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"has_replies": true, "message": "I'm telling ya spirit....Lynn Sweet is a member of the White Women's Entitlement Club. Their motto is: But I'm White! <br><br>They can't stand that powerful, intelligent, fabulous sistas are being chosen by a powerful, intelligent black man, PE Obama, to fill positions they feel entitled to.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_10:44:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4126948, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4130307": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rorysmomma:  ABSOLUTELY!!  JJPers, in general, are in my prayers.  :&gt;)<br><br>BUT, I looked up some special verses for you:  2Tim. 1:7 [This addresses your \"nervousness\".  Although it is human, . . .]<br><br>BUT, it is  sooo covered - - Ephesians 3:16!  :&gt;)<br><br>YOU/YOUR STUDENTS WILL PREVAIL!!  <b>TRUST!!</b>  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_12:53:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4126318, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4132868": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i><b>With ALL DUE RESPECT, when FEB-RU-ARY comes around, I have a fit when some of my friends say FEB-U-ARY! :&gt;) so then I go into \"teacher mode!\" Get out my \"chalk and blackboard\" and get ta teaching! Sorry!</b></i><br><br>Guilty as charged.... *hides under desk* :-P", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_15:08:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4131970, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4129285": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I just checked with a number of friends, same story everywhere - took everyone less than 5 minutes to park, go inside, vote and get back in their vehicle to come to work. Chambliss will win easily...and unfortunately the other two democrats in run-offs on the ticket will be defeated as well.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_12:18:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4128931, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4133388": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "OBAMA DENIES THE $20K BLACK DIAMOND RING FOR MICHELLE - OMG!<br><br>Ringmaker to learn when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em -- the hard way. Right about now he may be getting the cancellation notice for talking too much. Did he really think he could just mention to a bunch of women he was making a $20k ring for Barack to the \"love of my life\" Michelle and not get a lot of buzz behind it?? 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I've yet to hear one word out of her mouth that doesn't include.  \"THERE\" She begins and ends her gibberish with \"THERE!\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_15:09:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4132573, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4133398": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "CPL/spirit:  **creepin' into y'all convy**     RAOTFL!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>**creepin' away and goin' ta mind my own bui'ness**  :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_15:34:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4133196, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4136471": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  Some preliminary info. on the P-E's Meeting with the Govs:<br><br><a href=\"http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/president_elect_obama_and_governors_tackle_the_economy/\" rel=\"nofollow\">President-elect Obama and governors tackle the economy<br>Tuesday, December 2, 2008 03:51pm EST</a><br><br><i>Speaking to an assembly of nearly all of the nation's governors in Philadelphia this morning, President-elect Obama called for innovation and collaboration, and invited dissenting opinions on how best to fix the economy.<br><br>\"To solve this crisis and to ease the burden on our states, we're going to need action, and we're going to need action swiftly,\" he said. \"[I]f we're listening to the governors, then the money that we spend is going to be well-spent. And it means that it's going to get working faster, and the people in your states are going to experience prosperity sooner.\"<br><br>Governors and governors-elect from nearly every state attended. President-elect Obama quoted Justice Louis Brandeis, who said \"a single courageous state may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory,\" and encouraged Democratic and Republican governors alike to seek creative solutions.<br><br>\"We are not going to be hampered by ideology in trying to get this country back on track,\" he said. \"We want to figure out what works.\"<br><br>Before the meeting began, President-elect Obama walked across the street to greet some schoolchildren who had assembled there. See pictures from today's event below.</i><br><br> THERE ARE PICS OF THE MEETING and OF THE SCHOOL VISIT.  <b>POWER- FUL!!</b>  God Bless HIM!!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_18:19:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4130840": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "50 Incorrect Pronunciations That Make You Look Dumb<br><br><a href=\"http://www.dailywritingtips.com/50-incorrect-pronunciations-that-make-you-look-dumb/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.dailywritingtips.com/50-incorrect-pr...</a><br><br>Shared in fun (and shame), ya'll. Turns out, I am a major dummy.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_13:21:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nate_Wesley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 22, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4129308": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I said a prayer for you. Teachers are special people, and in this day and age, I'd have to say most are darn near saints.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_12:20:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4126318, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4134434": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "spirit:  \"WHYCOME?\"   they won't know how to read/pronounce EITHER!!  :&gt;)<br><br>They let her go on like this all this time!   :&gt;)      :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_16:23:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4133052, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4132393": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "CPL I would settle for Middle management pay.... High 5 figures!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_14:43:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4132159, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4126250": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "A talk I gave last World AIDS day:<br><br>So just what is World AIDS Day? It is a day that began in 1988 to raise awareness about the global epidemic of HIV/AIDS. Today it is estimated that 40 million people worldwide and 1 million in this country- are infected by HIV/AIDS with many more worldwide being affected by this epidemic. You may just pause to think where you were in 1988? What were you doing, what music you were listening to in 1988? Did you know anything at all about this virus that would come to be the greatest public health emergency of our time?<br><br>Well most of us didn\u2019t know anything about this virus. In 1980\u2019s reports of a strange new disease among healthy young gay white men surfaced. These young men were stricken with Kaposi's Sarcoma (a rare form of cancer seen among elderly). It was called Gay-Related Immune Deficiency (GRID). Words have power and the initial naming of the disease created a false sense of HIV being \u201ctheirs\u201d and not \u201cour\u201d disease. That sense of HIV not being our problem didn\u2019t change even when the disease was renamed AIDS or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. It still wasn\u2019t our problem. And we felt safe that it wasn\u2019t our problem. The news showed white men picketing and rallying for new medicines, it showed a sickly Ryan White speaking out about the virus that causes AIDS. We were safe \u2013 it wasn\u2019t our problem.<br><br><br><br>The truth is that is was always our problem. Even in 1983 the Centers for Disease Control noted that African Americans made up 12% of the population and 26% of HIV/AIDS cases. But a lot of us still closed our eyes and stopped up our ears. Today, the CDC says that we make up HALF of all HIV/AIDS cases.  The reasons for the disproportionate impact of HIV/AIDS on African Americans are numerous and complex -- poverty, lack of access to quality health care and information, taboos about discussing issues relating to sex/sexuality, drug use and addiction.<br><br>Today, we can\u2019t close our eyes and hearts anymore. We are 25 years into the AIDS epidemic.  We can no longer ignore that HIV is a part of our community. Look around you HIV is infecting and affecting brothers, fathers, mothers, sisters, sons and daughters who look just like you. HIV/AIDS has a face in about every family in Black America.<br><br>Don\u2019t believe me? Let\u2019s take a look at the facts:<br>1\t73% of infants infected with HIV are black<br>2\t61% of young people under age 25 infected with HIV are black<br>3\t67 % ---- 2 out of 3 of women diagnosed with HIV are black women<br>4\t42% of men diagnosed with HIV are black men<br>5\t50% of people over age 50 diagnosed with HIV are black<br><br>In every category,  children, women, men, the elderly--black people are being affected by HIV/AIDS.  Our health as a black nation is in a state of emergency. This emergency has been going for a long time. Its like me and my kitchen. You see I like to cook and live in a typical NYC apartment. Except my landlord put in this fire alarm and everytime I cook it goes off.  Everytime it goes off has the sharp wail and says FIRE FIRE. And I have to turn it off. That is exactly how we have been with HIV. We havent wanted to listen or see or talk about what is going on.<br><br>Though there has been an alarm going off we havent listened. I have worked in city hospitals in Boston. And I have seen what HIV is doing to our community. I have seen a young girl who at 15 years old has HIV, a young mother of 3 with HIV, I have seen the older man living on the street who has HIV, I have seen a handsome put together man in his 40s with HIV. These people are like me and you and they all have the virus that causes AIDS.<br><br>For many people a recent wake up call was the ABC special on HIV in the black community called Out of Control:AIDS in Black America. Many people in our community stood up and paid attention when network TV said we have a problem in black America. When asked what they were doing about HIV in our community Jesse Jackson and TD Jakes didnt have an answer. Others in the church who were interviewed like Rev Calvin Butts Jr said that if the numbers keep going up its clear we havent done enough.<br><br><br>One way that people use to distance themselves from the reality is to say that \u201cWell people wouldn\u2019t be affected if they weren\u2019t doing wrong\u201d.  So all our black sisters are just doing wrong and sleeping around?  When  2 out every 3 women being diagnosed with HIV I don\u2019t think that\u2019s the answer. We know that the majority of black women about 75% are infected with HIV by having sex with a male partner. And we cant blame black men. We cant be one more group to demonize our black brothers because God knows they are so many people standing in line to hate on black men. But the fact is that we as women need to take control of our bodies and our lives. We can not be infected by HIV against our will. We choose not to use condoms, we choose to trust our lives and our bodies to some man telling you \u201c Don\u2019t worry baby I\u2019m clean\u201d. That cant happen anymore. Black women must choose life and protect themselves.<br><br>I know there are people here who will still say sisters wouldn\u2019t be infected without these black homosexuals infecting them. But this is about personal responsibility and selflove. We know that half of new cases of HIV cases in black men are due to men who have sex with men. Many of these men don\u2019t consider themselves gay. Because they know to identify with being gay means you are not loved, you are denigrated . Our community tell us that being gay means being invisible and being an abomination. So these men can not love themselves enough to protect themselves. Because they hate themselves too and see HIV as a punishment from God. <br><br>HIV is not a punishment from God. HIV is not a sign of immorality or being unclean. Jesus welcomed and took care of the lepers. Would Jesus do any different for those affected by HIV? Love like Jesus. Love past your fear. Show compassion to those living with HIV. Love by educating yourself and others.<br><br>And to make sure we are all on the same page here. I want to go over some of the basics about HIV. Let start with<br><br>So just what is HIV? <br>Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is caused by a virus called Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). HIV attacks the body\u2019s immune system and makes it unable to fight off infections and diseases.<br><br>So how is HIV spread?<br>\u2022\tUnprotected sex with an infected person i.e., vaginal, anal sex\t<br>\u2022\tSharing a needle with someone who is infected<br>\u2022\tBabies that are born or breast fed by an infected mother<br>\u2022\tTainted blood supply<br><br><br>HIV is not spread:<br>\u2022\tTouching, kissing, coughing, sneezing, tears or sweat<br>\u2022\tSharing food, drinks or utensils with an HIV positive person<br>\u2022\tTouching toilet bowls or doorknobs used by a person with HIV<br>\u2022\tSwimming, sharing clothing or towels<br>\u2022\tMosquitos<br>\u2022\tCasual contact e.g., sitting next to or shaking hands with an HIV positive person. <br><br><br>Although HIV is 100% preventable, hundreds of persons from African American community become infected everyday.<br><br>How can HIV be prevented?<br><br>Sex-The only sure way to avoid becoming infected with HIV through sexual intercourse is to practice abstinence. However, many people of all ages are making the choice to have sex.  It is very important that people who choose to have sex be aware of the risks and responsibilities they have to protect themselves.  The use of latex condoms, when used correctly and consistently, has been shown to reduce HIV infection.  Latex condoms are also effective against other sexually transmitted infection such as chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis.<br><br>Needles-With regard to contracting HIV through injection drug use, the best way to prevent this is to not use drugs.  If you do use needles or syringes, do not share them.  To prevent the spread of HIV through drug use, needles and syringes must be disinfected with bleach every time they are used. <br><br>So now you have taken the first step towards self love and self preservation for yourself and for your community. So what else can you to stop HIV in the black community?<br><br><br>Start simple.<br>1. Know your status. <br>Get tested for HIV. Now that should be easier to do than ever before as doctors will routinely start offering HIV tests to all patients.<br><br>The most common tests currently available:<br>ELISA is a blood test that detects HIV antibodies.  <br>Western Blot (immunoblot) is often used to confirm a positive ELISA test. OraSure\u00ae is currently the only FDA approved oral test.  This product uses a device to collect oral fluids from inside the mouth.  And you can get results in about half an hour.<br><br>2. Once you know your status you can take steps to take care of yourself. If you find out you are positive you can get into treatment early.  These include<br><br>\u2022\tDrugs that attack the virus called antiretroviral drugs that help infected persons live longer.<br><br>\u2022\tDrugs are used to prevent the development of some HIV-related conditions like pneumonia<br><br>\u2022\tDrugs to treat HIV-related cancers and infections. <br><br>If you find out you are negative you can take steps to protect yourself so you stay negative. <br><br>3. Show compassion to people living with HIV. <br>It seems this is simple but it is the most powerful way we have to reduce stigma. Reach out to people with HIV. Give hugs and  touch hands. But most importantly in your speech and manner be nonjudgemental when speaking about HIV.  The judgement, hate and derision focused on  those with HIV is one of the reasons that so many people do not want to know or disclose their status. There is very real discrimination against those with HIV and it wont stop until we stand against this and show compassion. Act as if every time you are speaking about HIV you are talking about your sister, brother or cousin. Because in fact it is true. Every family in black America probably has someone affected by HIV.<br><br>So thats World AIDS Day for you. A  day to commemorate the disease that is affecting all of us.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_08:57:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "Trumystique", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4132397": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "i'm sorry you guys but i'm a big west wing fan and this made me laugh", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_14:43:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "barry4obama", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4127284": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I heard that 90% of new HIV patients are Latina and African American women!<br><br>THIS HAS TO STOP!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_10:14:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4123817, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4137526": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Resistance is futile.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_19:41:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "313c8f108b43104806fa6f1472af3f83", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4136740, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4134968": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/01/AR2008120102438_pf.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"> When Security Trumps Sovereignty</a><br><br><i>Rather than simply begging the Indians to show restraint, a better option could be to internationalize the response. Have the international community declare that parts of Pakistan have become ungovernable and a menace to international security. Establish an international force to work with the Pakistanis to root out terrorist camps in Kashmir as well as in the tribal areas. This would have the advantage of preventing a direct military confrontation between India and Pakistan. It might also save face for the Pakistani government, since the international community would be helping the central government reestablish its authority in areas where it has lost it. But whether or not Islamabad is happy, don't the international community and the United States, at the end of the day, have some obligation to demonstrate to the Indian people that we take attacks on them as seriously as we take attacks on ourselves?<br><br>Would such an action violate Pakistan's sovereignty? Yes, but nations should not be able to claim sovereign rights when they cannot control territory from which terrorist attacks are launched. If there is such a thing as a \"responsibility to protect,\" which justifies international intervention to prevent humanitarian catastrophe either caused or allowed by a nation's government, there must also be a responsibility to protect one's neighbors from attacks from one's own territory, even when the attacks are carried out by \"non-state actors.\"</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_16:54:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4137567": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Damn I miss this show!!<br><br>This was hilarious!<br><br>My favorite line: \"The people who want English to be the official language of the United States are uncomfortable with their leaders being fluent in it.\"", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_19:44:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4132376, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4133949": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Once you go 30 miles outside of 285 that circles Atlanta...from any point....you are in 1963. Hell....you're in 1863. Georgia is home to Augusta National where they serve mint juleps and a beatdown if any colored tries to roll up in their not named Tiger Woods and he'll get a beatdown too if its not during the Masters (and guess where THAT name came from).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_16:01:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4131981, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4131903": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I LOL'ed at the word \"ask\" cause y'all know how it's pronounced in the 'hood:<br><br>Ax or AKS.  However, I tried pronouncing some of the words like \"ask\" with the \"ax\" and found it difficult to do, as I did with the correct pronunciation of a few of the words on that list.  LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_14:18:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 13, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4130840, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4131400": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Growing up near Atlantic City, I had to laugh at #26.  Most of the streets there are named after states, and the locals pronounce both Illinois Avenue and Arkansas Avenue the incorrect way.  Most folks know they're saying it wrong, but you can't fight local tradition.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_13:50:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4130840, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4134473": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "spirit:    LOL!!!      :&gt;)      :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_16:26:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4133977, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4134475": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "poor \"Barack\", callin his mama out!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_16:26:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4133588, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4138045": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "GreenladyHere, I was gonna use those #''s at an ATM machine in a Biracial neighborhood!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_20:24:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4136045, "depth": 11, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4131919": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "MEOW MEOW!  Put out the kitty litter cause there's gonna be some shit going down for that seat.  Hee,hee!  SnoHo's in it for herself, tried to use the \"children\" in her speech yesterday as the reason for whatever, she said.. ..?  Scratching my head....  Pass me a church fan, GreenLady.<br><br>Please someone tutor this dumb bitch in English sentence structure, hell grammar in general", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_14:19:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4131818, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4132948": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "CPL, can I \"axe\" you a question?  LOL!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_15:12:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4132625, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4133977": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "GLH?CPL, we no all 'bout it. and what had happened was, .... this is too funny!!  