limosene that will take her to Barack and a romantic dinner at the Mansion on O Street in NW DC.  She's thinking \"I really ENJOYED THAT.  And she can't tell the public I whipped her ass because the SS will deny I was ever there....\"  &lt;&lt;&lt;smiles&gt;&gt;&gt;", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_16:20:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868676, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870115": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I totally agree. He's part of the She-Man Black Woman Haters Club. I hope he got his adam's apple fixed.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_16:30:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "CarolinagirlinGA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868773, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868962": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hell Yeah!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_15:12:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868773, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4869608": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The Universe only gives out so many warnings...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_15:45:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4869580, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4870123": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "My Daddy moment was a life lesson of learning about Crabs in a Barrel.<br><br>We'd gone crabbing in the San Jacinto River just outside Houston and I was about five years old.  We'd filled up pails of crabs - some to sell; others to keep for gumbo and any other way you could cook crabs.  There was a blue crab in the pail and it was trying to climb out.  My father asked me to watch the blue crab.  Just as it got to the lid to haul itself out to freedom, two orange crab legs hauled him back into the pail and buried him under the rest of the crabs.<br><br>\"Never allow people to let you get to the edge and pull you back.  Keep going, no matter who says what you can't do or why you can't do it.  People will pull you into their shyt instead of taking care of their own because they don't want to see you get anywhere in life.\"<br><br>My mother: \"Burdett, she's only five years old.  She can't understand what you're saying to her and she won't remember it; she's too little.\"<br><br>My daddy: \"Not Leutisha - she was born with a veil over her face, remember?  The parents said she would be a wise little girl who will probably scare us with what she knows and understands.  Hell, she was already reading before she was two years old - you think she'll forget what her daddy taught her?\"<br><br>My father believed in me - and he was one of those take-no-shyt brothas who would put a fist in a saltine's mouth before he could get the word \"Nigger\" out.  It was that lesson that has sustained me from the time I was a little girl.  There were times I'd compete in modelling pagents and whatnot and I'd be the only little black girl on that stage.  Many times I lost those competititons, but I never stop competing because I was Black or a female.  I believed I was as good as anyone else, and my race never made me too afraid to engage in competition THEN or NOW.<br><br>I have Burdett Stills, Jr. to thank for that.  My FATHER.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_16:29:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868913, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4871148": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You know how the grandparents were, Justice.  I kept hearing about \"you know she was born with a veil over her face\" every time I was asked to read a sign or a paper, to demonstrate to naysayers in the family that I could already read before I hit kindergarten.<br><br>The school wanted to skip me a grade, but my mother wanted me with peers my own age so I wouldn't be encountering peer pressure before I needed to, so that's that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_17:41:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4870326, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868079": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That's pretty good when a man can comb a little girl's hair! :) Yay!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_13:46:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4868018, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4871163": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Timing.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-03_17:43:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4871124, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4868522": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Lawd.....I remember all those endless drives my dad made to get me to twirling lessons & waiting patiently during the lessons.<br><br>.... 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	this.OLDEST_FIRST = "Oldest first";
	this.HIGHLIGHTED = "Highlighted";
	this.UNSUBSCRIBE = "Unsubscribe";
	this.REQUIRED = "Required";
	this.OPTIONAL = "Optional";
	this.YOU_ARE_COMMENTING_AS_A = "You are commenting as a";
	this.LOGIN_BELOW = "Login below";
	this.PLEASE_LOGIN_BELOW_TO_COMMENT = "Please login below to comment.";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_TO_ALL_COMMENTS_BY_EMAIL = "Subscribe to all comments by email";
	this.DO_NOT_SUBSCRIBE_TO_COMMENTS = "Do not subscribe to comments";
	this.REALTIME_UPDATING_IS = "Real-time updating is";
	this.ENABLED = "enabled";
	this.PAUSED = "paused";
	this.PAUSE = "Pause";
	this.RESUME = "Resume";
	this.SHOW = "Show";
	this.JUST_NOW = "Just now";
	this.REPLY = "Reply";
	this.EDIT = "Edit";
	this.FLAG = "Flag";
	this.MODERATE = "Moderate";
	this.CANCEL = "Cancel";
	this.REPLYING_TO = "Replying to";
	this.REPORT_MISSING_REACTIONS = "Report missing reactions";
	this.POST_A_COMMENT = "Post a comment";
	this.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT = "Flag inappropriate comment";
	this.FLAGGED = "Flagged";
	this.NO = "No";
	this.YES = "Yes";
	this.NEVER_MIND = "Never mind";
	this.ARE_YOU_SURE_YOU_WOULD_LIKE_TO_REPORT_THIS_COMMENT_TO_A_MODERATOR = "Are you sure you would like to report this comment to a moderator";
	this.THIS_WILL_FLAG_COMMENTS_FOR_MODERATORS_TO_TAKE_ACTION = "This will flag comments for moderators to take action";
	this.TO_RATE_PLEASE_LOG_IN = "To rate, please log in";
	this.JUST_A_MOMENT = "Just a moment...";
	this.GUEST = "Guest";
	this.NAME = "Name";
	this.EMAIL = "Email";
  this.WEBSITE = "Website";
  this.SETTINGS = "Settings";
  this.MODERATOR_OPTIONS = "Moderator options: ";
  this.MODERATE_OPTIONS = "Moderate Options";

  // Thread moderator actions
  this.CLOSE_THREAD = "Close thread";
  this.OPEN_THREAD = "Open thread";
  this.REMOVE_THREAD = "Remove thread";
  this.RESTORE_THREAD = "Restore thread";
  this.ACTIONS = "Actions";
};
// Dsq.Strings

/**
 * Dsq.FmtStrings: functions that return interpolated UI strings
 */
Dsq.FmtStrings = new function() {
	// Seems we have to use named interpolation for Django to translate. Investigate more.
	this.LOGGED_IN_AS = function(username) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate('Logged in as %(username)s', {username:username});
	};

	this.LOGOUT_FROM = function(disqus) {
		return Dsq.Utils.interpolate('Logout from %(disqus)s', {disqus:disqus});
	};

	this.SHOWING_COMMENTS_FULL = function(total, num) {
		if (num === 1) {
			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_96' +
		'&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_96/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>';
		html += '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.showModeratorActions(); return false;">' + Dsq.Strings.MODERATE + '</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 <a href="' + reaction.source_url + '">' + (reaction.source == 'backtype' ? 'BackType' : '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_96'
			+ '&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_96/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">185</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/saturday_open_thread_96/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_96/">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:9303714" 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_96/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 <a href="' + reaction.source_url + '">' + (reaction.source == 'backtype' ? 'BackType' : '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:9303714" 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:9303714" 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_96',
			// 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_96/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_96'
			+ '&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_96'
			+ '&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_96'
				+ '&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.showModeratorActions = function() {
      if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) {
          return;
      }

      var html = '<div class="dsq-moderate-options"><table><tr>' +
                 '<td>' + Dsq.Strings.ACTIONS + '</td><td><ul>';
      html += '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.toggleClosed(); return false;">' +
              (Dsq.jsonData.thread.closed ? Dsq.Strings.OPEN_THREAD : Dsq.Strings.CLOSE_THREAD) +
              '</a></li>';
      html += '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.toggleKilled(); return false;">' +
              (Dsq.jsonData.thread.killed ? Dsq.Strings.RESTORE_THREAD : Dsq.Strings.REMOVE_THREAD) +
              '</a></li>';
      html += '</ul></td></tr></table></div>' +
              '<p>Go to the full <a href="http://disqus.com/comments/moderate-threads/" target="_blank">moderate panel</a> for more options.</p>';
      Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, Dsq.Strings.MODERATE_OPTIONS);
  };

	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);
	};

  this.toggleClosed = function() {
      Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/toggle_thread_closed.js', {thread:Dsq.jsonData.thread.id});
      window.setTimeout(function() { window.location.reload(); }, 500);
  };

  this.toggleKilled = function() {
      Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/toggle_thread_killed.js', {thread:Dsq.jsonData.thread.id});
      window.setTimeout(function() { window.location.reload(); }, 500);
  };
};
// 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/9303714/realtime.js?timestamp=' + last_checked);
		}
	};

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

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

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

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

}();

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		if (isblank(openid_url)) {
			return;
		}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();


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





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

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

	
	var scriptEl = document.createElement('script');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript');
	scriptEl.setAttribute('src', 'http://media.disqus.com/javascript/library/swfobject.js');
	document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(scriptEl);

	function see_play_video(_videoUri, _add) {
		var swf = !!playerVersion ? playerVersion : 'http://seesmic.com/embeds/StandalonePlayer.swf';

		flashcontentDiv = Dsq.$(_videoUri + '_content');
		previewDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_preview');
		hideDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_hide');
		showDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_show');
		if(_add) {
			// push flash widget
			var so = new SWFObject(swf, 'sotester', '300', '270', '9', '#000000');
			so.addVariable('video', _videoUri);
			so.addParam('allowFullScreen', 'true');
			so.addParam('allowScriptAccess','always');
			so.useExpressInstall('swfobject/expressinstall.swf');
			so.write(_videoUri + '_content');

			previewDiv.style.display = 'none';
			hideDiv.style.display = 'block';
			showDiv.style.display = 'none';
		}
		else {
			flashcontentDiv.innerHTML = '';
			previewDiv.style.display = 'block';
			hideDiv.style.display = 'none';
			showDiv.style.display = 'block';
		}
	};





(function() {
	//
	// Load theme.  This overrides the base templates with template functions
	// from the respective themes.
	//
	if (Dsq.jsonData.integration.theme == 4) {
		var theme = 'narcissus';
		// HACK: Set variable on window to use post message.
		window.disqus_use_postmessage = true;

		
		for(var prop in Dsq.Themes[theme]) {
			if(Dsq.Themes[theme] && Dsq.Themes[theme].hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
				Dsq.Templates[prop] = Dsq.Themes[theme][prop];
			}
		}
		
		for(var prop in Dsq.Post) {
			if(Dsq.Themes[theme] && Dsq.Themes[theme].hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
				Dsq.Post[prop] = Dsq.Themes[theme][prop];
			}
		}
	}

