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I don't care if you get into educational facilities by hook or crook, the point is to continue your education. And so what if there are too many applicants, the powers that be will have to find a way to deal with it, but \"they\" can never say that you \"did not try to get an education\". The \"obstacle to the mainsteam quality of life\" will then have to be \"something else\". So what, again, keep trying; what else do you have to do with your life? You're not going anywhere, the world isn't going anywhere.<br><br>You also say that \"there are too few in positions of authority or in policy-making positions to make effective changes. Well, how else do you propose that we change that, except though education whereas you are qualified to become the \"change agent\" and work for that change. But you must put yourself in a position of power, first.<br> <br>Finally, your statement regarding \"There are a lot of \"first time\" applicants to colleges and universities coming from the AA community who will not be beneficiaries of schools political connection or alumni pipelines. Who's fault is that? Their parents? No, the responsibility of getting accepted into a college or university lies with the applicant, not the parent nor the political connection. Again it seems that some of us are WAITING ON OTHERS! I did not depend or count on any political clout, friendship, palm-greasing or otherwise, to help me get into my college, and later, my university. I depended on my GRADES. It is as simple as that.  (And please explain to me what you mean when you say \"..there is an array of interconnected issues with education like the brain drain, taxi cab drivers and the homeless with multiple degrees, the poverty level at the bachelor's degree, etc.).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_13:09:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "maryellen", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12921439, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12922883": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I love it!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_13:38:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "khrish", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12922078, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12923910": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Lets' break it down again: a dumb ass white woman is thought to be MORE qualified for anything over the black guy and hispanic woman with Ivy League degrees by a good chunk of Amurka.  The only qualification she needs is white skin.<br><br>And SMART white women know what's up, which is why they are all (GOP, Democrat and Independent alike) APPALLED by this chick.  Women all seen this chick before: the dumb ass bimbo who winks, shimmies and shows her boobs and legs to rise to the top, and when called out on it, cries and sobs that \"erry'body pickin' on me.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_14:20:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12923569, "depth": 6, "points": 8, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12931082": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJNnDCOK_gw&feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJNnDCOK_gw&feat...</a><br>Yeah I'm tawkin to you...LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_19:40:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Lilytiger", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12930782, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12923916": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Somebody needs to hire the President a tall, strong, physically fit individual whose sole responsibility is to appropriately and effectively utilize the \"pimp\" hand. Preferably female so she could slap the mess out of both sexes without bias if displays of stupidity reaches above the 70% intolerance level.\"<br><br>My resume is prepared and so am I.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_14:20:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12922078, "depth": 3, "points": 6, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12920336": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"This weekend, he is playing host to a meeting of the National Governors Association, a gathering of bipartisanship and bonhomie that is allowing him to show off how the Mississippi Gulf Coast has recovered under his leadership since Hurricane Katrina struck in August 2005....He is prospering...\"<br><br>The real question is \"who prospered\"? <a href=\"http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=aG1fHyzJA56A\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bloomberg: Mississippi Governor's Associates Profit From Katrina Recovery</a>", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_11:15:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "morphusBfly", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12919560, "depth": 1, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12921879": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Barack Obama feels the heat, changes the play<br><br>Finally, we\u2019re starting to see him sweat. <br><br>Read more: <a href=\"http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25114.html#ixzz0LiwP4h4q\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25114...</a><br><br>My take on this post - utter garbage. Clearly these people could give a good rats as* about resolving real issues facing our country.  Noooooooo they are too focused on seeing the President \"lose his cool.\"  <br><br>Mark my words.  That.will.never.happen.  They will see flashes of annoyance for the increased level of stupidity and wtf moments displayed by our elected officials (and those flashes will only boost his support from the American people) but he will NEVER give them the satisfaction of seeing him \"lose his cool\".  <br><br>Idiots.  Who hired these people??? Now I am getting annoyed.  <br>Go ahead Mr. President.  Brush your shoulders off.  <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yel8IjOAdSc&feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yel8IjOAdSc&feat...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_12:40:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12921007": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh yes, I agree.  I look forward to Sunday Morning music messages from rikyrah and I too  feel blessed by them.  They bring up so many memories of how I felt when I heard those songs sung in church and so often they speak in powerful ways to my condition at the moment.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_11:55:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "zackboston", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12920682, "depth": 3, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12922397": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You are the one who made t about 'black faces in high places' when u mention Dr Bengamin. Try to be consistent!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_13:11:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "alison269", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12922193, "depth": 7, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12921888": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Wow.......<br>\"I don't think anyone would argue that over the last 30 years financial innovation has been the fuel of the economy,\" says Stinebert, who believes that's reason to tread carefully.<br><br>I can barely believe he had the audacity to say that. It would be funny if it weren't so frightening. Did this \"Stinebert\" guy miss the last year or what?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_12:41:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12921397, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12922402": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It's funny how some people mock non-whites for getting an education by claiming they are \"acting white.\"<br><br>I have long held the belief that the \"doing well in school = acting white\" thing was started up by racist whites.<br><br>I think it's interesting that most of the 80s era rappers were college students/college graduates and they all had on the HBCU T-shirts...but when Corporate America got their hands on rap you never heard a rapper again talk about black pride and you never saw an HBCU t-shirt on a rapper again.<br><br>I think it's curious that conservatives tell blacks/hispanics they're being discriminated against because they don't have any education...but when the black/hispanic gets an education they tell them that education doesn't mean anything.<br><br>I think it's interesting that conservatives/GOP admonish hispanics for not knowing English and tell them they better learn English, no Spanish allowed...but when hispanics try to learn English, they are mocked.<br><br>Maybe the problem in this society isn't education, because it really doesn't matter if blacks and hispanics go to school and get an education because many whites will regard somebody like Palin, who went to 5 colleges in 6 years, has no command of the English language and is intellectually incurious as much more smarter and qualified than a black/hispanic summa cum laude graduate of an Ivy League school who continously strives to learn.<br><br>I suspect RayRay in the hood knows this.  He doesn't need a State of the Black Union to tell him what he already knows.<br><br>I think black and hispanic communities should stress education NOT as a way to assimilate and gain acceptance into the larger white society (that's never going to happen) but stress education as a way to build up their own communities instead.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_13:11:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12921439, "depth": 4, "points": 13, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12930225": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "After all of these replies and looking at the various comments on these boards...you really don't get the format when the comment is a RESPONSE TO YOURS??", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_18:47:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12928191, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12923434": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "maryellen: Seriously, having a Masters, Bachelors,or  PhD do not mean jack if you can't find a J-O-B.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_13:53:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "morphusBfly", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12922369, "depth": 5, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12925485": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Eric Cantor needed the taste slapped outta his mouth for that dumb azz statement.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_14:43:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12921334, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12921397": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "New consumer protection agency meets resistance<br>WASHINGTON (CNN) -- If you hold a credit card, mortgage or a student loan, Congress is considering a new agency designed to give you a lot more protection.<br><br>The Consumer Financial Products Agency would set new rules to simplify contracts, eliminate fine print and get rid of the tricks and traps that led some to unwittingly sign up for mortgages they couldn't afford.<br><br>However, the proposed agency is running into some resistance from the financial services industry. According to one of the industry's top lobbyists, stopping the agency is \"our No. 1 priority.\"<br><br><a href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/18/consumer.agency.fight/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/18/consumer...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_12:18:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12922423": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Clearly I was addressing you.  If he had the courage he would not have allowed Holder to speak about whiteness and then damn near break his foot running to get away from it.<br><br>I have every right to speak my mind.  What happens to the peoples of the African Disaspora is very much my business as we are all effected.  As for the Uncle Thomas comment,  I suppose that hit to close to home for your oreo eating ass. <br><br>Obama is so busy playing center of the road politics that he has yet to ever speak to whiteness about its accountability and continues to lecture Black people on ours.  He may sweeten it with rhetoric but the bottom line is that he has bought into the nonsense that Blacks are responsible for the systemic inequality that serves to keep us as second class citizens.  I'd like to see White people swim against the stream for awhile and see how they do. I am tired of people telling Blacks to rise above, as though we have not been doing that for hundreds of years.  Since it is Sunday I won't share the rest of my thoughts with you, though lord knows you deserve it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_13:12:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "womanistmusings", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12921936, "depth": 3, "points": 5, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12932618": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rotflmao!!!!!!!!!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_20:58:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12931082, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12921417": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "NAACP still has much to do<br><br>Clarence Page <br>is a Chicago Tribune columnist<br><br>Judging by my e-mail, my appearance in a CBS News Sunday Morning report on the NAACP's 100th-anniversary convention last week left many viewers with a false impression.<br><br>They think that I said President Obama's election has made the nation's oldest and largest civil-rights organization unnecessary. That would be tantamount to saying that racism is no longer a problem.<br><br>I do not believe that Obama's election has made the NAACP unnecessary. Rather, I fear that the organization is making itself irrelevant.<br><br>I raised a question that a lot of people find uncomfortable: If we did not have the NAACP today, would anybody notice the difference?<br><br>Then I concluded that, in too many instances, the answer would be no. Not because it isn't doing anything, but because too few people see the organization's work making a difference in their lives.<br><br>That disconnect helps to explain why the organization's treasury, membership rolls, and name recognition among young people have been shrinking in recent decades.<br><br>I don't want the organization to disband. I would like to see it catch up with an era in which the biggest problems facing black Americans increasingly have less to do with skin color than with education and economics.<br><br>I am disappointed that it has not been more effective in reaching those who have been left behind, who are isolated in low-income communities and substandard schools, resegregated not only from whites, but from upwardly mobile blacks, too.<br><br>Despite the NAACP's noble history, our high unemployment rates, fatherless kids, and black-on-black crime call for more than civil-rights solutions.<br><br>We can't just sue our way back to strong families and lower crime rates. NAACP members in hundreds of chapters are helping to strengthen community institutions that can support strong families. Yet the prevailing attitude at the organization's national level was well expressed by Chairman Julian Bond when he declared that the NAACP was about \"social justice, not social service.\"<br><br>Fair enough. As long as we hear stories like that of the Huntingdon Valley swim club that turned away a mostly black group of day-care kids, the NAACP will find plenty of racial suspicions to keep itself going. But it also runs the risk of becoming an organization for elites, missing those who need help the most.<br><br>Into this battle I welcome the new NAACP president and CEO, Ben Todd Jealous. The 36-year-old Rhodes scholar is the first NAACP leader too young to remember the 1960s. Appropriate to his generation, he has announced an Internet-age idea: a cell-phone-based \"rapid-response system\" for the reporting of alleged police misconduct.<br><br>If it works as hoped, the cyber-age concept could offer the organization a new networking tool to which the Twitter and Facebook generation can easily relate.<br><br>It could also offer something that fired up many of the civil-rights changes in the '60s: racism you can see on TV and not just wonder about.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20090719_NAACP_still_has_much_to_do.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20090719...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_12:20:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12923980": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You're not a white married male politician bootslapping with his mistress.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_14:24:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12921710, "depth": 3, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12926029": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Almost seven years in office:<br>What has Mark \"THE PLAYER\" Sanford done?<br>1) Brought shitting pigs into the SC State House.<br>2) Outsouced himself a mistress.<br>Don't hate the player, hate the...oh, hell...hate this dumbassed player!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_15:11:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12921228, "depth": 1, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12921936": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And who are you, womanistmusings, to say what the President of the United States SHOULD DO?<br><br>And if you're talking to me, MaryEllen, specificically, I do not know \"your uncle Thomas\", but I would like to know what he and I have in common.<br><br>Also, our President Obama has the courage to call anyone out. That's what he does whenever he calls a Press Conference or Briefing.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_12:44:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "maryellen", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12921673, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12923985": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "AFTERNOON OPEN THREAD IS UP!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_14:24:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12921699": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Of course sleezeball  McConnell will not vote for confirmation on Judge Sonia Sotomayor. Never was, and never would, as long as she is a Hispanic and as long as she is the appointee of President Obama. (remember, hope he fails!) President Obama is the REAL ISSUE, so no what she would have said, agreed to, or disagreed to, it would not have mattered in the least bit. <br><br>Senator Sessions of Alabama [the avowed Racist who was denied a federal judgeship some years ago mainly because of his racists remarks) is another white, male who will not vote for her confirmation. These two said this BEFORE the \"witch-hunt interrogation\" began, and yet were still allowed to badger this Hispanic woman. This is why the entire ordeal (some call it a confirmation hearing), was a JOKE. I was just waiting until these racists dogs ran out of time, and thank God they did because she turned the \"race baiting, nit-picking\" into facts of law to which they had no counterpoint.<br><br>The status quo ($$ male, white) had to have \"their turn at dissing this Hispanic female\" EVEN though it meant NOTHING legally. They couldn't stop the nomination, they just wanted \"to dance\" and appear that they were in control of something. They (status quo) were determined to make a good showing for their racist counterparts to save face and to \"show'em. Ha! Now, they can go back under the rocks where they slivered out of. Ugh.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_12:35:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "maryellen", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12921183, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12921439": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "My point is, it's too simplistic to lay at the feet of the AA community their failures when in fact there are too few in positions of authority or in policy-making positions to make effective changes.  <br><br>Lets look at education. It is my opinion, that the AA community is bleeding from their collective ears from hearing the \"education\" mantra, over and over again.  It seems that the AA community heard the steady droning of education, education, education. And, I read where record numbers of successful students graduated and submitted applications to colleges in such great numbers that the colleges were crying uncle. Imagine that, centers of higher education are complaining because they were overwhelmed with the number of HS applicants applying for admission.  This suggest that because of the application volume there are going to be a sizable number of students who will be rejected.  <br><br>Plus, there are stories like the one that, rikyrah post on Friday: <a href=\"http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/friday-open-thread-48/#comment-12815837\" rel=\"nofollow\">University of Illinois admissions: Elite high schools from Chicago metro area fatten clout list</a>.  <br><blockquote>\"The majority of students who benefited from political connections when applying to the University of Illinois attended elite, affluent high schools, according to a Chicago Tribune analysis of admissions data.\"</blockquote><br>There are a lot of \"first time\" applicants to colleges and universities coming from the AA community who will not be beneficiaries of schools political connection or alumni pipelines.  Who's fault is that? Their parents?  <br><br>Additionally, there is an array of interconnected issues with education like the brain drain, taxi cab drivers and the homeless with multiple degrees, the poverty level at the bachelor's degree, etc.  <br><br>Sorry for the rambling, but I hope you get my point.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_12:21:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "morphusBfly", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 14, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12920213, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12926604": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Morphus, I did not say that the excuse to discriminate will automatically go away if people of color got an education. I said THIS WOULD NO LONGER BE AN EXCUSE THAT THEY COULD USE. Another one maybe, BUT NOT THIS ONE.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_15:44:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "maryellen", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12926434, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12922467": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You know this foolishness needs to stop.Is Jefferson Beauregard Sessions the voice of white America,Do the MSM go to John Yoo for the Asian perspective and I think if we say Alberto(I do not recall)Gonzales speak for Latinos they will call us penderos for being so stupid.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_13:14:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12922249, "depth": 1, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12923496": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "W have you ever moseyed over to some of the sites where you have young Black American men and women chatting and posting? You should give it a try and see how our young women are selling themselves or talking about our young performers selling themselves like the slave masters used to do on the block. Look at the spellings and I don't mean just for speed's sake. You need to have a look and then you may see that he is not battling ghosts here. I am agree that what happens to the people of the African Disaspora is very much our business; but you can't be good for anyone else until you are good for yourself. Maybe in your mind he is playing center of the road. But tomorrow, if the election was to be held again, could we as Black Americans vote him into office?  I don't think so. And yes we are responsible for ourselves to a certain degree. We have and do swim against the stream but one man can't forsake the entire country to make us swim with the current.  Some of us have been down so long, getting up doesn't even cross our minds. We are a microwave nation; we want it done right now and when we don't get it right now we will turn on leadership....or on this leadership. We haven't turned on other leadership since the 50s and 60s. I just say, give the man a break. Did it need to take all that time in hearings to vote that woman on to the Supreme Courts, no. It was a waste of time. that woman was more than qualified......Just an example of how these assholes intend to play this game. No matter what the president wants to do, he's gotta have some votes to do it. Remember, it's called politics not the Holy See.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_13:57:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "khrish", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12922423, "depth": 4, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12926058": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "did you get that?  I got that.  Had to remind myself several times.  Today is Sunday . . . Today is Sunday . . .Today is Sunday . . . .", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_15:13:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12925485, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12921448": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "will they stop putting GOD in the middle of their messes?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_12:21:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12921228, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12921460": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I know affairs are not limited to a political affiliation but why the recent push to provide \"balanced coverage\" on cheating politicians?  What . . . is this tied to the influx of Republican skeletons falling out of the C street closet?  What's up?<br><br>Political sex scandals a nonpartisan affair<br>(CNN) -- If there's one thing Democrats and Republicans have in common, it's sex scandals.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/14/political.sex.scandals/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/14/politica...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_12:22:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12921974": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And I'm saying other groups ARE being addressed RIGHT NOW. I don't consider the Benjamin nomination a solution but a 1st step.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_12:47:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12921653, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12920682": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Zack,<br><br>I have to give Rikyrah props for choosing such Spirit-Filled songs! I listen over & over. Songs like this takes me back and blesses my soul. <br>*Tears*", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_11:35:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12920074, "depth": 2, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12922496": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Miranda & Womanistmusings stated their opinions, Are they not allowed to state what they feel or does that luxury only belong to you?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_13:15:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12921335, "depth": 4, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12922501": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't see the gays getting their needs addressed.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_13:16:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12921126, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12921996": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "smh....this line from that drive-by kills me.....\"Friday remarks at the White House had a trash-talk edge\"<br><br>Oh...didn't they know? Obama's new speech writer is Floyd \"Money\" Mayweather Jr.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_12:48:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12921879, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12921485": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Rikyrah - I am just grateful I am not within lightning striking distance.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_12:23:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12921448, "depth": 2, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12920984": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well, at least he's sitting on the fence and you don't know which way he will go. That's better than the ones before him, because you knew they were going to do nothing. I realize that the President can walk and chew gum at the same time; but he can't do everything at the same time. You've waited all these years for people who did nothing.....can't you even give him a year or two to deal with the millions of things everyone is waiting for him to handle.  Damn, regardless to popular belief, he is not our savior come to earth to die for us.  Give the man some time.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_11:53:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "khrish", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 13, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12918982, "depth": 1, "points": 6, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12925596": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Booker doesn't want that job. Check Matt Bai's article, <a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/magazine/10politics-t.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Is Obama the End of Black Politics?</a>:<br><br>\u201cI don\u2019t want to be pigeonholed,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t want people to expect me to speak about <b>those</b> issues.\u201d By this, presumably, he meant issues that revolve around race: profiling by police, incarceration rates, flagging urban economies. \u201cI want people to ask me about nonproliferation. I want them to run to me to speak about the situation in the Middle East.\u201d", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_14:48:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Prometheus6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12922249, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12922528": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "My vote for post of the day.2 thumbs up!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_13:18:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12922402, "depth": 5, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12921505": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "-- deleted", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_12:24:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12921335, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12918951": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"If Hatch, who has called Fort\u00e9 \"a genius,\" and Simon, who says that working for the reduction of the musician's sentence \"became my calling,\" were the midwives at Fort\u00e9's rebirth, the delivery-room doctor was even more improbable.<br><br>In one of his final acts as president, George W. Bush on Nov. 24, 2008, commuted Fort\u00e9's sentence.\"<br><br>What If found most disgusting reading this article is the effort to put a halo on Dr Death when he is described as the \"delivery room doctor\".", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_09:47:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "morphusBfly", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12921005": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Good grief, when will \"you\" people learn. Nobody is buying this act.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_11:55:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12920213, "depth": 3, "points": 7, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12925615": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hi Morphus, I totally agree with you that the end results is locating a job. I am just trying to avert people from using the \"not qualified for lack of education\" as an Excuse to discriminate. Like I said, \"they\" will have to use another \"excuse\", so be it. But the time, this \"other\" reason comes into play, we might have some legitimate responses i.e., don't do drugs, no FELONY criminal record, etc.  But it has to start somewhere, and education, or lack thereof, is as I see it, a good place to start. Remove this as a barrier and then tackle the others as they surface. It takes a lot of work, but aren't we up to that? And also as I previously stated, you have nothing ELSE to do. Nothing else has worked, so why not try this \"route\"?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_14:49:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "maryellen", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12923434, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12923569": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "delusional one,<br><br>what do you say about the study that came out that a WHITE MAN WITH A PRISON RECORD was more likely to be chosen for a job than a BLACK MAN WITH NO RECORD. <br><br>A White ex-con was preferable over an honest Black man.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_14:01:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12922369, "depth": 5, "points": 7, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12923251": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Bullcrap! he needs to step down from that office and that check just like he insisted that others do. They turn my stomach trying to be so righteous and talking about God. They spent all that money to try and get Clinton out of office and now they want to play by a different set of rules. I don't buy nothing none of them say. I am hoping like mad that they get what's coming to their hypocritical behinds.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_13:42:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "khrish", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12921228, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12925113": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "GAWD, another troll coming to teach the negros a lesson or two, cause \"Miss Ann\" gonna do it, cause she knows what's good for prissy and nem.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_14:42:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12921005, "depth": 4, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12926652": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hey Pro! Haven't been over in a while. Just leaving a personal greeting.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_15:46:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "no1kstate", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12925596, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12928191": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Justice58, were you directing your inquiry to me, Maryellen? It is difficult to tell if you don't address me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_16:57:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "maryellen", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12922496, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12920001": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree. I think black LGBTs have dropped the ball where that is concerned as well. I've lots of posts about the hypocrisy and hijacking of the African American contributions to this country even by non-AA blacks. Yet at the end of the day when you look at the poor state of leadership and the infrastructure blacks have really dropped the ball and not protected each other.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_10:56:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12919734, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12923587": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What r u talking abt? I said these were gestures not directly addressing some core issues. Also these orgs like NAACP have also failed. They should've been advocating on behalf of ppl with every administration.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_14:02:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12922397, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12926070": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "***dead***", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_15:13:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12926029, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12918982": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Today's Conversation: Obama's Warning to the Civil Rights Industrial Complex Will Go Largely Go Unnoticed - completely ignored actually<br><a href=\"http://bit.ly/4oA8UU\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://bit.ly/4oA8UU</a> <br><br>excerpt: Sorry but this isn't going to a feel-good post about the merging of ideals within the \"black community\". Excuse me while I hurl. Obama is a fence-sitter on many significant issues regarding LGBT rights depending on which way his political career may go. He's a conflicted participant trying to hold another huge entity of dead ideals (that would be the CRIC TM WAOD) responsible for having an enforceable code of ethics. Well welcome to 2009 because we're not in 1959, 1969 and we're certainly not in 1999.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_09:48:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 16, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12921051": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"mayellen\" had no intentions of having an actual discussion about a damn thing - I believe that exact same post is on blackvoices, the daily voice and a few other sites of choice.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_11:57:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 13, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12920028, "depth": 2, "points": 6, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12920028": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Who \"responsibility\" is it to:<br><br>- create jobs<br>- promote living wages<br>- stop predatory cash centers in predominate majority-minority communities<br>- stop and go after predatory lenders taking black homes<br>- stop insurance companies and banks from redlining black communities<br>- raise admission numbers so that a record number of successful black graduating HS students can get into college<br>- stop the school to prison pipeline<br><br>Let's talk about the \"social contract\" and mutual responsibilities also.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_10:57:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "morphusBfly", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 33, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12919731, "depth": 1, "points": 10, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12920029": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Someone please tell me what has happened to Sunday morning news programming? I used to enjoy it when Russert lived. This David Gregory bores me. what he chooses to discuss is dull and uninteresting. John King on CNN is a conservative trying not to cross the line too much so that CNN doesn't boot him. Stephanopolis did not impress me before Russert died and hasn't done much to gain his audience. Are these so called journalist scared of consequences or so uninformed that just exist. NBC should have gotten Gwen Ifill or Andrea Mitchell for Meet the Press. Does anyone know how Gregory's ratings are doing? Scrap Gregory quick!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_10:57:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12930782": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You talking to me Lilytiger??<br><br>(i couldnt resist)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_19:22:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12930470, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12921057": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "exactly", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_11:58:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12920028, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12923618": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Harping huh? Perhaps you behave like a shrew. I'm talking abt blacks being shrewd.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_14:04:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12922356, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12922599": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "you get no arguement from me on that. You named the Surgeon General so I simply named the AG. To me, if you have no job, sleeping in the streets, losing your home and can't afford to see a doctor; It doesn not much matter what else is on the agenda. These are human needs and as Black Americans, we are among the worse in these cases. That is why I see these things that he is trying to handle now as most important. I cannot see why many Black Americans feel that their issues are not being listened to if we our numbers rate higher in these catagories. I simply saying give the man a chance. We've been patience with presidents who promised us nothing and when they were elected that's exactly what we got. I'm not dismissing our other needs, but I am saying these basic needs are of highest importance to me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_13:22:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "khrish", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12922193, "depth": 7, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12923626": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm not sure if this is true or not, but I heard that they pay $600 a month for rent. I stayed at a hostel in DC for a few weeks between September- November 2008. for 35.95 a day. The monthly rate was $800 a month. This was for a room with bunk beds. So the price the Congressman is paying for rent may be an issue also.