Nate tried to has usha in the don of a nu day!!1", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_16:02:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4133398, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4132956": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rorysmomma:  YES!!!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)  VIRTUAL 'DAP'  :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_15:13:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4132573, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4131421": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Me too!  OMG not another nigra trying to move in on us, ain't Barack Obama enough for y'all?!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_13:51:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4131320, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4129887": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Good luck, rorysmomma!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_12:31:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "claudia_m", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4126318, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4131936": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "WHAT?<br><br>SULLY trying to get his \"Black\" Card back by writing this piece?  GTHOH.  <br><br>I'd take him more seriously if he wasn't given to fits of hysteria regarding personal issues.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_14:19:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4130268, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4133473": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "MsKitty:  GREAT!!  Glad you ENJOYED!!!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_15:39:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4133250, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4133990": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rorysmomma:  U   R    2  KIND!!  :&gt;)  **blushing**<br><br>Heeeey!  I cain't blush!!  I just looked in the mirror, annnnd it wasn't happenin'!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Back-at-choo!!  **hearts**", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_16:03:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4131576, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4131433": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Top 10 Reasons Obama is Black<br><br>Since our friend at the Washington Post wants Obama to be taken out of the sphere of blackness and into the field of biracialness, here's the Top 10 Reasons Obama is Black<br><a href=\"http://newsone.blackplanet.com/nation/top-10-reasons-obamas-black/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://newsone.blackplanet.com/nation/top-10-re...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_13:52:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "09b97870d7f2bf0e8f2a511733327e4b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4136045": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "CPL: <br><br>   I got this!!  Here are the DIGITS!  :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzMDYpICyJc&feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\">BEECHWOOD 4-5789 (The Marvellettes)</a><br><br><b>OOPS!</b>  I thought that was my CREDIT CARD NUMBER!<br>SORRY!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_18:04:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4135794, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4126318": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Green Lady can you include me in your prayers this morning?  I am giving a state mandated test to my eighth graders, and although, I have prepared them as much as I can (think leading horses to water but not being able to make them drink).  I am very nervous.  This is a new job, and I like it, and I am tired of being a bounce around teachers, so I hope they do well so I can keep this wonderful job!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_09:03:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 15, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4124022, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4131952": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What, no Kettle Corn?<br><br>I remember that vendor in Civic Center in San Fran on my lunch hour...LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_14:20:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4131320, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4134013": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This is so whack!.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_16:04:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4133977, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4134527": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "now Miranda, we ain't been colord since 63 LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_16:29:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4133949, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4131970": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Nate:  \"WHYCOME\" I love THIS!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>With ALL DUE RESPECT, when FEB-<b>RU</b>-ARY comes around, I have a fit when some of my friends say FEB-<b>U</b>-ARY!  :&gt;)  so then I go into \"teacher mode!\"  Get out my \"chalk and blackboard\" and get ta teaching!  Sorry!<br><br>Others that I go **shivers** on - - #'s 22,23,29,34,35.  Sorry - OLD SCHOOL!!  :&gt;)<br><br>Now , you must know what I would add to the list:  <b>NU-CU-LAR!!</b> rather than NU-CLE-AR!  OUCH!!  :&gt;)<br><br>Annnnnnnnd for church,  \"WHYCOME\", when the meeting announcements are made, there is a meeting of the <b>UR-SHER</b> Board??  I jes put my head down in prayer!  LAWD HA'MERCY!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br>Thanks, Nate!  :&gt;)   :&gt;) Sorry for the **rant**.   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_14:21:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4130840, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4131981": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "At least y'all didn't go quietly into that good night, but honestly, when are the rest of the white folk in Georgia going to come into the 21st Century, instead of partying like it's 1963?<br><br>&lt;&lt;&lt;eye roll&gt;&gt;&gt;", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_14:21:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4129285, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4132376": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Now that he\u2019s finally fired up on the soup-line economy, Barack Obama knows he can\u2019t fade out again. He was eager to talk privately to a Democratic ex-president who could offer more fatherly wisdom \u2014 not to mention a surreptitious smoke \u2014 and less fraternal rivalry. I called the \u201cWest Wing\u201d creator Aaron Sorkin (yes, truly) to get a read-out of the meeting. This is what he wrote:<br><br><br> <br><br>BARACK OBAMA knocks on the front door of a 300-year-old New Hampshire farmhouse while his Secret Service detail waits in the driveway. The door opens and OBAMA is standing face to face with former President JED BARTLET.<br><br>BARTLET Senator.<br><br>OBAMA Mr. President.<br><br>BARTLET You seem startled.<br><br>OBAMA I didn\u2019t expect you to answer the door yourself.<br><br>BARTLET I didn\u2019t expect you to be getting beat by John McCain and a Lanc\u00f4me rep who thinks \u201cThe Flintstones\u201d was based on a true story, so let\u2019s call it even. <br><br>OBAMA Yes, sir.<br><br>BARTLET Come on in.<br><br>BARTLET leads OBAMA into his study.<br><br>BARTLET That was a hell of a convention.<br><br>OBAMA Thank you, I was proud of it.<br><br>BARTLET I meant the Republicans. The Us versus Them-a-thon. As a Democrat I was surprised to learn that I don\u2019t like small towns, God, people with jobs or America. I\u2019ve been a little out of touch but is there a mandate that the vice president be skilled at field dressing a moose \u2014 <br><br>OBAMA Look \u2014 <br><br>BARTLET \u2014 and selling Air Force Two on eBay?<br><br>OBAMA Joke all you want, Mr. President, but it worked.<br><br>BARTLET Imagine my surprise. What can I do for you, kid?<br><br>OBAMA I\u2019m interested in your advice.<br><br>BARTLET I can\u2019t give it to you. <br><br>OBAMA Why not?<br><br>BARTLET I\u2019m supporting McCain.<br><br>OBAMA Why?<br><br>BARTLET He\u2019s promised to eradicate evil and that was always on my \u201cto do\u201d list.<br><br>OBAMA O.K. \u2014 <br><br>BARTLET And he\u2019s surrounded himself, I think, with the best possible team to get us out of an economic crisis. Why, Sarah Palin just said Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac had \u201cgotten too big and too expensive to the taxpayers.\u201d Can you spot the error in that statement?<br><br>OBAMA Yes, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac aren\u2019t funded by taxpayers. <br><br>BARTLET Well, at least they are now. Kind of reminds you of the time Bush said that Social Security wasn\u2019t a government program. He was only off by a little \u2014 Social Security is the largest government program.<br><br>OBAMA I appreciate your sense of humor, sir, but I really could use your advice.<br><br>BARTLET Well, it seems to me your problem is a lot like the problem I had twice.<br><br>OBAMA Which was?<br><br>BARTLET A huge number of Americans thought I thought I was superior to them.<br><br>OBAMA And?<br><br>BARTLET I was.<br><br>OBAMA I mean, how did you overcome that?<br><br>BARTLET I won\u2019t lie to you, being fictional was a big advantage.<br><br>OBAMA What do you mean?<br><br>BARTLET I\u2019m a fictional president. You\u2019re dreaming right now, Senator.<br><br>OBAMA I\u2019m asleep?<br><br>BARTLET Yes, and you\u2019re losing a ton of white women.<br><br>OBAMA Yes, sir.<br><br>BARTLET I mean tons.<br><br>OBAMA I understand.<br><br>BARTLET I didn\u2019t even think there were that many white women.<br><br>OBAMA I see the numbers, sir. What do they want from me?<br><br>BARTLET I\u2019ve been married to a white woman for 40 years and I still don\u2019t know what she wants from me.<br><br>OBAMA How did you do it?<br><br>BARTLET Well, I say I\u2019m sorry a lot.<br><br>OBAMA I don\u2019t mean your marriage, sir. I mean how did you get America on your side?<br><br>BARTLET There again, I didn\u2019t have to be president of America, I just had to be president of the people who watched \u201cThe West Wing.\u201d<br><br>OBAMA That would make it easier.<br><br>BARTLET You\u2019d do very well on NBC. Thursday nights in the old \u201cER\u201d time slot with \u201c30 Rock\u201d as your lead-in, you\u2019d get seven, seven-five in the demo with a 20, 22 share \u2014 you\u2019d be selling $450,000 minutes.<br><br>OBAMA What the hell does that mean?<br><br>BARTLET TV talk. I thought you\u2019d be interested.<br><br>OBAMA I\u2019m not. They pivoted off the argument that I was inexperienced to the criticism that I\u2019m \u2014 wait for it \u2014 the Messiah, who, by the way, was a community organizer. When I speak I try to lead with inspiration and aptitude. How is that a liability?<br><br>BARTLET Because the idea of American exceptionalism doesn\u2019t extend to Americans being exceptional. If you excelled academically and are able to casually use 690 SAT words then you might as well have the press shoot video of you giving the finger to the Statue of Liberty while the Dixie Chicks sing the University of the Taliban fight song. The people who want English to be the official language of the United States are uncomfortable with their leaders being fluent in it.<br><br>OBAMA You\u2019re saying race doesn\u2019t have anything to do with it?<br><br>BARTLET I wouldn\u2019t go that far. Brains made me look arrogant but they make you look uppity. Plus, if you had a black daughter \u2014 <br><br>OBAMA I have two.<br><br>BARTLET \u2014 who was 17 and pregnant and unmarried and the father was a teenager hoping to launch a rap career with \u201cThug Life\u201d inked across his chest, you\u2019d come in fifth behind Bob Barr, Ralph Nader and a ficus.<br><br>OBAMA You\u2019re not cheering me up.<br><br>BARTLET Is that what you came here for?<br><br>OBAMA No, but it wouldn\u2019t kill you.<br><br>BARTLET Have you tried doing a two-hour special or a really good Christmas show?<br><br>OBAMA Sir \u2014 <br><br>BARTLET Hang on. Home run. Right here. Is there any chance you could get Michelle pregnant before the fall sweeps?<br><br>OBAMA The problem is we can\u2019t appear angry. Bush called us the angry left. Did you see anyone in Denver who was angry? <br><br>BARTLET Well ... let me think. ...We went to war against the wrong country, Osama bin Laden just celebrated his seventh anniversary of not being caught either dead or alive, my family\u2019s less safe than it was eight years ago, we\u2019ve lost trillions of dollars, millions of jobs, thousands of lives and we lost an entire city due to bad weather. So, you know ... I\u2019m a little angry.<br><br>OBAMA What would you do?<br><br>BARTLET GET ANGRIER! Call them liars, because that\u2019s what they are. Sarah Palin didn\u2019t say \u201cthanks but no thanks\u201d to the Bridge to Nowhere. She just said \u201cThanks.\u201d You were raised by a single mother on food stamps \u2014 where does a guy with eight houses who was legacied into Annapolis get off calling you an elitist? And by the way, if you do nothing else, take that word back. Elite is a good word, it means well above average. I\u2019d ask them what their problem is with excellence. While you\u2019re at it, I want the word \u201cpatriot\u201d back. McCain can say that the transcendent issue of our time is the spread of Islamic fanaticism or he can choose a running mate who doesn\u2019t know the Bush doctrine from the Monroe Doctrine, but he can\u2019t do both at the same time and call it patriotic. They have to lie \u2014 the truth isn\u2019t their friend right now. Get angry. Mock them mercilessly; they\u2019ve earned it. McCain decried agents of intolerance, then chose a running mate who had to ask if she was allowed to ban books from a public library. It\u2019s not bad enough she thinks the planet Earth was created in six days 6,000 years ago complete with a man, a woman and a talking snake, she wants schools to teach the rest of our kids to deny geology, anthropology, archaeology and common sense too? It\u2019s not bad enough she\u2019s forcing her own daughter into a loveless marriage to a teenage hood, she wants the rest of us to guide our daughters in that direction too? It\u2019s not enough that a woman shouldn\u2019t have the right to choose, it should be the law of the land that she has to carry and deliver her rapist\u2019s baby too? I don\u2019t know whether or not Governor Palin has the tenacity of a pit bull, but I know for sure she\u2019s got the qualifications of one. And you\u2019re worried about seeming angry? You could eat their lunch, make them cry and tell their mamas about it and God himself would call it restrained. There are times when you are simply required to be impolite. There are times when condescension is called for!<br><br>OBAMA Good to get that off your chest?<br><br>BARTLET Am I keeping you from something?<br><br>OBAMA Well, it\u2019s not as if I didn\u2019t know all of that and it took you like 20 minutes to say.<br><br>BARTLET I know, I have a problem, but admitting it is the first step.<br><br>OBAMA What\u2019s the second step?<br><br>BARTLET I don\u2019t care.<br><br>OBAMA So what about hope? Chuck it for outrage and put-downs?<br><br>BARTLET No. You\u2019re elite, you can do both. Four weeks ago you had the best week of your campaign, followed \u2014 granted, inexplicably \u2014 by the worst week of your campaign. And you\u2019re still in a statistical dead heat. You\u2019re a 47-year-old black man with a foreign-sounding name who went to Harvard and thinks devotion to your country and lapel pins aren\u2019t the same thing and you\u2019re in a statistical tie with a war hero and a Cinemax heroine. To these aged eyes, Senator, that\u2019s what progress looks like. You guys got four debates. Get out of my house and go back to work.<br><br>OBAMA Wait, what is it you always used to say? When you hit a bump on the show and your people were down and frustrated? You\u2019d give them a pep talk and then you\u2019d always end it with something. What was it ...?<br><br>BARTLET \u201cBreak\u2019s over.\u201d", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_14:42:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "barry4obama", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4135058": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "#10 should end the argument once and for all IMO", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_16:59:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4131433, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4133052": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Thanks, for posting this Nate.  Now we all can be proud to know we are members of Mensa!  Now, send this on to Palin's handlers will ya!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_15:17:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4130840, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4123417": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  <b>Tuesday, DECEMBER 2, 2008 - DAY -49 - On His \"JOURNEY TO JANUARY!\"</b><br><br>1.  <b>WORD(s)</b> of the DAY:  <b>TRANSITION TRAIL; MEET THE GOVS.</b><br><br>2.  <b>HEADLINE(s)</b>:<br><br>     a)<a href=\"http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/towards_a_21st_century_government/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Toward a 21st century government</a><br><br><i>President-elect Obama has championed the creation of a more open, transparent, and participatory government. To that end, Change.gov adopted a new copyright policy this weekend. In an effort to create a vibrant and open public conversation about the Obama-Biden Transition Project, all website content now falls under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License:<br><br>    \u201cExcept where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Content includes all materials posted by the Obama-Biden Transition project. Visitors to this website agree to grant a non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free license to the rest of the world for their submissions to Change.gov under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.\u201d<br><br>Copyright Professor and blogger James Grimmelmann explains what this means:<br><br>    \u201cTalk about doing the right thing. Now the collaborative power of Change.gov isn\u2019t limited by what the transition team itself is able to enable. Anyone can take the policy points and discussions from the site and create their own remix or branch of it. This is a very good sign of the transition team\u2019s attitude towards their task. It\u2019s also a good license choice. Attribution 3.0 is the Barack Obama of CC licenses: modern, dignified, generous, and tolerant.\u201d<br><br>Professor Lawrence Lessig also commented on his blog, noting the complexity of working through such issues: \u201cThis is great news about a subject that's harder than it seems.\u201d<br><br>Change.gov has incorporated additional features designed to make the Transition more accessible and its content more open and re-useable. For every video posted \u2013 from the weekly addresses, to press conferences, to speeches, to \u201cInside the Transition\u201d pieces \u2013 there are links to high-resolution QuickTime video files beneath embedded videos (these are also available via the Transition\u2019s podcast), so that the video can be saved to a computer and edited at will. The Obama-Biden Transition Team is continuing to explore ways to use new media to create a more transparent Transition. This is part of an ongoing planning process to create a 21st century government that is more transparent, participatory, and effective.</i><br><br>[O.K.  Since my technological NON-Skills do NOT allow me to see ALL of the BENEFITS of this technological system, would somebody, PLEASE, assist.]  :&gt;)  Thanks.  :&gt;)<br><br>    b)<i><b>President-elect Obama will meet with some of the nation\u2019s governors tonight in Philadelphia to discuss the economy.</b> The governors will likely try to ensure that they get their piece of Obama\u2019s planned economic stimulus package, to which the president-elect has yet to give a price tag.</i><br><a href=\"http://www.politico.com/politico44/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.politico.com/politico44/</a><br><br>     c) <a href=\"http://thepage.time.com/2008/12/01/obama-biden-to-meet-with-national-governors-association-tuesday/?xid=rss-page\" rel=\"nofollow\">Obama-BidenTo Meet With National Governors Association Tuesday</a><br><br><i>The president- and VP-elects will sit down for a formal meeting with the slew of govs gathered in Philadelphia's Independence Hall Tuesday morning.<br><br>Obama, Biden and Pennsylvania Gov. Rendell will make brief remarks at the top of the meeting.<br><br>Comes after Obama holds an informal meet and greet with the Democratic Governor's Association Monday night.</i><br><br>     d)  <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20081202/obama-governors/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Governors To Press Obama For Help for shortfalls</a><br><br><i>WASHINGTON \u2014 The nation's governors are meeting with President-elect Barack Obama on Tuesday to press their case for at least $40 billion to help pay for health care for the poor and disabled and even more for infrastructure projects like road and bridge repair.<br><br>They're likely to get a sympathetic ear.<br><br>The meeting in Philadelphia comes as Obama and Democrats controlling Congress are fashioning economic recovery legislation that could cost $500 billion or so. The measure is virtually certain to contain help for states struggling with slumping revenues and difficult budget cuts as the recession deepens.<br><br>National Governors Association Chairman Ed Rendell, D-Pa., said the governors are also pressing for perhaps $136 billion in infrastructure projects like road and bridge repairs in the legislation, which Democrats hope to have ready for Obama's signature as soon as he takes office.<br><br>\"We're going to be talking about what the elements of an economic stimulus plan will be,\" said Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, a Democrat.<br><br>For states, the recession has meant big reductions in tax revenues, which has forced 43 of the 50 states into budget deficits. Since virtually every state has to live under a balanced budget, governors have been forced to cut services, lay off workers and consider tax increases.<br><br>Such moves only make the economic situation more difficult, the governors say.<br><br>\"Without federal help ... what we will have to do is just make continuing cuts and/or raise taxes, both of which would have a further deleterious effect on our states' economy. We simply need help,\" Rendell told reporters on Monday. \"When the economy is bad, the social service net demands grow.\"<br><br>Rendell said there are upward of $136 billion in infrastructure projects that are \"ready to go,\" chiefly road and bridge repair projects that can get started especially quickly. Water and sewer projects and school repairs are other needs.<br><br>Rendell and NGA Vice-Chairman Jim Douglas, R-Vt., met Monday with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who said Democrats will work to have the economic stimulus measure ready for Obama's signature as soon as he takes office Jan. 20.<br><br>It's expected to blend funding for infrastructure projects and Medicaid aid to the states with tax cuts, a temporary increase in food stamp payments, as well as investments in renewable energy projects and other \"green jobs\" initiatives. The NGA has proposed $40 billion over two years to temporarily increase the federal government's contribution to the Medicaid program for the poor and disabled.</i><br><br><b>NOTE: \"The Gov.\" betta NOT ask for anything!  She doesn't even know what is going on in Alaska.  Hasn't been to her office SINCE the elections [according to news reports from Alaska.]