	//
	// Register templates.  This must be done after all themes are loaded.
	//
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('authPost', Dsq.Templates.authPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('header', Dsq.Templates.header);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('footer', Dsq.Templates.footer);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('trackbacks', Dsq.Templates.trackbacks);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('reactions', Dsq.Templates.reactions);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('prependPost', Dsq.Templates.prependPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('appendPost', Dsq.Templates.appendPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postPrependHeader', Dsq.Templates.postPrependHeader);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postAppendHeader', Dsq.Templates.postAppendHeader);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('preBody', Dsq.Templates.preBody);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postBody', Dsq.Templates.postBody);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postFooter', Dsq.Templates.postFooter);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('_popupGeneric', Dsq.Templates._popupGeneric);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('voted', Dsq.Templates.voted);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('popupProfile', Dsq.Templates.popupProfile);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postBox', Dsq.Templates.postBox);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('pagination', Dsq.Templates.pagination);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postComment_onSuccess', Dsq.Templates.postComment_onSuccess);

})();

Dsq.container.className = "clearfix";
Dsq.container.innerHTML = ' \
<ul id="dsq-comments">\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4873040">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4873040" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4873040" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4873040">lamh31</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4873040" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4873040" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah, I saw this commerical on TVOne during the New Year\'s Day "Jeffersons" marathon, and I had to post it here.<br><br>My biological father left my mother when I was 2, so the man I call Daddy is actually my stepfather.  He raised me from 2 years old til adulthood.  In fact, he is my Daddy!  I call my biological father by his first name,  I can count the number of times I  talked to bio dad on one hand.  I talk to my Daddy all the time, and he calls me randomly just to hear my voice he says.  <br><br>The thing I liked about this commercial, is that he doesn\'t really say if the "Dads" are bio dads or not, they just say that it\'s the little things that influence a kids life.<br><br>Anyway,  my daddy memory is of when I first hit puberty.  My peiod had come down at school, and they couldn\'t reach my mom, so my dad had to come and pick me up from school, take me to K&B Drugstore (ol school pharmacy in New Orleans) to pick up some sanitary napkins.  I was embarassed, he had no idea what he was doing, but to this day, I remember it.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4875176">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4875176" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4875176" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4875176">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4875176" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4875176" class="dsq-comment-message">lamh31:    THANK YOU, AGAIN, for this vid!!    :&gt;)      :&gt;)</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4866660">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4866660" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4866660" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4866660">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4866660" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4866660" class="dsq-comment-message">Lawd-a-mercy.....LOL<br><br>Preaching Moderate Islam and Becoming a TV Star <br><br>JIDDA, Saudi Arabia — As Ahmad al-Shugairi took the stage, dressed in a flowing white gown and headdress, he clutched a microphone and told his audience that he had no religious training or titles: “I am not a sheik.” <br>But over the next two hours, he worked the crowd as masterfully as any preacher, drawing rounds of uproarious laughter and, as he recalled the Prophet Muhammad’s death, silent tears. He spoke against sectarianism. He made pleas for women to be treated as equals. He talked about his own life — his seven wild years in California, his divorce, his children — and gently satirized Arab mores. <br><br>When he finished, the packed concert hall erupted in a wild standing ovation. Members of his entourage soon bundled him through the thick crowd of admirers to a back door, where they rushed through the darkness to a waiting car. <br><br>“Elvis has left the building,” Mr. Shugairi joked, in English, as he relaxed into his seat. <br><br>Mr. Shugairi is a rising star in a new generation of “satellite sheiks” whose religion-themed television shows have helped fuel a religious revival across the Arab world. Over the past decade, the number of satellite channels devoted exclusively to religion has risen from 1 to more than 30, and religious programming on general interest stations, like the one that features Mr. Shugairi’s show, has soared.<br>Full article: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/03/world/middleeast/03preacher.html?hp" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/03/world/middlee...</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4866733">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4866733" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4866733" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4866733">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4866733" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4866733" class="dsq-comment-message">Rikyrah,<br><br>Just love the cheerleaders! lol  The clip is too dang cute!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4866794">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4866794" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4866794" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4866794">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4866794" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4866794" class="dsq-comment-message">Those boys are much to much!! LOL</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4866850">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4866850" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4866850" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4866850">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4866850" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4866850" class="dsq-comment-message">I know!!!!!! lol</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4866875">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4866875" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4866875" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4866875">RobM</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4866875" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4866875" class="dsq-comment-message">Did anyone rent I\'ve through with White Women. The sisters and sista\'s Johnson acted and produced and the director is a sista as well. To the men this is  not a chick flick</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4870835">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4870835" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870835" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4870835" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4870835" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870835" class="dsq-comment-message">is it at blockbusters for rental?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4866964">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4866964" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4866964" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4866964">rorysmomma</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4866964" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4866964" class="dsq-comment-message">This reminds me of my father, God rest his soul....  He taught me how to walk in heels for the Miss Black teenage World pageant.  I miss you daddy, and God Bless.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4868018">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4868018" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4868018" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4868018">JJai</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4868018" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868018" class="dsq-comment-message">My Daddy wasn\'t quite this involved. But, he could make a neat 1 ponytail hairstyle and was quite engaged in hair upkeep, clothing neatness, earrings wearing, and other randomly feminine aspects of his 3 girls. He was a very cute Daddy, R.I.P.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4868282">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4868282" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4868282" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4868282">rorysmomma</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4868282" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868282" class="dsq-comment-message">It was really surprising for him to do it.? He was such a hard ass.? Extremely frugal, minced words, and was an absolutist when it came to everything.? We couldn\'t watch tv and listen to the radio at the same time.? He said I couldn\'t date until I was forty and I went on my first real date when I went off to college.? <br><br>He did not waste anything ever.? I miss him a lot.? I understand why he was so tough.? He didn\'t want me to become a loose woman...LOL? I thank him for that.?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4868315">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4868315" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4868315" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4868315">JJai</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4868315" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868315" class="dsq-comment-message">=-)</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4868079">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4868079" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4868079" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4868079">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4868079" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868079" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s pretty good when a man can comb a little girl\'s hair! :) Yay!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4868170">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4868170" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4868170" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4868170">JJai</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4868170" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868170" class="dsq-comment-message">my parents were divorces so mostly when I was with him my grandma would do 2 french braids but if worse came to worse he could pull out one neat ponytail.<br><br>You, see I was raised to have a passel of them on my head, so I was excited when he did just one, ol. Moving down in the number of ponytails was like steps on the stairwell to adolescence, lol.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4868244">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4868244" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4868244" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4868244">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4868244" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868244" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>see I was raised to have a passel of them on my head</i><br><br><br><br><br>You\'re speaking to the choir! I got so many spankings for taking my hair down. All those ponytails was "much too much". lol</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4868277" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4868277">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868277" class="dsq-comment-message">I feel ya\' Justice. Though, I did like to sling my hair and hear the barettes hitting each other. It made a nice sound, lol.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4868182">Denise</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868182" class="dsq-comment-message">My father wasn\'t that kinda hands on, but he gets props for trying to share the best of who he is with us.  That and making sure we always knew we were/are loved.  <br><br>More importantly, he was/is always respectful of his girls, my Moms, and our teenage friends, especially the young ladies who would visit.    Looking back with adult eyes, I really appreciate that about him.  <br><br>Thanks, Daddy!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4868283">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4868283" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868283" class="dsq-comment-message">Mine wasn\'t that hands on either.? It was ironic because he was such a man\'s man LOL.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4867028" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4867028" href="http://www.womanist-musings.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">womanistmusings</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4867028" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.womanist-musings.com/2009/01/racism-from-generation-to-generation.html" rel="nofollow">Racism from generation to generation:</a> Looking at the way children are taught to assign value to difference.<br><br><a href="http://www.womanist-musings.com/2009/01/womb-for-sale.html" rel="nofollow">Womb for sale:</a> Looking at the exploitation of the surrogacy movement and how it effects poor women.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4867027" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4867027">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4867027" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4867027" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>Blagojevich\'s Homeland Security Credential Stripped</b><br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/02/blagojevichs-homeland-sec_n_154927.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/02/blagoj...</a><br><br><i>CHICAGO — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has revoked embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich\'s access to classified federal security information, officials said Friday.</i><br><br><i>The move withdraws the governor\'s access to classified information, although Blagojevich spokesman Lucio Guerrero said other individuals within state and local government have access and the head of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency has usually been the main contact in emergencies.</i><br><br><i>The revocation was "pretty standard procedure," Guerrero said, adding that such emergencies are rare.</i><br><br><i>"It hasn\'t come up _ I don\'t think it\'s something that comes up often," he said.</i><br><br><i>IEMA received a memo about Homeland Security\'s decision on Dec. 9, the day Blagojevich was arrested, said spokeswoman Patti Thompson. The memo was brief and did not include a reason for the action.</i><br><br><i>"It doesn\'t change day-to-day operations very much at all," she said. "Several other people both with Homeland Security and law enforcement are receiving that type of information on a regular basis."</i><br><br><i>Amy Kudwa, spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security in Washington, D.C., confirmed the revocation but declined to comment further on circumstances surrounding the decision.</i><br><br><i>Blagojevich did not normally receive briefings on homeland security matters, Thompson said. He would only be informed of high-profile cases, she said, citing examples such as a 2006 plot to blow up the Sears Tower and, the same year, plans to bomb planes flying between the U.S. and London.