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_14:04:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "malletgirl02", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12921612, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12919533": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Good Morning JJP!<br><br>Blessings to All.<br><br>Rikyrah...You did it again! Praise his name!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_10:21:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12919534": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Little for Liberals in Confirmation Hearings<br>As Sotomayor and White House Avoid Ideology, Some on Left See Wasted Chance<br><br>By Amy Goldstein and Paul Kane<br>Washington Post Staff Writers <br>Sunday, July 19, 2009 <br><br>Early on the third day of last week's confirmation hearings, one of the Senate Judiciary Committee's leading liberals leaned forward in his leather chair toward Sonia Sotomayor to explain his hopes for the next member of the nation's highest court. <br><br>\"I want a justice,\" said  Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.), a veteran politician taking part in his first Supreme Court confirmation, \"who will continue to move the court forward in protecting . . . important civil rights. I want a justice who will fight for people like Lawrence King who, at the age of 15, was shot in a school because he was openly gay. I want a justice who will fight for women like a 28-year-old Californian who was gang-raped by four people because she was a lesbian. And I want a justice who will fight for people like James Byrd, who was beaten and dragged by a truck for two miles because he was black.\" <br><br>So, Cardin asked the nominee: Don't courts have to take such factors as race into account? <br><br>Sotomayor paused. \"Well,\" she replied, \"it depends on the context of the case that you're looking at.\" <br><br>The hearings were a moment of history that liberals had awaited for 15 years: an opportunity for a Democratic president's Supreme Court nominee to inject into the public dialogue fresh ideas about the Constitution and the law, beginning to recalibrate a court that has gravitated to the right. <br><br>Yet Sotomayor did not articulate such a vision. In answering Cardin, and in scores of other times during four intense days in the witness chair, she eluded efforts of Democrats and Republicans alike to draw out any statement of liberal thought. <br><br><a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/18/AR2009071801787.html?sid=ST2009071802313\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_10:21:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12968689": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It kills me to see the MSM pundits bring up the issue of, \u201cwhat are your Black leaders doing for you lately,\u201d like they care.  They want to drum up this dialogue in the hopes of turning Blacks against Obama and giving Whites an excuse to change their vote in 2012; the discussion will drift into the all important question, Is Obama the Black people\u2019s president or is he for all Americans?  I am waiting for them to take on Pat BuKKKanan. Ask him what he is doing for White people.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_15:45:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "moObama", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12922114, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12926198": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "to womanistmusings, please feel free to share the rest of your thoughts; it should not matter because it is Sunday (excuse?) And of course, you have every right to speak your mind. I asked what did you think qualfied you to state what the PRESIDENT SHOULD DO! It is just your opinion, like everyone else, so it doesn't hold any more weight as any one else. <br><br>And you use words such as \"allowed\" and \"running to get away from it\". Running to get away from WHAT?<br><br>Blacks are RESPONSIBLE FOR THEMSELVES, just like every other HUMAN BEING. I have asked Blacks to \"rise above\" as you state (or as I say, show' em instead of telling 'em,) for over 50 years and will continue. I believe in doing, not \"trying to.<br><br>Also, why do you think that our President should speak to \"whiteness\" and what should he say? Don't you think that all of us, including those who are \"white\" know the score? I do. In addition, our President has to \"play the middle\"; the \"middle\" is what elected him. Your vote, [IF you voted for President Obama] like mine, was only counted ONCE, so he needed more than our TWO votes to win the election.<br><br>Again as noted, and unfortunately for many others like you, it is \"always someone else's fault\". Take responsibility, as much as in YOUR POWER, for yourself.<br><br>Finally, I sense that a lot Black people are disappointed because they feel that our President has not listened to them. I disagree with that assessment. He has also listened to  those others, too.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_15:21:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "maryellen", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12922423, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12921898": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "raotflmao", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_12:41:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12921710, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12922114": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Why come Jesse Jackson let John King play him for a fool? King started out with this comment from <a href=\"http://www.suntimes.com/news/mitchell/1670414,mary-mitchell-obama-naacp-071709.article\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mary Mitchell in her column the other day:</a><br><br>\"Consider this: When Bill Clinton was in the White House, Jackson practically had keys. But who from the grass roots of black America is speaking regularly to Obama about the issues that specifically relate to black people?<br><br>Jackson is on the outside looking in. The Rev. Jeremiah Wright has been banished. Minister Louis Farrakhan won't get an audience. The Rev. Al Sharpton is operating on the fringes.\"<br><br>Then asked Jesse if the President is doing enough to improve upon the 1984 unemployment rate(down in 2009), poverty rate (down in 2009), single parent homes (up 3% in 2009). <br><br>King pretty much just said: Obama = Jackson 1984. I wish Jackson 2009 would channel Jackson 1984.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_12:55:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "LisaM5432", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12919560": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Barbour's Efforts to Revive GOP May Also Boost Himself<br><br>By Dan Balz<br>Washington Post Staff Writer <br>Sunday, July 19, 2009 <br><br>BILOXI, Miss., July 18 -- Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour was Republican National Committee chairman the last time his party was at such a low, after the election of 1992. Two years later, Republicans captured control of Congress, and although Newt Gingrich, who became the new House speaker, got much of the credit, party insiders say Barbour played a major role. <br>Sixteen years later, Republicans are looking to Barbour to help lead them back once more. It is perhaps ironic that, at a time of generational change in politics, an elder statesman such as Barbour, 61, is once again poised to play a pivotal role for his party, this time in the elections of 2009 and 2010. And although he says a presidential candidacy in 2012 is not likely, Barbour has refused to shut the door on speculation that he is interested. <br><br>This weekend, he is playing host to a meeting of the National Governors Association, a gathering of bipartisanship and bonhomie that is allowing him to show off how the Mississippi Gulf Coast has recovered under his leadership since Hurricane Katrina struck in August 2005. Once the meeting ends, he will turn back to partisan politics in his new assignment as chairman of the Republican Governors Association. <br><br>He is prospering as other GOP luminaries, including South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, have stumbled. <br><br><a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/18/AR2009071802003.html?wpisrc=newsletter\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_10:24:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12918025": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Sen Orrin Hatch  successfully worked to have John Forte commuted by President George Bush in 2008. It just never stops blowing me away how people can latch unto one person because of some affinity. As a result of this they then think of themselves as not racist.<br>The other weird thing is that Carly Simon says she could not find Democrats to help her. The lack of courage of politicians over issues like realistic looks at drugs is just disgusting.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.philly.com/inquirer/entertainment/20090719_A_rapper_s_rebirth.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.philly.com/inquirer/entertainment/20...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_08:28:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12920074": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Amen. . . all the day long!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_10:59:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "zackboston", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12919533, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12921612": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It's all about the ' C' Street closet and them not covering it when they were supposed to.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_12:30:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12921460, "depth": 1, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12922128": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I saw the Holder nomination the biggest step. We have never had a Black AG and I am pleased to know that his thing is to tighten those civil rights violations.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_12:56:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "khrish", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12921974, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12922641": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Simply because you gave a name. I was not talking about people, but since you named the SG I just wanted to add, if we going on that, the AG was much more important to me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_13:23:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "khrish", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12922397, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12921126": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I do think Obama can do many things at once. Why is it that some blacks are ALWAYS the 1st to insist that \"we\" wait while OTHER groups have demanded and are getting THEIR needs addressed?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_12:02:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12920984, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12924124": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yeah, the \"innovations\" of CDO, Black pools, SSIV, under the counter derivatives, economic bubbles, etc. that NO ONE can figger out how to unravel is working great. <br><br>He is likely in support of the few who receive annual bonuses that ranges from $120 millions to $20 millions and can't understand why folks are looking for their homes to burn them down.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_14:28:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "morphusBfly", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12921888, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12931379": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ROFLMAO", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_19:58:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12931082, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12921653": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "My statement was not addressed to only Blacks. It's that everyone wants their problem taken care of right now. I feel that when he tackles healthcare reform, trying to put people back to work and these types of things he his helping more people, while trying to get to the actions that help an individual group. Sometimes though, I do feel that Blacks expect the word \"Black or African American\" must preceed a topic before we feel that we are being the attention or help needed for solutions to our problems.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_12:33:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "khrish", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12921126, "depth": 3, "points": 5, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12964664": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What are you talking about?  and I suggest you watch your tone because just like you I can choose to be polite or not.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-20_14:05:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12929926, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12922682": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm totally confused. I was having a conversation with \"heartsandflowers\" and now it seems that I'm conversing with Alison269. Alison 269 would you please address to whom you are speaking.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_13:26:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "khrish", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12922641, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12920124": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Regarding Justice appointee, Sotomayor, she HAD TO AVOID being or give the inference of being, FOR any entity that was brought up so as  not  to allow herself  to get caught in a \"trap\". I loved the way she re-directed all inquiries back to the LAW. This was genius, because she took the \"weapon\" out of the hands of her opponents that they had planned to crucify her with. Excellent play. I was very proud of her.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_11:02:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "maryellen", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12919534, "depth": 1, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12932413": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You & Lilytiger both...to the \"bad chair\"<br><br>*dead*", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_20:49:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12930782, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12921663": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "White House stands by August goal for healthcare<br><br>WASHINGTON (Reuters) \u2013 White House budget director Peter Orszag said on Sunday the administration still expected the Senate and House of Representatives to pass their versions of a healthcare overhaul bill before they break for their August recess.<br><br><a href=\"http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090719/ts_nm/us_usa_healthcare\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090719/ts_nm/us_us...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_12:33:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12921159": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Soldier held in Afghanistan is 23-year-old Idahoan <br>HAILEY, Idaho (AP) -- A soldier from Idaho who disappeared from his base in Afghanistan has been captured, the Pentagon confirmed Sunday, a day after he was seen in a Taliban video posted online.... <br><a href=\"http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_AFGHAN_SOLDIER_CAPTURED?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2009-07-19-11-38-25\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_AFGHA...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_12:04:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12921673": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I see you and uncle Thomas have a lot in common.  Simply because white people would like POC to believe we are responsible for the continued economic inequality does not mean we have to believe the nonsense.  A child growing in poverty has very little chance of making positive gains specifically because the systemis designed for them to fail.  Instead of calling out Blacks Obama needs to get the courage to call White ppl out on their ish.  I don't care if he is president, one man in a position of authority does not translate into equality for all.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_12:34:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "womanistmusings", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12919731, "depth": 1, "points": 7, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12922193": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Again it's about policies and results NOT a black face in a high place. We'll see what he does and does not do while in office.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_13:00:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12922128, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12919133": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This only proves we have to find and seek allies who will assist us in our endeavors. That doesn't mean they're permanent friends just that we may share a similar interest (Harold Washington ain't neva lied!!!) Smart ppl go find WHOMEVER WILL MEET THEIR NEEDS not try to beat a dead horse (i.e. focusing exclusively on political party OR race) as the binding agent. Hopefully one day more African-American will get a clue about that and stop waiting for their \"Barack\" to magically appear out of thin air and find a man of CALIBER from all backgrounds.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_09:54:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12918025, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12921183": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Senate GOP chief: Sotomayor won't get my vote <br>WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate's top Republican says he admires Judge Sonia Sotomayor's personal story but is not going to vote for her confirmation to the Supreme Court.<br><br>Sen. Mitch McConnell says that he is \"a big fan of her career\" and biography. He is not, however, a fan of her personal views.<br><br>McConnell says Sotomayor lacks the objectivity he wants in a justice. He says he is worried that her opinions would shape rulings from the bench.<br> <br><a href=\"http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_AFGHAN_SOLDIER_CAPTURED?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2009-07-19-11-38-25\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_AFGHA...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_12:06:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12929379": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Louder, Town! <br><br>Say it!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_17:56:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12923910, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12921706": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The MSM is bought off by the corporations who in turn buy off the politicians who appear on these shows.And then look at the framing of the questions.See if a real journalist start asking questions that on any given day the kind that are raise just on JJP,then they will be out of a job so fast that you be like damn\"Where did he go\"So it is what it is. The corporations are pimps, the guest are the prostitutes and the moderators are the johns.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_12:36:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12920029, "depth": 1, "points": 5, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12920171": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"I want a justice,\" said Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.), a veteran politician taking part in his first Supreme Court confirmation, \"who will continue to move the court forward in protecting . . . important civil rights.\"<br><br>Right. This from a senate that waited 2 1/2 CENTURIES to address slavery.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_11:05:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "morphusBfly", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12919534, "depth": 1, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12921710": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I still wanna know how they're able to reside in this building and the \"owners\" are exempt from property taxes. I own a bible and I read it and I say my prayers...i dont get a stinkin exemption.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_12:36:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12921612, "depth": 2, "points": 5, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12922078": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "felt the heat rising at the base of my neck . . . . I have to stay off the news on the regular for the past few weeks.  Only give myself maybe twice a week lately and I almost always limit my searches to JJP and I skip plenty of links.  It is getting crazy up in here.  It is becoming increasingly frustrating when we have so many issues to resolve, economy, healthcare, education, climate change, two wars, unemployment which the President repeatedly informed the citizens of the country would be slow to recover until at minimum next year . . . . etc. etc. etc. and the focus instead is on seeing THIS President with some \"flaw\" real or imagined.  <br><br>Somebody needs to hire the President a tall, strong, physically fit individual whose sole responsibility is to appropriately and effectively utilize the \"pimp\" hand.  Preferably female so she could slap the mess out of both sexes without bias if displays of stupidity reaches above the 70% intolerance level.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_12:53:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12921996, "depth": 2, "points": 6, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12924275": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Bingo!  MSM=Bordello", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_14:32:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12921706, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12921217": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "When Gregory was chosen, I said that MTP went from the Tivo list, to a week-to-week thing.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_12:07:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12920029, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12929926": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Val, I\u00a0 don't care WHO responds to my post. But I don't know if you are addressing me unless you use my name, Maryellen. And, I think it is rude of you to not address me by name. And why do you use \"we\"? Are you the\u00a0one responsible for all of the postings?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_18:28:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "maryellen", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12921505, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12925832": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You mean they slap boots, too?<br>The heathens!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_14:59:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12923980, "depth": 4, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12922249": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If the MSM needs a black person to speak for all of Black America and who is not Barack Obama, Cory Booker needs to be called up and stop with Jesse's and Al's foolishness. Jesse still having issues not being the HNIC. He needs to let it go.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_13:02:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "LisaM5432", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12921228": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Cheating SC gov says God will make him better <br>COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, still clinging to office after admitting to an extramarital affair, wrote in an opinion piece released Sunday that God will change him so he can emerge from the scandal a more humble and effective leader.<br> <br><a href=\"http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SC_GOVERNOR\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SC_GO...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_12:08:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12928402": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I would probably say the same thing you would say: discrimination at work. I am in total agreement that this motive is being used more times than not. I am saying  though that getting an education is the key to fighting some of this discrimination, and that we, as blacks, have given up on getting a good education. Some of the reasons that we have given up on education is \"it is too hard\" or \"it won't matter anyway if I do get an education\", or \"I don't want to flip burgers for a living\" - when you are not qualified to do anything else. That's what I am saying and standing behind it. We can not WAIT for someone to do anything for us. That's the easy way out. Take responsibility; and that is what our President is saying!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_17:11:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "maryellen", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12923569, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12920213": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hi Morphus, who's responsibility do YOU think it is for the objects you mentioned in your posting?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_11:08:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "maryellen", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 17, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12920028, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12923289": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "he is an old sleezeball with ugly ass self. Looks like one of those ole time polished faced dolls. I can't stand them. Standing up there saying that someone is racist like \"How dare you feel about us the way we feel about ya'll\" He can barely get that old clinched mouth of his opened.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_13:44:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "khrish", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12921699, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12921243": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I want to thank you all. I admit, sometimes I just want to hear songs that ' take you back'. This is one of those songs for me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_12:09:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12919533, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12924828": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The arrogance of the financial industry execs that ruined this economy is staggering. What was it that Brazil's president said?<br><br>\"This was a crisis that was fostered and boosted by irrational behaviour of people that are white, blue-eyed, that before the crisis looked like they knew everything about economics,\u2019 he declared. <br>\u2018Now they have demonstrated that they don\u2019t know anything about economics<br><br>President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva deserves some sort of award for those statements alone...isn't there a Nobel Prize sitting around with his name on it?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_14:38:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12924124, "depth": 3, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12921252": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Investigation of Secret CIA Program Turns Into Political Brawl<br><br>The CIA is so heavily investigated these days you wonder how much time they have for actual intelligence work.<br><br>The latest:  The House intelligence committee announced a new investigation on Friday into whether the CIA broke the law by not telling Congress about a secret post-9/11 program to target Al Qaeda leaders.  <br><br>In a written statement, committee Chairman Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) said the investigation will focus on \"possible violations of federal law, including the National Security Act of 1947.\"    <br><br>Republicans immediately denounced the investigation as an effort by Democrats to \"tear down the CIA.\" <br><br><a href=\"http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/07/investigation-of-secret-cia-program-turns-into-political-brawl.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/07/invest...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_12:10:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12930470": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Miranda...heh!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_19:03:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "Lilytiger", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12930225, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12923804": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "WEWANTTHE PUBLICOPTION.COM<br><br>Democracy for America has teamed up with the Progressive Change Campaign Committee to take our hard-hitting TV ad from DC to the states. Help us choose which senators to pressure -- vote for up to 3 by checking the box to the left of their picture. (View results here.)<br><br><a href=\"http://vote.wewantthepublicoption.com/p-ekick-nonvtrs\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://vote.wewantthepublicoption.com/p-ekick-n...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_14:13:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12922802": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Town<br><br>Big Up!  Big Up!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_13:33:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12922402, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12919731": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I don't think that ANYONE should wait on ANYONE ELSE to rescue them! Get off your duffles and help yourself. This goes for blacks as well as other races or ethnicities. My parents used the term: \"weight broke the bridge down\". I believed it them and governed myself according to that principle. I still believe it today, and it now truer than ever. It is called \"LAZINESS\". No one can rescue you but you; others can help you but you must be the \"do-er\".<br><br>And somebody please tell me what is wrong with our Black President calling out the Black People? Isn't that what he should do, especially since the \"proof of the pudding is in the eating\"?  HE DID IT!   I don't get it. The President said exactly what he was supposed to say, especially since they did not \"get it\" when Dr. Bill Cosby said it.  I will say the same thing: get off your A$$e$ and do it yourself. Stop waiting for someone to come and rescue you. <br><br>And young black men, take care of your babies -not mine- but yours, and I will take care of mine and won't have to take care of yours! [And young black females, stop having babies for every tom, dick and harry you meet at the club one night]. I also know that some people are asking why does the President have to single out Black males/female when other ethnicities are guilty of the same thing. Well, guess what? I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE OTHERS. Let pat buchanan, Dr. Gupta, or some other white-ethnic male talk to them, I don't care who does it. Right now, I wish to concentrate on MINE.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_10:36:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "maryellen", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 39, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12922805": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "co-sign.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_13:33:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "morphusBfly", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12922402, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12919734": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "First let me say, I believe that the GLBT movement is a civil rights movement and I will readily acknowledge that members of the GLBT movement are subject to  discrimination and hate crimes. <br><br>Although, I do not have a immediate family member who is in the GLBT community, I have always been sympathetic and supportive of the GLBT cause.  When the Regun admin would not acknowledge GLBT community plight, I cheered them on when they took on NIH, when they put their blankets out to gain visibility, when they fought to get healthcare coverage for their partners, when they fought to get into the ICU with their partners, and when they adopted crack babies. But, and, you may have suspected that there was going to be a \"but\", although the GLBT movement is a civil rights movement, it is not \"The Civil Rights\" movement.<br><br>It appears to me that everyone with a beef or an advocacy issue wants to invoke the image of black oppression in order to legitimize their cause. The AA and GLBT histories are completely different and the discriminatory laws are different.<br><br>Personally, I feel that the GLBT unfounded attacks on the AA community after the failure of Prop 8 caused me to become less willing to be an ally for their cause. And, then I felt personally attacked again in Jan 2009 when the GLBT community didn't think twice about protesting the MLK service at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. After these and other antics, I am not surprise that some blacks are pushing back and they are seething at any comparison of the fight against gay marriage bans to the civil rights struggle.<br><br>From my vantage point, I feel that it would be nice if those who want to use \"The Civil Rights\" movement for their own purpose would occasionally advocate on our behalf.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_10:37:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "morphusBfly", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12918982, "depth": 1, "points": 8, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12919234": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "More on swimming pools in Philadelphia:<br>One Michael Smerconish wants to part words over racism yet hasn;t to my knowledge denounced a single word of the Republican Senators whom accused Sonia Sotomayor of racism.<br><a href=\"http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20090719_Head_Strong__Valley_Club_s_true_motives_remain_murky.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20090719...</a><br><br>Two, the Yeadon Swim Club a response to racism.<br><a href=\"http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20090719_Club_born_of_segregation_stays_in_the_swim.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20090719_C...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_10:00:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12927950": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL! Corporations are the pimps! Guests are the prostitutues and Moderators are the Johns! ROTF!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_16:43:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12921706, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12921313": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "not sure if we posted this --<br><br>Senate Bill Expands Hate Crimes Law<br>WASHINGTON) \u2014 People attacked because of their sexual orientation or gender would receive federal protections under a Senate-approved measure that significantly expands the reach of hate crimes law.<br><br>The Senate bill also would make it easier for federal prosecutors to step in when state or local authorities are unable or unwilling to pursue hate crimes. \"The Senate made a strong statement this evening that hate crimes have no place in America,\" Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said after the chamber voted Thursday to attach the legislation as an amendment to a $680 billion defense spending bill expected to be completed next week. (Swampland: Hating on Hate Crimes)<br><br>The House in April approved a similar bill and President Barack Obama has urged Congress to send him hate crimes legislation, presenting the best scenario for the measure to become law since Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., first introduced it more than a decade ago.<br><br>Republicans will have the opportunity to propose several more changes to the hate crimes bill on Monday, but that will not change its status as part of the must-pass defense bill.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0%2C8599%2C1911201%2C00.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,859...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_12:13:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12926434": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "maryellen: I don't know why you insist that the excuse to discriminate will automagically go away if a POC had education. That is simply not true. <br><br>Since Regun, jobs in the U.S. have been disappearing via: right-sizing, downsizing, outsourcing, HB1-visas, business illegal immigration. etc.  In addition, jobs that once required a HS diploma now demands a bachelor degree.  Was there actually a change in skill requirements for many of these jobs that now demands degrees? Many say no.  Jobs that POC will not be hire for in the private sector they perform exceedingly well w/o a college degree  while they are in prison. Go figure.<br><br>The jobless rate for POC have consistently been twice that of non-POC and again, it is NOT because of education. As rikyrah indicated below, a white felon will get a job faster than a POC with no criminal record and a degree.  This reality is acknowledged and documented. <br><br>What must be \"tackled\" is institutional disparities in hiring practices.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_15:35:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "morphusBfly", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12925615, "depth": 7, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12922863": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Great break down, Town! You always bring it!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_13:37:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "Shazza", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12922402, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12922356": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And what do u consider the appointment of Eric Holder? It is ridiculous for to to want the prez to change structural inequalities that have been in the making for years overnight. So even if u do have a point it is too early for you to be harping that Obama hasnt done enough.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_13:08:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "alison269", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12921974, "depth": 5, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12921334": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Stimulus Youth Jobs<br><a href=\"http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2009/07/19/bolduan.stimulus.youth.jobs.cnn\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2009/...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_12:15:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12921335": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hi Miranda, were you talking to me, Maryellen? If so, I have no idea of what you are speaking since I did not direct any inquiry to you. Maryellen.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_12:15:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "maryellen", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12921051, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 4, "reply_position": true, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "26083079", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": 7001461724167241361}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "sunday_open_thread_974", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 117, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 26083079, "queued": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": true, "use_fb_connect": true, "forum_facebook_key": "bd6a8bc56f8eb204984f34b6fefe228d", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": true, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
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}