</b><br><br><br><b>THAT'S ALL FOR NOW!</b>    <br><br>President-Elect Obama!  :&gt;) <b>LARGE and IN CHARGE!!</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_02:23:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4131484": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Miranda, your efforts to go back to the poll sfor the run-off are commendable.:-)) Do you think it would have made a difference if Barack had rolled up in there?  We're still waiting for the recount between Coleman and Franken.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_13:55:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4129285, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4137630": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "and no proof off having graduated.<br><br>Can we do some fundraising on this site so we can hire a private investigator to vet her by 2012?<br><br>I want to know SOMEONE who went to school with her. I want ONE professor to admit to giving her a passing grade in English. I also want to know more about what she did on Spring Breaks. Lord knows she won't write the book admitting to the Girls Gone Wild times...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_19:50:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4132293, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4133024": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "spirit:   LOL!!  :&gt;)  <br><br>Annnnnd,     \"appreciatin'/\"so appreciatin' '\"  No Subject - -<br><br>**shiver**   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_15:15:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4132883, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4128931": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Dayum, Miranda, the negros did fall out there in numbers eh?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_11:56:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4127785, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4123817": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Can someone write a post about AIDS/HIV? It is just as important to Blacks politically as anything else.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_03:28:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4134059": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I don't think so. For one thing, Jim Martin was so WEAK...GAWD!! He ran such a punk-azz campaign!! For another, you can't underestimate North and South Georgia, they don't give a damn about their interests, the mere fact that Barack is the president-elect was enough to stir up their rage and drive them to the polls....and like Ronnie B said, there is serious voter fatigue among black folks here.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_16:05:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4131484, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4135282": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Trumystique, thanks for all you do!  I worked on an HIV/AIDS unit before retiring from nursing.  Information is power!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_17:14:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4126338, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4132023": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "CPL:  <b>THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!!</b>   <br><br>My ears just HURT when I hear incorrect pronunciations!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  **shakin' my head**   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_14:23:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4131903, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4137660": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I am NOT a hoodrat but \"ask\" is hard for me to pronounce.  At work I have to slow down and focus on says \"ask.\"  I try my hardest to not say the damn word. I usually laugh silently to myself every time too.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_19:52:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "nickwah22", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4132625, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4133061": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL, catfight was the first word that came to my mind too.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_15:17:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4131818, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4132039": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Good, informed post, TruMystique.  Thank you for the courage and humanity it takes to write something like this and EDUCATE us all.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_14:24:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4126250, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4122825": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Wouldn't Sasha be the youngest White House resident since Caroline and John Kennedy?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_01:37:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4127946": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Sepia, too bad let them get to steppin to their country /bridge clubs & phuck'em!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_10:57:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4127744, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4131533": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Who does that uppity negra think he is?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_13:57:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4131421, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4136656": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "YEP!! That was a BLACK MAN'S response! LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_18:32:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4134736, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4133588": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Sepia:  LOL!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Yesterday, my grown son - <i>\"BARACK\"</i> said that he would be doing something in FEBRUARY!  I said- \"BARACK\" you said FebRUary!  :&gt;)<br>He said - -er    -um [I taught him JJP-SPEAK  :&gt;)]   aren't YOU the woman who gave bofa-us <b>ELOCUTION LESSONS</b> - - - - - - - - - <br><br>WHEN WE WERE 2 YEARS OLD!!  :&gt;)     :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>All I could say was - - - - - - - WELLLLLL!  **shrugs shoulders***  :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_15:44:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4132868, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4132573": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "also, too.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_14:52:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4132293, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4126948": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Excuse me,   I don't like the way she ended the article with \"make nice to the people that are working there\"    She makes it sound like Desiree is just another angry black women that needs to be toned down by \"whitey\"  for \"whitey\". <br><br>This ain't no school yard playground.  This reminds me of my elementary  school report cards where the teacher used to check off  a box  \"Plays well with others.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_09:53:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4122361, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4132070": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Rorysmomma, you have my prayers as well.  I'm a sub in Alexandria, still waiting for my first assignment in the school system, so I may very well face what you're facing if the district decides they like me as a teacher and want to keep me around.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_14:26:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4126318, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4135146": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I heard Martin was a weak.  Damn shame.  Where are the brothas & sistas?  going forward, are there no viable blacks who can run?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_17:05:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4134059, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4133611": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I don't think English is her first language.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_15:45:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4131919, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4134636": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rorysmomma:   YEAH!  What was up with that??  :&gt;)      :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>Ya think he resents his \"new name?\"   :&gt;)       :&gt;)      :&gt;)<br><br>He's lucky that I don't \"make\" him run for POTUS!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_16:37:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4134475, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4122349": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "from <a href=\"http://etonline.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">etonline.com</a><br><br><i>It's an Obama double dose! President-elect Barack Obama and soon-to-be First Lady Michelle Obama both grace the cover of the new issue of Essence magazine, <b>on newsstands December 12</b> -- and ET has a first look! <br><br>The Obamas' incredible campaign and historic victory get a 56-page tribute in the January issue, featuring the images, thoughts, dreams and perspectives by some of today's foremost writers and photographers. <br><br>An extensive timeline which follows Barack from a young child to the present is included, and the first couple's daughters, Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, are also profiled, as they will be the youngest residents of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave since Amy Carter. <br></i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_00:48:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4134126": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ouch!!!! ROTFLMAO!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_16:07:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4133611, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4123890": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Town:  Here's a reference:<br><a href=\"http://clinton4.nara.gov/WH/kids/html/children.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kids In The White House</a><br><br><b>YES.</b>  Amy Carter was 9 yrs. young.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.whitehousehistory.org/04/subs/04_a01_d.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Here's another reference</a>   :&gt;)     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_03:44:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4122825, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4127785": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The time when I parked my car at my polling place to vote in the runoff elections today in Georgia - 9:30am<br><br>The time when I got back in my car after voting - 9:32am<br><br>Saxby Chambliss has been re-elected, I'll just call it right now.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_10:47:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4131576": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Green Lady,  if I hadn't said it before.... I love you!  For who you are and for sentimental reasons.  I want to be just like you when I grow up!.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_13:59:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4130307, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4122361": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Advice to Desiree Rogers, Obama White House social secretary: \"make nice to the people that are working there.\"<br><br><a href=\"http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/12/advice_to_desiree_rogers_obama.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/12/advice_...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_00:49:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4133629": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "CPL:   ON MY WAY!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_15:46:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4132672, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4122370": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Michelle Obama Style Guide Book: Due Spring 2009<br><br><a href=\"http://www.nowpublic.com/style/michelle-obama-style-guide-book-due-spring-2009\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.nowpublic.com/style/michelle-obama-s...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_00:50:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4126338": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Please note this talk was oriented to people in the community and what they could do about HIV/AIDS. As a result there was no talk about the structural reasons ( poverty, lack of access to healthcare, education, gender/race/heterosexist discrimination) for the pattern of HIV in our community.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_09:05:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "Trumystique", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4126250, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4132625": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I have a slight lisp, GLH, and that almost ensures that any word with an \"S\" in it will be correctly pronounced, and that's why I can't pronounce \"ask\" the same way as the hood-rats do.<br><br>Moving to California and desperately trying to lose my Texas accent in junior high, I also learned to enunciate any words with \"ly\" or \"ing\" as well, but you're right, when I hear simple words being butchered, or when you ask for an explanation of something and they start with \"What had happened was...\"  my ears hurt as well and my eyes sting when I'm looking at the person saying this shyt.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_14:54:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4132023, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4131606": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thank you guys.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_14:01:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4129887, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4125465": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>Black love is Black wealth</i><br><br>I love this poem (and this picture) by Nikki Giovanni. Thanks for the daily inspiration!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_07:21:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "claudia_m", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4136733": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Vernon Jones ran in the primaries against Jim Martin...he is the outgoing CEO of Dekalb County (dont ask me to explain that whole CEO concept, he's the county's top administrator, that's all I know) - and while Vernon was a good administrator....its pretty well known that Mr. Bachelor is one kinky, freaky dude.....LOL!! I say that in ALL seriousness! Vernon had a lil \"mishap\" with not one, not even two, but THREE women one evening and he flat out said they were all consenting adults....and it wasn't the first time.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_18:38:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4135146, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4136740": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You are dead on!  Obama is the borg!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_18:38:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "bf592ce4366b6f179fe40d8422c998a5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4133657, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4133677": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Rikyrah:  <i>ESSENCE MAG</i>  writer[Tatsha Robertson] is being interviewed on MSNBC!<br><br>Re January Edition featuring the <b>FIRST FAMILY!</b>  Whooo!  Hooo!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_15:49:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4131639": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rorysmomma, Just love them!<br><br>\"I believe the children are our future, teach them well, and let them lead the way.\"<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A_4t1elTTs\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A_4t1elTTs</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_14:03:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4129308, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4130616": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Anybody want some popcorn?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_13:10:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nate_Wesley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4130268, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4131129": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Voter fatigue.  Black folks stood in 3,4,5-hour lines last month (took me 4 hours in Gwinnett).  <br><br>We ti'ed.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_13:36:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4127785, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4132159": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Miranda, if we could get the pay of pro athletes, and treated like saints - it's safe to say, we don't do this job for the money.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_14:30:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4129308, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4132672": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "HeartsandFlowers is in San Francisco; maybe she can spring for it, because it's freshly made right there in the Farmers' Market in Civic Center Plaza on Wednesdays.<br><br>I also found something close to home at Trader Joe's Market.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_14:57:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4132344, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4133196": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Spirit, \"what had happened was\".... ROFL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_15:24:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4132948, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4132685": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I am officially unimpressed with Charles Blow.<br><br>He thinks far too simplemindedly to be doing what he's doing.<br><br>Even though his recent essay was evocative, it was also uncritical. <br><br>He just put in an underwhelming performance on MSNBC and he strikes me as disingenuous.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_14:58:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4134736": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Miranda,  you mean this little gems?  How about \"The Mothership Connection\"   <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fdesO8CdC8\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fdesO8CdC8</a><br><br>Ah,chill,  Imma , hava question and answers session afta i'm done.  If you hear any noise, it's just the SS, my boys.. coming after you black asses, now chill!\"<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcptOKKG520\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcptOKKG520</a><br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScvwO5qMSH0\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScvwO5qMSH0</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_16:42:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4133743, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4135763": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Shoot, I remember Fuzzy Zoeller hollering about how if Tiger won the Masters, he'd order the celebratory dinner that would include fried chicken and collard greens.<br><br>If Earl Woods had taught his son some of the history of Black People, Tiger should have been on the phone to Big Mama ordering a dinner worthy of those dinner scenes in \"Soul Food\".<br><br>And all those golfers would have been asking for the number to Sylvia's so they would have somewhere decent to go for dinner that doesn't cost you a rent payment and your firstborn's college tuition fund.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_17:45:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "189cfefdc1b6f99ecf3ea93859ec6c73", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4133949, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4137700": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That isn't THAT expensive. He's gainfully employed. Shoot a lil payment plan to cover it... Michelle is worth that and WAY MORE. I hope she gets matching earrings.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_19:55:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4133388, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4137823": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Barack Obama is cheap and I do not think he would spend $20K, $30K on a ring.  He gives ballers and shot callers a bad name.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_20:05:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "a189c3ebeab80fda9579a5e85943bc1d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4133388, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4133468": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Barack Obama has denied his wife Michelle is to receive this \u00a320,000 thank you for her support during the election.<br><br>The Harmony ring is made of rhodium - the world's most expensive metal - and encrusted with diamonds. <br><br>A spokesman at Italian designer Giovanni Bosco said Mr Obama had asked their American agent about the ring because he wanted it as present for Michelle to thank  her for helping over the last two years.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_15:38:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4133388, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4132195": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Isn't Governor Caribou Barbie supposed to be at this meeting in her stolen Needless Markup duds?  I'd like to be a fly on the wall at the Obama-Biden barnburner.<br><br>And don't be fooled - gave back those clothes HER ASS.  Piper's still going to school carrying that knock-off Louis Vuitton bag her momma managed to get for her through grifting. LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_14:33:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4123417, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4132708": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'll keep that in mind, but since I just relocated here from California only a couple of years ago, I'm still trying to see if I can make it here in the Nation's Capitol before they chew me up and spit me out.  LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_14:59:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4132366, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4133742": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Michelle Obama \"Pillow-Talk-In Chief\"!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_15:52:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4133468, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4133743": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "#11 - he puts hotsauce in his gumbo - nuff said<br>#12 - that response he gave to the hecklers in St. Petersburg during the primaries....that response should be set to a Parliament/Funkadelic beat and put on wax - it was so black it might have been blue...only a brutha would come back like that!