</i><br><br><i>The federal charges against Blagojevich include allegations that he tried to sell President-elect Barack Obama\'s Senate seat for money or a high-paying job. That triggered calls for his resignation and the beginning of impeachment proceedings in the Illinois Legislature.</i><br><br><i>Blagojevich denies any wrongdoing and has rejected calls to resign.</i></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870802" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4870802" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4870802" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870802" class="dsq-comment-message">So if bin Laden flies a plane into the Sears Tower, Blago has to sit on his hands and not perform his gubernatorial duties because Reid\'s throwing a hissy fit?<br><br>And Lieberman has already engaged in his first act of weaseldom - doesn\'t revocation of Homeland Security Creds have to be signed off by the Department Head, but it should get an okay from the Senate Committee Chair (who is Lieberman the Weasel)?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4867144" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4867144">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4867144" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>Ann Coulter Slams Michelle Obama In New Book</b><br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/03/ann-coulter-slams-michell_n_154947.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/03/ann-co...</a><br><br><i>More details of Ann Coulter\'s next book, Guilty: Liberal "Victims" and Their Assault on America are out revealing how Coulter slams Michelle Obama for her style while applauding that of Cindy McCain.</i><br><br><i>The Daily News reports:</i><br><br><br><i>Coulter wrote, "Her obvious imitation of Jackie O\'s style - the flipped-under hair, the sleeveless A-line dresses, the short strands of fake pearls - would have been laughable if done by anyone other than a media-designated saint."</i><br><br><br><i>Coulter said Cindy McCain, the wife of vanquished GOP nominee John McCain, "dressed well without freakishly imitating famous First Ladies in history."</i><br><br><i>Coulter facetiously and snidely refers to Michelle Obama as a "saint" and "Mother Teresa" and suggests that her public service career "advanced in lockstep with the political advancement of her husband."</i><br><br><br><br><br><b>You\'re a jealous Hater, Ann Coulter, with your freakishly manly resemblance....</b><br><br><b>I\'m Just Saying...</b></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4867641" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4867641" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5L3M8Pn9KU" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Piepiepie</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4867641" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4867641" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh, Cindy McCain and her 250K outfits? <br>Her "private plane is the only way to travel in AZ?" <br>Her gangster father\'s alcohol empire (that did not rankle christian conservatives lol)?<br>Her 11 homes?<br>Her brazen adultery? <br>Her avarice in regard to her relatives?<br><br>Cindy had a great charity she founded with her own money-- although she did force her employees to create painkiller scripts written in the names of other employees, and then when caught used her husbands influence to avoid prosecution.<br><a href="http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1994-09-08/news/opiate-for-the-mrs/" rel="nofollow">http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1994-09-08/news/...</a><br><a href="http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/10/18/drugs/" rel="nofollow">http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/10/18/dr...</a><br><br>Yeah you go Ann Coulter keep fighting the "good" conservative fight.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4868002" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4868002" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4868002">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4868002" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868002" class="dsq-comment-message">Ann fights for no one but her bank account and notoriety.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4868027" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4868027" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5L3M8Pn9KU" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Piepiepie</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4868027" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868027" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh, I definitely agree -- especially about her horse-face and her phoniness. <br><br>I was just stating Ann\'s argument about M.Obama is absurd.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4868143" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4868143">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4868143" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868143" class="dsq-comment-message">oh, I know....</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870762" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4870762" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870762" class="dsq-comment-message">You saw that outfit she had on the night of McCain\'s nomination.  That freak show gold outfit with bling cost over $300K and she came off looking like a $10 ho on the Vegas Strip.<br><br>Michelle Obama looks like a million dollars and shopped at Banana Republic, Gap and probably Old Navy - still looked better than Cindy and probably had $295,000 left over from getting hooked up. (although I still want to slap whoever told her to wear the dress she wore on Election Night -and y\'all know I\'m right, LOL).<br><br>Coulter wears nothing but that black cocktail dress that could stand up on its own because it\'s used to hanging off a manequin.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870780" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4870780" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870780" class="dsq-comment-message">OOOh, Pie, you going to flamed if you keep this up.  LOL</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4867999">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4867999" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4867999" class="dsq-comment-message">Ann has got to sell books. She is nothing but a sensationalist.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4868941" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4868941" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4868941" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868941" class="dsq-comment-message">The human stick figure\'s jaw\'s wired shut these days.  She broke her jaw a couple of months back.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4869580">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4869580" class="dsq-comment-message">You would think she would take this as a sign to STFU, but no she keeps on  hating.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4869608" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4869608" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4869608" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4869608" class="dsq-comment-message">The Universe only gives out so many warnings...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870696" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4870696" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4870696" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870696" class="dsq-comment-message">Or someone broke it for her skinny ass.<br><br>She didn\'t get the message.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4868398">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868398" class="dsq-comment-message">If I was as mannish as ann coulter I would hate Michelle O too.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870668" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4870668" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4870668" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870668" class="dsq-comment-message">Look for the shaved Adam\'s apple on that chicken neck of hers.<br><br>I still think she\'s a tranny.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4871468" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4871468" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4871468" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4871468" class="dsq-comment-message">Trannies everywhere are now HIGHLY insulted! You know they only celebrate fabulousness: Diana, Cher, Tina, Barbra. They\'re like who the hell is that bizzatch!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4874260" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4874260" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4874260" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4874260" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4874260" class="dsq-comment-message">My bad.<br><br>I forgot Ann Coulter is ACTUALLY A MAN.<br><br>I humbly apologize to trannies everywhere.  They are more fabulous when they dress up that I\'m in total awe of them.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4874349" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4874349" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4874349" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4874349" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4874349" class="dsq-comment-message">Me, too.  Quiet as it\'s kept.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4868526" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4868526" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4868526">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868526" class="dsq-comment-message">I wonder who the surgeon is that does Ann Coulter\'s work.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4868874" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4868874">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868874" class="dsq-comment-message">I am hoping she is the way she is portrayed on the Boondocks.... hilarious<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZbz2NcfLrY" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZbz2NcfLrY</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4867243" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4867243">Denise</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4867243" class="dsq-comment-message">Hmmmmmmm... not sure what happened to my post.   This is a 2nd attempt.  <br><br>It looks like Al Franken may get clowned next week too, huh?  <br><br>:: busts a Running Man move :: " those boys, those boys are much too much..."</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4867337" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4867337">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4867337" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4867337" class="dsq-comment-message">lol</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870618" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4870618" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870618" class="dsq-comment-message">Franken will get seated while Norm Coleman is banging on the door that he didn\'t win the election, and no Capitol Hill PO+PO will bother him because they\'ll be watching Burris like a chicken hawk.<br><br>Damned Double Standards....</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4873058">Denise</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4873058" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4873058" class="dsq-comment-message">I hear you on the double standard call, CPL.  <br><br>I think nowadays, the race cards have to be the option of last resort.  With all due respect, it certainly didn\'t need to be played <i> the way it was </i> with this appointment.  <br><br>Sometimes you just throw the red meat out there then sit back and observe. LOL</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4874245" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4874245" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4874245" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4874245" class="dsq-comment-message">True that, Denise.  Play the race card when everything else lines up and the only factor in the difference in treatment is RACE OR GENDER.<br><br>And ITA, Rush didn\'t have to play the race card, but it appears Reid was going to play it and hoped nobody was watching him do it.  <br><br>Reid studied long and studied WRONG.  If he knew what the hell he was doing, he would have stayed out of this shyt.  Not only is he trying to block Burris, but also Caroline Kennedy and Al Franken as well, so his hands aren\'t clean in this mess AT ALL.<br><br>Blago played him like an 8-TRACK, and now he\'s going to get burned.  Maybe this will mean Obama will get another Senate Majority Leader that will lead in the Senate the way he needs to get his projects accomplished.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4867314">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4867314" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:<br>More on the Ukraine/Russia gas spat courtesy of the Oil Drum:<br><a href="http://europe.theoildrum.com/node/4929#more" rel="nofollow">http://europe.theoildrum.com/node/4929#more</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4867481">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4867481" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4867481" class="dsq-comment-message">Places where the ffects of Global warming are real; the Pacific Atoll and Island nations:<br><a href="http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=110550" rel="nofollow">http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=110550</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4867655" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4867655" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4867655">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4867655" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4867655" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s interesting how all of these Daily Kos trolls are flowing over here lately, and especially since the Blago thing went down.  <br><br>Just an interesting observation.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4868506" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4868506" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4868506">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4868506" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868506" class="dsq-comment-message">Misery INSISTS upon company.....so they go looking for it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4870587" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870587" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4870587" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4870587" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870587" class="dsq-comment-message">Guess they can\'t take the shyt dished out on the Wingut Blogs like Insta Pundit, whom the late Steve Gilliard referred to as "InstaCracker". LOL</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4874319" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4874319" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4874319" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4874319" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4874319" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh, man.  I wish Steve WAS here.  That brother could turn out some universe-class commentary.<br><br>Rest in peace, Steve, but please come back soon.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4869218" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4869218">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4869218" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4869218" class="dsq-comment-message">It IS interesting Town.<br><br>Of course, I thought I was just wearing the tinfoil hat again. <br><br>Glad to know it\'s not just me..LOL</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4871363" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4871363" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4871363" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4871363" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4871363" class="dsq-comment-message">You know they\'ve come to tell us how we are supposed to be thinking.