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There are a series of historical pictures of billary's coiffs(sp).  :&gt;)<br><a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gallaries/hillary_plays_a_new_part/hillary_plays_a_new_part.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.nydailynews.com/news/gallaries/hillary_play...</a>.<br><br>Praying for the hook-up!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>It was said tha that one moved.  Lawd.  Try this one.<br><a href=\"http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/07/16/2008-07-16_hillary_clintons_parting_shot_her_do_go.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/07/16/20...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_21:46:54", "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": 928091, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "920580": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/world/middleeast/17voices.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin\" rel=\"nofollow\">In Iraq, Mixed Feelings About Obama and His Troop Proposal</a><br><br><i>BAGHDAD \u2014 A tough Iraqi general, a former special operations officer with a baritone voice and a barrel chest, melted into smiles when asked about Senator Barack Obama.<br><br>\u201cEveryone in Iraq likes him,\u201d said the general, Nassir al-Hiti. \u201cI like him. He\u2019s young. Very active. We would be very happy if he was elected president.\u201d<br><br>But mention Mr. Obama\u2019s plan for withdrawing American soldiers, and the general stiffens. <br><br>\u201cVery difficult,\u201d he said, shaking his head. \u201cAny army would love to work without any help, but let me be honest: for now, we don\u2019t have that ability.\u201d</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_10:13:09", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "922119": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I've noticed an irritating meme spreading through the MSM about John McCain \"deserving credit\" just for showing up at the NAACP yesterday. If I may be so droll, my response to that is:<br><br>Giving McCain credit just for showing up at the NAACP is like giving me credit for saving a family in an expressway accident just because I slowed my car down long enough to watch.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_12:00:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "eclecticbrotha", "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}, "921097": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I guess it's better late than never, but still.......", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_10:45:13", "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": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 920213, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "923149": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Town:  RUBBER BAND BRAIN!!!!  SEE I told you!  ?????????  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_13:23:26", "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": 922995, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "920078": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/07/gore_to_give_major_speech_on_e.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gore to give major speech on energy and environment</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_09:40:10", "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}, "925713": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "John McCain is boring. Barack Obama is exciting.<br><br>No matter who you support, you cannot deny it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_16:46:06", "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": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 925650, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "926227": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "While i understand the motivation behind posting Robeson's picture, the fact remains he was an apologist for one of the worst mass murderers in history.  That outweighs whatever accomplishments he made on stage.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_17:41:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "14240024090a37c7947486b97572c09d", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "922133": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "D. has shaken hands with the <i>Prez</i>\u2026impressive! D. should be in politics\u2026IMHO.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_12:01:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "Karmi", "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": 921744, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "921110": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Or Massa Bill and Missy Hillary gave them permission.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_10:46:06", "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": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 920257, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "924695": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I've always been of the opinion that McCain would have to outmass Obama-that is, turn out more people sympathetic to him than Obama does-in order to win.<br><br>He's not making the effort to do that....not in VA, or anywhere that I can tell. <br><br>I'll see who shows up on Saturday, but single digit offices against Obama's 20 ain't gonna cut it.<br><br>Everywhere I go in VA, I'm going to have a minimum of 2-3 Obama offices within a half hour drive. That's not beneficial to me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_15:25:34", "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": 924519, "depth": 8, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "921112": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"I live in Arlington, VA (100% Obama nation) and McCain's adds have been airing here.\"<br><br><br>Ok, I see what's going on now.  McCain didn't think he'd have to fight for VA because VA has always been red so the GOP wasn't going to put that many resources into the state.   The quote from the VA McCain chairman (\"I don't know why Obama's doing that because he doesn't have the support or momentum in VA\") tells what the attitude really is. <br><br> BUT Obama is making a serious play for the state and if he can run up the score in NOVA and down the 95/64 corridor he could possibly win.  McCain and them realize that too so they're gonna try to run their own score up in Nova because the rest of VA (beyond the 95/64 corridor where the black folks live) will reliably fall in line behind McCain.  <br><br>The key to VA is Northern Virginia.  