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_15:52:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4131433, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4135794": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You and Spirit officially owe me a new keyboard! Luckily, I was drinking water....LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_17:47:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "189cfefdc1b6f99ecf3ea93859ec6c73", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4134473, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4124022": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:UPDATE on the \"JHud\" family situation:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2008/12/william-balfour-jennifer-hudson-family-murder-charges.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Balfour Arrested In Hudson Slayings</a><br><br>I'm just posting the HEADLINE in order to be sensitive to the SADNESS of this situation.<br><br>Continued PRAYERS!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_04:05:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 16, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4126074": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Lynn Sweet is another member of the White Women Entitlement Club. The title of her article makes it seem like Ms. Rogers has a reputation for being a bitch.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_08:42:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4122361, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4133250": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "GreenLadyHere, love the clip.  It's always entertaining except when it's 3 a.m. and the boxing ring is your bed LOL.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_15:27:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4132238, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4138371": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "EVENING THREAD IS UP", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_20:52:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4132744": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Connecticut teachers are averaging $50K a year with perks and benefits.  And that's their public school system, too.<br><br>Whycome the rest of the nation can't get their act together?  And the Connecticut teachers want more than the $50K, but if you live in areas like Greenwich, you need the cheddar to make ends meet.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_15:00:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4132393, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4133657": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Some political humor for ya:<br><br>Something for all you Star Trek and Sci Fi geeks<br><br>I think Barack Obama is the \"Borg King\"<br><br>as per Wikipedia:<br><br>\"The Borg are depicted as an amalgam of cybernetically enhanced humanoid drones of multiple species, organized as an inter-connected collective with a hive mind, inhabiting a vast region of space with many planets and ships. They operate towards one single-minded purpose: to add the biological and technological distinctiveness of other species to their own, in pursuit of perfection. This is achieved through forced assimilation, a process which transforms individuals and technology into Borg, enhancing individuals by adding synthetic components.\"<br><br>Here's my take:  <br><br>The Borg (Obama administration) is depicted as an amalgam of intelligently enhanced humans  of multiple ethnicity, gender, and political stripe, organized as an inter-connected collective with a hive mind, inhabiting a vast region of the country with many political and civilian posts. They operate towards one single-minded purpose: to add the ideological distinctiveness of other species to their own, in pursuit of political perfection. This is achieved through  appointments and elections, a process which transforms policies into Borg, enhancing individuals by adding gravitas components.<br><br>Ha Ha Ha", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_15:48:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "ecb8e53ad4dc175b15ab69340dd091f1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4131725": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah: Cain't he'p it.  The \"reporters keep reportin'.\"  Here's a VERBAL \"SMACK DOWN\" of \"The Gov.\":<br><br><a href=\"http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16112.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Murkowski to Palin: Leave my seat alone</a><br><br><i><b>Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski has some Republican-to-Republican advice for Gov. Sarah Palin: If you want to make a run at the White House, keep your hands off my Senate seat.</b><br><br>Murkowski, up for reelection in 2010, is nervously awaiting word on whether John McCain\u2019s former running mate will run against her in the GOP primary. But she says Palin is the one who should be nervous.<br><br><b>\u201cI can guarantee it would be a very tough election,\u201d Murkowski said in an interview.</b><br><br>Palin is also up for reelection in 2010. She could run for a second term as governor, but the Senate holds some obvious attractions: a national platform, and with it the chance to beef up a thin r\u00e9sum\u00e9 and rebuild damaged credibility on foreign policy and other issues.<br><br><b>But Murkowski says a run against her would be fraught with risk. If Palin lost, her stock would drop just ahead of a potential 2012 presidential run. And if she won, she\u2019d be a backbencher in a chamber that is dominated by seniority \u2014 and would have to begin her presidential campaign as soon as she took office.<br><br>\u201cIf she wants to be president, I don\u2019t think the way to the presidency is a short stop in the United States Senate,\u201d Murkowski said.<br><br>Asked Monday to respond to Murkowski\u2019s comments, Palin\u2019s communications coordinator, Kate Morgan, said only, \u201cThe governor has never stated her intention or desire to run for that office.\u201d</b>   [SOUNDS LIKE SHE'S SCURRED, TO ME.  :&gt;)]<br><br><u>As Murkowski\u2019s tense talk suggests, the politics between the two women is personal. Palin won the governor\u2019s race in 2006 by defeating Frank Murkowski, the senator\u2019s father. On the presidential campaign trail this year, Palin crowed about upending the \u201cold boys network\u201d in Alaska.</u><br><br>When asked this summer about Palin\u2019s suggestion that her father was one of those \u201cold boys,\u201d Murkowski bristled and cut an interview short.<br><br>Democratic pollster Ivan Moore and other Alaska analysts say Murkowski is poised to skate to a second full term unless she loses in the Republican primary. The most credible Democratic challenger, Ethan Berkowitz, will likely mount a rematch against Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) for the state\u2019s lone House seat in 2010, Moore and other analysts said.<br><br>But everything changes if Palin gets in.<br><br>Even though Palin\u2019s popularity dipped after she took on a partisan role as the GOP\u2019s vice presidential candidate and stumbled in televised interviews, she maintains high approval ratings back home, including about 80 percent support among Republican voters. Murkowski enjoys similarly high numbers.<br><br>A head-to-head fight between the two Republicans \u201cwould be a titanic struggle,\u201d Moore said. <br><br>SKIP<br><br>With Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican in Senate history, having just lost his seat, Dittman said GOP primary voters in Alaska would be wary of losing more Senate seniority by replacing Murkowski with Palin.<br><br><b>\u201cMy feeling is that Alaskans wouldn\u2019t respond to that very well, especially Republicans, if she takes on Lisa and she starts seniority all over again,\u201d Dittman said. \u201cI think it would be tough for Sarah to do that and justify it.\u201d</b><br><br>That argument is not lost on Murkowski, who points to her rising seniority in the Senate and her ascension to the top Republican spot on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, replacing retiring Sen. Pete V. Domenici (R-N.M.).<br><br><b>\u201cOne thing that Alaskans clearly appreciate is seniority,\u201d said Murkowski, who was appointed to the Senate in 2002 by her father, who had just won the governor\u2019s race. \u201cIf she were to kind of move me over, if you will, to run for national office again at the expense at this seniority that\u2019s been built, I don\u2019t know if Alaskans would look too favorably on that.</b><br><br>\u201cI think they view the job that we have here in the Senate as a very, very critical one in a state like Alaska, where we always are battling the feds,\u201d Murkowski said. \u201cYou need to have this position being filled full time. And I think that\u2019s what Alaskans will be looking to.\u201d<br><br>Murkowski said she had not spoken with Palin about whether she will run and said the talk of her running may be \u201cmore media-generated than what actually might be the thought process in Juneau right now.\u201d<br><br><b>But Moore, the Democratic pollster, said Palin will do whatever she believes will position herself best.<br><br>\u201cSarah is interested in what is best for Sarah, and she is not necessarily going to get sidetracked by party loyalties,\u201d Moore said.</b></i><br><br>**SAAAA-LAP!!!**   LAWD HA'MERCY!!  Lovin' it!!  :&gt;)<br><br>As I've said B4, I'm WATCHIN' to see actions which DIMINISH HER!!  Whoooo!   Hooo!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_14:07:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 15, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4132238": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "CPL:  LOL!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  Just what I was thinking!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>Murkowski's up there <b>SHARPENING HER CLAWS</b>, -er-   -um    I mean getting a \"pedicure\".   OOPS!   A manicure!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  Already!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CezNIRYYGY\" rel=\"nofollow\">CAT FIGHT</a><br><br>Is this adorable??  :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_14:35:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4131818, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4134302": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "CPL:  I made a post in \"Ludacris v Palin\" about HER - STILL WEARIN' THE CAMPAIGN CLOTHES [a JACKET]!!   There were pics in the article!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br><b>An oxymoron: </b>    \"Piper going to school!\"    :&gt;)      :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_16:16:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4132195, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4137899": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "7 OF 9 REPORTING FOR DUTY!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_20:11:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4137526, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4135875": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  GOOD NEWS! on the SENATE  scene:<br><br><a href=\"http://thedailyvoice.com/voice/2008/12/two-blacks-could-be-headed-to-001405.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">Two blacks could be headed to the U.S. Senate</a><br><br><i>The departure of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton from the U.S. Senate has opened up possibilities for blacks in Illinois and New York.<br><br>In Illinois, the attention has focused on Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., who some African Americans in Chicago are pushing to replace Obama and continue a tradition of black representation from the Land of Lincoln.<br><br>Even before Obama, Carol Moseley Braun served the state as its first black senator in the 1990s. Obama followed in her footsteps and Jackson could follow in his. The decision rests with Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, a Democrat.<br><br>Jackson is not alone in the hopes of filling Obama's seat. Rep. Danny Davis, Illinois State Senate President Emil Jones and former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris have also thrown their hats in the ring, according to NNPA columnist Ron Walters.<br><br>In New York, the attention has turned to a previously little known African American mayor of Buffalo, Byron Brown, who because of his location upstate, his support from other mayors and his race, may have a good shot of becoming the Empire State's first black senator just a year after David Paterson became its first black governor. Paterson, of course, will make the selection.<br><br>Other factors will weigh on Paterson's decision besides race and geography. The governor may also be thinking about his own re-election campaign and could use the Senate choice as a way to elevate a political rival, such as Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, and remove him as a threat in the governor's race.<br><br>But with Mayor Brown a known contender for the job, Governor Paterson may find it difficult to skip over a qualified African American candidate from upstate to pick a well-known establishment figure like Cuomo. The New York Times reports that a number of elected officials from western New York are publicly urging Paterson to appoint Brown, thus heightening the pressure.<br><br>Like Illinois, New York has quite a few high profile African American political figures, and Brown is by no means the only black candidate on the list. Other contenders include New York City Comptroller William Thompson and U. S. Rep. Gregory Meeks, according to Walters.<br><br>SKIP<br><br>Either way, we could be in for a major change in the U.S. Senate, which currently has no African American members thanks to Obama's resignation last month. In 2009, we could have two new black senators, we could have one, or we could have none.</i><br><br>We'll keep WATCHIN'  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_17:52:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4132293": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "spirit:  LOL!   :&gt;)  :&gt;)  **P-A-S-S-I-N-G** the \"church fan**!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>There you go!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>English sentence structure:  \"WHYCOME\" she should know this??<br><br>Remember  -  5 colleges in 6 years!   :&gt;)  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_14:38:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4131919, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4131788": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Careers- AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION JOURNAL<br>Advice for Women in Mostly Male Offices: Be Assertive, Not Servile<br>Posted 3 hours, 24 minutes ago<br>By Debra Cassens Weiss<br><br>Women working in male-dominated offices need to speak assertively and refrain from appearing servile, experts say.<br><br>Women shouldn\u2019t begin phrases with \u201cI think\u201d and shouldn\u2019t apologize when they do nothing wrong, experts told the Wall Street Journal. They should be direct, confident and remove \u201ctraces of tentativeness\u201d from their speech.<br><br>Read on:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.abajournal.com/news/advice_for_women_in_mostly_male_offices_be_assertive_not_servile\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.abajournal.com/news/advice_for_women...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_14:11:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4135885": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "GLH, thanks for the support, prayers and encouragement.<br><br>&lt;&lt;&lt;sniffling and blinking back tears&gt;&gt;&gt;", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_17:53:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "189cfefdc1b6f99ecf3ea93859ec6c73", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4133874, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4137935": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Eiy, yah, yah, yah!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_20:14:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4134390, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4131320": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Nate:  **R-E-A-C-H-I-N-G**  Thanks.   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_13:46:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4130616, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4130268": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "From Andrew Sullivan:<br><br><a href=\"http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/12/stopping-michae.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily...</a><br><br>01 Dec 2008 03:45 pm<br><br>Stopping Michael Steele<br>The Christianists are concerned about Michael Steele heading up the RNC. He's not fanatical enough on abortion:<br><i><br>The Republican National Coalition for Life and the Rev. Donald Wildmon's American Family Association both have came out against Mr. Steele because he and former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman were co-chairmen of the centrist Republican Leadership Council and because of his unclear comments about abortion on \"Meet the Press.\"</i><br><br>He's soft on the gays too, apparently. The Washington Times, defending Steele, gets a little testy:<br><i><br>Republicans who are questioning Mr. Steele's credentials need to ask themselves why they find him so \"threatening\" and let his actual words speak for themselves.</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_12:51:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4133346": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "CPL:   LOL!!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  **shakin' my head**<br>This is FUN!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_15:32:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4132625, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4131818": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "GLH:<br><br>Can you say \"MEOW\" - Cat Fight in the Alaskan Wilderness!<br><br>And here I thought only cats up in Alaska besides domestic tabbies, were wild cats, but it appears there's two holding political office.<br><br>&lt;&lt;&lt;chuckles&gt;&gt;&gt;", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_14:13:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 13, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4131725, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4131821": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Lawd ha'mercy is right.  The 'SnoHO reminds me of Billary.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_14:13:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4131725, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4133874": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "CPL:  PRAYING for U   2!!  <br><br>Students that have you for a TEACHER and teachers who have you as a COLLEAGUE are <b>SUPER BLESSED!!</b>  I cain't imagine it!!<br>YOU are Sooooooo TALENTED and YOU have sooooo many EXPERIENCES to bring to the classroom!   YOU ARE sooooo NEEDED!!<br><br>Continue to be FLEXIBLE in accepting assignments!  :&gt;)<br><br>One of these days, YOU WILL report a permanent assignment! :&gt;)<br><br>DING!   DING!   DING!  THAT school will be a WINNER!!  :&gt;)  THEY KNOW!!   :&gt;)  :&gt;)  God Bless!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_15:58:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4132070, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4132339": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yawn:<br><br>Another \"give advice to the Black People taking over the White House\" article.<br><br>Ms. Rogers is probably going to GIVE LESSONS in etiquette and the social graces, since this current Administration was okay with the lack thereof.<br><br>We even have OUR OWN book on Social Etiquette and Grace; <b><i>\"BASIC BLACK: Home Training for Modern Times\"</b></i> written by two sistas; Karen Grigsby Bates and Karen Elyse Hudson. So the SunTimes can join the crowd that's being asked to drink their cans of STHU.<br><br>This book was written in 1996 - and has probably been updated by now, but the advice is STILL RELEVANT.  I'm getting real tired of journalists getting their \"O'Reilly in Da-Hood\" attitudes on when it comes to African-Americans - trying to act all suprised and shyt because we know how to use a knife and fork - place our table napkins across our laps; don't slurp our soup or chew with our mouths full; and not screaming in Sylvia's asking for more \"Mother Effing\" Iced Tea.<br><br>The only ones I can speculate with such bad manners are those locked up in the joint and not being home trained by their mommas because Mickey D's meals don't require knives and forks.  &lt;&lt;&lt;eye roll&gt;&gt;&gt;", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_14:41:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4122361, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4134390": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Myth:  LOL!   :&gt;)<br><br>-Er,   -um  Did you REQUEST this?<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpykVsZ-Ljc&feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\">PILLOW TALK (Sylvia Robinson)</a><br><br>ENJOY!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_16:20:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4133742, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4132344": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "CPL:   LOL!!  :&gt;)   Love that stuff!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  U buyin'??  :&gt;)  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_14:41:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4131952, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4133884": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "For real.  Being in the business you would think the ringmaker knows better than to spoil a surprise like that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_15:58:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4133388, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4135935": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Dang, he sounds like he made the same mistakes Ned Lamont made against Joe Lieberman.<br><br>Lamont whipped Lieberman's ass in the primary and then WENT ON VACATION.  By the time he returned, Lieberman had mounted a serious challenge and amassed a warchest from his ReThug buddies.<br><br>Lamont got his ass whipped and we have a weasel in the Senate Seat from Connecticut that will be joining said weasel from Georgia in the form of Saxby Chambliss.<br><br>Who the hell names their child \"Saxby\"?  &lt;&lt;&lt;frown&gt;&gt;&gt;", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-02_17:57:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "189cfefdc1b6f99ecf3ea93859ec6c73", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4134059, "depth": 5, "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": "7800506", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": -1034428175537636737}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "thread_54", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 126, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 7800506, "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.FmtStrings: functions that return interpolated UI strings
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Dsq.FmtStrings = new function() {
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};
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Dsq.POST_RE = /(<div.*?id="?dsq-comment-header-(\d+)"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*?)(<\/div>)\s*(<div.*?class="?dsq-comment-body"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*)(<\/div>)/gim;
Dsq.POST_BODY_RE = /\s*(<div.*?id="?dsq-comment-message-(\d+)"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*)(<\/div>)/gim;
// HACK: Safari ends with "-->" while other browsers end with "--&gt;" as expected.
Dsq.MEDIA_POST_RE = /&lt;!--\[(.*?)\]--(?:>|&gt;)/gim;