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4874205" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4874205" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4874205" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4874205" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4874205" class="dsq-comment-message">Like we\'re going to listen to THEM.<br><br>ROFLMAO!!!!<br><br>Now that it\'s discovered that Harry Reid\'s in this up to his ASS, the Kossacks have caught the vapours by now.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4867752" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4867752">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4867752" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4867752" class="dsq-comment-message">Energy Independence and ethanol; it will not happen w/ wwthanol.<br><a href="http://energytribune.com/articles.cfm?aid=1150" rel="nofollow">http://energytribune.com/articles.cfm?aid=1150</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4867916" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4867916" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4867916" href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">icebergslim</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4867916" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4867916" class="dsq-comment-message">Please go over to Daily Kos and recommend this diary about Harry Reid dipping in Illinois politics. <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/1/3/102849/1994/633/679750" rel="nofollow">Link</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4868121" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4868121" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4868121">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868121" class="dsq-comment-message">The webs we weave....<br><br><br>Interesting, because Blago was saying on one of the tapes that he was getting a lot of pressure not to appoint Candidate #5 (JJJ) and now we come to find out that Reid was calling up Blago telling him not to appoint Candidate 5 (JJJ), or Davis or Jones because he "feared they\'d lose to a Republican."<br><br>Why didn\'t Reid "fear" Duckworth would lose to a Republican?  Didn\'t she lose her race?<br><br>Or maybe Reid had no fear that Duckworth or Madigan would lose statewide because the Democrats would put their muscle and might into backing Duckworth and Madigan out but werent\' going to help out JJJ, Davis or Jones?<br><br>And maybe THIS is why Blago picked Burris, a BLACK man because black candidates were on Reid\'s DO NOT CALL list.  Maybe THIS is why Blago flipped up the whole racial deck and brought Rush to co-sign, because Reid & Co. had played it on him first.<br><br>And now they\'re saying some of this might be on tape?  Pass the popcorn.<br><br>Now they\'re stripping Blago of his homeland security credentials.  Why?  He\'s still the Gov. of IL.  So if Al Qaeda blew up the Sears Tower today, Blago can\'t perform his gubernatorial duties because what?<br><br>I would think all of this would piss people in IL off that all these other people from other entities and states are coming down telling IL how to handle their business.<br><br>I need for Blago to runteldat all about Reid\'s involvement in this mess.  Hell, if you\'re going down, don\'t go down alone.  All of this "black = unelectable" mess has got to go in the \'09.  They tried that unelectable mess on Obama, they tried it back on Doug Wilder in \'89 and it\'s got to stop.  Every other group gets to try their hand but black folks need to sit down because \'we\'re unelectable?"  Get out of here with that!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4868331" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4868331" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4868331">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4868331" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868331" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>And now they\'re saying some of this might be on tape? Pass the popcorn.</i><br><br><br><br>Maybe it\'s the reason Blago is being so brazen!  Wonder what did Reid tell Blago?  Yep..... pass the popcorn!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4868938" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4868938" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4868938">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4868938" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868938" class="dsq-comment-message">This calls for nachos and a big cherry slurpie!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4870538" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870538" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4870538" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4870538" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870538" class="dsq-comment-message">I think Reid has taken too many pops upside the head during his boxing days to think he could get away with this and CYA at the same time.<br><br>Blago played this like Chicken George played Massa on the sharecropping tip in ROOTS, when they all left and went to Tennessee to settle as free people.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4870887" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870887" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4870887">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4870887" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870887" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>Blago played this like Chicken George played Massa on the sharecropping tip in ROOTS, when they all left and went to Tennessee to settle as free people.</i><br><br><br><br>ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4868420" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4868420">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868420" class="dsq-comment-message">Roll that beautiful bean footage.  That would be one way to get rid of his ass.  He is the weakest leader ever.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4870475" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870475" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4870475" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4870475" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870475" class="dsq-comment-message">Well since Harry don\'t know JACK about Illinois politics, he should stop CLOWNING around.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4868417" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4868417" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4868417" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4868417" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868417" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>Hell, if you\'re going down, don\'t go down alone. </i><br><br>Which is EXACTLY what the Thugs are hoping Blago does.  And especially hopes that it washes on Obama.<br><br>You may want to pass popcorn, but that fire <i>burns</i> as much as it cooks.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4868785" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4868785" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4868785" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5L3M8Pn9KU" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Piepiepie</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4868785" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868785" class="dsq-comment-message">lol</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4869785" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4869785">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4869785" class="dsq-comment-message">If Obama had nothing to do with it, Obama shouldn\'t worry.<br><br>See, this is where the "Burris must go" folks are wrong:<br><br>They\'re wrongly placing blame on this situation on Burris and Blago.<br><br>The blame belongs with Harry Reid.<br><br>This Burris situation has NOTHING to do with Blago being corrupt, taint, or any of that.  It\'s all about Harry Reid trying to cover his ass.<br><br>Harry Reid is on tape telling Blago not to appoint JJJ, Davis or Jones.<br><br>When Blago got arrested and Fitz announced they had tapes, Harry Reid comes out and states WE WON\'T ACCEPT ANYBODY BLAGO APPOINTS.<br><br>That\'s cuz his ass is ON TAPE discussing the whos and whats of Blago\'s appointments.<br><br>Blago allegedly said ON TAPE "I\'m getting lotsa pressure not to appoint Candidate 5."<br><br>Now we know who he got the pressure from.<br><br>This ain\'t about "taint".  This is about Harry Reid trying to CYA.<br><br>That\'s why I want to pass the popcorn.  And if it burns the whole motha down, oh well.  Too bad, so sad.<br><br>When you play with fire, ya might get burnt.  Harry Reid set a fire and he\'s trying to put it out before anyone notices.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4869857" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4869857" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4869857">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4869857" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4869857" class="dsq-comment-message">Lay it down, Town!<br><br>Harry Reid is putting up a front to distract the public with how corrupt Blago is because he knows what went down between him and Blago! <br><br><b>Oops!  Dirty Harry Got Busted!</b></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4870454" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870454" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4870454" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4870454" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870454" class="dsq-comment-message">Now you insulting Clint Eastwood.<br><br>He should be "Filthy Harry" cause involving himself in this shyt is some dirty work Harry Callahan would have blown someone away with his .44 Magnum.  <br><br>LOL</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4870162" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870162" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4870162">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4870162" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870162" class="dsq-comment-message">Tell it, Town.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4870437" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870437" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4870437" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4870437" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870437" class="dsq-comment-message">Turn that phrase, Town.<br><br>It is what it IS.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4870733" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870733" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4870733" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4870733" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870733" class="dsq-comment-message">Cool your jets.<br><br>Ain\'t nothing wrong with Obama or Reid or anyone else that we don\'t know about yet <i>suggesting</i> people they would like to see as Senator.  It happens.  Blago should have expected it, but it was his final decision...before we found out what he was really up to.<br><br>It remains to be seen whether Obama knew what his left hand (Reid) was up to, that is, asking Blago not to consider an Obama ally, Jesse Jackson, Jr., when he agreed with Reid that Burris shouldn\'t be seated.<br><br>Reid\'s fear, of course, is more about Jackson\'s <i>daddy</i> than about Jackson, Jr. himself.  Outside of Cook County, Jesse Jackson, Sr. is considered anathema.  Reid didn\'t want to run the risk, I believe, of pissing off those white downstaters who might turn Thug in two years because they can\'t separate the son from the father.  That doesn\'t mean that I agree with his arm-twisting advice to Blago, either.  I\'m just airing what I believe to be the real reason for it.  It makes me even more disgusted at this sorry-assed turn of events.  I wish Jesse Jr. had been given the nod.<br><br>The pressure from Reid doesn\'t qualify Burris at all, at least in my eyes.  I still feel that Burris is tainted because he\'s been chosen by Blago. who has been criminally charged.  As <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blagojevich#Federal_arrest_on_corruption_charges" rel="nofollow">Wiki </a>relates:<br><br><blockquote>Despite the charges, he appointed Roland Burris to the vacant seat, <b>in what is widely seen as a shrewd move that would put Congressional Democrats in the awkward position of having to refuse to seat someone who would be the only African-American</b> in the Senate.</blockquote><br><br>And that\'s all Blago is aiming for.  To embarrass Obama and to divert attention from his schemes, of which there have been quite a few.  And as far as I am concerned, a lot of yall are falling for it.<br><br>It doesn\'t pay to burn the whole mother down either.  Plenty of stores got burned down during the Sixties, leaving the community with nothing to go to for months on end for food and for employment.<br><br>As I said before, I have little love left for Reid or for that matter, Pelosi.  Far be it for me to support these monumental a-holes who\'ve betrayed a lot of progressive Dems over the years.  However, Burris should not be seated.  Too much smoke here.  Way too much.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4870822" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870822" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4870822">Plantsmantx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4870822" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870822" class="dsq-comment-message">"Ain\'t nothing wrong with Obama or Reid or anyone else that we don\'t know about yet suggesting people they would like to see as Senator."<br><br>No, there\'s not anything wrong with that, and by the same token, it wasn\'t wrong for Burris to suggest himself.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4871013" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4871013" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4871013" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4871013" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4871013" class="dsq-comment-message">Self-promotion at any price, I guess.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4871124" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4871124">Plantsmantx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4871124" class="dsq-comment-message">How is he any different from anyone else who had an interest in the seat?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4871163" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4871163" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4871163" class="dsq-comment-message">Timing.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870409" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4870409" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870409" class="dsq-comment-message">Yep, but in this case, the person intended to burn (Obama) might blow back and get the one who didn\'t want to get burned (Reid).<br><br>You gotta wonder if Reid wasn\'t planning to get behind Obama in any case.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870985" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4870985" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870985" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>Yep, but in this case, the person intended to burn (Obama) might blow back and get the one who didn\'t want to get burned (Reid).</i><br><br>CPL, respectfully, I don\'t think so.<br><br><i>You gotta wonder if Reid wasn\'t planning to get behind Obama in any case.</i><br><br>Whatever.  They kowtow because they have to, <i>at first.</i>  If Obama turns out to have known what Reid was up to, that is, heading off JJJ\'s nomination, Obama\'s a sorrier brother than I would have thought.<br><br>Obama can have Reid and Pelosi removed, if he or a surrogate can get the votes up.  And frankly, I\'ve been wanting to see that happen for quite a while.<br><br>The first time LIeberman leaves so much as <i>a turd</i>on the White House lawn, his @ss becomes grass.  That I will bet on.  And his approval ratings in CT have tanked.  Ned Lamont has been salivating for a rematch.  