/**
 * Dsq.Strings: UI strings
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Dsq.Strings = new function() {
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// Dsq.Strings

/**
 * Dsq.FmtStrings: functions that return interpolated UI strings
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Dsq.FmtStrings = new function() {
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			(num == 1
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			(num == 1
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};
// Dsq.FmtStrings





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



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	this._lastHash = null;

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};

FragmentPacket.prototype.createListener = function() {
	var that = this;
	var listener = function() {
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};

FragmentPacket.prototype.log = function(msg) {



};

FragmentPacket.prototype.recv = function() {
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		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=sunday_open_thread_974' +
		'&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/sunday_open_thread_974/latest.rss">' + Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_BY_RSS + '</a> \
			</span> \
		</div> \
		';

		
		

		return html;

	};
	
	this.footer = function() {
		var html = '';

		html += Dsq.Templates.pagination();

		
		
			html += Dsq.Templates.realtime();
			html += Dsq.Templates.showThreadSettings();
			html += Dsq.Templates.postBox();

		html += Dsq.Templates.reactions();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.trackbacks();
		


		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator) {
 			html += ' \
				<div class="dsq-global-moderator-extras">'
					+ '<strong>shortname:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.forum.url
					+ '<strong>thread id:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.id
					+ '<strong>thread slug:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.slug
				+ '</div> \
			';
		}

		return html;
	};
	
	this.realtime = function() {
		var html = '';
		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			html += '<div id="dsq-realtime-options" class="dsq-options">'
					 + Dsq.Strings.REALTIME_UPDATING_IS + ' <strong id="dsq-realtime-status" style="text-transform: lowercase">' + Dsq.Strings.ENABLED + '</strong>. \
					 <a href="#" id="dsq-realtime-toggle" style="text-transform: capitalize"></a> \
					</div>';
		}

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
			html += ' \
				<div style="display: none" id="dsq-realtime-alert" class="dsq-realtime-alert"><span id="dsq-realtime-queued"></span> <a href="#" id="dsq-realtime-show"></a></div> \
			';
		}
		
		return html;
	};

	this.showThreadSettings = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '<div id="dsq-thread-settings" class="dsq-thread-settings">' + Dsq.Strings.MODERATOR_OPTIONS;
		html += '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.showSettings(); return false;">' + Dsq.Strings.SETTINGS + '</a>';
		if (Dsq.jsonData.forum.reactions_enabled && Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			html += '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.reportMissingReactions(); return false;">'
						+ Dsq.Strings.REPORT_MISSING_REACTIONS
						+ '</a>';
		}
		html +='</div>';

		return html;
	};

	this.postBox = function(post_id, use_fallback_iframe) {


		var html;
		var display_sharing_options = Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated;

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post) {
			return '';
		}
		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote) {


			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.hasOwnProperty(Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain)) {
				display_sharing_options = false;
			}
		}
		
		if (post_id) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];				
		}
		
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';

		var _requestUserInfo = function() {
			var html;



			var user_has_email = false;

			html = '<div class="dsq-request-user-info"> <!-- // If authenticated --> \
				<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT + '?ctkn=' + Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN + '" class="dsq-request-user-logout">' + Dsq.Strings.LOGOUT + '</a> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td rowspan="2">'
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE + '">' : '')
								+ '<img src="' + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR + '" width="48" height="48" class="dsq-request-user-avatar">'
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '</a>' : '')
						+ '</td> \
						<td class="dsq-request-user-name">'
								+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
									 ? '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-' + Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain + '">' + Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain + '</span>'
									 : (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_verified
											? '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span>'
											: '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span>'))
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? ' <a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE + '">' : '') 
								+ Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username 
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '</a>' : '')
							+  (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && user_has_email ? ' <small>(<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.remoteAccountSettings(); return false;">change settings</a>)</small>' : '')
							+  (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? ' <small>(<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/info/" target="_blank">change name</a> or <a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/avatar/" target="_blank">picture</a>)</small>' : '')
						+ '</td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-request-user-stats"> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.comments_count + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.comments_count == 1 ? 'comment' : 'comments') + '</span> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.likes_count + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.likes_count == 1 ? 'like' : 'likes') + '</span> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.points + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.points == 1 ? 'point' : 'points') + '</span> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
			</div> \
			';
			return html;
		};

		var _loginOptions = function() {
			var html;
			html = ' \
			<div class="dsq-authenticate"> \
				<p class="dsq-autheneticate-copy">'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
					? Dsq.Strings.YOU_ARE_COMMENTING_AS_A + ' <a class="dsq-help" title="Click for more information" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Guest</a>. ' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL + ': ' + Dsq.Strings.LOGIN_BELOW + '.'
					: Dsq.Strings.REQUIRED + ': ' + Dsq.Strings.PLEASE_LOGIN_BELOW_TO_COMMENT + '.')
				+ '</p> \
				<ul class="dsq-login-buttons">'
					+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-disqus.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Facebook.login(); return false;"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-facebook.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-twitter.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.requestURL(); return false" ><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-openid.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_yahoo ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Yahoo.startYahooConnect(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-yahoo.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
				+ '</ul> \
			</div> \
			';
			return html;
		};

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {


			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {



				return '<div id="dsq-form-area" style="display:none"><div id="dsq-textarea-wrapper"></div></div>' + _loginOptions();
			} else {
				return '';
			}
		}

		html = ' \
		<div id="' + (post_id 
			? 'dsq-reply-post-' + post_id
			: 'dsq-new-post')
		 	+ '" class="dsq-post-area"> \
			<div class="dsq-dc-logo"> \
				<a href="http://disqus.com/comments" target="_blank"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/disqus-logo.png"></a> \
			</div>'
			+ (post_id 
				? '<h3>' + Dsq.Strings.REPLYING_TO + ' ' + userData.display_name + '</h3>'
				: '<h3>' + Dsq.Strings.ADD_NEW_COMMENT + '</h3>')
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated 
				? _requestUserInfo()
				: _loginOptions() )
			+ '<div id="dsq-form-area' + pid + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-textarea"> \
				<div class="dsq-textarea-wrapper" id="dsq-textarea-wrapper' + pid + '"></div> \
			</div>'
			+ (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated
			? ' \
			<div class="dsq-post-fields"> \
				<form action="." method="GET" onsubmit="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, false); return false;"> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-left"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-name' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (disqus_def_name ? disqus_def_name : (Dsq.jsonData.session.name ? Dsq.jsonData.session.name : Dsq.Strings.NAME + '" class="dsq-placeholder')) + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'name\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'name\')" /></div></td> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-right"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-website' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (Dsq.jsonData.session.url ? Dsq.jsonData.session.url : Dsq.Strings.WEBSITE + ' (' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL.toLowerCase() + ')" class="dsq-placeholder') + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'website\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'website\')" /></div></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-left"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-email' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (disqus_def_email ? disqus_def_email : (Dsq.jsonData.session.email ? Dsq.jsonData.session.email : Dsq.Strings.EMAIL + '" class="dsq-placeholder')) + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'email\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'email\')" /></div></td> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-right"> \
							<div class="dsq-subscribe"> \
								<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.chooseSubscribe(' + post_id + '); return false" class="dsq-subscribe-menu"><span id="dsq-subscribe-select' + pid + '">' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.subscribe_on_post ? Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_TO_ALL_COMMENTS_BY_EMAIL : Dsq.Strings.DO_NOT_SUBSCRIBE_TO_COMMENTS) + '</span> <small>&#9660;</small></a> \
								<ul class="dsq-panel" id="dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid + '"> \
									<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.setSubscribe(2, this, ' + post_id + '); return false">Subscribe to all comments by email</a></li> \
									<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.setSubscribe(0, this, ' + post_id + '); return false">Do not subscribe to comments</a></li> \
								</ul> \
								<input id="dsq-subscribe-on-post' + pid + '" type="hidden" value="' + Dsq.jsonData.request.subscribe_on_post + '" /> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
				</form> \
			</div>'
			: '')
			+ '<div class="dsq-post-footer"> \
				<div class="dsq-sharing-options" ' + (!display_sharing_options ? 'style="display:none;"' : '') + '> \
					<button class="dsq-button-small" onfocus="document.getElementById(\'dsq-post-button' + pid + '\').focus();"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.SHARING_OPTIONS + ' <small>&#9660;</small></span></button> \
					<div class="dsq-panel"> '
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-twitter' + pid + '"'
								  + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-twitter' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Twitter</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook
								&& (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook.enabled === true ||
										(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'facebook'))
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-facebook' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-facebook' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Facebook</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-yahoo' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-yahoo' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Yahoo!</label> \
								</div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-tumblr' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-tumblr' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Tumblr</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-wordpress' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-wordpress' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Wordpress</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype !== undefined
							  && Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-movabletype' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-movabletype' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Movable Type</label> \
							   </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad !== undefined
							  && Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-typepad' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
								  <label for="dsq-sharing-typepad' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' TypePad</label> \
							   </div>'
							: '')
						+ '<div><a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/connections/" target="_blank" class="dsq-configure-options">' + Dsq.Strings.CONFIGURE_OPTIONS + '</a></div>'
					+ '</div> \
				</div>'
				+ '<button class="dsq-button" id="dsq-post-button' + pid + '" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, false)"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.POST_AS + ' '
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username
					? Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username
					: Dsq.Strings.GUEST)
				+ '</span></button>'
				+ (post_id
					? '<button class="dsq-button" id="dsq-cancel-button' + pid + '" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(' + post_id +', this)"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.CANCEL + '</span></button>'
					: '')
			+ '</div>'
			+ '</div>' // end dsq-form-area
		+ '</div> \
		';
		
		return html;
	};




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

	this.postPrependHeader = function(post_id) {
		var html;
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		
		html = ' \
		<table> \
			<tr> \
				<td id="dsq-header-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-header-avatar" onmouseover="Dsq.Post.dropProfile(' + post_id + ')"> \
					<a id="dsq-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-avatar" href="' + userData.url + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.show_avatar
					? '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key].avatar + '" alt="" />'
					: '')
				+ '</a> \
				</td> \
				<td class="dsq-comment-header-meta"> \
		';

		
		return html;
	};
	
	this.postAppendHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var html;
		var parent_display_name = '';
		
		if(_meta.parent_post_id) {

			var _parent_meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[_meta.parent_post_id];

			if (_parent_meta) {
				var parentUserData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_parent_meta.user_key];
				parent_display_name = parentUserData.display_name;
			}
		}

		html = ' \
		<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/moderator.png" class="dsq-moderator-star" title="Moderator" /> \
		<span class="dsq-comment-header-time"><a href="#comment-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.permalink(' + post_id + ')" title="Permalink">' + (_meta.is_realtime ? Dsq.Strings.JUST_NOW : _meta.date) + '</a></span> '
		+ (_meta.parent_post_id && parent_display_name
			? '<a href="#comment-' + _meta.parent_post_id + '" title="Jump to comment">in reply to ' + parent_display_name + '</a>'
			: '')
		+ '</td> \
		<td id="dsq-like-pts-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-comment-header-likes">'
		+ (_meta.points
			? _meta.points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(_meta.points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this.'
			: '')
		+ '</td> \
		</tr> \
		</table> \
		';
		return html;
	};

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

	this.postFooter = function(post_id) {
		var html;
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		if(_meta.killed || !_meta.approved) { return ''; }
		
		html = ' \
		<div class="dsq-comment-footer" id="dsq-comment-footer-' + post_id + '"> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer-left">'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator
					? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.moderateOptions(' + post_id+ '); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.MODERATE + '</a>'
					: '')
				+ '<a href="#" id="dsq-post-report-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-post-report" onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + post_id + ', false); return false;">' + Dsq.Strings.FLAG + '</a> \
			</div> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer-right">'
				+ (_meta.votable 
					? '<span id="dsq-like-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-like">'
					+ (!_meta.up_voted
						? '<button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Post.rate(this, ' + post_id + ', 1)" >Like</button>'
						: 'You liked this.&nbsp;&nbsp;')
					+ '</span>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply && !_meta.has_replies && _meta.from_request_user
					? '<button class="dsq-button-small dsq-post-edit" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + ')" >' + Dsq.Strings.EDIT + '</button>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply
					? '<span class="dsq-comment-footer-reply" id="dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(' + post_id +', this)"> \
						<button class="dsq-button-small">' + Dsq.Strings.REPLY + '</button> \
						<button class="dsq-comment-footer-reply-tab">' + Dsq.Strings.REPLY + '</button><span></span> \
					</span>'
					: '')
			+ '</div> \
		</div> \
		';
		
		return html;
	};



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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		var item = '<li class="dsq-comment dsq-reaction" id="dsq-reaction-' + reaction.id + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-comment-header"> \
			<table> \
			<tr> \
			<td class="dsq-header-avatar"> \
			';

		if (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== '') {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="' + reaction.author_url +'" class="dsq-avatar">';
		}

		if (reaction.avatar_url && reaction.avatar_url !== '') {
			item += '<img src="' + reaction.avatar_url + '"/>';
		} else {

			item += '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/noavatar92.png"/>';
		}

		var service_icon = (reaction.get_service_name == 'trackback' || reaction.get_service_name == 'pingback' ? 'rss' : reaction.get_service_name.replace(' ', ''));
		item += (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== ''
				? '</a>'
				: '')
			+ '</td>'
			+ '<td><cite class="dsq-comment-cite">' + reaction.author_name + '</cite> <span class="dsq-comment-header-time">' + reaction.date_created + '</span></td>'
			+ '<td class="dsq-comment-header-likes"></td>'
			+ '</tr></table></div>' // end dsq-comment-header
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-header" \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-reaction-header-left">'
							+ '<img class="dsq-service-icon" src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/reactions/services/' + service_icon + '.png" />'
							+ ' From <a class="dsq-service-name" target="_blank" href="' + reaction.url + '">' + reaction.get_service_name + '</a> '
							+ 'via ' + (reaction.source == 'backtype' ? '<a href="http://backtype.com/">BackType</a>' : '<a href="' + reaction.source_url + '">UberVU</a>')
						+ '</td>'
						+ '<td class="dsq-reaction-header-right">';
			
			if(reaction.retweets) {
				var num_retweets = reaction.retweets.length;
				if (num_retweets > 0) {
					if (num_retweets == 1) {
						item += 'One more retweet from <a href="' + reaction.retweets[0].url + '">'  + reaction.retweets[0].author_name + '</a>';
					} else {
						item += (num_retweets + ' more retweets from ');
						item += '<span id="dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '">';
						var n_tweets = (num_retweets > 3) ? 3 : num_retweets;
						item += Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(reaction.id, n_tweets);
						if (n_tweets != num_retweets) {
							item += '</span> <a onclick="Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(' + reaction.id + ', 0, \'dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '\');'
								+ 'this.parentNode.removeChild(this); return false;" href="#">Show all</a>';
						}
					}
				}
			}	
			item += '</td></tr> \
			</table> \
			</div>' // end dsq-reaction-header
			+ '<div class="dsq-comment-body"> \
				<div class="dsq-comment-message">' + reaction.body + '</div>'
			+ '</div> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer"> \
				<div class="dsq-comment-footer-left"> \
				</div>'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator 
					? ' \
					<div class="dsq-comment-footer-right"> \
						<button class="dsq-button-small dsq-hide-reaction" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.hide(' + reaction.id + ')">Hide</button> \
					</div>'
					: '')
			+ '</div>'
		item += '</li>'; /* Reaction HTML ends */
		return item;
	};

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

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

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

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

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

		return '<h3 id="dsq-reactions-title" class="dsq-h3-reactions">Reactions</h3><ul id="dsq-reactions" class="dsq-reactions">' + html + '</ul>';
	};
	
	this._popupGeneric = function(content) {
		return ' \
		<div class="dsq-popup-container"> \
			<table> \
				<tbody> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-tl"></td><td class="dsq-popup-b"></td><td class="dsq-popup-tr"></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-b"></td> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-body"> \
							<div class="dsq-popup-content"> \
								<div class="dsq-popup-title"> \
									<button class="dsq-button-small" style="float:right" onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true)">Close</button>' 
									+ content['header'] 
								+ '</div>'
								+ content['body']
							+ '</div> \
							<div class="powered-by"><a href="http://disqus.com/comments/">Powered by <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-logo.png" alt="Disqus Comments" style="margin-bottom:-5px" /></a></div> \
						</td> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-b"></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-bl"></td><td class="dsq-popup-b"></td><td class="dsq-popup-br"></td> \
					</tr> \
				</tbody> \
			</table> \
		</div> \
		';
	};



	
	this.chooseSubscribe = function(post_id) {

		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var menu = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid);
		
		menu.style.display = menu.style.display == 'block' ? 'none' : 'block';
		
	};
	
	this.setSubscribe = function(value, el, post_id) {

		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var input = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-on-post' + pid);
		var select = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-select' + pid);
		var menu = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid);
		
		select.innerHTML = el.innerHTML;
		input.value = value;
		this.chooseSubscribe(post_id);
	};
	
	this.getFormFields = function(post_id) {

		var fields = {};
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var name = Dsq.$('dsq-field-name' + pid);
		var email = Dsq.$('dsq-field-email' + pid);
		var website = Dsq.$('dsq-field-website' + pid);
		var username = Dsq.$('dsq-field-username' + pid);
		var password = Dsq.$('dsq-field-password' + pid);

		fields = {
			'name': name,
			'email': email,
			'website': website,
			'username': username,
			'password': password
		}
		
		return fields;
	}
	
	this.validateFields = function(post_id) {
		
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) { return true; }
		
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		
		var nameField = fields.name;
		var websiteField = fields.website;
		var emailField = fields.email;
		
		websiteField.value = (websiteField.value == Dsq.Templates.placeholder['website']) ? '' : websiteField.value;
		
		var v = [{

			validator: Dsq.Validators.name,
			value: nameField.value
		}, {

			validator: Dsq.Validators.email,
			value: emailField.value
		}, {

			validator: Dsq.Validators.url,
			value: websiteField.value
		}];
		
		return Dsq.Validators.validate(v, function(e) { Dsq.Popup.popModal(e, 'Oops...') } );
	};
	
	this.checkExistingUser = function(post_id) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);		
		Dsq.Popup.loading(post_id);
		
		if (post_id) {
			Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].getUserByEmail(fields.email.value);
		} else {
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].getUserByEmail(fields.email.value);
		}
	};

	this.validateAuth = function(el_clicked, post_id, auth_choice) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		var email = fields.email ? fields.email.value : '';
		var username = fields.username ? fields.username.value : '';
		var password = fields.password ? fields.password.value : '';
		