Because I live along that 95/64 corridor and I have yet to see a McCain ad on TV.<br><br>That's probably where you'll see all the Jim Gilmore ads too because he really doesn't have the money to air ads like talking about it.  I heard Mark Warner outraised him 9 to 1.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_10:46:24", "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": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 920828, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "921114": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't think Charlie would know what time it really is anyway.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_10:46:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "29f6805818d1f575c4b8e2182a2ac4ce", "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": 920533, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "922652": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Folks are yawning through McCain's warmongering speech. They're standing up and applauding as well.<br><br>But he's a one-note politician. <br><br>\"We have succeded in Iraq.\"<br><br>Okay, then let's move on.<br><br>\"But that success is fragile and if we retreat the way Senator Obama wants us to, we won't win.\"<br><br>Huh?<br><br>\"I've put my country first throughout my entire life.\"<br><br>No, you haven'.t", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_12:41:31", "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}, "920094": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/opinion/17peters.html?_r=2&ref=opinion&oref=slogin&oref=slogin\" rel=\"nofollow\">Obama at the Gate</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_09:41:30", "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}, "920612": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Our troops will come home when conditions on the ground permit the Iraqi government to take full responsibility for their country's security.<br><br>That hasn't happened.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_10:14:37", "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": 14, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 920512, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "920103": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.usnews.com/blogs/barone/2008/7/16/latest-presidential-polls-show-a-new-list-of-target-states-for-obama-and-mccain.html?s_cid=newtargetstates\" rel=\"nofollow\">Latest Presidential Polls Show a New List of Target States for Obama and McCain</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_09:42:40", "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}, "920071": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/17/america/17anchors.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">Media stars will accompany Obama overseas</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_09:39:21", "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": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "922670": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It's a long read but here you go<br><a href=\"http://www.counterpunch.org/richman02062008.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.counterpunch.org/richman02062008.html</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_12:43:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "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": 921696, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "924209": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I keep hearing claims that McCain's spending more money on ads, has more ads running, than Obama. I wonder [assuming this is even true] if this is just because Obama's spending more money on ground organizing and is less interested in just ads. <br><br>I wonder if there's some way to get a list of exactly how many offices each candidate has in each state?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_14:44:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "0800a8f74d23d39eb9819b1330390f07", "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": 920064, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "920125": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Saw that this morning.....and threw up. The whole world's about to come down on my head.<br><br>And if any JJPers plan on coming along to play in my state, please let me know so I can keep my people away from you!!! <br><br>(kidding, of course......maybe....)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_09:44:08", "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": 15, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 920064, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "922686": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes, a <a href=\"http://swamphermit.wordpress.com/2008/07/09/what-jesse-and-other-black-activists-don%e2%80%99t-understand%e2%80%a6/#more-354\" rel=\"nofollow\">Communist.</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_12:44:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "Karmi", "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": 922580, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "926645": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I just raised this issue this morning, and \"looky here!  looky here!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  BUT, I KNOW that the \"Kiss my A$$\" action was NOT the motivation!  Maybe he was put in check by a \"YA BETTER GET TA STEPPIN' ON IT\" mosquito!!<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/17/clinton-says-hes-ready-to_n_113383\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/17/clinton-says-...</a><br><br>Lawd help me get this site correct!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_18:30:21", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "927810": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Sorry to sound so stupid, but, can you give me an example...i.e  what is<br>\"your text\".    For example I see articles I would like to link to jjp but I<br>just haven't figured out how to do that.   I appreciate your tips, but, I am<br>not tech savvy and I still don't know what you mean.<br><br>Angela", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_20:58:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "Angela1", "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": 925879, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "927302": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You are absolutely correct on all points!