Again, from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Lamont#2007_and_2008_political_activity" rel="nofollow">Wiki</a>:<br><br><blockquote>In September 2007, a poll by non-partisan pollster Research 2000 (commissioned by the blog Daily Kos) found that Lamont would win a rematch in a race for Senate with Joe Lieberman by a margin of 48%-40%.[49]<br><br>In April 2008, a similar poll by Research 2000 found that Lamont would win a rematch over Lieberman by a margin of 51%-37%.[50]<br><br>In July 2008, another similar poll by Research 2000 found that Lamont would win a rematch over Lieberman by a margin of 51%-36%.[51]<br><br>In November 2008, after Lieberman campaigned for John McCain\'s Presidential Campaign, another poll by Research 2000 showed a margin of 59%-34%.</blockquote><br><br>I loathe Lieberman and wish him out now, but it just may be a matter of time.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4871082" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4871082" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4871082" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s only a matter of time before Lieberman reverts to being a weasel and starts trying to call for hearings for Obama breaking wind, when he allowed the criminal activities of the Bush Administration to go UNCHECKED.<br><br>I hope that if Lieberman shyts on the White House Lawn, Obama will make like a lawnmower and mow his ass down.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4871352" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4871352" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4871352" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama can\'t quite get rid of Pelosi. She and Feinstein have a lock in CA. But you can support Cindy Sheehan when she runs again in Pelosi\'s district in 2010. The more votes she shaves off Pelosi the better.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4871617" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4871617" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4871617" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4871617" class="dsq-comment-message">Can\'t stand either of these broads.  Sellouts of progressive values.  They\'re just like Hilpatine.<br><br>Sheehan\'s got to be more than a one-note; don\'t get me wrong, I like her, but there is more than just the war going on.  The Bay Area is in worse shape than it was when I left in 2000.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4871753" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4871753" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4871753" class="dsq-comment-message">Well we can thank the failure of the Dems for that in not stopping that recall election that put do nothing Ah-nold in office. Sheehan won\'t win next election either but the continued erosion of support of Pelosi will shake her up and she\'ll have to stop ignoring Code Pink and a host of other true progressives.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4871972" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4871972" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4871972" class="dsq-comment-message">Gray Davis was <i>loathed.</i>  I mean, I don\'t understand why even now, but he was set up by energy (read "Big Oil") interests who pushed Arnold into running after Davis cut into their profits with electricity deregulation.  The resultant energy crisis in Cali broke him.<br><br>Davis didn\'t invite a lovefest among Dems either.  They thought he was too bland, conservative, dry, unexciting, and moral. That last one made me laugh because he had continuing problems stemming from questionable campaign contributions.  The man was always flush but stingy about sharing the war chest with other Dems.  Right wing talk radio, I hear, was instrumental in his defeat by having listeners fan out recall sheets.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4872025" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4872025" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4872025" class="dsq-comment-message">I know and I take some comfort in knowing those people are suffering a little bit now but not as much as they should be!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4874183" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4874183" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4874183" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4874183" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4874183" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah, but if Ah-nold wanted the job, he could have challenged Davis when it was re-election time.  As a California resident, there\'s no worse feeling than engaging in the election process and then having an entity discount your vote like you didn\'t matter.<br><br>I was happy to get my own revenge on Ah-nold by helping to send those ballot initiatives he called a special election for (and we couldn\'t afford) to defeat.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4874161" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4874161" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4874161" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4874161" class="dsq-comment-message">Yep.  Only progressive left in the Bay, besides Barbara Lee in Oakland, is Lynn Woolsey in Petaluma, and Barbara Boxer in the Senate.  Anna Eschoo, maybe, but the rest of the women, especially Ellen what\'s-her-name over in Contra Costa County, are selling out as fast as Pelosi and Feinstein.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4874145" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4874145" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4874145" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m praying that Feinstein retires when its her turn to run for re-election.  She should be around 80 or close to it by then, and needs to go home to that super-corrupt hubby of hers who made his fortune ripping off the Labor Unions in Ess Eff.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4874196" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4874196" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4874196" class="dsq-comment-message">She might be running for Gov. I think Newsom sunk his chances for about 8 yrs though.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4869744">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4869744" class="dsq-comment-message">\'Unelectable\'. <br><br>We\'re the ONLY state in the Union that has sent TWO Black Senators..<br><br>FROM CHICAGO, no less. <br><br>But, Harry Reid, who doesn\'t have enough Black folk in Nevada to fill a handful of thimbles,<br><br>can decide WHO is electable?<br><br>GTFOH.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870368" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4870368" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870368" class="dsq-comment-message">Town, it wouldn\'t be the first time the Senate Leadership has gone into other states to tell them how to handle their business.<br><br>CASE IN POINT - the Dark Sith.  There was a respectable and electable challenger to Harold Ford\'s nomination for the Senate seat - a council or assembly woman named Rosalind Kurita.  She had good credentials; she was a registered nurse by profession and had a history of advocating for health care reform.  Her problem was that she couldn\'t raise money to remain competitive with Ford because Chuck Schumer called Tennessee Democratic Leadership and ordered them to throw their support behind Harold Ford or ELSE.<br><br>The money dried up and Kurita soon bowed out of the race, leaving Harold to run for the Democratic Nomination UNOPPOSED.<br><br>Many in Tennessee were pissed about Schumer\'s interference in what they thought was a matter of Harold convincing THEM he was worthy of the nomination.  You can check with Jackson Baker or Chris Davis at the newspaper, "The Memphis Flyer" and verify this.<br><br>And here\'s another tidbit that you might be familiar with - Ford and Obama can\'t stand one another; Obama felt Ford didn\'t pay his dues like he did, and had everything handed to him (which he did).  When Ford needed support for the Senate run, he turned to Obama and Obama made himself unavailable until he was ordered by Schumer to take his ass to Tennessee and campaign for Ford.<br><br>The appearance was successful, but not for Ford.  The people turned out to see OBAMA, and not the brotha actually campaigning for Tennessee\'s Senate seat.  Talk about ROFL at that one; it had to piss Ford off.  So, when you saw him on election night drinking the haterade on Obama, remember, Ford is now effectively shut out of circles in DC, and though he\'s the Chair of the DLC, if he\'s not effective in raising money for their candidates, he\'ll lose that gig.  Since he\'s out of the circles in DC, it may not be long before Merrill Lynch cuts their ties to him as well, because he no longer has the perceived political clout he had when they first hired him.  Fox News cut him loose - which is why he\'s on MSNBC, but that might be with a shelf life date soon to expire in the New Year.<br><br>There you have it.  And Reid doesn\'t appear to learned from it, either.  Schumers\' toning it down, because he might get caught in a scandal like Rangel if he\'s not careful.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4871329" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4871329" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4871329" class="dsq-comment-message">This is why I was glad Bobby Rush mad a point to mention there were no Black Senators. I know he isn\'t the model for Black solidarity but what he said was ON POINT!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870264" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4870264" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870264" class="dsq-comment-message">Slim, I particularly liked this comment:<br><br><b><i>Fear of losing power, power by the way (3+ / 0-)<br><br>that he doesn\'t understand or know how to use. All he wants to do is stay in a position of power.  How in the hell did the Dems choose someone who has a complete lack of leadership skills to lead them? Did I really ask that? Its the Democrats after all. Times like these I think we\'re totally frakked no matter who is President.</b></i><br><br>If Reid can\'t drive the vehicle, take his license and give the keys to Durbin, who would do a much better job as Majority Leader.<br><br>Hell, I didn\'t even know who HARRY REID WAS until he became Minority Leader.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4867943" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4867943">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4867943" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>Update: Jett Travolta Dies, Son of John Travolta And Kelly Preston</b><br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/02/jett-travolta-dies-son-of_n_154877.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/02/jett-t...</a><br><br><i>John Travolta\'s son Jett Travolta died in the Bahamas, reportedly from a seizure and hitting his head on a bathtub. Travolta has called Jett "my heart" in the past. The family had just arrived in the Bahamas on Tuesday for a New Year\'s vacation. An autopsy is scheduled for Monday, but foul play is not suspected:</i><br><br><i>Rand Memorial Hospital in the Bahamas tells TMZ the son of John Travolta died...</i><br><br><br><i>There have been reports that Jett was autistic, though Travolta has denied it, saying he suffers from Kawasaki Syndrome, a condition which often leads to heart disease...</i><br><br><i>According to a [police] report, Jett Travolta was last seen going into the bathroom at their private suite at the Old Bahama Bay Resort sometime yesterday [Thursday]. The body was discovered by the caretaker, Jeff Michael Kathrain, at 10 AM today. The report says Jett suffered from seizures...</i><br><br><i>Restview Memorial Mortuary and Crematorium in the Bahamas tells TMZ Jett\'s body would be transferred to Restview on Monday...</i><br><br><i>Travolta\'s attorney Michael Ossi says Jett suffered a seizure at his family\'s vacation home at the Old Bahama Bay Hotel on Grand Bahama Island. Attempts to revive him were unsuccessful and he died on scene.</i><br><br><br><br><b>So Sad!</b> <b>May God bring comfort to the family</b><br><br><b> I had a 14 yo cousin to pass away a few months ago due to a seizure, where he stopped breathing.</b>  <b>Just too sad!</b></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870207" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4870207" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870207" class="dsq-comment-message">I can\'t imagine the pain Travolta and his family are going through right now.<br><br>Travolta is one of the stand up guys in Tinseltown.  I\'m praying for his family.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4868187" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4868187">metricpenny</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868187" class="dsq-comment-message">I love the Fatherhood PSAs (?), especially this one. In general because all the families depicted are not black. Me thinks that\'s progress!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4868296" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4868296">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868296" class="dsq-comment-message">indeed, metricpenny, indeed! Because, suprisingly all black Daddies don\'t need the gov\'ment to teach them how to parent!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4870183" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870183" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4870183" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870183" class="dsq-comment-message">Maybe Obama should have watched one of those Fatherhood PSAs before he made THAT SPEECH.<br><br>&lt;&lt;&lt;ducks and runs&gt;&gt;&gt;</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870399" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4870399">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870399" class="dsq-comment-message">ha ha <br><br>and honey, we were working class folks. My Daddy gave til it hurt. In fact, after a week of 3 car accidents among my 2 older sisters. My Daddy said we even took his dreams at night. Poor Daddy, lol.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870813" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4870813">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870813" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!<br><br>Too cute!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4868256" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4868256">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868256" class="dsq-comment-message">Let\'s all shared Daddy moments. I can say, one of my cooler Daddy moments was in high school for sewing class when I lost the zipper  I needed to complete a pouch for my first grade in the course.  I called my Dad in the middle of the day to to see if he could save the day. Didn\'t want to made a bad grade because according to Daddy C on a grade was for average and he did have any average kids (we all had the smarts to make better grades) and C in conduct was for clown and he didn\'t raise not clowns. He would allow a B in conduct if the grade were a high A in the course because then obviously you were bored, lol. As a sidenote, I did make a C in conduct in SEWING!  Singing <i>baby take your time, take your time do it right, you can do it baby, do it tonight,</i>  lol! <br><br>Anyway, he was able to come to bring my zipper to the school. When he arrived he  asked to see my fabric for the pouch. ( I wasn\'t gonna say that the blue didn\'t match my fabric, because I was just glad for the save) He went back to the store took my fabric with him and my zipper was just the shade of turqoise to match perfectly.  I  made an A on my first sewing project. My little pouch was super cute. Plus, he did it all with no complaints.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4868473">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868473" class="dsq-comment-message">That is so sweet.  I can talk about my dad all day and night.  He wasn\'t just my dad either.  Several of my aunts were single mommas..... He was surrogate daddy uncle, and grandaddy for at least 10 children.  He attended functions, paid for school clothes, school supplies, and everything.  I miss him horribly, but they miss him just as much and their deadbeat daddies are now somewhat involved.  They couldn\'t hold a candle to their Uncle Calvin.