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
		
		if (post_id) {
			Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].validateAuth(auth_choice, email, username, password);
		} else {
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].validateAuth(auth_choice, email, username, password);
		}
	};

	this.lightboxUpdateEmail = function(post_id, new_email) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		fields.email.value = new_email;
	};

	this.lightboxAuthenticate = function(post_id, auth_choice, auth_data) {
		var title, body;
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';

		if(typeof(auth_data) == 'undefined') {
			var auth_data = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		}

		d = auth_data;

		switch(auth_choice) {
			case 'register':
				var suggestedUsername = d.name.value.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9-]/g,'').toLowerCase();
			
				title = Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post ? 'Optional:' : 'Required:';
				title += ' Register a <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-profile.png" alt=Disqus Profile" />';

				body = ' \
				<ul class="dsq-lightbox-register-reasons"> \
				<li>Verify your comments</li> \
				<li>Edit and delete comments</li> \
				<li>Manage comments and replies</li> \
				</ul> \
				';

				body += ' \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-fields"> \
					<table> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Email</td> \
							<td><input type="text" value="' + d.email.value + '" onchange="Dsq.Templates.lightboxUpdateEmail(' + post_id + ', this.value)" /><div id="dsq-email-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Username</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-username' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + suggestedUsername + '"/><div id="dsq-username-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Password</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-password' + pid + '" type="password" /><div id="dsq-password-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
					</table> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-switch-auth"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(' + post_id + ',\'login\'); return false">Login instead</a></div> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid + '" class="dsq-lightbox-errors"></div> \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-submit"> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-post"><button class="dsq-button" onclick="Dsq.Templates.validateAuth(this, ' + post_id + ',\'' + auth_choice + '\')">Register and Post comment</button></div>'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
						? '<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-skip"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, true)">Just post as a Guest</button></div>'
						: '')
				+ '</div> \
				';
				break;
			case 'login':
				title = Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post ? 'Optional:' : 'Required:';
				title += ' Login to your <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-profile.png" alt=Disqus Profile" />';
				body = '';
				
				if(d.avatar_url) {
					body += '<div class="dsq-lightbox-recognized"><table><tr>';
					body += '<td><img src="' + d.avatar_url + '" alt="" /></td>';
					body += '<td><span class="dsq-badge ' + (d.verified ? 'dsq-badge-verified' : 'dsq-badge-registered') + '">' + (d.verified ? 'Verified' : 'Registered') + '</span></td>';
					body += '<td>Hey <strong>' + d.display_name + '</strong>, is that you? Login below to claim this comment.';
					body += '</tr></table></div>';
				}

				body += ' \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-fields"> \
					<table> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Username or Email</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-username' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (d.avatar_url ? d.username : '') + '" /></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Password <a href="http://disqus.com/forgot" target="_blank">(cannot log in?)</a></td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-password' + pid + '" type="password" /></td> \
						</tr> \
					</table> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-switch-auth"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(' + post_id + ',\'register\'); return false">Register instead</a></div> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid + '" class="dsq-lightbox-errors"></div> \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-submit"> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-post"><button class="dsq-button" onclick="Dsq.Templates.validateAuth(this, ' + post_id + ',\'' + auth_choice + '\')">Login and Post comment</button></div>'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
						? '<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-skip"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, true)">Just post as a Guest</button></div>'
						: '')
				+ '</div> \
				';
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}
		Dsq.Popup.lightbox(body, title, post_id);
		Dsq.$('dsq-field-username' + pid).focus();
	};
	
	this.buttonsToRestore = [];
	this.setLoadingButton = function(btn, post_id) {
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		if (btn) {

			var loadingBtn = document.createElement('button');
			loadingBtn.id = btn.id + '-loading';
			loadingBtn.innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-lite.gif" alt="" /> Just a moment...';
			loadingBtn.className = btn.className + ' dsq-post-loading';
			btn.parentNode.appendChild(loadingBtn);
			btn.style.display = 'none';
			var cancelBtn = Dsq.$('dsq-cancel-button' + pid);
			if(cancelBtn) { cancelBtn.style.display = 'none'; this.buttonsToRestore.push(cancelBtn); }
			this.buttonsToRestore.push(btn);
		} else {

			var buttons = this.buttonsToRestore;
			for(var i = 0; i < buttons.length; i++) {
				buttons[i].style.display = 'inline';
				Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(Dsq.$(buttons[i].id + '-loading'));
			}
		}
		
	};

	this.postComment = function(post_id, el_clicked, force, auth_choice) {
		var append_id = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);

		if (Dsq.Templates.validateFields(post_id)) {

			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && !force &&
				((!Dsq.Utils.readCookie('skipped_auth') && !disqus_skip_auth && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled) || !Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post)) {
				Dsq.Templates.checkExistingUser(post_id);
				return false;
			}
			var params = [];
			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
				params.push(fields.name.value,
					fields.email.value,
					fields.website.value);

				if (auth_choice == 'login' || auth_choice == 'register') {
					params.push({
						auth_choice: auth_choice,
						username: fields.username.value,
						password: fields.password.value,
						email: fields.email.value
					});
				} else {
					params.push(null);
				}

				params.push(null /* sharing options */, Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-on-post' + append_id).value);
			} else {
				var service_checked = function(name) {
					var el = Dsq.$('dsq-sharing-' + name + append_id);
					return (el !== null && el.checked === true) ? '1' : '0';
				};
				params.push(null, null, null, null, {
					tw: service_checked('twitter'),
					fb: service_checked('facebook'),
					tr: service_checked('tumblr'),
					wp: service_checked('wordpress'),
					mt: service_checked('movabletype'),
					tp: service_checked('typepad'),
					yh: service_checked('yahoo')
				});
			}

			var frame = Dsq.frames['reply_' + (post_id ? post_id : 0)];
			frame.post.apply(frame, params);

			if (el_clicked) {
				Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
			}
			
			if (force) {
				Dsq.Utils.createCookie('skipped_auth', true);	
			}
			
		} else {
			return false;
		}
	};

	this.editComment = function(el_clicked, post_id) {
		var edited_message = Dsq.$('dsq-edit-textarea-' + post_id).value;

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
		Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].edit(post_id, edited_message);
	};

	this.toggleEdit = function(post_id) {
		var body = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-body-' + post_id);
		var message = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + post_id);

		if (!Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id]) {


			message.style.display = 'none';
			if (Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id)) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id).style.display = 'block';
			} else {

				var edit_area = document.createElement('div');
				edit_area.id = 'dsq-edit-' + post_id;
				edit_area.className = 'dsq-edit dsq-textarea';
				edit_area.innerHTML = ' \
				<div class="dsq-textarea-wrapper"> \
					<textarea class="dsq-edit-textarea" id="dsq-edit-textarea-' + post_id + '">' + message.innerHTML + '</textarea> \
				</div> \
				<div class="dsq-save-edit"> \
					<button onclick="Dsq.Templates.editComment(this, ' + post_id + ')" class="dsq-button-small">Save Edit</button> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-edit-iframe-' + post_id + '" style="display: none"></div> \
				';

				body.appendChild(edit_area);

				if (!Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id]) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(Dsq.$('dsq-edit-iframe-' + post_id), post_id);
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].init();
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].setState(post_id, _meta.depth);
				}
			}
		} else {

			message.style.display = 'block';
			Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id).style.display = 'none';
		}
		
		Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id] = !Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id];
	};
	
	this.edit = function(el, post_id) {

		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
	};

	this.toggleReply = function(post_id, button) {
		
		if(!this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]) {

			if (Dsq.$('dsq-reply-post-' + post_id)) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).style.display = 'block';
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.postBox(post_id);
				var container = Dsq.$('dsq-textarea-wrapper-' + post_id);
				if (!Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id] && container) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(container, post_id);
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].init(function() {

						Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.postBox(post_id, true);
						Dsq.$('dsq-form-area-' + post_id).innerHTML = '';

						var theme = (typeof disqus_frame_theme == 'undefined') ? 'default' : disqus_frame_theme;
						Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-form-area-' + post_id), post_id, {theme: theme});

					});
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].setState(post_id, _meta.depth);
				}
			}
			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-append-post';
			Dsq.$('dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-comment-footer-reply-active';
			
		} else {

			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).style.display = 'none';
			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).className = '';
			Dsq.$('dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-comment-footer-reply';
		}
		
		this.stateReplyToggled[post_id] = !this.stateReplyToggled[post_id];

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie && this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]) {

		}

		Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED, {
			postId: post_id,
			opened: this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]
		});
	};
	
	this.moderateOptions = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		
		if(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator && !Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator) { return false; }

		var html;
		
		html = ' \
		<div class="dsq-moderate-options"> \
		<table>'
		+ (_meta.email ? '<tr><td>Email</td><td>' + _meta.email + '</td></tr>' : '')
		+ (_meta.ip ? '<tr><td>IP address</td><td>' + _meta.ip + '</td></tr>' : '')
		+ '<tr> \
			<td>Actions</td> \
			<td><ul>'
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.moderator_can_edit
				? '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Edit Comment</a></li>'
				: '')
			+ '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.removePost(' + post_id + ', 1); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Delete Comment</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.reportSpam(' + post_id + '); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Mark Spam</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.blacklist(' + post_id + '); return false">Block User</a></li> \
			</ul></td> \
			</table> \
		</div> \
		';
		
		html += '<p>Go to the full <a href="http://disqus.com/comments/moderate/" target="_blank">moderate panel</a> for more options.</p>';
		
		return Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, 'Moderate Options', post_id);
	};
	
	this.placeholder = {
		'class': 'dsq-placeholder',
		'name': Dsq.Strings.NAME,
		'email': Dsq.Strings.EMAIL,
		'website': Dsq.Strings.WEBSITE + ' (' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL.toLowerCase() + ')'
	};
	
	this.handlePlaceholder = function(evt, el, key) {
		var placeholder = Dsq.Templates.placeholder[key];
		var className = Dsq.Templates.placeholder['class'];
		
		switch(evt.type) {
			case 'focus':
				if(el.value == placeholder) {
					el.value = '';
					el.className = '';
				}
				break;

			case 'blur':
				if(el.value == '') {
					el.value = placeholder;
					el.className = className;
				}
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}
	};
	
	this.paginate = function(page, el_clicked) {

		var extra_params = '';

		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&per_page=' + disqus_per_page;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_sort != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&sort=' + disqus_sort;
		}

		Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML += '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
		
		if(el_clicked) {
			Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked);
		}
		
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'sunday_open_thread_974'
			+ '&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/sunday_open_thread_974/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">117</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/sunday_open_thread_974/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/sunday_open_thread_974/">Community Page</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\
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	 <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:26083079" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">You must log into your Disqus Profile in order to post comments.</a></p>\
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		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> \
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				</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/sunday_open_thread_974/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;
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		if (source) {
			if (limit === 0) {
				limit = source.length;
			}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

					item += '<span id="dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '">';
					var n_tweets = (num_retweets > 15) ? 15 : num_retweets;
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					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>';
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				item += '</div>';
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		item += '</li>'; /* Reaction HTML ends */
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	};

	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:26083079" 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:26083079" 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'				: 'sunday_open_thread_974',
			// 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/sunday_open_thread_974/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='	+ 'sunday_open_thread_974'
			+ '&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='	+ 'sunday_open_thread_974'
			+ '&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='		+ 'sunday_open_thread_974'
				+ '&email=' 	+ encodeURIComponent(email));

		} else if(!email) {
			// If anonymous user and no email has been provided yet, prompt for email

			var title = 'Subscribe to this comment thread';
			var message = ' \
				New comments will be sent directly to your email inbox! \
				<div class="dsq-subscribe-submit"> \
					<p><strong>Enter your email address below.</strong></p> \
					<input type="text" id="dsq-subscribe-email"> \
					<button onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1, Dsq.$(\'dsq-subscribe-email\').value)">Subscribe</button> \
				</div> \
			';

			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
		}
	};

	this.showSettings = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) {
			return;
		}

		/* The form has to be re-designed when more options will come out. */
		var html = 'Automatically close comments after <input size="3" id="dsq-thread-days-alive" value="' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.days_alive + '" type="text" /> days. Existing comments will still be displayed.<br /><br />(Using 0 days will disable this feature)<br /><br />'
								 + '<button onclick="Dsq.Thread.updateDaysAlive();" class="dsq-button-small"><span>Save</span></button>'
								 + '<span id="dsq-thread-settings-status" class="dsq-options-status"></span>';
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, 'Settings');
	};

	this.updateDaysAlive = function() {
		var days = Dsq.$('dsq-thread-days-alive').value;
		var status = Dsq.$('dsq-thread-settings-status');
		Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/update_days_alive.js', {days:days,thread:Dsq.jsonData.thread.id});
		status.innerHTML = 'Saved!';
		window.setTimeout(function() { status.innerHTML = ''; }, 1000);
	};
};
// Dsq.Thread

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

	// Private
	var handlers = {};
	var getHandlers = function(event) {
		if (handlers[event] === undefined) {
			handlers[event] = [];
		}
		return handlers[event];
	};

	// Public
	// Value keys : postId, node, xtype
	obj.REPLY_IFRAME_CREATED = 1;
	// Value keys : postId, opened
	obj.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED = 2;
	obj.fire = function(event, opt_value) {
		if (!event) {
			throw new Error('Unknown event');
		}
		var value = opt_value || {};
		for (var i=0; i<getHandlers(event).length; i++) {
			getHandlers(event)[i](value);
		}
	};
	obj.addHandler = function(event, callback) {
		getHandlers(event).push(callback);
	};

	return obj;
}();

/**
 * Dsq.Realtime
 */
Dsq.Realtime = new function() {
	var initialized = false;
	var interval = null;
	var last_checked = Dsq.jsonData.request.timestamp;
	var new_posts = [];
	var ongoing_request = false;
	var prev_script = null;

	function updateNewPostCount() {
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-alert').style.display = new_posts.length ? 'block' : 'none';

		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-queued').innerHTML = new_posts.length
		+ ' new '
		+ Dsq.Utils.pluralize(new_posts.length, 'comment', 'comments')
		+ Dsq.Utils.pluralize(new_posts.length, ' was', ' were')
		+ ' just posted.';