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FragmentPacket.prototype.createListener = function() {
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FragmentPacket.prototype.log = function(msg) {



};

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		this.log('recv: ' + hash);

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

		this._lastSeqno = seqno;

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

				this._accumMsg = '';

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

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

	if (packetNum === 0) {

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

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

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

	if (num_packets === packetNum) {

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

	this._lastSeqno++;

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

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

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

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

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

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


	this.receiverId = receiverId;
};

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

	var listener = function(e) {

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


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

		that.receiveCallback(data);
	};

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

PostMessagePacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {



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


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

	var packet;
	if (!msg) {

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

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

var JsonRpc = function() {

	this.ids = {};

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

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

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

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

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

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

				json = 'null';
				break;
		}

		return json;
	};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		send_func(this.objectToJSON(request));

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

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


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



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


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


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

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

	this.packetHandler = null;


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


	var _createReceiverForFragmentPacket = function() {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

			that._ready = true;
		};

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

		that.receiver.onload = receiver_onload;







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

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

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

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


	var _createReceiverForPostMessage = function() {

		var receiver_onload = function() {

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

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


		ParentMessenger['_receiver_onload_' + receiverId] = receiver_onload;

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	var sendFunc = function(msg) {

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


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


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

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

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

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

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

		if (msg.username) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	this.url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY +
		'?' + (new Date()).getTime() +
		'&f=jackandjillpolitics' +
		'&t=thread_54' +
		'&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/thread_54/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='	+ 'thread_54'
			+ '&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/thread_54/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">126</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/thread_54/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>\
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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:7800506" 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"> \
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				<div style="display:none; margin-top:10px;" id="dsq-upgrade-message"> \
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				</div> \
			</div> \
			' + html; 
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		return html;
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	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/thread_54/trackback/';
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		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>';
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			html += '</ul>';
			html = '<h3 class="dsq-h3-trackbacks">Trackbacks</h3>' + html;
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		return html;
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	this.showRetweets = function(id, limit, element_id /* Optional */) {
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		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;
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				item += '<div class="dsq-reaction-retweets">';
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					item += 'One more retweet from <a href="' + reaction.retweets[0].url + '">'  + reaction.retweets[0].author_name + '</a>';
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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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		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:7800506" 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 ' \
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				<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:7800506" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">Login</a> \
								 \
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									<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> \
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	//
	// 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'				: 'thread_54',
			// 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/thread_54/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='	+ 'thread_54'
			+ '&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='	+ 'thread_54'
			+ '&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='		+ 'thread_54'
				+ '&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/7800506/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;
}();