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4868539" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4868539" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4868539">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4868539" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868539" class="dsq-comment-message">me too...My Dad was also Dad to many others as well, since he worked at a community center. Many kids called my Dad Daddy and relied on him for all manner of needs. My cousins, too. We could probably talk for hours about our Daddies.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4868675" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4868675">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4868675" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868675" class="dsq-comment-message">Daddy talk was what I needed today.? Shoot, I am about politicked out.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4870729" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870729" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4870729">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4870729" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870729" class="dsq-comment-message">well, looks like we got a good one started =-)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4871218" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4871218" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4871218" class="dsq-comment-message">Here\'s another Daddy story for you, Rorysmomma.<br><br>I was an angel in a Christmas play at school.  You would have thought I was playing the Virgin Mary in that sucker - my mom had to work, but I looked out in the audience and there was my DAD, front and center and hollering, "that\'s my baby up there!".<br><br>I think the school took pictures and stuff - and there\'s me and daddy cheesing for the camera - me in the white sheet and silver halo on my head, and my Dad looking like a Black version of Ward Cleaver, skinning so hard for the camera I thought his teeth would break.<br><br>LOL</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4871499" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4871499">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4871499" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4871499" class="dsq-comment-message">Ain\'t nothing better than Daddy being proud of you.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4868522" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4868522" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4868522">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868522" class="dsq-comment-message">Lawd.....I remember all those endless drives my dad made to get me to twirling lessons & waiting patiently during the lessons.<br><br>.... And guess what?.....I wasn\'t even in the band! (my kids were)  lol<br>I just wanted to learn how to twirl!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4868672" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4868672">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4868672" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868672" class="dsq-comment-message">my Dad, was also very patient and timely for any activity of kiddos plus very engaged and interested, too.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4869298">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4869298" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4869298" class="dsq-comment-message">I remember my dad attending all my basketball and volleyball games when I was in school.  And I sucked at basketball and volleyball.  But he was there cheering me on.  Since I went to a small private school some of our games were at schools up to an hour away.  But he was always there offering to drive me and my teammates.<br><br>Since I became an "adult" I can\'t even count the times I got in a jam and needed him to come deliver a spare key to me in the middle of the night because I was locked out of my apartment or car.  Not to mention the times he came all the way into the city because I needed help with something simple like hanging a picture or putting together a table.  <br><br>My dad is awesome.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4872383" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4872383">Denise</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4872383" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4872383" class="dsq-comment-message"><i> "Since I became an "adult" I can\'t even count the times I got in a jam..." </i><br><br>Tell me about it!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870172" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4870172" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870172" class="dsq-comment-message">Dang, Justice, I remember another "Daddy" moment.<br><br>Remember World Finest Chocolate Almond Candy Bars they sell for fundraising?  My dad took two boxes to his job and sold them all for me; he helped me sell enough candy to win the prize of a radio for selling close to $50 dollars worth of candy back in 1971.<br><br>I was very proud of that radio and my daddy helped me sell enough World\'s Finest Candy in order to win it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4870349" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870349" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4870349">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4870349" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870349" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh yes, do I ever remember that Candy!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4871196" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4871196" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4871196" class="dsq-comment-message">Not as good now as it was then.  Chock full of almonds and rich chocolate.<br><br>The bars they sell today; I\'ll still buy one from a child I see selling them here in DC, because they remind me of my Daddy selling that candy for me to win that prize.  But they sure skimp on the almonds and that\'s the best part. LOL</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4870362" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870362" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4870362">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870362" class="dsq-comment-message">back in 1996 my Daddy sold $20 calendars for a ritzy group I was apart of.  I was one of the only girls black or white who sold are her calendars. He sold a bunch of them in the hit /shot house (house of a probaby retired single woman who sold drinks in her living room/ala club and played the blues) to tipsy folks. But, that is just details =-)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870743" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4870743">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870743" class="dsq-comment-message">JJai,<br><br>You mentioning Calendars reminded Me of how I sold Band Calendars for my kids. I sold the hell out of those Calendars! When it came to fundraising, I was out there for my kids to help put money in their Band account for trips. I was tired as a son-of-a-biscuit eater, but I did it!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4871173" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4871173" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4871173" class="dsq-comment-message">But the fact is, your daddy did it to help you. <br><br>Dang, I wish Obama had talked to a few of us before he made that Fathers\' Day speech.  We could have pointed him to our examples of good, responsible fathers.  Many brothas like our dads got turned off by Obama\'s speech - they\'re still mumbling about how they felt he dissed and talked down to them in order to curry favor with the others.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4873083" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4873083">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4873083" class="dsq-comment-message">oh, I ain\'t shame =-)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4868663">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868663" class="dsq-comment-message">My daddy drove me 30 miles to my weekly piano lessons but I think my most memorable moment was when I was 20 yrs old and me and a friend, being fast, decided to drive from FAMU to my my family reunion in Tuscaloosa, AL because we didnt wanna be in Tallahassee that weekend. We had exactly $20...that\'s it. Now my parents had already told me not to come but Pam talked me into it.....I had JUST gotten that Sentra the month before.....and wouldn\'t you know it....yep...sitting at a light in Troy, AL.....got hit from behind by this old man in a Cadillac the size of a yacht...and that rammed me into the Lincoln Continental in front of us....my car was smashed in from both front and back...but the two big azz cars were not even scratched! Pam was asleep and got thrown forward, hurting her neck and she was bitching about her pain....I stepped out, as the state trooper is talking to me...it started to rain....and he\'s trying to ask me something....and all of a sudden I just turned to him and started crying and saying over and over "I want my daddy! I want my daddy! I dont know what you\'re asking me!! I need my daddy!!".................yep...that\'s how THAT went down....LOL</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4868793" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4868793">JJai</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4868793" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868793" class="dsq-comment-message">I had a similar moment when I had a car accident. And he was there in a flash to save me =-)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4868778" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4868778">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868778" class="dsq-comment-message">I feel you miranda, I was in labor and I was running an extremely high fever, and I was tired and in pain.  I kept crying for my dad, but he had passed on two years prior.  girl, you had the right idea.  when I wrecked my car he was the first person I called.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4868913" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4868913">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868913" class="dsq-comment-message">Geez,  that can be really frightening especially when you\'re not suppose to be in a certain place and an accident happens! Whew!!!!!!!!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870123" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4870123" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870123" class="dsq-comment-message">My Daddy moment was a life lesson of learning about Crabs in a Barrel.<br><br>We\'d gone crabbing in the San Jacinto River just outside Houston and I was about five years old.  We\'d filled up pails of crabs - some to sell; others to keep for gumbo and any other way you could cook crabs.  There was a blue crab in the pail and it was trying to climb out.  My father asked me to watch the blue crab.  Just as it got to the lid to haul itself out to freedom, two orange crab legs hauled him back into the pail and buried him under the rest of the crabs.<br><br>"Never allow people to let you get to the edge and pull you back.  Keep going, no matter who says what you can\'t do or why you can\'t do it.  People will pull you into their shyt instead of taking care of their own because they don\'t want to see you get anywhere in life."<br><br>My mother: "Burdett, she\'s only five years old.  She can\'t understand what you\'re saying to her and she won\'t remember it; she\'s too little."<br><br>My daddy: "Not Leutisha - she was born with a veil over her face, remember?  The parents said she would be a wise little girl who will probably scare us with what she knows and understands.  Hell, she was already reading before she was two years old - you think she\'ll forget what her daddy taught her?"<br><br>My father believed in me - and he was one of those take-no-shyt brothas who would put a fist in a saltine\'s mouth before he could get the word "Nigger" out.  It was that lesson that has sustained me from the time I was a little girl.  There were times I\'d compete in modelling pagents and whatnot and I\'d be the only little black girl on that stage.  Many times I lost those competititons, but I never stop competing because I was Black or a female.  I believed I was as good as anyone else, and my race never made me too afraid to engage in competition THEN or NOW.<br><br>I have Burdett Stills, Jr. to thank for that.  My FATHER.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870326" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4870326">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870326" class="dsq-comment-message">Go CPL!<br><br><br>I remember my grandmother & mother mentioning about babies being born with a veil over their face! It was in reference to someone being wise or very gifted!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4871148" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4871148" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4871148" class="dsq-comment-message">You know how the grandparents were, Justice.  I kept hearing about "you know she was born with a veil over her face" every time I was asked to read a sign or a paper, to demonstrate to naysayers in the family that I could already read before I hit kindergarten.<br><br>The school wanted to skip me a grade, but my mother wanted me with peers my own age so I wouldn\'t be encountering peer pressure before I needed to, so that\'s that.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4871224" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4871224">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4871224" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL,<br><br>But look at this....Your folks stated about the veil, my folks did too but we didn\'t know each other from Adam. Our families never knew each other but yet we know about "being born with a veil over the face"!<br><br>Strange, isn\'t it?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4871249" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4871249" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4871249" class="dsq-comment-message">Like always finds like, Justice.  I put it down to that.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4875003" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4875003">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4875003" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL et al:<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGbnua2kSa8" rel="nofollow">That\'s What Friends Are For - Dionne Warwick & Friends HQ</a><br><br>REALLY ENJOY!!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4871475" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4871475" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4871475">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4871475" class="dsq-comment-message">I was born with one, my grandma said the same thing.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4871572" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4871572">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4871572" class="dsq-comment-message">Rory,<br><br>What\'s so fascinating is here we are, sharing this info, and we\'ve never been around each other or anything.  And I swear, every person that my grandmother & mother stated had a veil over their face were very gifted & wise people. I kid you not!