		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-show').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.SHOW + ')';
	}

	function insertNewPosts() {
		var post_id = null;
		var after_id = Dsq.$('dsq-sort-select').value === 'oldest' ? -1 : null;

		for (var i=0; i<new_posts.length; i++) {
			post_id = new_posts[i];
			Dsq.Post.insert(after_id, post_id, Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id].message);
			Dsq.Post.incrementPostCount();
			Dsq.Post.outlineComment(post_id);
		}
		new_posts = [];
	}

	this.enableInterval = function() {
		interval = setInterval(Dsq.Realtime.check, Dsq.jsonData.context.realtime_speed);
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-status').innerHTML = Dsq.Strings.ENABLED;
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.PAUSE + ')';
	}

	this.disableInterval = function() {
		if (interval) {
			clearInterval(interval);
			interval = null;
		}
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-status').innerHTML = Dsq.Strings.PAUSED;
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.RESUME + ')';
	}

	this.toggleInterval = function() {
		if (!interval) {
			Dsq.Realtime.enableInterval();
		} else {
			Dsq.Realtime.disableInterval();
		}
		return false;
	}

	this.initialize = function() {
		if (!initialized) {
			initialized = true;
			Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').onclick = this.toggleInterval;
			if (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-show').onclick = this.show;
				updateNewPostCount();
			}
			if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.realtime_paused) {
				Dsq.Realtime.disableInterval();
			} else {
				Dsq.Realtime.enableInterval();
			}
		}
	}

	this.show = function() {
		insertNewPosts();
		updateNewPostCount();
		return false;
	}