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_19:51:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "jelana", "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": 926474, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "920135": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://deepbackground.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/16/1202484.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\"> White-power groups recruiting from military</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_09:44:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "b8b9328e61e0094ae18e247c922f9dc7", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "921163": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Give it to Hugh Laurie!! Okay, fangirl moment has passed. Yeah, I know but I cannot chose whom I am smitten with. Powerless.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_10:49:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "29f6805818d1f575c4b8e2182a2ac4ce", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 920273, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "920653": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I live in VA.  I have not seen not ONE McCain commercial on TV.  But Obama's commercials are being played ad nauseum.  I have seen very few McCain signs and bumper stickers.  I see more Bush/Cheney bumper stickers riding by than McCain stickers.  I live in a congressional district (7th) that is 100% going to McCain in November; yet again I've seen very few McCain signs.   From my understanding McCain only has 4 (?) offices in VA.   Does McCain not think he has to put resources in VA?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_10:16:48", "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": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 920510, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "920148": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/204384.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">McCain's Whining Strategy About Obama's  Overseas Trip</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_09:45:35", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "924757": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Bperiod, I wonder if that author ever wrote about Bush's Saudi friends, their link to 9-11 or even the Bush family working with Nazis? Something tells me no.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_15:30:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef6b300676d1702a1666b17cc6a7403f", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "925783": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "simply put...and quite funny", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_16:52:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "Texas_Girl_in_LA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 925713, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "922202": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I guess that Mr. Obama has not YET done the  \"Kiss my A$$\" thing, soooo bill has turned his attention to fighting malaria-infested mosquitos??????   That'll show'im!  :&gt;)<br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/17/bill-clintons0next-fight_n_113265.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/17/bill-clintons...</a><br><br>I hope this works.  I keep practicing er'ryday!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_12:06:13", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "921696": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Empire?<br><br>Show me one piece of Iraqi territory that we have raised our flag over in conquest.<br><br>I'll wait.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_11:26:59", "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": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 921583, "depth": 4, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "920162": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://thepage.time.com/2008/07/17/insurance-industry-forming-activist-army/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Insurance Industry Forming Activist Army</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_09:46:20", "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}, "921187": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Castlewood is in Russell County, out in Appalachia.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_10:51:29", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 920801, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "922217": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Wait, what?  Is your connection, Obama's childhood/friend/mentor, knew Paul Robeson, who knew/and/or liked Stalin, so we should watch out for Obama because there is a cult of personality around both?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_12:07:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef781b639c890767ebd1ce99011c3afa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 921990, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "922218": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Good. The further he is away from reporters the better I like it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_12:07:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "eclecticbrotha", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 922202, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "921199": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Obama fundraising + DNC fundraising = $92 million cash on hand. I guess the media keeps making stuff up.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_10:52:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "LisaM5432", "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": 920301, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "925810": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/17/iraq.afghanistan.ap/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Quiet Iraq streets leave soldiers yearning for Afghanistan</a><br><br><i>With violence in Iraq at its lowest level in four years and the war in Afghanistan at a peak, the soldiers serving at patrol station Maverick say Gebhart's view is increasingly common, especially among younger soldiers looking to prove themselves in battle.</i><br><br>Our Troops are volunteers\u2026volunteered to fight, and want some more action.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_16:56:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Karmi", "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": 924802, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "923838": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Okay, that says that some of the attacks against our country and interests have been retaliatory (sp?), due to our foreign policy. I don't completely disagree with that.