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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4122349">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4122349" class="dsq-comment-message">from <a href="http://etonline.com" rel="nofollow">etonline.com</a><br><br><i>It\'s an Obama double dose! President-elect Barack Obama and soon-to-be First Lady Michelle Obama both grace the cover of the new issue of Essence magazine, <b>on newsstands December 12</b> -- and ET has a first look! <br><br>The Obamas\' incredible campaign and historic victory get a 56-page tribute in the January issue, featuring the images, thoughts, dreams and perspectives by some of today\'s foremost writers and photographers. <br><br>An extensive timeline which follows Barack from a young child to the present is included, and the first couple\'s daughters, Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7, are also profiled, as they will be the youngest residents of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave since Amy Carter. <br></i></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4122361">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4122361" class="dsq-comment-message">Advice to Desiree Rogers, Obama White House social secretary: "make nice to the people that are working there."<br><br><a href="http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/12/advice_to_desiree_rogers_obama.html" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/12/advice_...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4126074">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4126074" class="dsq-comment-message">Lynn Sweet is another member of the White Women Entitlement Club. The title of her article makes it seem like Ms. Rogers has a reputation for being a bitch.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4126948">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4126948" class="dsq-comment-message">Excuse me,   I don\'t like the way she ended the article with "make nice to the people that are working there"    She makes it sound like Desiree is just another angry black women that needs to be toned down by "whitey"  for "whitey". <br><br>This ain\'t no school yard playground.  This reminds me of my elementary  school report cards where the teacher used to check off  a box  "Plays well with others."</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4127744">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4127744" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m telling ya spirit....Lynn Sweet is a member of the White Women\'s Entitlement Club. Their motto is: But I\'m White! <br><br>They can\'t stand that powerful, intelligent, fabulous sistas are being chosen by a powerful, intelligent black man, PE Obama, to fill positions they feel entitled to.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4127946">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4127946" class="dsq-comment-message">Sepia, too bad let them get to steppin to their country /bridge clubs & phuck\'em!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4132339" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4132339" class="dsq-comment-message">Yawn:<br><br>Another "give advice to the Black People taking over the White House" article.<br><br>Ms. Rogers is probably going to GIVE LESSONS in etiquette and the social graces, since this current Administration was okay with the lack thereof.<br><br>We even have OUR OWN book on Social Etiquette and Grace; <b><i>"BASIC BLACK: Home Training for Modern Times"</b></i> written by two sistas; Karen Grigsby Bates and Karen Elyse Hudson. So the SunTimes can join the crowd that\'s being asked to drink their cans of STHU.<br><br>This book was written in 1996 - and has probably been updated by now, but the advice is STILL RELEVANT.  I\'m getting real tired of journalists getting their "O\'Reilly in Da-Hood" attitudes on when it comes to African-Americans - trying to act all suprised and shyt because we know how to use a knife and fork - place our table napkins across our laps; don\'t slurp our soup or chew with our mouths full; and not screaming in Sylvia\'s asking for more "Mother Effing" Iced Tea.<br><br>The only ones I can speculate with such bad manners are those locked up in the joint and not being home trained by their mommas because Mickey D\'s meals don\'t require knives and forks.  &lt;&lt;&lt;eye roll&gt;&gt;&gt;</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4122370">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4122370" class="dsq-comment-message">Michelle Obama Style Guide Book: Due Spring 2009<br><br><a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/style/michelle-obama-style-guide-book-due-spring-2009" rel="nofollow">http://www.nowpublic.com/style/michelle-obama-s...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4122825">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4122825" class="dsq-comment-message">Wouldn\'t Sasha be the youngest White House resident since Caroline and John Kennedy?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4123890">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4123890" class="dsq-comment-message">Town:  Here\'s a reference:<br><a href="http://clinton4.nara.gov/WH/kids/html/children.html" rel="nofollow">Kids In The White House</a><br><br><b>YES.</b>  Amy Carter was 9 yrs. young.<br><br><a href="http://www.whitehousehistory.org/04/subs/04_a01_d.html" rel="nofollow">Here\'s another reference</a>   :&gt;)     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4123417">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4123417" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  <b>Tuesday, DECEMBER 2, 2008 - DAY -49 - On His "JOURNEY TO JANUARY!"</b><br><br>1.  <b>WORD(s)</b> of the DAY:  <b>TRANSITION TRAIL; MEET THE GOVS.</b><br><br>2.  <b>HEADLINE(s)</b>:<br><br>     a)<a href="http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/towards_a_21st_century_government/" rel="nofollow">Toward a 21st century government</a><br><br><i>President-elect Obama has championed the creation of a more open, transparent, and participatory government. To that end, Change.gov adopted a new copyright policy this weekend. In an effort to create a vibrant and open public conversation about the Obama-Biden Transition Project, all website content now falls under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License:<br><br>    “Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Content includes all materials posted by the Obama-Biden Transition project. Visitors to this website agree to grant a non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free license to the rest of the world for their submissions to Change.gov under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.”<br><br>Copyright Professor and blogger James Grimmelmann explains what this means:<br><br>    “Talk about doing the right thing. Now the collaborative power of Change.gov isn’t limited by what the transition team itself is able to enable. Anyone can take the policy points and discussions from the site and create their own remix or branch of it. This is a very good sign of the transition team’s attitude towards their task. It’s also a good license choice. Attribution 3.0 is the Barack Obama of CC licenses: modern, dignified, generous, and tolerant.”<br><br>Professor Lawrence Lessig also commented on his blog, noting the complexity of working through such issues: “This is great news about a subject that\'s harder than it seems.”<br><br>Change.gov has incorporated additional features designed to make the Transition more accessible and its content more open and re-useable. For every video posted – from the weekly addresses, to press conferences, to speeches, to “Inside the Transition” pieces – there are links to high-resolution QuickTime video files beneath embedded videos (these are also available via the Transition’s podcast), so that the video can be saved to a computer and edited at will. The Obama-Biden Transition Team is continuing to explore ways to use new media to create a more transparent Transition. This is part of an ongoing planning process to create a 21st century government that is more transparent, participatory, and effective.</i><br><br>[O.K.  Since my technological NON-Skills do NOT allow me to see ALL of the BENEFITS of this technological system, would somebody, PLEASE, assist.]  :&gt;)  Thanks.  :&gt;)<br><br>    b)<i><b>President-elect Obama will meet with some of the nation’s governors tonight in Philadelphia to discuss the economy.</b> The governors will likely try to ensure that they get their piece of Obama’s planned economic stimulus package, to which the president-elect has yet to give a price tag.</i><br><a href="http://www.politico.com/politico44/" rel="nofollow">http://www.politico.com/politico44/</a><br><br>     c) <a href="http://thepage.time.com/2008/12/01/obama-biden-to-meet-with-national-governors-association-tuesday/?xid=rss-page" rel="nofollow">Obama-BidenTo Meet With National Governors Association Tuesday</a><br><br><i>The president- and VP-elects will sit down for a formal meeting with the slew of govs gathered in Philadelphia\'s Independence Hall Tuesday morning.<br><br>Obama, Biden and Pennsylvania Gov. Rendell will make brief remarks at the top of the meeting.<br><br>Comes after Obama holds an informal meet and greet with the Democratic Governor\'s Association Monday night.</i><br><br>     d)  <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20081202/obama-governors/" rel="nofollow">Governors To Press Obama For Help for shortfalls</a><br><br><i>WASHINGTON — The nation\'s governors are meeting with President-elect Barack Obama on Tuesday to press their case for at least $40 billion to help pay for health care for the poor and disabled and even more for infrastructure projects like road and bridge repair.<br><br>They\'re likely to get a sympathetic ear.<br><br>The meeting in Philadelphia comes as Obama and Democrats controlling Congress are fashioning economic recovery legislation that could cost $500 billion or so. The measure is virtually certain to contain help for states struggling with slumping revenues and difficult budget cuts as the recession deepens.<br><br>National Governors Association Chairman Ed Rendell, D-Pa., said the governors are also pressing for perhaps $136 billion in infrastructure projects like road and bridge repairs in the legislation, which Democrats hope to have ready for Obama\'s signature as soon as he takes office.<br><br>"We\'re going to be talking about what the elements of an economic stimulus plan will be," said Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, a Democrat.<br><br>For states, the recession has meant big reductions in tax revenues, which has forced 43 of the 50 states into budget deficits. Since virtually every state has to live under a balanced budget, governors have been forced to cut services, lay off workers and consider tax increases.<br><br>Such moves only make the economic situation more difficult, the governors say.<br><br>"Without federal help ... what we will have to do is just make continuing cuts and/or raise taxes, both of which would have a further deleterious effect on our states\' economy. We simply need help," Rendell told reporters on Monday. "When the economy is bad, the social service net demands grow."<br><br>Rendell said there are upward of $136 billion in infrastructure projects that are "ready to go," chiefly road and bridge repair projects that can get started especially quickly. Water and sewer projects and school repairs are other needs.<br><br>Rendell and NGA Vice-Chairman Jim Douglas, R-Vt., met Monday with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who said Democrats will work to have the economic stimulus measure ready for Obama\'s signature as soon as he takes office Jan. 20.<br><br>It\'s expected to blend funding for infrastructure projects and Medicaid aid to the states with tax cuts, a temporary increase in food stamp payments, as well as investments in renewable energy projects and other "green jobs" initiatives. The NGA has proposed $40 billion over two years to temporarily increase the federal government\'s contribution to the Medicaid program for the poor and disabled.</i><br><br><b>NOTE: "The Gov." betta NOT ask for anything!  She doesn\'t even know what is going on in Alaska.  Hasn\'t been to her office SINCE the elections [according to news reports from Alaska.]</b><br><br><br><b>THAT\'S ALL FOR NOW!</b>    <br><br>President-Elect Obama!  :&gt;) <b>LARGE and IN CHARGE!!</b></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4132195" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4132195" class="dsq-comment-message">Isn\'t Governor Caribou Barbie supposed to be at this meeting in her stolen Needless Markup duds?  I\'d like to be a fly on the wall at the Obama-Biden barnburner.<br><br>And don\'t be fooled - gave back those clothes HER ASS.  Piper\'s still going to school carrying that knock-off Louis Vuitton bag her momma managed to get for her through grifting. LOL</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4134302">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4134302" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL:  I made a post in "Ludacris v Palin" about HER - STILL WEARIN\' THE CAMPAIGN CLOTHES [a JACKET]!!   There were pics in the article!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br><b>An oxymoron: </b>    "Piper going to school!"    :&gt;)      :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4123817" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4123817" class="dsq-comment-message">Can someone write a post about AIDS/HIV? It is just as important to Blacks politically as anything else.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4127284" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4127284" class="dsq-comment-message">I heard that 90% of new HIV patients are Latina and African American women!<br><br>THIS HAS TO STOP!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4124022">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4124022" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:UPDATE on the "JHud" family situation:<br><br><a href="http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2008/12/william-balfour-jennifer-hudson-family-murder-charges.html" rel="nofollow">Balfour Arrested In Hudson Slayings</a><br><br>I\'m just posting the HEADLINE in order to be sensitive to the SADNESS of this situation.<br><br>Continued PRAYERS!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4126318">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4126318" class="dsq-comment-message">Green Lady can you include me in your prayers this morning?  I am giving a state mandated test to my eighth graders, and although, I have prepared them as much as I can (think leading horses to water but not being able to make them drink).  I am very nervous.  This is a new job, and I like it, and I am tired of being a bounce around teachers, so I hope they do well so I can keep this wonderful job!!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4129308">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4129308" class="dsq-comment-message">I said a prayer for you. Teachers are special people, and in this day and age, I\'d have to say most are darn near saints.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4131639">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4131639" class="dsq-comment-message">rorysmomma, Just love them!<br><br>"I believe the children are our future, teach them well, and let them lead the way."<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A_4t1elTTs" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A_4t1elTTs</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4132159" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4132159" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4132159" class="dsq-comment-message">Miranda, if we could get the pay of pro athletes, and treated like saints - it\'s safe to say, we don\'t do this job for the money.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4132393">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4132393" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL I would settle for Middle management pay.... High 5 figures!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4132744" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4132744" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4132744" class="dsq-comment-message">Connecticut teachers are averaging $50K a year with perks and benefits.  And that\'s their public school system, too.<br><br>Whycome the rest of the nation can\'t get their act together?  And the Connecticut teachers want more than the $50K, but if you live in areas like Greenwich, you need the cheddar to make ends meet.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4129887" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4129887" href="http://www.thebottomofheaven.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">claudia_m</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4129887" class="dsq-comment-message">Good luck, rorysmomma!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4131606" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4131606">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4131606" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4131606" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you guys.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4130307">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4130307" class="dsq-comment-message">rorysmomma:  ABSOLUTELY!!  JJPers, in general, are in my prayers.  :&gt;)<br><br>BUT, I looked up some special verses for you:  2Tim. 1:7 [This addresses your "nervousness".  Although it is human, . . .]<br><br>BUT, it is  sooo covered - - Ephesians 3:16!  :&gt;)<br><br>YOU/YOUR STUDENTS WILL PREVAIL!!  <b>TRUST!!</b>  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4131576">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4131576" class="dsq-comment-message">Green Lady,  if I hadn\'t said it before.... I love you!  For who you are and for sentimental reasons.  I want to be just like you when I grow up!.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4133990">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4133990" class="dsq-comment-message">rorysmomma:  U   R    2  KIND!!  :&gt;)  **blushing**<br><br>Heeeey!  I cain\'t blush!!  I just looked in the mirror, annnnd it wasn\'t happenin\'!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Back-at-choo!!  **hearts**</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4132070" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4132070" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4132070" class="dsq-comment-message">Rorysmomma, you have my prayers as well.  I\'m a sub in Alexandria, still waiting for my first assignment in the school system, so I may very well face what you\'re facing if the district decides they like me as a teacher and want to keep me around.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4132366">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4132366" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL you should move to NC, they are almost always hiring.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4132708" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4132708" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4132708" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ll keep that in mind, but since I just relocated here from California only a couple of years ago, I\'m still trying to see if I can make it here in the Nation\'s Capitol before they chew me up and spit me out.  LOL</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4133874">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4133874" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL:  PRAYING for U   2!!  <br><br>Students that have you for a TEACHER and teachers who have you as a COLLEAGUE are <b>SUPER BLESSED!!</b>  I cain\'t imagine it!!<br>YOU are Sooooooo TALENTED and YOU have sooooo many EXPERIENCES to bring to the classroom!   YOU ARE sooooo NEEDED!!<br><br>Continue to be FLEXIBLE in accepting assignments!  :&gt;)<br><br>One of these days, YOU WILL report a permanent assignment! :&gt;)<br><br>DING!   DING!   DING!  THAT school will be a WINNER!!  :&gt;)  THEY KNOW!!   :&gt;)  :&gt;)  God Bless!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4135885" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4135885" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4135885" class="dsq-comment-message">GLH, thanks for the support, prayers and encouragement.<br><br>&lt;&lt;&lt;sniffling and blinking back tears&gt;&gt;&gt;</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4125465" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4125465" href="http://www.thebottomofheaven.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">claudia_m</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4125465" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>Black love is Black wealth</i><br><br>I love this poem (and this picture) by Nikki Giovanni. Thanks for the daily inspiration!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4127785">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4127785" class="dsq-comment-message">The time when I parked my car at my polling place to vote in the runoff elections today in Georgia - 9:30am<br><br>The time when I got back in my car after voting - 9:32am<br><br>Saxby Chambliss has been re-elected, I\'ll just call it right now.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4128931">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4128931" class="dsq-comment-message">Dayum, Miranda, the negros did fall out there in numbers eh?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4129285">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4129285" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4129285" class="dsq-comment-message">I just checked with a number of friends, same story everywhere - took everyone less than 5 minutes to park, go inside, vote and get back in their vehicle to come to work. Chambliss will win easily...and unfortunately the other two democrats in run-offs on the ticket will be defeated as well.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4131484">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4131484" class="dsq-comment-message">Miranda, your efforts to go back to the poll sfor the run-off are commendable.:-)) Do you think it would have made a difference if Barack had rolled up in there?  We\'re still waiting for the recount between Coleman and Franken.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4134059">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4134059" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t think so. For one thing, Jim Martin was so WEAK...GAWD!! He ran such a punk-azz campaign!! For another, you can\'t underestimate North and South Georgia, they don\'t give a damn about their interests, the mere fact that Barack is the president-elect was enough to stir up their rage and drive them to the polls....and like Ronnie B said, there is serious voter fatigue among black folks here.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4135146">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4135146" class="dsq-comment-message">I heard Martin was a weak.  Damn shame.  Where are the brothas & sistas?  going forward, are there no viable blacks who can run?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4136733">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4136733" class="dsq-comment-message">Vernon Jones ran in the primaries against Jim Martin...he is the outgoing CEO of Dekalb County (dont ask me to explain that whole CEO concept, he\'s the county\'s top administrator, that\'s all I know) - and while Vernon was a good administrator....its pretty well known that Mr. Bachelor is one kinky, freaky dude.....LOL!! I say that in ALL seriousness! Vernon had a lil "mishap" with not one, not even two, but THREE women one evening and he flat out said they were all consenting adults....and it wasn\'t the first time.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4135935" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4135935" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4135935" class="dsq-comment-message">Dang, he sounds like he made the same mistakes Ned Lamont made against Joe Lieberman.<br><br>Lamont whipped Lieberman\'s ass in the primary and then WENT ON VACATION.  By the time he returned, Lieberman had mounted a serious challenge and amassed a warchest from his ReThug buddies.<br><br>Lamont got his ass whipped and we have a weasel in the Senate Seat from Connecticut that will be joining said weasel from Georgia in the form of Saxby Chambliss.<br><br>Who the hell names their child "Saxby"?  &lt;&lt;&lt;frown&gt;&gt;&gt;</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4131981" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4131981" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4131981" class="dsq-comment-message">At least y\'all didn\'t go quietly into that good night, but honestly, when are the rest of the white folk in Georgia going to come into the 21st Century, instead of partying like it\'s 1963?<br><br>&lt;&lt;&lt;eye roll&gt;&gt;&gt;</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4133949" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4133949">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4133949" class="dsq-comment-message">Once you go 30 miles outside of 285 that circles Atlanta...from any point....you are in 1963. Hell....you\'re in 1863. Georgia is home to Augusta National where they serve mint juleps and a beatdown if any colored tries to roll up in their not named Tiger Woods and he\'ll get a beatdown too if its not during the Masters (and guess where THAT name came from).</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4134527">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4134527" class="dsq-comment-message">now Miranda, we ain\'t been colord since 63 LOL</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4135763" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4135763" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4135763" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4135763" class="dsq-comment-message">Shoot, I remember Fuzzy Zoeller hollering about how if Tiger won the Masters, he\'d order the celebratory dinner that would include fried chicken and collard greens.<br><br>If Earl Woods had taught his son some of the history of Black People, Tiger should have been on the phone to Big Mama ordering a dinner worthy of those dinner scenes in "Soul Food".<br><br>And all those golfers would have been asking for the number to Sylvia\'s so they would have somewhere decent to go for dinner that doesn\'t cost you a rent payment and your firstborn\'s college tuition fund.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4131129" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4131129">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4131129" class="dsq-comment-message">Voter fatigue.  Black folks stood in 3,4,5-hour lines last month (took me 4 hours in Gwinnett).  <br><br>We ti\'ed.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4130268" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4130268">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4130268" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4130268" class="dsq-comment-message">From Andrew Sullivan:<br><br><a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/12/stopping-michae.html" rel="nofollow">http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily...</a><br><br>01 Dec 2008 03:45 pm<br><br>Stopping Michael Steele<br>The Christianists are concerned about Michael Steele heading up the RNC. He\'s not fanatical enough on abortion:<br><i><br>The Republican National Coalition for Life and the Rev. Donald Wildmon\'s American Family Association both have came out against Mr. Steele because he and former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman were co-chairmen of the centrist Republican Leadership Council and because of his unclear comments about abortion on "Meet the Press."</i><br><br>He\'s soft on the gays too, apparently. The Washington Times, defending Steele, gets a little testy:<br><i><br>Republicans who are questioning Mr. Steele\'s credentials need to ask themselves why they find him so "threatening" and let his actual words speak for themselves.</i></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4130616" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4130616">Nate_Wesley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4130616" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4130616" class="dsq-comment-message">Anybody want some popcorn?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4131320" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4131320">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4131320" class="dsq-comment-message">Nate:  **R-E-A-C-H-I-N-G**  Thanks.   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4131421" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4131421">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4131421" class="dsq-comment-message">Me too!  OMG not another nigra trying to move in on us, ain\'t Barack Obama enough for y\'all?!!!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4131533">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4131533" class="dsq-comment-message">Who does that uppity negra think he is?</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4131952" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4131952" class="dsq-comment-message">What, no Kettle Corn?<br><br>I remember that vendor in Civic Center in San Fran on my lunch hour...LOL</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4132344">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4132344" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL:   LOL!!  :&gt;)   Love that stuff!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  U buyin\'??  :&gt;)  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4132672" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4132672" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4132672" class="dsq-comment-message">HeartsandFlowers is in San Francisco; maybe she can spring for it, because it\'s freshly made right there in the Farmers\' Market in Civic Center Plaza on Wednesdays.<br><br>I also found something close to home at Trader Joe\'s Market.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4133629">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4133629" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL:   ON MY WAY!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4131936" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4131936" class="dsq-comment-message">WHAT?<br><br>SULLY trying to get his "Black" Card back by writing this piece?  GTHOH.  <br><br>I\'d take him more seriously if he wasn\'t given to fits of hysteria regarding personal issues.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4130840">Nate_Wesley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4130840" class="dsq-comment-message">50 Incorrect Pronunciations That Make You Look Dumb<br><br><a href="http://www.dailywritingtips.com/50-incorrect-pronunciations-that-make-you-look-dumb/" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailywritingtips.com/50-incorrect-pr...</a><br><br>Shared in fun (and shame), ya\'ll. Turns out, I am a major dummy.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4131400">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4131400" class="dsq-comment-message">Growing up near Atlantic City, I had to laugh at #26.  Most of the streets there are named after states, and the locals pronounce both Illinois Avenue and Arkansas Avenue the incorrect way.  Most folks know they\'re saying it wrong, but you can\'t fight local tradition.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4131903" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4131903" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4131903" class="dsq-comment-message">I LOL\'ed at the word "ask" cause y\'all know how it\'s pronounced in the \'hood:<br><br>Ax or AKS.  However, I tried pronouncing some of the words like "ask" with the "ax" and found it difficult to do, as I did with the correct pronunciation of a few of the words on that list.  LOL</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4132023">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4132023" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL:  <b>THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!!</b>   <br><br>My ears just HURT when I hear incorrect pronunciations!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  **shakin\' my head**   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4132625" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4132625" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4132625" class="dsq-comment-message">I have a slight lisp, GLH, and that almost ensures that any word with an "S" in it will be correctly pronounced, and that\'s why I can\'t pronounce "ask" the same way as the hood-rats do.<br><br>Moving to California and desperately trying to lose my Texas accent in junior high, I also learned to enunciate any words with "ly" or "ing" as well, but you\'re right, when I hear simple words being butchered, or when you ask for an explanation of something and they start with "What had happened was..."  my ears hurt as well and my eyes sting when I\'m looking at the person saying this shyt.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4132948">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4132948" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL, can I "axe" you a question?  LOL!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4133196" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4133196" class="dsq-comment-message">Spirit, "what had happened was".... ROFL</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4133398">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4133398" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL/spirit:  **creepin\' into y\'all convy**     RAOTFL!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>**creepin\' away and goin\' ta mind my own bui\'ness**  :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4133977">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4133977" class="dsq-comment-message">GLH?CPL, we no all \'bout it. and what had happened was, .... this is too funny!!  Nate tried to has usha in the don of a nu day!!1</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4134013">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4134013" class="dsq-comment-message">This is so whack!.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4134473">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4134473" class="dsq-comment-message">spirit:    LOL!!!      :&gt;)      :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4135794" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4135794" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4135794" class="dsq-comment-message">You and Spirit officially owe me a new keyboard! Luckily, I was drinking water....LOL</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4136045">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4136045" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL: <br><br>   I got this!!  Here are the DIGITS!  :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzMDYpICyJc&feature=related" rel="nofollow">BEECHWOOD 4-5789 (The Marvellettes)</a><br><br><b>OOPS!</b>  I thought that was my CREDIT CARD NUMBER!<br>SORRY!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4138045">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4138045" class="dsq-comment-message">GreenladyHere, I was gonna use those #\'\'s at an ATM machine in a Biracial neighborhood!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4133346">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4133346" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL:   LOL!!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  **shakin\' my head**<br>This is FUN!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4137660">nickwah22</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4137660" class="dsq-comment-message">I am NOT a hoodrat but "ask" is hard for me to pronounce.  At work I have to slow down and focus on says "ask."  I try my hardest to not say the damn word. I usually laugh silently to myself every time too.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4131970">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4131970" class="dsq-comment-message">Nate:  "WHYCOME" I love THIS!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>With ALL DUE RESPECT, when FEB-<b>RU</b>-ARY comes around, I have a fit when some of my friends say FEB-<b>U</b>-ARY!  :&gt;)  so then I go into "teacher mode!"  Get out my "chalk and blackboard" and get ta teaching!  Sorry!<br><br>Others that I go **shivers** on - - #\'s 22,23,29,34,35.  Sorry - OLD SCHOOL!!  :&gt;)<br><br>Now , you must know what I would add to the list:  <b>NU-CU-LAR!!</b> rather than NU-CLE-AR!  OUCH!!  :&gt;)<br><br>Annnnnnnnd for church,  "WHYCOME", when the meeting announcements are made, there is a meeting of the <b>UR-SHER</b> Board??  I jes put my head down in prayer!  LAWD HA\'MERCY!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br>Thanks, Nate!  :&gt;)   :&gt;) Sorry for the **rant**.   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4132868">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4132868" class="dsq-comment-message"><i><b>With ALL DUE RESPECT, when FEB-RU-ARY comes around, I have a fit when some of my friends say FEB-U-ARY! :&gt;) so then I go into "teacher mode!" Get out my "chalk and blackboard" and get ta teaching! Sorry!</b></i><br><br>Guilty as charged.... *hides under desk* :-P</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4133588">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4133588" class="dsq-comment-message">Sepia:  LOL!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Yesterday, my grown son - <i>"BARACK"</i> said that he would be doing something in FEBRUARY!  I said- "BARACK" you said FebRUary!  :&gt;)<br>He said - -er    -um [I taught him JJP-SPEAK  :&gt;)]   aren\'t YOU the woman who gave bofa-us <b>ELOCUTION LESSONS</b> - - - - - - - - - <br><br>WHEN WE WERE 2 YEARS OLD!!  :&gt;)     :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>All I could say was - - - - - - - WELLLLLL!  **shrugs shoulders***  :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4134475">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4134475" class="dsq-comment-message">poor "Barack", callin his mama out!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4134636">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4134636" class="dsq-comment-message">rorysmomma:   YEAH!  What was up with that??  :&gt;)      :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>Ya think he resents his "new name?"   :&gt;)       :&gt;)      :&gt;)<br><br>He\'s lucky that I don\'t "make" him run for POTUS!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4133052">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4133052" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks, for posting this Nate.  Now we all can be proud to know we are members of Mensa!  Now, send this on to Palin\'s handlers will ya!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4134434">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4134434" class="dsq-comment-message">spirit:  "WHYCOME?"   they won\'t know how to read/pronounce EITHER!!  :&gt;)<br><br>They let her go on like this all this time!   :&gt;)      :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4131433" href="http://newsone.blackplanet.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">BarackMarley</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4131433" class="dsq-comment-message">Top 10 Reasons Obama is Black<br><br>Since our friend at the Washington Post wants Obama to be taken out of the sphere of blackness and into the field of biracialness, here\'s the Top 10 Reasons Obama is Black<br><a href="http://newsone.blackplanet.com/nation/top-10-reasons-obamas-black/" rel="nofollow">http://newsone.blackplanet.com/nation/top-10-re...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4133743">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4133743" class="dsq-comment-message">#11 - he puts hotsauce in his gumbo - nuff said<br>#12 - that response he gave to the hecklers in St. Petersburg during the primaries....that response should be set to a Parliament/Funkadelic beat and put on wax - it was so black it might have been blue...only a brutha would come back like that!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4134736">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4134736" class="dsq-comment-message">Miranda,  you mean this little gems?  How about "The Mothership Connection"   <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fdesO8CdC8" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fdesO8CdC8</a><br><br>Ah,chill,  Imma , hava question and answers session afta i\'m done.  If you hear any noise, it\'s just the SS, my boys.. coming after you black asses, now chill!"<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcptOKKG520" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcptOKKG520</a><br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScvwO5qMSH0" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScvwO5qMSH0</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4136656">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4136656" class="dsq-comment-message">YEP!! That was a BLACK MAN\'S response! LOL</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4135058" class="dsq-comment-message">#10 should end the argument once and for all IMO</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4131725" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah: Cain\'t he\'p it.  The "reporters keep reportin\'."  Here\'s a VERBAL "SMACK DOWN" of "The Gov.":<br><br><a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16112.html" rel="nofollow">Murkowski to Palin: Leave my seat alone</a><br><br><i><b>Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski has some Republican-to-Republican advice for Gov. Sarah Palin: If you want to make a run at the White House, keep your hands off my Senate seat.</b><br><br>Murkowski, up for reelection in 2010, is nervously awaiting word on whether John McCain’s former running mate will run against her in the GOP primary. But she says Palin is the one who should be nervous.<br><br><b>“I can guarantee it would be a very tough election,” Murkowski said in an interview.</b><br><br>Palin is also up for reelection in 2010. She could run for a second term as governor, but the Senate holds some obvious attractions: a national platform, and with it the chance to beef up a thin résumé and rebuild damaged credibility on foreign policy and other issues.<br><br><b>But Murkowski says a run against her would be fraught with risk. If Palin lost, her stock would drop just ahead of a potential 2012 presidential run. And if she won, she’d be a backbencher in a chamber that is dominated by seniority — and would have to begin her presidential campaign as soon as she took office.<br><br>“If she wants to be president, I don’t think the way to the presidency is a short stop in the United States Senate,” Murkowski said.<br><br>Asked Monday to respond to Murkowski’s comments, Palin’s communications coordinator, Kate Morgan, said only, “The governor has never stated her intention or desire to run for that office.”</b>   [SOUNDS LIKE SHE\'S SCURRED, TO ME.  :&gt;)]<br><br><u>As Murkowski’s tense talk suggests, the politics between the two women is personal. Palin won the governor’s race in 2006 by defeating Frank Murkowski, the senator’s father. On the presidential campaign trail this year, Palin crowed about upending the “old boys network” in Alaska.</u><br><br>When asked this summer about Palin’s suggestion that her father was one of those “old boys,” Murkowski bristled and cut an interview short.<br><br>Democratic pollster Ivan Moore and other Alaska analysts say Murkowski is poised to skate to a second full term unless she loses in the Republican primary. The most credible Democratic challenger, Ethan Berkowitz, will likely mount a rematch against Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) for the state’s lone House seat in 2010, Moore and other analysts said.<br><br>But everything changes if Palin gets in.<br><br>Even though Palin’s popularity dipped after she took on a partisan role as the GOP’s vice presidential candidate and stumbled in televised interviews, she maintains high approval ratings back home, including about 80 percent support among Republican voters. Murkowski enjoys similarly high numbers.<br><br>A head-to-head fight between the two Republicans “would be a titanic struggle,” Moore said. <br><br>SKIP<br><br>With Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican in Senate history, having just lost his seat, Dittman said GOP primary voters in Alaska would be wary of losing more Senate seniority by replacing Murkowski with Palin.<br><br><b>“My feeling is that Alaskans wouldn’t respond to that very well, especially Republicans, if she takes on Lisa and she starts seniority all over again,” Dittman said. “I think it would be tough for Sarah to do that and justify it.”</b><br><br>That argument is not lost on Murkowski, who points to her rising seniority in the Senate and her ascension to the top Republican spot on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, replacing retiring Sen. Pete V. Domenici (R-N.M.).<br><br><b>“One thing that Alaskans clearly appreciate is seniority,” said Murkowski, who was appointed to the Senate in 2002 by her father, who had just won the governor’s race. “If she were to kind of move me over, if you will, to run for national office again at the expense at this seniority that’s been built, I don’t know if Alaskans would look too favorably on that.</b><br><br>“I think they view the job that we have here in the Senate as a very, very critical one in a state like Alaska, where we always are battling the feds,” Murkowski said. “You need to have this position being filled full time. And I think that’s what Alaskans will be looking to.”<br><br>Murkowski said she had not spoken with Palin about whether she will run and said the talk of her running may be “more media-generated than what actually might be the thought process in Juneau right now.”<br><br><b>But Moore, the Democratic pollster, said Palin will do whatever she believes will position herself best.<br><br>“Sarah is interested in what is best for Sarah, and she is not necessarily going to get sidetracked by party loyalties,” Moore said.</b></i><br><br>**SAAAA-LAP!!!**   LAWD HA\'MERCY!!  Lovin\' it!!  :&gt;)<br><br>As I\'ve said B4, I\'m WATCHIN\' to see actions which DIMINISH HER!!  Whoooo!   Hooo!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4131818" class="dsq-comment-message">GLH:<br><br>Can you say "MEOW" - Cat Fight in the Alaskan Wilderness!<br><br>And here I thought only cats up in Alaska besides domestic tabbies, were wild cats, but it appears there\'s two holding political office.<br><br>&lt;&lt;&lt;chuckles&gt;&gt;&gt;</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4131919" class="dsq-comment-message">MEOW MEOW!  Put out the kitty litter cause there\'s gonna be some shit going down for that seat.  Hee,hee!  SnoHo\'s in it for herself, tried to use the "children" in her speech yesterday as the reason for whatever, she said.. ..?  Scratching my head....  Pass me a church fan, GreenLady.<br><br>Please someone tutor this dumb bitch in English sentence structure, hell grammar in general</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4132293" class="dsq-comment-message">spirit:  LOL!   :&gt;)  :&gt;)  **P-A-S-S-I-N-G** the "church fan**!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>There you go!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>English sentence structure:  "WHYCOME" she should know this??<br><br>Remember  -  5 colleges in 6 years!   :&gt;)  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4132573" class="dsq-comment-message">also, too.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4132883" class="dsq-comment-message">and , THERE!  heheee!  I\'ve yet to hear one word out of her mouth that doesn\'t include.  "THERE" She begins and ends her gibberish with "THERE!"</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4133024" class="dsq-comment-message">spirit:   LOL!!  :&gt;)  <br><br>Annnnnd,     "appreciatin\'/"so appreciatin\' \'"  No Subject - -<br><br>**shiver**   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4132956" class="dsq-comment-message">rorysmomma:  YES!!!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)  VIRTUAL \'DAP\'  :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4137630" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4137630" class="dsq-comment-message">and no proof off having graduated.<br><br>Can we do some fundraising on this site so we can hire a private investigator to vet her by 2012?<br><br>I want to know SOMEONE who went to school with her. I want ONE professor to admit to giving her a passing grade in English. I also want to know more about what she did on Spring Breaks. Lord knows she won\'t write the book admitting to the Girls Gone Wild times...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4133611" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t think English is her first language.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4134126" class="dsq-comment-message">Ouch!!!! ROTFLMAO!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4132238" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL:  LOL!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  Just what I was thinking!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>Murkowski\'s up there <b>SHARPENING HER CLAWS</b>, -er-   -um    I mean getting a "pedicure".   OOPS!   A manicure!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  Already!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CezNIRYYGY" rel="nofollow">CAT FIGHT</a><br><br>Is this adorable??  :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4133250" class="dsq-comment-message">GreenLadyHere, love the clip.  It\'s always entertaining except when it\'s 3 a.m. and the boxing ring is your bed LOL.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4133473" class="dsq-comment-message">MsKitty:  GREAT!!  Glad you ENJOYED!!!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4133061" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL, catfight was the first word that came to my mind too.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4131821" class="dsq-comment-message">Lawd ha\'mercy is right.  The \'SnoHO reminds me of Billary.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4131788" class="dsq-comment-message">Careers- AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION JOURNAL<br>Advice for Women in Mostly Male Offices: Be Assertive, Not Servile<br>Posted 3 hours, 24 minutes ago<br>By Debra Cassens Weiss<br><br>Women working in male-dominated offices need to speak assertively and refrain from appearing servile, experts say.<br><br>Women shouldn’t begin phrases with “I think” and shouldn’t apologize when they do nothing wrong, experts told the Wall Street Journal. They should be direct, confident and remove “traces of tentativeness” from their speech.<br><br>Read on:<br><br><a href="http://www.abajournal.com/news/advice_for_women_in_mostly_male_offices_be_assertive_not_servile" rel="nofollow">http://www.abajournal.com/news/advice_for_women...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4132376" class="dsq-comment-message">Now that he’s finally fired up on the soup-line economy, Barack Obama knows he can’t fade out again. He was eager to talk privately to a Democratic ex-president who could offer more fatherly wisdom — not to mention a surreptitious smoke — and less fraternal rivalry. I called the “West Wing” creator Aaron Sorkin (yes, truly) to get a read-out of the meeting. This is what he wrote:<br><br><br> <br><br>BARACK OBAMA knocks on the front door of a 300-year-old New Hampshire farmhouse while his Secret Service detail waits in the driveway. The door opens and OBAMA is standing face to face with former President JED BARTLET.<br><br>BARTLET Senator.<br><br>OBAMA Mr. President.<br><br>BARTLET You seem startled.<br><br>OBAMA I didn’t expect you to answer the door yourself.<br><br>BARTLET I didn’t expect you to be getting beat by John McCain and a Lancôme rep who thinks “The Flintstones” was based on a true story, so let’s call it even. <br><br>OBAMA Yes, sir.<br><br>BARTLET Come on in.<br><br>BARTLET leads OBAMA into his study.<br><br>BARTLET That was a hell of a convention.<br><br>OBAMA Thank you, I was proud of it.<br><br>BARTLET I meant the Republicans. The Us versus Them-a-thon. As a Democrat I was surprised to learn that I don’t like small towns, God, people with jobs or America. I’ve been a little out of touch but is there a mandate that the vice president be skilled at field dressing a moose — <br><br>OBAMA Look — <br><br>BARTLET — and selling Air Force Two on eBay?<br><br>OBAMA Joke all you want, Mr. President, but it worked.<br><br>BARTLET Imagine my surprise. What can I do for you, kid?<br><br>OBAMA I’m interested in your advice.<br><br>BARTLET I can’t give it to you. <br><br>OBAMA Why not?<br><br>BARTLET I’m supporting McCain.<br><br>OBAMA Why?<br><br>BARTLET He’s promised to eradicate evil and that was always on my “to do” list.<br><br>OBAMA O.K. — <br><br>BARTLET And he’s surrounded himself, I think, with the best possible team to get us out of an economic crisis. Why, Sarah Palin just said Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac had “gotten too big and too expensive to the taxpayers.” Can you spot the error in that statement?<br><br>OBAMA Yes, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac aren’t funded by taxpayers. <br><br>BARTLET Well, at least they are now. Kind of reminds you of the time Bush said that Social Security wasn’t a government program. He was only off by a little — Social Security is the largest government program.<br><br>OBAMA I appreciate your sense of humor, sir, but I really could use your advice.<br><br>BARTLET Well, it seems to me your problem is a lot like the problem I had twice.<br><br>OBAMA Which was?<br><br>BARTLET A huge number of Americans thought I thought I was superior to them.<br><br>OBAMA And?<br><br>BARTLET I was.<br><br>OBAMA I mean, how did you overcome that?<br><br>BARTLET I won’t lie to you, being fictional was a big advantage.<br><br>OBAMA What do you mean?<br><br>BARTLET I’m a fictional president. You’re dreaming right now, Senator.<br><br>OBAMA I’m asleep?<br><br>BARTLET Yes, and you’re losing a ton of white women.<br><br>OBAMA Yes, sir.<br><br>BARTLET I mean tons.<br><br>OBAMA I understand.<br><br>BARTLET I didn’t even think there were that many white women.<br><br>OBAMA I see the numbers, sir. What do they want from me?<br><br>BARTLET I’ve been married to a white woman for 40 years and I still don’t know what she wants from me.<br><br>OBAMA How did you do it?<br><br>BARTLET Well, I say I’m sorry a lot.<br><br>OBAMA I don’t mean your marriage, sir. I mean how did you get America on your side?<br><br>BARTLET There again, I didn’t have to be president of America, I just had to be president of the people who watched “The West Wing.”