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4870889">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870889" class="dsq-comment-message">You all have had me crying. That\'s why I loved this clip...it was of a Daddy doing something absolutely ridiculous for his baby girl. <br><br>I love sports because of Daddy. He had me watching golf, when we were the ONLY Black folks in the gallery. We were watching tennis before Venus and Serena. Daddy taught me how to fill out my scorecard at the baseball game. We\'d spend the day; he packed a lunch. He bought me my first transistor radio. There we were, sitting at Comiskey Park or Wrigley Field, looking at the game, filling out our scorecards, with the ear pieces in our ears, listening to Jack Brickhouse or Harry Caray call the games. <br><br>He used to take us (Mama and I) shopping. He\'d bring along a stack of magazines and newspapers, and the radio. Find a bench, and tell us to take our time. <br><br>I learned how to cook because of Daddy. He made 98 out of every 100 meals fixed in our house. <br><br>While Chicago was still a segregated city when I was growing up, Daddy wanted me to have the best. So, off to Magnet School I went, and when I wound up making friends with folks all around the city, Daddy never said anything about it when I wanted to go to parties. He just made sure that HE was the one taking me. I was young; I was naive. I realize NOW, that my father wasn\'t going to have his daughter, on the bus or the \'el\' at night, trying to get home in neighborhoods that weren\'t too friendly to those of us with melanin in our skin. That there was a reason why he arrived at every party I went to a half hour early. It wasn\'t just to inform me that he was there - I always knew Daddy would be there. It would be so that the parent in the house, just in case one of their neighbors looked out the window and saw a Black man sitting out in a car and called the PO-Lice, would be able to \'speak up\' for Daddy. Daddy protected me and let me grow at the same time.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4871052" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4871052" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4871052">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4871052" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4871052" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>He used to take us (Mama and I) shopping. He\'d bring along a stack of magazines and newspapers, and the radio. Find a bench, <b>and tell us to take our time</b>.</i> <br><br><br>Sounds just like my dad!  He was always so patient.<br><br>I still love him! Love never dies!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4875114">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4875114" class="dsq-comment-message">JJai:  I\'m a little LATE, BUT. . . . . . .<br><br>My daddy showned me how a REAL MAN is \'pose ta treat his lady/wife.<br><br>Erry payday, he would bring his PAY home and count IT out at the kitchen table.  <br><br>IFFF we even "axed" for a penny, as he HANDED ALL of the MONEY to mommy, he would say - - -- "You have to "axe" her, \'cause THAT\'S NOT my money!  It\'s HERS so that she can take care of the house."      ***tears***<br><br>Yes he had his "hustles on the side". So he had some $$$<br><br>BUT,  he was showing ALL o\' us that he RESPECTS HIS WIFE and the work that SHE does to take care of the family!!     ***tears***<br><br>DADDY WAS "THE MAN!!"   :&gt;)     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4875360" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4875360" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4875360">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4875360" class="dsq-comment-message">GreenLady,<br><br>Kudos to your family!  Sounds like a very loving man.<br><br>I\'ve only known one man in my life that would hand over his entire paycheck to his wife and that is one of my sister\'s husband.  I always was amazed by that. <br><br>My ex gave me money but he didn\'t give it all to me(lol) but my sister\'s husband sure did!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4875834" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4875834">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4875834" class="dsq-comment-message">Justice58:  Ohhh!  YES!!  Daddy, like all the "daddies" mentioned here, was A VERY SPECIAL MAN!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>LOVE \'IM!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4868528" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4868528">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868528" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t know about you guys but I\'ve been feeling a little but on edge because whenever I watch or read the news everything is so negative and sensational.  Don\'t get me wrong, I love some of the drama, but sometimes it gets to be too much.  <br><br>Anyway, I was searching the net for sites that didn\'t talk about war, economic collapse or Hiedi and Spencer from The Hill\'s and found <a href="http://happynews.com" rel="nofollow">happynews.com</a>.  It\'s a cute little site focusing on the positive news stories of the day.  I\'ve read a few of the articles and there are some feel good stories so I thought I\'d pass it site along.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4868762" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4868762">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4868762" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868762" class="dsq-comment-message">WOW! Well, that\'s what I get for talking and not doing! I totally had this idea when I lived in Charlotte (6 years ago) - I just sent the link to a friend to show it COULD be done and someone did it!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4869983" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4869983" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4869983" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4869983" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4869983" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks for the link.  We can use some levity here from time to time.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4868676" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4868676" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4868676" href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">icebergslim</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4868676" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868676" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/01/ann-coulter-blasts-michelle-obama.html" rel="nofollow">Ann Coulter blasts Michelle Obama to sell books</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4868773" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4868773" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4868773">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4868773" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868773" class="dsq-comment-message">Skank heifer.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4868920" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4868920" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4868920">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4868920" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868920" class="dsq-comment-message">OMG.......if anyone goes to Huffington Post and looks at the pic that accompanies their column on this bitch...now admit it, that\'s one scary looking photo is it not?? All that\'s missing is the flying monkeys.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4868948" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4868948" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4868948">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4868948" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868948" class="dsq-comment-message">She looks like a hairless cat wearing a wig of straw.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4869004" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4869004" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4869004">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4869004" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4869004" class="dsq-comment-message">Practically switched at birth:<br><a href="http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c373/momasboy327/emhkoja2.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c373/momasboy...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4869022" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4869022" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4869022">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4869022" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4869022" class="dsq-comment-message">Look at her legs, will you? Ewww!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4868962" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4868962" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4868962">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4868962" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868962" class="dsq-comment-message">Hell Yeah!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4869153" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4869153" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4869153">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4869153" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4869153" class="dsq-comment-message">Preach.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4869897" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4869897" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4869897" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4869897" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4869897" class="dsq-comment-message">Is she still getting her groove on with JJ from Good Times?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4869985" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4869985" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4869985">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4869985" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4869985" class="dsq-comment-message">ewww.....<br>Lord....please never let them procreate.....please.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4870094" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870094" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4870094">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4870094" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870094" class="dsq-comment-message">Gag!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4871061" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4871061" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4871061" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4871061" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4871061" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>WHAT!?</I></i></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4871114" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4871114" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4871114" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4871114" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4871114" class="dsq-comment-message">You don\'t want a picture, do you?<br><br><a href="http://flashwarner.com/images/walker_coulter.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://flashwarner.com/images/walker_coulter.jpg</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4871245" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4871245" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4871245" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4871245" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4871245" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>Ewwwwwwwww....</i><br><br>LAWD have mercy.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4871256" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4871256" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4871256" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4871256" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4871256" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, you ASKED....<br><br>ROFL</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4870115" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870115" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4870115">carolinagirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4870115" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870115" class="dsq-comment-message">I totally agree. He\'s part of the She-Man Black Woman Haters Club. I hope he got his adam\'s apple fixed.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4869968" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4869968" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4869968" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4869968" class="dsq-comment-message">That cow better hope Michelle Obama doesn\'t catch her in a bathroom at the White House.<br><br>Michelle: So, you been dissing me to sell books, huh?  When was the last time your skinny ass actually ate solid food?<br><br>&lt;&lt;&lt;takes off pumps, smooths Vaseline on her face, and scrunches back hair in a ponytail&gt;&gt;&gt;<br><br>Coulter:  What are you doing?  &lt;&lt;&lt;screams for help, only the SS won\'t let her out&gt;&gt;&gt;<br><br>Michelle: Since you want to be "down" with Sistas by screwing JJ from Good Times, you should know the signals of a sista getting ready to get in that ass, and from what you have, I should make quick work of this shyt.<br><br>&lt;&lt;&lt;proceeds to break open can of Whip Ass on Coulter and leaves her a broken sack of bones and moaning on the floor&gt;&gt;&gt;<br><br>Michelle wipes off the Vaseline and reapplies her makeup, puts back on her earrings and is surprised she didn\'t even BREAK A SWEAT.  She calmly walks to the door and steps out into the waiting limosene that will take her to Barack and a romantic dinner at the Mansion on O Street in NW DC.  She\'s thinking "I really ENJOYED THAT.  And she can\'t tell the public I whipped her ass because the SS will deny I was ever there...."  &lt;&lt;&lt;smiles&gt;&gt;&gt;</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870087" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4870087">carolinagirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870087" class="dsq-comment-message">FAIL. *SMH* Come on CPL....</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4870088" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870088" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4870088">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870088" class="dsq-comment-message">YOU SHOULD HAVE PUT A WARNING UP, CPL.<br><br>A Sista nearly choked on lunch reading that. <br><br>BWA HA HA  HA HA HA</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870203" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4870203">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4870203" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870203" class="dsq-comment-message">ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4871495" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4871495">metricpenny</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4871495" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4871495" class="dsq-comment-message">You got me howling and crying!!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4872059" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4872059" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4872059" href="http://55secretstreet.typepad.com/anovelista/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Anovelista</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4872059" class="dsq-comment-message">As if Ann Coulter would ever be within 10 feet of the Obama White House...<br><br>Usually I\'m with you, but I am already a little weary of all of the Michelle Obama "ass-whooping" imagery.  We complain about the depiction of her on the New Yorker cover with the afro and the machine gun, but continue to push the stereotype of the violent dark-skinned woman "smoothing Vaseline on her face" to whoop some poor white woman\'s ass.  <br><br>Sorry, I\'m not feeling it...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4874107" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4874107" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4874107" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4874107" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m sorry, but I like the idea of a First Lady who is a proud African-American woman, who, yeah, can kick someone\'s ass - not the helpless, sniveling women (Hillary and Jackie Kennedy being the exceptions, and maybe Rosalynn Carter) we have had to endure since there have been First Ladies.<br><br>Sometimes, I get a laugh, sometimes I don\'t - just like Almond Joy. LOL</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4874835" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4874835" href="http://55secretstreet.typepad.com/anovelista/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Anovelista</a>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4874835" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4874835" class="dsq-comment-message">Well I like the idea of a First Lady who is a proud African-American woman with no need to resort to "kicking someone\'s ass" to prove how "strong" she is. And she could care less about being pegged as "helpless" or "sniveling" because she is secure enough not to go there.