<br><br>But it still leaves my question unanswered.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_14:15:40", "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": 922670, "depth": 6, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "920183": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.mydd.com/story/2008/7/16/211245/722\" rel=\"nofollow\">John McCain Adopts Barack Obama's Afghanistan Policy And No One Notices</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_09:47:21", "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": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "925817": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Sounds like my diet, especially if you substitute Utz potato chips for the Funyuns.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_16:57:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "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": 924812, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "922234": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "OMG.  I had completely forgotten about the virtual VJ--it was like a bad, hot ghetto mess nightmare.   Great, now I'm probably going to dream about her tonight.  Thanks Jay :)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_12:09:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef781b639c890767ebd1ce99011c3afa", "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": 920213, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "926763": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Barack outmaneuvered him on that one.   McCain's idea was for O to go to Iraq under his supervision.  Barack's going without McCain....and taking the press with him lol.  So, to salvage that failed strategy, McBush says he's glad that Hagel is going with Barack...I guess Hagel is supposed to be the defacto supervisor.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_18:44:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "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": 920148, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "924802": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "They need to send you and all of your kind to fight in Iraq and bring the rest of the troops home.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_15:34:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "ebecbd3d000916c390820264bf726d5c", "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": 924367, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "924291": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "did y'all see this latest mess:<br><br>T-Shirt Wearer Beaten Up By Teens Wants to Sue Designer<br><a href=\"http://www.livesteez.com/news/news_detail/934\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.livesteez.com/news/news_detail/934</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_14:51:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "cc6569f8cbd4abd6bef53a2f883f8ca5", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "924292": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Not sure if y'all have seen this...but...WOW:<br><a href=\"http://www.irontontribune.com/articles/2008/07/16/opinion/columns/column01.txt\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.irontontribune.com/articles/2008/07/...</a><br><br><br>Public shouldn\u2019t fall for Obama\u2019s rhetoric<br>Wednesday, July 16, 2008 11:36 AM EDT<br>The political correctness thought police won\u2019t tolerate what you\u2019re about to read.<br><br>I\u2019m throwing the \u201cbogus\u201d flag upon the presidential bid of Marxist-Socialist turned Democrat Senator from Illinois, Barack Hussein Obama.<br><br>Somewhere around 75 or so years ago, from out of nowhere a stealth politician arose.<br><br>He too sought the nomination for his nation\u2019s highest office; refreshingly different from other politicians of the era. This Austrian born wallpaper hanger\u2019s background is too much like our Illinois lawyer\u2019s. Both reared in single parent households; neither brought much of a resume on the campaign trail. The one hung wallpaper the other hung \u201cpresent\u201d votes. Neither has an authentic performance record for which the electorate might judge the candidate.<br><br>Our lawyer turned Senator keeps some odd company \u2014 maybe we should pay more attention to the \u201ccommunity\u201d Mr. Obama keeps as a \u201cCommunity Activist.\u201d Because the company the paper hanger kept, unfortunately, wasn\u2019t important to the inspired masses of three-quarters of a century ago. This clean and articulate new politician was active in a community of Marx inspired Socialists.<br><br>The paper hanger, just as the lawyer, delivered wonderful, inspirational public speeches. Both spoke of the \u201cchange\u201d and \u201chope\u201d their election might bring if people would \u201cbelieve in\u201d their country. Steeped in a similar class warfare rhetoric; their speeches emphasize the rich were keeping the poor people down.<br><br>Meanwhile, energy prices were raging out of control. If the streetcar was late, you\u2019d miss a bank deposit; so now you\u2019ll get more warmth from burning your wheelbarrow full of bank notes than from the coal you\u2019d purchase by the bill\u2019s face value. \u201cChange\u201d would improve the transportation infrastructure.<br><br>And in both cases \u201cchange\u201d means free health care for everyone, increased equal rights, a retirement income, guaranteed wages, unemployment benefits, free child care, and more gun control. Trains and streetcars would run on time only if their party was elected. The list went on and on. The candidate gave people \u201chope.\u201d It was the kind of \u201cchange\u201d people might \u201cbelieve in.\u201d<br><br>Unfortunately, for both cases, the mass media is mesmerized by the candidate\u2019s rhetoric and oratory style, instead of questioning the unknown candidate\u2019s background extensively.<br><br>Without a track record to judge the man by, people simply fall for the rhetoric. The German people had to \u201cbelieve.\u201d They wanted \u201cchange.\u201d And through \u201chope,\u201d they only had to \u201cbelieve\u201d what Adolph Hitler and the Nazis said; without questioning what Hitler and his Marxist-Socialists pals had really designed behind the scenes.<br><br>Certainly, it was \u201cchange.\u201d Did Germany \u201cbelieve\u201d this might happen? Was this the kind of \u201cchange\u201d everybody would \u201chope\u201d for and \u201cbelieve in?\u201d These are \u201cjust words,\u201d as Senator Obama says. Relativism, whatever anyone wants the \u201cwords\u201d to mean.