	this.check = function() {
		if (!ongoing_request && Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			if (prev_script) {
				prev_script.parentNode.removeChild(prev_script);
			}
			ongoing_request = true;
			prev_script = Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/26083079/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.
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12922249" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12922249">Lisa M</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12922249" class="dsq-comment-message">If the MSM needs a black person to speak for all of Black America and who is not Barack Obama, Cory Booker needs to be called up and stop with Jesse\'s and Al\'s foolishness. Jesse still having issues not being the HNIC. He needs to let it go.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12922467" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12922467">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12922467" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12922467" class="dsq-comment-message">You know this foolishness needs to stop.Is Jefferson Beauregard Sessions the voice of white America,Do the MSM go to John Yoo for the Asian perspective and I think if we say Alberto(I do not recall)Gonzales speak for Latinos they will call us penderos for being so stupid.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12925596" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12925596">Prometheus6</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12925596" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12925596" class="dsq-comment-message">Booker doesn\'t want that job. Check Matt Bai\'s article, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/magazine/10politics-t.html" rel="nofollow">Is Obama the End of Black Politics?</a>:<br><br>“I don’t want to be pigeonholed,” he said. “I don’t want people to expect me to speak about <b>those</b> issues.” By this, presumably, he meant issues that revolve around race: profiling by police, incarceration rates, flagging urban economies. “I want people to ask me about nonproliferation. I want them to run to me to speak about the situation in the Middle East.”</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12926652" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12926652" href="http://herecomethatgirl.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">No1KState</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12926652" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12926652" class="dsq-comment-message">Hey Pro! Haven\'t been over in a while. Just leaving a personal greeting.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12920029" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12920029">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12920029" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12920029" class="dsq-comment-message">Someone please tell me what has happened to Sunday morning news programming? I used to enjoy it when Russert lived. This David Gregory bores me. what he chooses to discuss is dull and uninteresting. John King on CNN is a conservative trying not to cross the line too much so that CNN doesn\'t boot him. Stephanopolis did not impress me before Russert died and hasn\'t done much to gain his audience. Are these so called journalist scared of consequences or so uninformed that just exist. NBC should have gotten Gwen Ifill or Andrea Mitchell for Meet the Press. Does anyone know how Gregory\'s ratings are doing? Scrap Gregory quick!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12921706">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12921706" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12921706" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12921706">djchefron</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12921706" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12921706" class="dsq-comment-message">The MSM is bought off by the corporations who in turn buy off the politicians who appear on these shows.And then look at the framing of the questions.See if a real journalist start asking questions that on any given day the kind that are raise just on JJP,then they will be out of a job so fast that you be like damn"Where did he go"So it is what it is. The corporations are pimps, the guest are the prostitutes and the moderators are the johns.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12924275" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12924275" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12924275">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12924275" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12924275" class="dsq-comment-message">Bingo!  MSM=Bordello</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12927950" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12927950">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12927950" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12927950" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL! Corporations are the pimps! Guests are the prostitutues and Moderators are the Johns! ROTF!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12921217" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12921217" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12921217">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12921217" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12921217" class="dsq-comment-message">When Gregory was chosen, I said that MTP went from the Tivo list, to a week-to-week thing.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12921879" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12921879" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12921879">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12921879" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12921879" class="dsq-comment-message">Barack Obama feels the heat, changes the play<br><br>Finally, we’re starting to see him sweat. <br><br>Read more: <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25114.html#ixzz0LiwP4h4q" rel="nofollow">http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25114...</a><br><br>My take on this post - utter garbage. Clearly these people could give a good rats as* about resolving real issues facing our country.  Noooooooo they are too focused on seeing the President "lose his cool."  <br><br>Mark my words.  That.will.never.happen.  They will see flashes of annoyance for the increased level of stupidity and wtf moments displayed by our elected officials (and those flashes will only boost his support from the American people) but he will NEVER give them the satisfaction of seeing him "lose his cool".  <br><br>Idiots.  Who hired these people??? Now I am getting annoyed.  <br>Go ahead Mr. President.  Brush your shoulders off.  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yel8IjOAdSc&feature=related" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yel8IjOAdSc&feat...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12921996">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12921996" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12921996" class="dsq-comment-message">smh....this line from that drive-by kills me....."Friday remarks at the White House had a trash-talk edge"<br><br>Oh...didn\'t they know? Obama\'s new speech writer is Floyd "Money" Mayweather Jr.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12922078" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12922078">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12922078" class="dsq-comment-message">felt the heat rising at the base of my neck . . . . I have to stay off the news on the regular for the past few weeks.  Only give myself maybe twice a week lately and I almost always limit my searches to JJP and I skip plenty of links.  It is getting crazy up in here.  It is becoming increasingly frustrating when we have so many issues to resolve, economy, healthcare, education, climate change, two wars, unemployment which the President repeatedly informed the citizens of the country would be slow to recover until at minimum next year . . . . etc. etc. etc. and the focus instead is on seeing THIS President with some "flaw" real or imagined.  <br><br>Somebody needs to hire the President a tall, strong, physically fit individual whose sole responsibility is to appropriately and effectively utilize the "pimp" hand.  Preferably female so she could slap the mess out of both sexes without bias if displays of stupidity reaches above the 70% intolerance level.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12923916">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12923916" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12923916" class="dsq-comment-message">"Somebody needs to hire the President a tall, strong, physically fit individual whose sole responsibility is to appropriately and effectively utilize the "pimp" hand. Preferably female so she could slap the mess out of both sexes without bias if displays of stupidity reaches above the 70% intolerance level."<br><br>My resume is prepared and so am I.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12922883" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12922883">khrish</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12922883" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12922883" class="dsq-comment-message">I love it!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12919731" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12919731" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12919731">maryellen</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12919731" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12919731" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t think that ANYONE should wait on ANYONE ELSE to rescue them! Get off your duffles and help yourself. This goes for blacks as well as other races or ethnicities. My parents used the term: "weight broke the bridge down". I believed it them and governed myself according to that principle. I still believe it today, and it now truer than ever. It is called "LAZINESS". No one can rescue you but you; others can help you but you must be the "do-er".<br><br>And somebody please tell me what is wrong with our Black President calling out the Black People? Isn\'t that what he should do, especially since the "proof of the pudding is in the eating"?  HE DID IT!   I don\'t get it. The President said exactly what he was supposed to say, especially since they did not "get it" when Dr. Bill Cosby said it.  I will say the same thing: get off your A$$e$ and do it yourself. Stop waiting for someone to come and rescue you. <br><br>And young black men, take care of your babies -not mine- but yours, and I will take care of mine and won\'t have to take care of yours! [And young black females, stop having babies for every tom, dick and harry you meet at the club one night]. I also know that some people are asking why does the President have to single out Black males/female when other ethnicities are guilty of the same thing. Well, guess what? I DON\'T CARE ABOUT THE OTHERS. Let pat buchanan, Dr. Gupta, or some other white-ethnic male talk to them, I don\'t care who does it. Right now, I wish to concentrate on MINE.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12920028" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12920028" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12920028">morphus</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12920028" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12920028" class="dsq-comment-message">Who "responsibility" is it to:<br><br>- create jobs<br>- promote living wages<br>- stop predatory cash centers in predominate majority-minority communities<br>- stop and go after predatory lenders taking black homes<br>- stop insurance companies and banks from redlining black communities<br>- raise admission numbers so that a record number of successful black graduating HS students can get into college<br>- stop the school to prison pipeline<br><br>Let\'s talk about the "social contract" and mutual responsibilities also.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12921051" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12921051" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12921051">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12921051" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12921051" class="dsq-comment-message">"mayellen" had no intentions of having an actual discussion about a damn thing - I believe that exact same post is on blackvoices, the daily voice and a few other sites of choice.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12921335" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12921335" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12921335">maryellen</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12921335" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12921335" class="dsq-comment-message">Hi Miranda, were you talking to me, Maryellen? If so, I have no idea of what you are speaking since I did not direct any inquiry to you. Maryellen.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12922496" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12922496" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12922496">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12922496" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12922496" class="dsq-comment-message">Miranda & Womanistmusings stated their opinions, Are they not allowed to state what they feel or does that luxury only belong to you?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12928191" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12928191" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12928191">maryellen</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12928191" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12928191" class="dsq-comment-message">Justice58, were you directing your inquiry to me, Maryellen? It is difficult to tell if you don\'t address me.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12930225" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12930225" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12930225">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12930225" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12930225" class="dsq-comment-message">After all of these replies and looking at the various comments on these boards...you really don\'t get the format when the comment is a RESPONSE TO YOURS??</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12930470" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12930470" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12930470">Lilytiger</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12930470" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12930470" class="dsq-comment-message">Miranda...heh!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12930782" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12930782" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12930782">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12930782" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12930782" class="dsq-comment-message">You talking to me Lilytiger??<br><br>(i couldnt resist)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12931082" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12931082" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12931082">Lilytiger</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12931082" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12931082" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJNnDCOK_gw&feature=related" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJNnDCOK_gw&feat...</a><br>Yeah I\'m tawkin to you...LOL</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12931379">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12931379" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12931379" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12931379">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12931379" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12931379" class="dsq-comment-message">ROFLMAO</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12932618" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12932618">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12932618" class="dsq-comment-message">rotflmao!!!!!!!!!!!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12932413">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12932413" class="dsq-comment-message">You & Lilytiger both...to the "bad chair"<br><br>*dead*</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12921505">Val</span>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12929926">maryellen</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12929926" class="dsq-comment-message">Val, I  don\'t care WHO responds to my post. But I don\'t know if you are addressing me unless you use my name, Maryellen. And, I think it is rude of you to not address me by name. And why do you use "we"? Are you the one responsible for all of the postings?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12964664" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12964664">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12964664" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12964664" class="dsq-comment-message">What are you talking about?  and I suggest you watch your tone because just like you I can choose to be polite or not.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12920213" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12920213" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12920213">maryellen</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12920213" class="dsq-comment-message">Hi Morphus, who\'s responsibility do YOU think it is for the objects you mentioned in your posting?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12921005">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12921005" class="dsq-comment-message">Good grief, when will "you" people learn. Nobody is buying this act.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12925113">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12925113" class="dsq-comment-message">GAWD, another troll coming to teach the negros a lesson or two, cause "Miss Ann" gonna do it, cause she knows what\'s good for prissy and nem.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12921439">morphus</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12921439" class="dsq-comment-message">My point is, it\'s too simplistic to lay at the feet of the AA community their failures when in fact there are too few in positions of authority or in policy-making positions to make effective changes.  <br><br>Lets look at education. It is my opinion, that the AA community is bleeding from their collective ears from hearing the "education" mantra, over and over again.  It seems that the AA community heard the steady droning of education, education, education. And, I read where record numbers of successful students graduated and submitted applications to colleges in such great numbers that the colleges were crying uncle. Imagine that, centers of higher education are complaining because they were overwhelmed with the number of HS applicants applying for admission.  This suggest that because of the application volume there are going to be a sizable number of students who will be rejected.  <br><br>Plus, there are stories like the one that, rikyrah post on Friday: <a href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/friday-open-thread-48/#comment-12815837" rel="nofollow">University of Illinois admissions: Elite high schools from Chicago metro area fatten clout list</a>.  <br><blockquote>"The majority of students who benefited from political connections when applying to the University of Illinois attended elite, affluent high schools, according to a Chicago Tribune analysis of admissions data."</blockquote><br>There are a lot of "first time" applicants to colleges and universities coming from the AA community who will not be beneficiaries of schools political connection or alumni pipelines.  Who\'s fault is that? Their parents?  <br><br>Additionally, there is an array of interconnected issues with education like the brain drain, taxi cab drivers and the homeless with multiple degrees, the poverty level at the bachelor\'s degree, etc.  <br><br>Sorry for the rambling, but I hope you get my point.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12922402" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12922402">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12922402" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s funny how some people mock non-whites for getting an education by claiming they are "acting white."<br><br>I have long held the belief that the "doing well in school = acting white" thing was started up by racist whites.<br><br>I think it\'s interesting that most of the 80s era rappers were college students/college graduates and they all had on the HBCU T-shirts...but when Corporate America got their hands on rap you never heard a rapper again talk about black pride and you never saw an HBCU t-shirt on a rapper again.<br><br>I think it\'s curious that conservatives tell blacks/hispanics they\'re being discriminated against because they don\'t have any education...but when the black/hispanic gets an education they tell them that education doesn\'t mean anything.<br><br>I think it\'s interesting that conservatives/GOP admonish hispanics for not knowing English and tell them they better learn English, no Spanish allowed...but when hispanics try to learn English, they are mocked.<br><br>Maybe the problem in this society isn\'t education, because it really doesn\'t matter if blacks and hispanics go to school and get an education because many whites will regard somebody like Palin, who went to 5 colleges in 6 years, has no command of the English language and is intellectually incurious as much more smarter and qualified than a black/hispanic summa cum laude graduate of an Ivy League school who continously strives to learn.<br><br>I suspect RayRay in the hood knows this.  He doesn\'t need a State of the Black Union to tell him what he already knows.<br><br>I think black and hispanic communities should stress education NOT as a way to assimilate and gain acceptance into the larger white society (that\'s never going to happen) but stress education as a way to build up their own communities instead.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12922528">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12922528" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12922528" class="dsq-comment-message">My vote for post of the day.2 thumbs up!!!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12922802" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12922802">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12922802" class="dsq-comment-message">Town<br><br>Big Up!  Big Up!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12922805">morphus</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12922805" class="dsq-comment-message">co-sign.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12922863" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12922863">Shazza</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12922863" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12922863" class="dsq-comment-message">Great break down, Town! You always bring it!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12922369" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12922369">maryellen</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12922369" class="dsq-comment-message">Hi again Morphus, to emphasize once again, I am laying the "lack of trying" at the feet of African Americans. I don\'t care if you get into educational facilities by hook or crook, the point is to continue your education. And so what if there are too many applicants, the powers that be will have to find a way to deal with it, but "they" can never say that you "did not try to get an education". The "obstacle to the mainsteam quality of life" will then have to be "something else". So what, again, keep trying; what else do you have to do with your life? You\'re not going anywhere, the world isn\'t going anywhere.<br><br>You also say that "there are too few in positions of authority or in policy-making positions to make effective changes. Well, how else do you propose that we change that, except though education whereas you are qualified to become the "change agent" and work for that change. But you must put yourself in a position of power, first.<br> <br>Finally, your statement regarding "There are a lot of "first time" applicants to colleges and universities coming from the AA community who will not be beneficiaries of schools political connection or alumni pipelines. Who\'s fault is that? Their parents? No, the responsibility of getting accepted into a college or university lies with the applicant, not the parent nor the political connection. Again it seems that some of us are WAITING ON OTHERS! I did not depend or count on any political clout, friendship, palm-greasing or otherwise, to help me get into my college, and later, my university. I depended on my GRADES. It is as simple as that.  (And please explain to me what you mean when you say "..there is an array of interconnected issues with education like the brain drain, taxi cab drivers and the homeless with multiple degrees, the poverty level at the bachelor\'s degree, etc.).</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12923569" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12923569">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12923569" class="dsq-comment-message">delusional one,<br><br>what do you say about the study that came out that a WHITE MAN WITH A PRISON RECORD was more likely to be chosen for a job than a BLACK MAN WITH NO RECORD. <br><br>A White ex-con was preferable over an honest Black man.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12923910">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12923910" class="dsq-comment-message">Lets\' break it down again: a dumb ass white woman is thought to be MORE qualified for anything over the black guy and hispanic woman with Ivy League degrees by a good chunk of Amurka.  The only qualification she needs is white skin.<br><br>And SMART white women know what\'s up, which is why they are all (GOP, Democrat and Independent alike) APPALLED by this chick.  Women all seen this chick before: the dumb ass bimbo who winks, shimmies and shows her boobs and legs to rise to the top, and when called out on it, cries and sobs that "erry\'body pickin\' on me."</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12929379">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12929379" class="dsq-comment-message">Louder, Town! <br><br>Say it!