<br><br>OBAMA That would make it easier.<br><br>BARTLET You’d do very well on NBC. Thursday nights in the old “ER” time slot with “30 Rock” as your lead-in, you’d get seven, seven-five in the demo with a 20, 22 share — you’d be selling $450,000 minutes.<br><br>OBAMA What the hell does that mean?<br><br>BARTLET TV talk. I thought you’d be interested.<br><br>OBAMA I’m not. They pivoted off the argument that I was inexperienced to the criticism that I’m — wait for it — the Messiah, who, by the way, was a community organizer. When I speak I try to lead with inspiration and aptitude. How is that a liability?<br><br>BARTLET Because the idea of American exceptionalism doesn’t extend to Americans being exceptional. If you excelled academically and are able to casually use 690 SAT words then you might as well have the press shoot video of you giving the finger to the Statue of Liberty while the Dixie Chicks sing the University of the Taliban fight song. The people who want English to be the official language of the United States are uncomfortable with their leaders being fluent in it.<br><br>OBAMA You’re saying race doesn’t have anything to do with it?<br><br>BARTLET I wouldn’t go that far. Brains made me look arrogant but they make you look uppity. Plus, if you had a black daughter — <br><br>OBAMA I have two.<br><br>BARTLET — who was 17 and pregnant and unmarried and the father was a teenager hoping to launch a rap career with “Thug Life” inked across his chest, you’d come in fifth behind Bob Barr, Ralph Nader and a ficus.<br><br>OBAMA You’re not cheering me up.<br><br>BARTLET Is that what you came here for?<br><br>OBAMA No, but it wouldn’t kill you.<br><br>BARTLET Have you tried doing a two-hour special or a really good Christmas show?<br><br>OBAMA Sir — <br><br>BARTLET Hang on. Home run. Right here. Is there any chance you could get Michelle pregnant before the fall sweeps?<br><br>OBAMA The problem is we can’t appear angry. Bush called us the angry left. Did you see anyone in Denver who was angry? <br><br>BARTLET Well ... let me think. ...We went to war against the wrong country, Osama bin Laden just celebrated his seventh anniversary of not being caught either dead or alive, my family’s less safe than it was eight years ago, we’ve lost trillions of dollars, millions of jobs, thousands of lives and we lost an entire city due to bad weather. So, you know ... I’m a little angry.<br><br>OBAMA What would you do?<br><br>BARTLET GET ANGRIER! Call them liars, because that’s what they are. Sarah Palin didn’t say “thanks but no thanks” to the Bridge to Nowhere. She just said “Thanks.” You were raised by a single mother on food stamps — where does a guy with eight houses who was legacied into Annapolis get off calling you an elitist? And by the way, if you do nothing else, take that word back. Elite is a good word, it means well above average. I’d ask them what their problem is with excellence. While you’re at it, I want the word “patriot” back. McCain can say that the transcendent issue of our time is the spread of Islamic fanaticism or he can choose a running mate who doesn’t know the Bush doctrine from the Monroe Doctrine, but he can’t do both at the same time and call it patriotic. They have to lie — the truth isn’t their friend right now. Get angry. Mock them mercilessly; they’ve earned it. McCain decried agents of intolerance, then chose a running mate who had to ask if she was allowed to ban books from a public library. It’s not bad enough she thinks the planet Earth was created in six days 6,000 years ago complete with a man, a woman and a talking snake, she wants schools to teach the rest of our kids to deny geology, anthropology, archaeology and common sense too? It’s not bad enough she’s forcing her own daughter into a loveless marriage to a teenage hood, she wants the rest of us to guide our daughters in that direction too? It’s not enough that a woman shouldn’t have the right to choose, it should be the law of the land that she has to carry and deliver her rapist’s baby too? I don’t know whether or not Governor Palin has the tenacity of a pit bull, but I know for sure she’s got the qualifications of one. And you’re worried about seeming angry? You could eat their lunch, make them cry and tell their mamas about it and God himself would call it restrained. There are times when you are simply required to be impolite. There are times when condescension is called for!<br><br>OBAMA Good to get that off your chest?<br><br>BARTLET Am I keeping you from something?<br><br>OBAMA Well, it’s not as if I didn’t know all of that and it took you like 20 minutes to say.<br><br>BARTLET I know, I have a problem, but admitting it is the first step.<br><br>OBAMA What’s the second step?<br><br>BARTLET I don’t care.<br><br>OBAMA So what about hope? Chuck it for outrage and put-downs?<br><br>BARTLET No. You’re elite, you can do both. Four weeks ago you had the best week of your campaign, followed — granted, inexplicably — by the worst week of your campaign. And you’re still in a statistical dead heat. You’re a 47-year-old black man with a foreign-sounding name who went to Harvard and thinks devotion to your country and lapel pins aren’t the same thing and you’re in a statistical tie with a war hero and a Cinemax heroine. To these aged eyes, Senator, that’s what progress looks like. You guys got four debates. Get out of my house and go back to work.<br><br>OBAMA Wait, what is it you always used to say? When you hit a bump on the show and your people were down and frustrated? You’d give them a pep talk and then you’d always end it with something. What was it ...?<br><br>BARTLET “Break’s over.”</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4137567" class="dsq-comment-message">Damn I miss this show!!<br><br>This was hilarious!<br><br>My favorite line: "The people who want English to be the official language of the United States are uncomfortable with their leaders being fluent in it."</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4132685" class="dsq-comment-message">I am officially unimpressed with Charles Blow.<br><br>He thinks far too simplemindedly to be doing what he\'s doing.<br><br>Even though his recent essay was evocative, it was also uncritical. <br><br>He just put in an underwhelming performance on MSNBC and he strikes me as disingenuous.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4133388" class="dsq-comment-message">OBAMA DENIES THE $20K BLACK DIAMOND RING FOR MICHELLE - OMG!<br><br>Ringmaker to learn when to hold \'em and when to fold \'em -- the hard way. Right about now he may be getting the cancellation notice for talking too much. Did he really think he could just mention to a bunch of women he was making a $20k ring for Barack to the "love of my life" Michelle and not get a lot of buzz behind it?? OMG</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4133468" class="dsq-comment-message">Barack Obama has denied his wife Michelle is to receive this £20,000 thank you for her support during the election.<br><br>The Harmony ring is made of rhodium - the world\'s most expensive metal - and encrusted with diamonds. <br><br>A spokesman at Italian designer Giovanni Bosco said Mr Obama had asked their American agent about the ring because he wanted it as present for Michelle to thank  her for helping over the last two years.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4133742" class="dsq-comment-message">Michelle Obama "Pillow-Talk-In Chief"!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4134390" class="dsq-comment-message">Myth:  LOL!   :&gt;)<br><br>-Er,   -um  Did you REQUEST this?<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpykVsZ-Ljc&feature=related" rel="nofollow">PILLOW TALK (Sylvia Robinson)</a><br><br>ENJOY!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4133884" class="dsq-comment-message">For real.  Being in the business you would think the ringmaker knows better than to spoil a surprise like that.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4137700" class="dsq-comment-message">That isn\'t THAT expensive. He\'s gainfully employed. Shoot a lil payment plan to cover it... Michelle is worth that and WAY MORE. I hope she gets matching earrings.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4137823" class="dsq-comment-message">Barack Obama is cheap and I do not think he would spend $20K, $30K on a ring.  He gives ballers and shot callers a bad name.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4133657" class="dsq-comment-message">Some political humor for ya:<br><br>Something for all you Star Trek and Sci Fi geeks<br><br>I think Barack Obama is the "Borg King"<br><br>as per Wikipedia:<br><br>"The Borg are depicted as an amalgam of cybernetically enhanced humanoid drones of multiple species, organized as an inter-connected collective with a hive mind, inhabiting a vast region of space with many planets and ships. They operate towards one single-minded purpose: to add the biological and technological distinctiveness of other species to their own, in pursuit of perfection. This is achieved through forced assimilation, a process which transforms individuals and technology into Borg, enhancing individuals by adding synthetic components."<br><br>Here\'s my take:  <br><br>The Borg (Obama administration) is depicted as an amalgam of intelligently enhanced humans  of multiple ethnicity, gender, and political stripe, organized as an inter-connected collective with a hive mind, inhabiting a vast region of the country with many political and civilian posts. They operate towards one single-minded purpose: to add the ideological distinctiveness of other species to their own, in pursuit of political perfection. This is achieved through  appointments and elections, a process which transforms policies into Borg, enhancing individuals by adding gravitas components.<br><br>Ha Ha Ha</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4136740" class="dsq-comment-message">You are dead on!  Obama is the borg!!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4137899" class="dsq-comment-message">7 OF 9 REPORTING FOR DUTY!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4133677" class="dsq-comment-message">Rikyrah:  <i>ESSENCE MAG</i>  writer[Tatsha Robertson] is being interviewed on MSNBC!<br><br>Re January Edition featuring the <b>FIRST FAMILY!</b>  Whooo!  Hooo!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4134968" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/01/AR2008120102438_pf.html" rel="nofollow"> When Security Trumps Sovereignty</a><br><br><i>Rather than simply begging the Indians to show restraint, a better option could be to internationalize the response. Have the international community declare that parts of Pakistan have become ungovernable and a menace to international security. Establish an international force to work with the Pakistanis to root out terrorist camps in Kashmir as well as in the tribal areas. This would have the advantage of preventing a direct military confrontation between India and Pakistan. It might also save face for the Pakistani government, since the international community would be helping the central government reestablish its authority in areas where it has lost it. But whether or not Islamabad is happy, don\'t the international community and the United States, at the end of the day, have some obligation to demonstrate to the Indian people that we take attacks on them as seriously as we take attacks on ourselves?<br><br>Would such an action violate Pakistan\'s sovereignty? Yes, but nations should not be able to claim sovereign rights when they cannot control territory from which terrorist attacks are launched. If there is such a thing as a "responsibility to protect," which justifies international intervention to prevent humanitarian catastrophe either caused or allowed by a nation\'s government, there must also be a responsibility to protect one\'s neighbors from attacks from one\'s own territory, even when the attacks are carried out by "non-state actors."</i></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4135875" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  GOOD NEWS! on the SENATE  scene:<br><br><a href="http://thedailyvoice.com/voice/2008/12/two-blacks-could-be-headed-to-001405.php" rel="nofollow">Two blacks could be headed to the U.S. Senate</a><br><br><i>The departure of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton from the U.S. Senate has opened up possibilities for blacks in Illinois and New York.<br><br>In Illinois, the attention has focused on Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., who some African Americans in Chicago are pushing to replace Obama and continue a tradition of black representation from the Land of Lincoln.<br><br>Even before Obama, Carol Moseley Braun served the state as its first black senator in the 1990s. Obama followed in her footsteps and Jackson could follow in his. The decision rests with Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, a Democrat.<br><br>Jackson is not alone in the hopes of filling Obama\'s seat. Rep. Danny Davis, Illinois State Senate President Emil Jones and former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris have also thrown their hats in the ring, according to NNPA columnist Ron Walters.<br><br>In New York, the attention has turned to a previously little known African American mayor of Buffalo, Byron Brown, who because of his location upstate, his support from other mayors and his race, may have a good shot of becoming the Empire State\'s first black senator just a year after David Paterson became its first black governor. Paterson, of course, will make the selection.<br><br>Other factors will weigh on Paterson\'s decision besides race and geography. The governor may also be thinking about his own re-election campaign and could use the Senate choice as a way to elevate a political rival, such as Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, and remove him as a threat in the governor\'s race.<br><br>But with Mayor Brown a known contender for the job, Governor Paterson may find it difficult to skip over a qualified African American candidate from upstate to pick a well-known establishment figure like Cuomo. The New York Times reports that a number of elected officials from western New York are publicly urging Paterson to appoint Brown, thus heightening the pressure.<br><br>Like Illinois, New York has quite a few high profile African American political figures, and Brown is by no means the only black candidate on the list. Other contenders include New York City Comptroller William Thompson and U. S. Rep. Gregory Meeks, according to Walters.<br><br>SKIP<br><br>Either way, we could be in for a major change in the U.S. Senate, which currently has no African American members thanks to Obama\'s resignation last month. In 2009, we could have two new black senators, we could have one, or we could have none.</i><br><br>We\'ll keep WATCHIN\'  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4136471" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Some preliminary info. on the P-E\'s Meeting with the Govs:<br><br><a href="http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/president_elect_obama_and_governors_tackle_the_economy/" rel="nofollow">President-elect Obama and governors tackle the economy<br>Tuesday, December 2, 2008 03:51pm EST</a><br><br><i>Speaking to an assembly of nearly all of the nation\'s governors in Philadelphia this morning, President-elect Obama called for innovation and collaboration, and invited dissenting opinions on how best to fix the economy.<br><br>"To solve this crisis and to ease the burden on our states, we\'re going to need action, and we\'re going to need action swiftly," he said. "[I]f we\'re listening to the governors, then the money that we spend is going to be well-spent. And it means that it\'s going to get working faster, and the people in your states are going to experience prosperity sooner."<br><br>Governors and governors-elect from nearly every state attended. President-elect Obama quoted Justice Louis Brandeis, who said "a single courageous state may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory," and encouraged Democratic and Republican governors alike to seek creative solutions.<br><br>"We are not going to be hampered by ideology in trying to get this country back on track," he said. "We want to figure out what works."<br><br>Before the meeting began, President-elect Obama walked across the street to greet some schoolchildren who had assembled there. See pictures from today\'s event below.</i><br><br> THERE ARE PICS OF THE MEETING and OF THE SCHOOL VISIT.  <b>POWER- FUL!!</b>  God Bless HIM!!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4126250" class="dsq-comment-message">A talk I gave last World AIDS day:<br><br>So just what is World AIDS Day? It is a day that began in 1988 to raise awareness about the global epidemic of HIV/AIDS. Today it is estimated that 40 million people worldwide and 1 million in this country- are infected by HIV/AIDS with many more worldwide being affected by this epidemic. You may just pause to think where you were in 1988? What were you doing, what music you were listening to in 1988? Did you know anything at all about this virus that would come to be the greatest public health emergency of our time?<br><br>Well most of us didn’t know anything about this virus. In 1980’s reports of a strange new disease among healthy young gay white men surfaced. These young men were stricken with Kaposi\'s Sarcoma (a rare form of cancer seen among elderly). It was called Gay-Related Immune Deficiency (GRID). Words have power and the initial naming of the disease created a false sense of HIV being “theirs” and not “our” disease. That sense of HIV not being our problem didn’t change even when the disease was renamed AIDS or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. It still wasn’t our problem. And we felt safe that it wasn’t our problem. The news showed white men picketing and rallying for new medicines, it showed a sickly Ryan White speaking out about the virus that causes AIDS. We were safe – it wasn’t our problem.<br><br><br><br>The truth is that is was always our problem. Even in 1983 the Centers for Disease Control noted that African Americans made up 12% of the population and 26% of HIV/AIDS cases. But a lot of us still closed our eyes and stopped up our ears. Today, the CDC says that we make up HALF of all HIV/AIDS cases.  The reasons for the disproportionate impact of HIV/AIDS on African Americans are numerous and complex -- poverty, lack of access to quality health care and information, taboos about discussing issues relating to sex/sexuality, drug use and addiction.<br><br>Today, we can’t close our eyes and hearts anymore. We are 25 years into the AIDS epidemic.  We can no longer ignore that HIV is a part of our community. Look around you HIV is infecting and affecting brothers, fathers, mothers, sisters, sons and daughters who look just like you. HIV/AIDS has a face in about every family in Black America.<br><br>Don’t believe me? Let’s take a look at the facts:<br>1	73% of infants infected with HIV are black<br>2	61% of young people under age 25 infected with HIV are black<br>3	67 % ---- 2 out of 3 of women diagnosed with HIV are black women<br>4	42% of men diagnosed with HIV are black men<br>5	50% of people over age 50 diagnosed with HIV are black<br><br>In every category,  children, women, men, the elderly--black people are being affected by HIV/AIDS.  Our health as a black nation is in a state of emergency. This emergency has been going for a long time. Its like me and my kitchen. You see I like to cook and live in a typical NYC apartment. Except my landlord put in this fire alarm and everytime I cook it goes off.  Everytime it goes off has the sharp wail and says FIRE FIRE. And I have to turn it off. That is exactly how we have been with HIV. We havent wanted to listen or see or talk about what is going on.<br><br>Though there has been an alarm going off we havent listened. I have worked in city hospitals in Boston. And I have seen what HIV is doing to our community. I have seen a young girl who at 15 years old has HIV, a young mother of 3 with HIV, I have seen the older man living on the street who has HIV, I have seen a handsome put together man in his 40s with HIV. These people are like me and you and they all have the virus that causes AIDS.<br><br>For many people a recent wake up call was the ABC special on HIV in the black community called Out of Control:AIDS in Black America. Many people in our community stood up and paid attention when network TV said we have a problem in black America. When asked what they were doing about HIV in our community Jesse Jackson and TD Jakes didnt have an answer. Others in the church who were interviewed like Rev Calvin Butts Jr said that if the numbers keep going up its clear we havent done enough.<br><br><br>One way that people use to distance themselves from the reality is to say that “Well people wouldn’t be affected if they weren’t doing wrong”.  So all our black sisters are just doing wrong and sleeping around?  When  2 out every 3 women being diagnosed with HIV I don’t think that’s the answer. We know that the majority of black women about 75% are infected with HIV by having sex with a male partner. And we cant blame black men. We cant be one more group to demonize our black brothers because God knows they are so many people standing in line to hate on black men. But the fact is that we as women need to take control of our bodies and our lives. We can not be infected by HIV against our will. We choose not to use condoms, we choose to trust our lives and our bodies to some man telling you “ Don’t worry baby I’m clean”. That cant happen anymore. Black women must choose life and protect themselves.<br><br>I know there are people here who will still say sisters wouldn’t be infected without these black homosexuals infecting them. But this is about personal responsibility and selflove. We know that half of new cases of HIV cases in black men are due to men who have sex with men. Many of these men don’t consider themselves gay. Because they know to identify with being gay means you are not loved, you are denigrated . Our community tell us that being gay means being invisible and being an abomination. So these men can not love themselves enough to protect themselves. Because they hate themselves too and see HIV as a punishment from God. <br><br>HIV is not a punishment from God. HIV is not a sign of immorality or being unclean. Jesus welcomed and took care of the lepers. Would Jesus do any different for those affected by HIV? Love like Jesus. Love past your fear. Show compassion to those living with HIV. Love by educating yourself and others.<br><br>And to make sure we are all on the same page here. I want to go over some of the basics about HIV. Let start with<br><br>So just what is HIV? <br>Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is caused by a virus called Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). HIV attacks the body’s immune system and makes it unable to fight off infections and diseases.<br><br>So how is HIV spread?<br>•	Unprotected sex with an infected person i.e., vaginal, anal sex	<br>•	Sharing a needle with someone who is infected<br>•	Babies that are born or breast fed by an infected mother<br>•	Tainted blood supply<br><br><br>HIV is not spread:<br>•	Touching, kissing, coughing, sneezing, tears or sweat<br>•	Sharing food, drinks or utensils with an HIV positive person<br>•	Touching toilet bowls or doorknobs used by a person with HIV<br>•	Swimming, sharing clothing or towels<br>•	Mosquitos<br>•	Casual contact e.g., sitting next to or shaking hands with an HIV positive person. <br><br><br>Although HIV is 100% preventable, hundreds of persons from African American community become infected everyday.<br><br>How can HIV be prevented?<br><br>Sex-The only sure way to avoid becoming infected with HIV through sexual intercourse is to practice abstinence. However, many people of all ages are making the choice to have sex.  It is very important that people who choose to have sex be aware of the risks and responsibilities they have to protect themselves.  The use of latex condoms, when used correctly and consistently, has been shown to reduce HIV infection.  Latex condoms are also effective against other sexually transmitted infection such as chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis.<br><br>Needles-With regard to contracting HIV through injection drug use, the best way to prevent this is to not use drugs.  If you do use needles or syringes, do not share them.  To prevent the spread of HIV through drug use, needles and syringes must be disinfected with bleach every time they are used. <br><br>So now you have taken the first step towards self love and self preservation for yourself and for your community. So what else can you to stop HIV in the black community?<br><br><br>Start simple.<br>1. Know your status. <br>Get tested for HIV. Now that should be easier to do than ever before as doctors will routinely start offering HIV tests to all patients.<br><br>The most common tests currently available:<br>ELISA is a blood test that detects HIV antibodies.  <br>Western Blot (immunoblot) is often used to confirm a positive ELISA test. OraSure® is currently the only FDA approved oral test.  This product uses a device to collect oral fluids from inside the mouth.  And you can get results in about half an hour.<br><br>2. Once you know your status you can take steps to take care of yourself. If you find out you are positive you can get into treatment early.  These include<br><br>•	Drugs that attack the virus called antiretroviral drugs that help infected persons live longer.<br><br>•	Drugs are used to prevent the development of some HIV-related conditions like pneumonia<br><br>•	Drugs to treat HIV-related cancers and infections. <br><br>If you find out you are negative you can take steps to protect yourself so you stay negative. <br><br>3. Show compassion to people living with HIV. <br>It seems this is simple but it is the most powerful way we have to reduce stigma. Reach out to people with HIV. Give hugs and  touch hands. But most importantly in your speech and manner be nonjudgemental when speaking about HIV.  The judgement, hate and derision focused on  those with HIV is one of the reasons that so many people do not want to know or disclose their status. There is very real discrimination against those with HIV and it wont stop until we stand against this and show compassion. Act as if every time you are speaking about HIV you are talking about your sister, brother or cousin. Because in fact it is true. Every family in black America probably has someone affected by HIV.<br><br>So thats World AIDS Day for you. A  day to commemorate the disease that is affecting all of us.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4132039" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4132039" class="dsq-comment-message">Good, informed post, TruMystique.  Thank you for the courage and humanity it takes to write something like this and EDUCATE us all.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4126338">Trumystique</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4126338" class="dsq-comment-message">Please note this talk was oriented to people in the community and what they could do about HIV/AIDS. As a result there was no talk about the structural reasons ( poverty, lack of access to healthcare, education, gender/race/heterosexist discrimination) for the pattern of HIV in our community.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4135282" class="dsq-comment-message">Trumystique, thanks for all you do!  I worked on an HIV/AIDS unit before retiring from nursing.  Information is power!</div>\
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