<br><br>Believe it or not, some proud Black women get through life and accomplish things without "smearing vaseline" on their face and kicking ass. Even if they can - Not unlike our First Lady.<br><br>Also, I would add Eleanor Roosevelt, Betty Ford (founder of the Berry Ford Center, one of the first public figures to discuss her breast cancer) and Nancy Reagan (not always likeable, but hardly helpless) to the non "helpless/sniveling" First Lady list.<br><br>As I said earlier, generally I\'m with you - and I\'m all for humor - but I am really over this ass-kicking "Superwoman" Amazonian stereotype for Black women.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4882231" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4882231" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4882231">carolinagirl</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4882231" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4882231" class="dsq-comment-message">I totally agree.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4871271">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4871271" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4871271" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4871271" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4871271" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4871271" class="dsq-comment-message">You know Elisabeth bobblehead from the View is fuming it wasn\'t her first.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4874082">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4874082" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4874082" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4874082" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4874082" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4874082" class="dsq-comment-message">For once, she might have gotten a smack down from both Joy Behar and Baba Wawa, cause Baba is all but in love with Barack now.<br><br>I say Baba and Joy, cause Whoopi and Sherri too busy being house negresses on that show.  LOL</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4874175">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4874175" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4874175" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4874175" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4874175" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4874175" class="dsq-comment-message">Well we now know that she likes Black men enough to take up with somebody\'s husband! TMI !!!!! I am surprised Barack\'s former white girlfriends haven\'t made their way to the press though I do expect a tell all sometime during his 1st term.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4874307">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4874307" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4874307" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4874307" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4874307" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4874307" class="dsq-comment-message">LOLOL,<br><br>I\'m hoping they will have the common sense to STHU, but hey, it didn\'t work for Clinton, either.<br><br>I just hope Barack doesn\'t have too many ex-girlfriends to come out the woodwork so Regency Publishing can offer fat money for them to write tell-all books.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4868685">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4868685" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4868685" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4868685">Kat</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4868685" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868685" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m not sure who is cuter here, the dad, or the little girl with her pom poms as big as she is. :)</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4868770">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4868770" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4868770" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4868770" href="http://www.tariqnelson.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">TariqNelson</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4868770" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868770" class="dsq-comment-message">Fatherhood.gov had a series of commercials like that. I loved them all. I am glad that fatherhood is back in vogue</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4873278">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4873278" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4873278" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4873278">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4873278" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4873278" class="dsq-comment-message">TariqNelson:  Major co-sign!!  :&gt;)  In my family, it neva went out of style.  :&gt;)<br><br>My dad & mom were married for over 64 years!!  :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>Annnnnnd, DADDY WAS DADDY \'til the END!!  :&gt;)</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4877696">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4877696" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4877696" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4877696">antennaness</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4877696" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4877696" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m glad too, TariqNelson.  Why do you suppose it went out and what brought it back in vogue.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4878385">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4878385" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4878385" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4878385" href="http://www.tariqnelson.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">TariqNelson</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4878385" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4878385" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t know why it went out of vogue. I think that it came back because many saw the importance of having fathers in the home and the impact on greater society</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4868850">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4868850" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4868850" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4868850">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4868850" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868850" class="dsq-comment-message">kat,<br><br>The little girl is just too cute! I love how she starts in with the cheer and then, when they both start all over again....priceless!<br><br>I can\'t get enough of it! lol</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4868875">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4868875" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4868875" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4868875">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4868875" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4868875" class="dsq-comment-message">Has anyone ever been to the Mummer\'s Parade in Philly? I didn\'t even know what this was, just happened upon it on WGN right now. Never even heard of it before....quite interesting parade! Cool costumes too!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4870201">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4870201" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870201" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4870201">carolinagirl</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4870201" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870201" class="dsq-comment-message">I just changed the TV to that channel. What is the parade for? Is this some sort of tradition?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4870874">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4870874" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870874" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4870874">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4870874" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870874" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah...I just read up on it...had never heard of the Mummers Parade before in my life....guess you really do learn something new everyday!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4870989">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4870989" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870989" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4870989">Plantsmantx</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4870989" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870989" class="dsq-comment-message">One of my earliest "television memories" is of watching the Mummers parade on TV. I haven\'t thought about them for many years.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4873251">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4873251" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4873251" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4873251">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4873251" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4873251" class="dsq-comment-message">Plantsmantx:  I usta WATCH them 2.   :&gt;)  Enjoyable!!   :&gt;)</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4870913">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4870913" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870913" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4870913">nickwah22</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4870913" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870913" class="dsq-comment-message">yes, every year. there is a museum and everything.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4869653">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4869653" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4869653" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4869653" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4869653" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4869653" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/02/opinion/02krugman.html?_r=3&ref=opinion" rel="nofollow">Paul Krugman:  Payback\'s a b*tch for the GOP.</a><br><br><blockquote>The fault, however, lies not in Republicans’ stars but in themselves. Forty years ago the G.O.P. decided, in effect, to make itself the party of racial backlash. And everything that has happened in recent years, from the choice of Mr. Bush as the party’s champion, to the Bush administration’s pervasive incompetence, to the party’s shrinking base, is a consequence of that decision.<br><br>If the Bush administration became a byword for policy bungles, for government by the unqualified, well, it was just following the advice of leading conservative think tanks: after the 2000 election the Heritage Foundation specifically urged the new team to “make appointments based on loyalty first and expertise second.”</blockquote><br><br>Well, he\'s not always wrong.  Just like a stopped clock.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4869821">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4869821" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4869821" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4869821" href="http://www.tariqnelson.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">TariqNelson</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4869821" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4869821" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama had a radio address today<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgYuhl6CU2s" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgYuhl6CU2s</a><br><br>Still silent on the "big topic"</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4870334">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4870334" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870334" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4870334">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4870334" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870334" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.congressmatters.com/storyonly/2009/1/2/211220/9858/712/315" rel="nofollow">http://www.congressmatters.com/storyonly/2009/1...</a><br><br><br>Will Harry Reid allow Norm Coleman on the floor but not Roland Burris?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4870988">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4870988" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4870988" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4870988" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5L3M8Pn9KU" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Piepiepie</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4870988" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4870988" class="dsq-comment-message">Norm Coleman has floor priviledges as an ex-senator, so do sitting govs.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4871345">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4871345" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4871345" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4871345">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4871345" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4871345" class="dsq-comment-message">So if Blago casually strolls around the floor, are they acknowledging that he\'s the executive authority from the State of Illinois?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4871401">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4871401" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4871401" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4871401" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5L3M8Pn9KU" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Piepiepie</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4871401" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4871401" class="dsq-comment-message">I have no idea what the senate will decide to do. That\'s independent from Blago\'s trying to sell the senate seat if you read my initial argument against the Burris appointment, and the argument that is going to go through the legal system.<br><br>Good try, it\'s a weak analogy like people saying that Madoff could start a new mutual fund b/c he hasn\'t been convicted of anything yet.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4874064">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4874064" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4874064" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4874064" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4874064" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4874064" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m glad you pointed out ex-Senator.<br><br>Franken is going to have a field day with this shyt; his own and Burris\', too.</div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4871791">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4871791" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4871791" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4871791">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4871791" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4871791" class="dsq-comment-message">EVENING THREAD IS UP</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
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			// HACK: This is a workaround FBC's single domain limitation by
			//		 allowing sites to create multiple forums with different
			//		 Facebook API keys.  This must be used in conjunction with
			//		 disqus_facebook_forum (see authenticateFacebook).
			var facebook_api_key = 'bd6a8bc56f8eb204984f34b6fefe228d';
			if (typeof disqus_facebook_api_key != 'undefined') {
				facebook_api_key = disqus_facebook_api_key;
			}

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


	


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

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

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

})();