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12928402" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12928402">maryellen</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12928402" class="dsq-comment-message">I would probably say the same thing you would say: discrimination at work. I am in total agreement that this motive is being used more times than not. I am saying  though that getting an education is the key to fighting some of this discrimination, and that we, as blacks, have given up on getting a good education. Some of the reasons that we have given up on education is "it is too hard" or "it won\'t matter anyway if I do get an education", or "I don\'t want to flip burgers for a living" - when you are not qualified to do anything else. That\'s what I am saying and standing behind it. We can not WAIT for someone to do anything for us. That\'s the easy way out. Take responsibility; and that is what our President is saying!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12923434">morphus</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12923434" class="dsq-comment-message">maryellen: Seriously, having a Masters, Bachelors,or  PhD do not mean jack if you can\'t find a J-O-B.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12925615">maryellen</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12925615" class="dsq-comment-message">Hi Morphus, I totally agree with you that the end results is locating a job. I am just trying to avert people from using the "not qualified for lack of education" as an Excuse to discriminate. Like I said, "they" will have to use another "excuse", so be it. But the time, this "other" reason comes into play, we might have some legitimate responses i.e., don\'t do drugs, no FELONY criminal record, etc.  But it has to start somewhere, and education, or lack thereof, is as I see it, a good place to start. Remove this as a barrier and then tackle the others as they surface. It takes a lot of work, but aren\'t we up to that? And also as I previously stated, you have nothing ELSE to do. Nothing else has worked, so why not try this "route"?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12926434" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12926434">morphus</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12926434" class="dsq-comment-message">maryellen: I don\'t know why you insist that the excuse to discriminate will automagically go away if a POC had education. That is simply not true. <br><br>Since Regun, jobs in the U.S. have been disappearing via: right-sizing, downsizing, outsourcing, HB1-visas, business illegal immigration. etc.  In addition, jobs that once required a HS diploma now demands a bachelor degree.  Was there actually a change in skill requirements for many of these jobs that now demands degrees? Many say no.  Jobs that POC will not be hire for in the private sector they perform exceedingly well w/o a college degree  while they are in prison. Go figure.<br><br>The jobless rate for POC have consistently been twice that of non-POC and again, it is NOT because of education. As rikyrah indicated below, a white felon will get a job faster than a POC with no criminal record and a degree.  This reality is acknowledged and documented. <br><br>What must be "tackled" is institutional disparities in hiring practices.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12926604" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12926604" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12926604">maryellen</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12926604" class="dsq-comment-message">Morphus, I did not say that the excuse to discriminate will automatically go away if people of color got an education. I said THIS WOULD NO LONGER BE AN EXCUSE THAT THEY COULD USE. Another one maybe, BUT NOT THIS ONE.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12921057">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12921057" class="dsq-comment-message">exactly</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12921673" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12921673" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12921673" href="http://www.womanist-musings.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">womanistmusings</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12921673" class="dsq-comment-message">I see you and uncle Thomas have a lot in common.  Simply because white people would like POC to believe we are responsible for the continued economic inequality does not mean we have to believe the nonsense.  A child growing in poverty has very little chance of making positive gains specifically because the systemis designed for them to fail.  Instead of calling out Blacks Obama needs to get the courage to call White ppl out on their ish.  I don\'t care if he is president, one man in a position of authority does not translate into equality for all.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12921936" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12921936">maryellen</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12921936" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12921936" class="dsq-comment-message">And who are you, womanistmusings, to say what the President of the United States SHOULD DO?<br><br>And if you\'re talking to me, MaryEllen, specificically, I do not know "your uncle Thomas", but I would like to know what he and I have in common.<br><br>Also, our President Obama has the courage to call anyone out. That\'s what he does whenever he calls a Press Conference or Briefing.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12922423" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12922423" href="http://www.womanist-musings.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">womanistmusings</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12922423" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12922423" class="dsq-comment-message">Clearly I was addressing you.  If he had the courage he would not have allowed Holder to speak about whiteness and then damn near break his foot running to get away from it.<br><br>I have every right to speak my mind.  What happens to the peoples of the African Disaspora is very much my business as we are all effected.  As for the Uncle Thomas comment,  I suppose that hit to close to home for your oreo eating ass. <br><br>Obama is so busy playing center of the road politics that he has yet to ever speak to whiteness about its accountability and continues to lecture Black people on ours.  He may sweeten it with rhetoric but the bottom line is that he has bought into the nonsense that Blacks are responsible for the systemic inequality that serves to keep us as second class citizens.  I\'d like to see White people swim against the stream for awhile and see how they do. I am tired of people telling Blacks to rise above, as though we have not been doing that for hundreds of years.  Since it is Sunday I won\'t share the rest of my thoughts with you, though lord knows you deserve it.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12923496">khrish</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12923496" class="dsq-comment-message">W have you ever moseyed over to some of the sites where you have young Black American men and women chatting and posting? You should give it a try and see how our young women are selling themselves or talking about our young performers selling themselves like the slave masters used to do on the block. Look at the spellings and I don\'t mean just for speed\'s sake. You need to have a look and then you may see that he is not battling ghosts here. I am agree that what happens to the people of the African Disaspora is very much our business; but you can\'t be good for anyone else until you are good for yourself. Maybe in your mind he is playing center of the road. But tomorrow, if the election was to be held again, could we as Black Americans vote him into office?  I don\'t think so. And yes we are responsible for ourselves to a certain degree. We have and do swim against the stream but one man can\'t forsake the entire country to make us swim with the current.  Some of us have been down so long, getting up doesn\'t even cross our minds. We are a microwave nation; we want it done right now and when we don\'t get it right now we will turn on leadership....or on this leadership. We haven\'t turned on other leadership since the 50s and 60s. I just say, give the man a break. Did it need to take all that time in hearings to vote that woman on to the Supreme Courts, no. It was a waste of time. that woman was more than qualified......Just an example of how these assholes intend to play this game. No matter what the president wants to do, he\'s gotta have some votes to do it. Remember, it\'s called politics not the Holy See.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12926198">maryellen</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12926198" class="dsq-comment-message">to womanistmusings, please feel free to share the rest of your thoughts; it should not matter because it is Sunday (excuse?) And of course, you have every right to speak your mind. I asked what did you think qualfied you to state what the PRESIDENT SHOULD DO! It is just your opinion, like everyone else, so it doesn\'t hold any more weight as any one else. <br><br>And you use words such as "allowed" and "running to get away from it". Running to get away from WHAT?<br><br>Blacks are RESPONSIBLE FOR THEMSELVES, just like every other HUMAN BEING. I have asked Blacks to "rise above" as you state (or as I say, show\' em instead of telling \'em,) for over 50 years and will continue. I believe in doing, not "trying to.<br><br>Also, why do you think that our President should speak to "whiteness" and what should he say? Don\'t you think that all of us, including those who are "white" know the score? I do. In addition, our President has to "play the middle"; the "middle" is what elected him. Your vote, [IF you voted for President Obama] like mine, was only counted ONCE, so he needed more than our TWO votes to win the election.<br><br>Again as noted, and unfortunately for many others like you, it is "always someone else\'s fault". Take responsibility, as much as in YOUR POWER, for yourself.<br><br>Finally, I sense that a lot Black people are disappointed because they feel that our President has not listened to them. I disagree with that assessment. He has also listened to  those others, too.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12918025" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12918025" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12918025">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12918025" class="dsq-comment-message">Sen Orrin Hatch  successfully worked to have John Forte commuted by President George Bush in 2008. It just never stops blowing me away how people can latch unto one person because of some affinity. As a result of this they then think of themselves as not racist.<br>The other weird thing is that Carly Simon says she could not find Democrats to help her. The lack of courage of politicians over issues like realistic looks at drugs is just disgusting.<br><br><a href="http://www.philly.com/inquirer/entertainment/20090719_A_rapper_s_rebirth.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.philly.com/inquirer/entertainment/20...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12919133" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12919133" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12919133" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12919133" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12919133" class="dsq-comment-message">This only proves we have to find and seek allies who will assist us in our endeavors. That doesn\'t mean they\'re permanent friends just that we may share a similar interest (Harold Washington ain\'t neva lied!!!) Smart ppl go find WHOMEVER WILL MEET THEIR NEEDS not try to beat a dead horse (i.e. focusing exclusively on political party OR race) as the binding agent. Hopefully one day more African-American will get a clue about that and stop waiting for their "Barack" to magically appear out of thin air and find a man of CALIBER from all backgrounds.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12918951">morphus</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12918951" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12918951" class="dsq-comment-message">"If Hatch, who has called Forté "a genius," and Simon, who says that working for the reduction of the musician\'s sentence "became my calling," were the midwives at Forté\'s rebirth, the delivery-room doctor was even more improbable.<br><br>In one of his final acts as president, George W. Bush on Nov. 24, 2008, commuted Forté\'s sentence."<br><br>What If found most disgusting reading this article is the effort to put a halo on Dr Death when he is described as the "delivery room doctor".</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12918982" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12918982" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12918982" class="dsq-comment-message">Today\'s Conversation: Obama\'s Warning to the Civil Rights Industrial Complex Will Go Largely Go Unnoticed - completely ignored actually<br><a href="http://bit.ly/4oA8UU" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/4oA8UU</a> <br><br>excerpt: Sorry but this isn\'t going to a feel-good post about the merging of ideals within the "black community". Excuse me while I hurl. Obama is a fence-sitter on many significant issues regarding LGBT rights depending on which way his political career may go. He\'s a conflicted participant trying to hold another huge entity of dead ideals (that would be the CRIC TM WAOD) responsible for having an enforceable code of ethics. Well welcome to 2009 because we\'re not in 1959, 1969 and we\'re certainly not in 1999.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12919734" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12919734" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12919734">morphus</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12919734" class="dsq-comment-message">First let me say, I believe that the GLBT movement is a civil rights movement and I will readily acknowledge that members of the GLBT movement are subject to  discrimination and hate crimes. <br><br>Although, I do not have a immediate family member who is in the GLBT community, I have always been sympathetic and supportive of the GLBT cause.  When the Regun admin would not acknowledge GLBT community plight, I cheered them on when they took on NIH, when they put their blankets out to gain visibility, when they fought to get healthcare coverage for their partners, when they fought to get into the ICU with their partners, and when they adopted crack babies. But, and, you may have suspected that there was going to be a "but", although the GLBT movement is a civil rights movement, it is not "The Civil Rights" movement.<br><br>It appears to me that everyone with a beef or an advocacy issue wants to invoke the image of black oppression in order to legitimize their cause. The AA and GLBT histories are completely different and the discriminatory laws are different.<br><br>Personally, I feel that the GLBT unfounded attacks on the AA community after the failure of Prop 8 caused me to become less willing to be an ally for their cause. And, then I felt personally attacked again in Jan 2009 when the GLBT community didn\'t think twice about protesting the MLK service at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. After these and other antics, I am not surprise that some blacks are pushing back and they are seething at any comparison of the fight against gay marriage bans to the civil rights struggle.<br><br>From my vantage point, I feel that it would be nice if those who want to use "The Civil Rights" movement for their own purpose would occasionally advocate on our behalf.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12920001" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12920001" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12920001" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12920001" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12920001" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree. I think black LGBTs have dropped the ball where that is concerned as well. I\'ve lots of posts about the hypocrisy and hijacking of the African American contributions to this country even by non-AA blacks. Yet at the end of the day when you look at the poor state of leadership and the infrastructure blacks have really dropped the ball and not protected each other.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12920984" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12920984" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12920984">khrish</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12920984" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12920984" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, at least he\'s sitting on the fence and you don\'t know which way he will go. That\'s better than the ones before him, because you knew they were going to do nothing. I realize that the President can walk and chew gum at the same time; but he can\'t do everything at the same time. You\'ve waited all these years for people who did nothing.....can\'t you even give him a year or two to deal with the millions of things everyone is waiting for him to handle.  Damn, regardless to popular belief, he is not our savior come to earth to die for us.  Give the man some time.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12921126" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12921126" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12921126" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12921126" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12921126" class="dsq-comment-message">I do think Obama can do many things at once. Why is it that some blacks are ALWAYS the 1st to insist that "we" wait while OTHER groups have demanded and are getting THEIR needs addressed?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12921653" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12921653" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12921653">khrish</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12921653" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12921653" class="dsq-comment-message">My statement was not addressed to only Blacks. It\'s that everyone wants their problem taken care of right now. I feel that when he tackles healthcare reform, trying to put people back to work and these types of things he his helping more people, while trying to get to the actions that help an individual group. Sometimes though, I do feel that Blacks expect the word "Black or African American" must preceed a topic before we feel that we are being the attention or help needed for solutions to our problems.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12921974" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12921974" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12921974" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12921974" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12921974" class="dsq-comment-message">And I\'m saying other groups ARE being addressed RIGHT NOW. I don\'t consider the Benjamin nomination a solution but a 1st step.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12922356" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12922356" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12922356">alison269</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12922356" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12922356" class="dsq-comment-message">And what do u consider the appointment of Eric Holder? It is ridiculous for to to want the prez to change structural inequalities that have been in the making for years overnight. So even if u do have a point it is too early for you to be harping that Obama hasnt done enough.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12923618" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12923618" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12923618" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12923618" class="dsq-comment-message">Harping huh? Perhaps you behave like a shrew. I\'m talking abt blacks being shrewd.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12922128" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12922128" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12922128">khrish</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12922128" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12922128" class="dsq-comment-message">I saw the Holder nomination the biggest step. We have never had a Black AG and I am pleased to know that his thing is to tighten those civil rights violations.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12922193" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12922193" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12922193" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12922193" class="dsq-comment-message">Again it\'s about policies and results NOT a black face in a high place. We\'ll see what he does and does not do while in office.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12922599" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12922599" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12922599">khrish</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12922599" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12922599" class="dsq-comment-message">you get no arguement from me on that. You named the Surgeon General so I simply named the AG. To me, if you have no job, sleeping in the streets, losing your home and can\'t afford to see a doctor; It doesn not much matter what else is on the agenda. These are human needs and as Black Americans, we are among the worse in these cases. That is why I see these things that he is trying to handle now as most important. I cannot see why many Black Americans feel that their issues are not being listened to if we our numbers rate higher in these catagories. I simply saying give the man a chance. We\'ve been patience with presidents who promised us nothing and when they were elected that\'s exactly what we got. I\'m not dismissing our other needs, but I am saying these basic needs are of highest importance to me.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12922397" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12922397" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12922397">alison269</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12922397" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12922397" class="dsq-comment-message">You are the one who made t about \'black faces in high places\' when u mention Dr Bengamin. Try to be consistent!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12922641" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12922641" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12922641">khrish</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12922641" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12922641" class="dsq-comment-message">Simply because you gave a name. I was not talking about people, but since you named the SG I just wanted to add, if we going on that, the AG was much more important to me.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12922682" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12922682" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12922682">khrish</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12922682" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12922682" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m totally confused. I was having a conversation with "heartsandflowers" and now it seems that I\'m conversing with Alison269. Alison 269 would you please address to whom you are speaking.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12923587" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12923587" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12923587" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12923587" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12923587" class="dsq-comment-message">What r u talking abt? I said these were gestures not directly addressing some core issues. Also these orgs like NAACP have also failed. They should\'ve been advocating on behalf of ppl with every administration.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12922501" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12922501" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12922501">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12922501" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12922501" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t see the gays getting their needs addressed.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12919234" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12919234" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12919234">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12919234" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12919234" class="dsq-comment-message">More on swimming pools in Philadelphia:<br>One Michael Smerconish wants to part words over racism yet hasn;t to my knowledge denounced a single word of the Republican Senators whom accused Sonia Sotomayor of racism.<br><a href="http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20090719_Head_Strong__Valley_Club_s_true_motives_remain_murky.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20090719...</a><br><br>Two, the Yeadon Swim Club a response to racism.<br><a href="http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20090719_Club_born_of_segregation_stays_in_the_swim.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20090719_C...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12919533" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12919533" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12919533">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12919533" class="dsq-comment-message">Good Morning JJP!<br><br>Blessings to All.<br><br>Rikyrah...You did it again! Praise his name!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12921243" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12921243" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12921243">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12921243" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12921243" class="dsq-comment-message">I want to thank you all. I admit, sometimes I just want to hear songs that \' take you back\'. This is one of those songs for me.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12920074" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12920074" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12920074">zackboston</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12920074" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12920074" class="dsq-comment-message">Amen. . . all the day long!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12920682" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12920682" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12920682">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12920682" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12920682" class="dsq-comment-message">Zack,<br><br>I have to give Rikyrah props for choosing such Spirit-Filled songs! I listen over & over. Songs like this takes me back and blesses my soul. <br>*Tears*</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12921007" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12921007" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12921007">zackboston</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12921007" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12921007" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh yes, I agree.  I look forward to Sunday Morning music messages from rikyrah and I too  feel blessed by them.  They bring up so many memories of how I felt when I heard those songs sung in church and so often they speak in powerful ways to my condition at the moment.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12919534" class="dsq-comment-message">Little for Liberals in Confirmation Hearings<br>As Sotomayor and White House Avoid Ideology, Some on Left See Wasted Chance<br><br>By Amy Goldstein and Paul Kane<br>Washington Post Staff Writers <br>Sunday, July 19, 2009 <br><br>Early on the third day of last week\'s confirmation hearings, one of the Senate Judiciary Committee\'s leading liberals leaned forward in his leather chair toward Sonia Sotomayor to explain his hopes for the next member of the nation\'s highest court. <br><br>"I want a justice," said  Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.), a veteran politician taking part in his first Supreme Court confirmation, "who will continue to move the court forward in protecting . . . important civil rights. I want a justice who will fight for people like Lawrence King who, at the age of 15, was shot in a school because he was openly gay. I want a justice who will fight for women like a 28-year-old Californian who was gang-raped by four people because she was a lesbian. And I want a justice who will fight for people like James Byrd, who was beaten and dragged by a truck for two miles because he was black." <br><br>So, Cardin asked the nominee: Don\'t courts have to take such factors as race into account? <br><br>Sotomayor paused. "Well," she replied, "it depends on the context of the case that you\'re looking at." <br><br>The hearings were a moment of history that liberals had awaited for 15 years: an opportunity for a Democratic president\'s Supreme Court nominee to inject into the public dialogue fresh ideas about the Constitution and the law, beginning to recalibrate a court that has gravitated to the right. <br><br>Yet Sotomayor did not articulate such a vision. In answering Cardin, and in scores of other times during four intense days in the witness chair, she eluded efforts of Democrats and Republicans alike to draw out any statement of liberal thought. <br><br><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/18/AR2009071801787.html?sid=ST2009071802313" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12920171">morphus</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12920171" class="dsq-comment-message">"I want a justice," said Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.), a veteran politician taking part in his first Supreme Court confirmation, "who will continue to move the court forward in protecting . . . important civil rights."<br><br>Right. This from a senate that waited 2 1/2 CENTURIES to address slavery.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12920124" class="dsq-comment-message">Regarding Justice appointee, Sotomayor, she HAD TO AVOID being or give the inference of being, FOR any entity that was brought up so as  not  to allow herself  to get caught in a "trap". I loved the way she re-directed all inquiries back to the LAW. This was genius, because she took the "weapon" out of the hands of her opponents that they had planned to crucify her with. Excellent play. I was very proud of her.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12919560" class="dsq-comment-message">Barbour\'s Efforts to Revive GOP May Also Boost Himself<br><br>By Dan Balz<br>Washington Post Staff Writer <br>Sunday, July 19, 2009 <br><br>BILOXI, Miss., July 18 -- Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour was Republican National Committee chairman the last time his party was at such a low, after the election of 1992. Two years later, Republicans captured control of Congress, and although Newt Gingrich, who became the new House speaker, got much of the credit, party insiders say Barbour played a major role. <br>Sixteen years later, Republicans are looking to Barbour to help lead them back once more. It is perhaps ironic that, at a time of generational change in politics, an elder statesman such as Barbour, 61, is once again poised to play a pivotal role for his party, this time in the elections of 2009 and 2010. And although he says a presidential candidacy in 2012 is not likely, Barbour has refused to shut the door on speculation that he is interested. <br><br>This weekend, he is playing host to a meeting of the National Governors Association, a gathering of bipartisanship and bonhomie that is allowing him to show off how the Mississippi Gulf Coast has recovered under his leadership since Hurricane Katrina struck in August 2005. Once the meeting ends, he will turn back to partisan politics in his new assignment as chairman of the Republican Governors Association. <br><br>He is prospering as other GOP luminaries, including South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, have stumbled. <br><br><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/18/AR2009071802003.html?wpisrc=newsletter" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12920336" class="dsq-comment-message">"This weekend, he is playing host to a meeting of the National Governors Association, a gathering of bipartisanship and bonhomie that is allowing him to show off how the Mississippi Gulf Coast has recovered under his leadership since Hurricane Katrina struck in August 2005....He is prospering..."<br><br>The real question is "who prospered"? <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=aG1fHyzJA56A" rel="nofollow">Bloomberg: Mississippi Governor\'s Associates Profit From Katrina Recovery</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12921159" class="dsq-comment-message">Soldier held in Afghanistan is 23-year-old Idahoan <br>HAILEY, Idaho (AP) -- A soldier from Idaho who disappeared from his base in Afghanistan has been captured, the Pentagon confirmed Sunday, a day after he was seen in a Taliban video posted online.... <br><a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_AFGHAN_SOLDIER_CAPTURED?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2009-07-19-11-38-25" rel="nofollow">http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_AFGHA...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12921183">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12921183" class="dsq-comment-message">Senate GOP chief: Sotomayor won\'t get my vote <br>WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate\'s top Republican says he admires Judge Sonia Sotomayor\'s personal story but is not going to vote for her confirmation to the Supreme Court.<br><br>Sen. Mitch McConnell says that he is "a big fan of her career" and biography. He is not, however, a fan of her personal views.<br><br>McConnell says Sotomayor lacks the objectivity he wants in a justice. He says he is worried that her opinions would shape rulings from the bench.<br> <br><a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_AFGHAN_SOLDIER_CAPTURED?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2009-07-19-11-38-25" rel="nofollow">http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_AFGHA...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12921699">maryellen</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12921699" class="dsq-comment-message">Of course sleezeball  McConnell will not vote for confirmation on Judge Sonia Sotomayor. Never was, and never would, as long as she is a Hispanic and as long as she is the appointee of President Obama. (remember, hope he fails!) President Obama is the REAL ISSUE, so no what she would have said, agreed to, or disagreed to, it would not have mattered in the least bit. <br><br>Senator Sessions of Alabama [the avowed Racist who was denied a federal judgeship some years ago mainly because of his racists remarks) is another white, male who will not vote for her confirmation. These two said this BEFORE the "witch-hunt interrogation" began, and yet were still allowed to badger this Hispanic woman. This is why the entire ordeal (some call it a confirmation hearing), was a JOKE. I was just waiting until these racists dogs ran out of time, and thank God they did because she turned the "race baiting, nit-picking" into facts of law to which they had no counterpoint.<br><br>The status quo ($$ male, white) had to have "their turn at dissing this Hispanic female" EVEN though it meant NOTHING legally. They couldn\'t stop the nomination, they just wanted "to dance" and appear that they were in control of something. They (status quo) were determined to make a good showing for their racist counterparts to save face and to "show\'em. Ha! Now, they can go back under the rocks where they slivered out of. Ugh.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12923289">khrish</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12923289" class="dsq-comment-message">he is an old sleezeball with ugly ass self. Looks like one of those ole time polished faced dolls. I can\'t stand them. Standing up there saying that someone is racist like "How dare you feel about us the way we feel about ya\'ll" He can barely get that old clinched mouth of his opened.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12921228">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12921228" class="dsq-comment-message">Cheating SC gov says God will make him better <br>COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, still clinging to office after admitting to an extramarital affair, wrote in an opinion piece released Sunday that God will change him so he can emerge from the scandal a more humble and effective leader.<br> <br><a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SC_GOVERNOR" rel="nofollow">http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SC_GO...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12926029" class="dsq-comment-message">Almost seven years in office:<br>What has Mark "THE PLAYER" Sanford done?<br>1) Brought shitting pigs into the SC State House.<br>2) Outsouced himself a mistress.<br>Don\'t hate the player, hate the...oh, hell...hate this dumbassed player!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12926070">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12926070" class="dsq-comment-message">***dead***</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12923251">khrish</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12923251" class="dsq-comment-message">Bullcrap! he needs to step down from that office and that check just like he insisted that others do. They turn my stomach trying to be so righteous and talking about God. They spent all that money to try and get Clinton out of office and now they want to play by a different set of rules. I don\'t buy nothing none of them say. I am hoping like mad that they get what\'s coming to their hypocritical behinds.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12921448">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12921448" class="dsq-comment-message">will they stop putting GOD in the middle of their messes?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12921485">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12921485" class="dsq-comment-message">Rikyrah - I am just grateful I am not within lightning striking distance.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12921252" class="dsq-comment-message">Investigation of Secret CIA Program Turns Into Political Brawl<br><br>The CIA is so heavily investigated these days you wonder how much time they have for actual intelligence work.<br><br>The latest:  The House intelligence committee announced a new investigation on Friday into whether the CIA broke the law by not telling Congress about a secret post-9/11 program to target Al Qaeda leaders.  <br><br>In a written statement, committee Chairman Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) said the investigation will focus on "possible violations of federal law, including the National Security Act of 1947."    <br><br>Republicans immediately denounced the investigation as an effort by Democrats to "tear down the CIA." <br><br><a href="http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/07/investigation-of-secret-cia-program-turns-into-political-brawl.html" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/07/invest...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12921313">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12921313" class="dsq-comment-message">not sure if we posted this --<br><br>Senate Bill Expands Hate Crimes Law<br>WASHINGTON) — People attacked because of their sexual orientation or gender would receive federal protections under a Senate-approved measure that significantly expands the reach of hate crimes law.<br><br>The Senate bill also would make it easier for federal prosecutors to step in when state or local authorities are unable or unwilling to pursue hate crimes. "The Senate made a strong statement this evening that hate crimes have no place in America," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said after the chamber voted Thursday to attach the legislation as an amendment to a $680 billion defense spending bill expected to be completed next week. (Swampland: Hating on Hate Crimes)<br><br>The House in April approved a similar bill and President Barack Obama has urged Congress to send him hate crimes legislation, presenting the best scenario for the measure to become law since Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., first introduced it more than a decade ago.<br><br>Republicans will have the opportunity to propose several more changes to the hate crimes bill on Monday, but that will not change its status as part of the must-pass defense bill.<br><br><a href="http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0%2C8599%2C1911201%2C00.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,859...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12921334">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12921334" class="dsq-comment-message">Stimulus Youth Jobs<br><a href="http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2009/07/19/bolduan.stimulus.youth.jobs.cnn" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2009/...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12925485">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12925485" class="dsq-comment-message">Eric Cantor needed the taste slapped outta his mouth for that dumb azz statement.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12926058">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12926058" class="dsq-comment-message">did you get that?  I got that.  Had to remind myself several times.  Today is Sunday . . . Today is Sunday . . .Today is Sunday . . . .</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12921397">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12921397" class="dsq-comment-message">New consumer protection agency meets resistance<br>WASHINGTON (CNN) -- If you hold a credit card, mortgage or a student loan, Congress is considering a new agency designed to give you a lot more protection.<br><br>The Consumer Financial Products Agency would set new rules to simplify contracts, eliminate fine print and get rid of the tricks and traps that led some to unwittingly sign up for mortgages they couldn\'t afford.<br><br>However, the proposed agency is running into some resistance from the financial services industry. According to one of the industry\'s top lobbyists, stopping the agency is "our No. 1 priority."<br><br><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/18/consumer.agency.fight/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/18/consumer...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12921888">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12921888" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow.......<br>"I don\'t think anyone would argue that over the last 30 years financial innovation has been the fuel of the economy," says Stinebert, who believes that\'s reason to tread carefully.<br><br>I can barely believe he had the audacity to say that. It would be funny if it weren\'t so frightening. Did this "Stinebert" guy miss the last year or what?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12924124">morphus</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12924124" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah, the "innovations" of CDO, Black pools, SSIV, under the counter derivatives, economic bubbles, etc. that NO ONE can figger out how to unravel is working great. <br><br>He is likely in support of the few who receive annual bonuses that ranges from $120 millions to $20 millions and can\'t understand why folks are looking for their homes to burn them down.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12924828">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12924828" class="dsq-comment-message">The arrogance of the financial industry execs that ruined this economy is staggering. What was it that Brazil\'s president said?<br><br>"This was a crisis that was fostered and boosted by irrational behaviour of people that are white, blue-eyed, that before the crisis looked like they knew everything about economics,’ he declared. <br>‘Now they have demonstrated that they don’t know anything about economics<br><br>President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva deserves some sort of award for those statements alone...isn\'t there a Nobel Prize sitting around with his name on it?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12921417">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12921417" class="dsq-comment-message">NAACP still has much to do<br><br>Clarence Page <br>is a Chicago Tribune columnist<br><br>Judging by my e-mail, my appearance in a CBS News Sunday Morning report on the NAACP\'s 100th-anniversary convention last week left many viewers with a false impression.<br><br>They think that I said President Obama\'s election has made the nation\'s oldest and largest civil-rights organization unnecessary. That would be tantamount to saying that racism is no longer a problem.<br><br>I do not believe that Obama\'s election has made the NAACP unnecessary. Rather, I fear that the organization is making itself irrelevant.<br><br>I raised a question that a lot of people find uncomfortable: If we did not have the NAACP today, would anybody notice the difference?<br><br>Then I concluded that, in too many instances, the answer would be no. Not because it isn\'t doing anything, but because too few people see the organization\'s work making a difference in their lives.<br><br>That disconnect helps to explain why the organization\'s treasury, membership rolls, and name recognition among young people have been shrinking in recent decades.<br><br>I don\'t want the organization to disband. I would like to see it catch up with an era in which the biggest problems facing black Americans increasingly have less to do with skin color than with education and economics.<br><br>I am disappointed that it has not been more effective in reaching those who have been left behind, who are isolated in low-income communities and substandard schools, resegregated not only from whites, but from upwardly mobile blacks, too.<br><br>Despite the NAACP\'s noble history, our high unemployment rates, fatherless kids, and black-on-black crime call for more than civil-rights solutions.<br><br>We can\'t just sue our way back to strong families and lower crime rates. NAACP members in hundreds of chapters are helping to strengthen community institutions that can support strong families. Yet the prevailing attitude at the organization\'s national level was well expressed by Chairman Julian Bond when he declared that the NAACP was about "social justice, not social service."<br><br>Fair enough. As long as we hear stories like that of the Huntingdon Valley swim club that turned away a mostly black group of day-care kids, the NAACP will find plenty of racial suspicions to keep itself going. But it also runs the risk of becoming an organization for elites, missing those who need help the most.<br><br>Into this battle I welcome the new NAACP president and CEO, Ben Todd Jealous. The 36-year-old Rhodes scholar is the first NAACP leader too young to remember the 1960s. Appropriate to his generation, he has announced an Internet-age idea: a cell-phone-based "rapid-response system" for the reporting of alleged police misconduct.<br><br>If it works as hoped, the cyber-age concept could offer the organization a new networking tool to which the Twitter and Facebook generation can easily relate.<br><br>It could also offer something that fired up many of the civil-rights changes in the \'60s: racism you can see on TV and not just wonder about.<br><br><a href="http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20090719_NAACP_still_has_much_to_do.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20090719...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12921460" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12921460">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12921460" class="dsq-comment-message">I know affairs are not limited to a political affiliation but why the recent push to provide "balanced coverage" on cheating politicians?  What . . . is this tied to the influx of Republican skeletons falling out of the C street closet?  What\'s up?<br><br>Political sex scandals a nonpartisan affair<br>(CNN) -- If there\'s one thing Democrats and Republicans have in common, it\'s sex scandals.<br><br><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/14/political.sex.scandals/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/14/politica...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12921612">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12921612" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s all about the \' C\' Street closet and them not covering it when they were supposed to.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12921710">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12921710" class="dsq-comment-message">I still wanna know how they\'re able to reside in this building and the "owners" are exempt from property taxes. I own a bible and I read it and I say my prayers...i dont get a stinkin exemption.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12923980">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12923980" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12923980" class="dsq-comment-message">You\'re not a white married male politician bootslapping with his mistress.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12925832">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12925832" class="dsq-comment-message">You mean they slap boots, too?<br>The heathens!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12921898">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12921898" class="dsq-comment-message">raotflmao</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12923626">malletgirl02</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12923626" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m not sure if this is true or not, but I heard that they pay $600 a month for rent. I stayed at a hostel in DC for a few weeks between September- November 2008. for 35.95 a day. The monthly rate was $800 a month. This was for a room with bunk beds. So the price the Congressman is paying for rent may be an issue also.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12921663">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12921663" class="dsq-comment-message">White House stands by August goal for healthcare<br><br>WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House budget director Peter Orszag said on Sunday the administration still expected the Senate and House of Representatives to pass their versions of a healthcare overhaul bill before they break for their August recess.<br><br><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090719/ts_nm/us_usa_healthcare" rel="nofollow">http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090719/ts_nm/us_us...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12922114">Lisa M</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12922114" class="dsq-comment-message">Why come Jesse Jackson let John King play him for a fool? King started out with this comment from <a href="http://www.suntimes.com/news/mitchell/1670414,mary-mitchell-obama-naacp-071709.article" rel="nofollow">Mary Mitchell in her column the other day:</a><br><br>"Consider this: When Bill Clinton was in the White House, Jackson practically had keys. But who from the grass roots of black America is speaking regularly to Obama about the issues that specifically relate to black people?<br><br>Jackson is on the outside looking in. The Rev. Jeremiah Wright has been banished. Minister Louis Farrakhan won\'t get an audience. The Rev. Al Sharpton is operating on the fringes."<br><br>Then asked Jesse if the President is doing enough to improve upon the 1984 unemployment rate(down in 2009), poverty rate (down in 2009), single parent homes (up 3% in 2009). <br><br>King pretty much just said: Obama = Jackson 1984. I wish Jackson 2009 would channel Jackson 1984.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12968689">MoObama</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12968689" class="dsq-comment-message">It kills me to see the MSM pundits bring up the issue of, “what are your Black leaders doing for you lately,” like they care.  They want to drum up this dialogue in the hopes of turning Blacks against Obama and giving Whites an excuse to change their vote in 2012; the discussion will drift into the all important question, Is Obama the Black people’s president or is he for all Americans?  I am waiting for them to take on Pat BuKKKanan. Ask him what he is doing for White people.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12923804">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12923804" class="dsq-comment-message">WEWANTTHE PUBLICOPTION.COM<br><br>Democracy for America has teamed up with the Progressive Change Campaign Committee to take our hard-hitting TV ad from DC to the states. Help us choose which senators to pressure -- vote for up to 3 by checking the box to the left of their picture. (View results here.)<br><br><a href="http://vote.wewantthepublicoption.com/p-ekick-nonvtrs" rel="nofollow">http://vote.wewantthepublicoption.com/p-ekick-n...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12923985">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12923985" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12923985" class="dsq-comment-message">AFTERNOON OPEN THREAD IS UP!!</div>\
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