<br><br>According to a Daniel Flynn expose titled Obama\u2019s Boys of Summer, (<a href=\"http://www.city-journal.org/2008/eon0629df.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.city-journal.org/2008/eon0629df.html</a>) the lawyer\u2019s community is the Who\u2019s Who of the 1968 Democratic Convention Marxist-Socialist inspired Students for a Democratic Society and the Weather Underground movements.<br><br>Michael Klonsky, Carl Davidson, Bob Pardun, Paul Buhle, Tom Hayden, Todd Gitlin, plus Mickey and Dick Flacks. Yes, we ought to know more about this \u201ccommunity\u201d of Marx inspired Socialists our lawyer Barry is \u201cactive\u201d in.<br><br>The Nazis always knew what their version of Adolph\u2019s \u201cwords\u201d meant to them. To the public these \u201cwords\u201d were vague platitudes which could be interpreted in any feel good way. Nobody cared to ask what Mr. Hitler\u2019s \u201cwords\u201d meant. And too little was known about the National Socialist community he actively kept.<br><br>Later, in the spirit of \u201cfairness,\u201d the opposition press was silenced. Guns were controlled, religion was suppressed; and the world again experienced what a Marxist-Socialist actually means by \u201cchange.\u201d<br><br>Joseph Benning is a U.S. veteran who is originally from Illinois but now calls Lawrence County home. He and his wife have an agribusiness in Lawrence Township. Benning can be reached at <a href=\"mailto:Whisperer45645@yahoo.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Whisperer45645@yahoo.com</a>.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_14:51:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "648259d9e4e4c2907beb37f012ef0246", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "922646": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Corporate empire, did you see that Coke sign? That's the flag.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_12:41:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "29f6805818d1f575c4b8e2182a2ac4ce", "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": 921696, "depth": 5, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "924865": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Been there, done that. Would go back if I could.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_15:38:31", "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": 924802, "depth": 6, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "926856": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Twins born in Germany....one black and one white.<br><br>Just in time for Barack's visit!<br><br>LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_18:55:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "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}, "926804": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh my, Sheila Jackson was just on a clip and her hair looked like she just rolled out of bed!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_18:48:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "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}, "923671": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  Obviously - YES!   :&gt;)  :&gt;)  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_14:02:42", "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": 920306, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "924812": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "How dare Barack not subsist on a diet of Popeye's, Funyuns, and orange soda.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_15:34:40", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 922885, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "925839": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "craig:  TRU DAT!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_16:59:41", "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": 925713, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "921744": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You are a lost cause.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_11:31:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "f9aaa8acc43fd7620185ff90cef3c05a", "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": 921696, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "925940": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "are those the government check that he gets tax free?<br><br>one of his government checks is non-taxable.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_17:09:28", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 925378, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "920213": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://eurweb.com/story/eur45344.cfm\" rel=\"nofollow\">BET plans political coverage</a> I'm just glad the host won't be that ghetto virtual VJ Cita.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_09:49:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "b8b9328e61e0094ae18e247c922f9dc7", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "926358": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL. I actually thought Cita was pretty funny. :)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_17:55:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "CarolinagirlinGA", "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": 922234, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "922779": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://FiveThirtyEight.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">FiveThirtyEight.com</a> does the electoral map<br><br><a href=\"http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/07/538-battlegrounds-as-of-mid-july.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/07/538-batt...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_12:51:43", "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}, "926366": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>Has anyone noticed how the GOP's websiteis filled with images/information about Obama (of course mostly unfavorable), but no mention of their presumptive nominee?</i><br><br>Makes sense to me. McCain has nothing really going for him except \"oooh, don't vote for the scary Black guy running against me.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_17:56:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "4ec3c0272b87ba5c8ce3a9168cf4e78a", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 920428, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "922277": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "YEP!!!  Additionally, he has shown his \"erstwhile arse\" and his jealousy by NOT campaigning.  AND-MOST IMPORTANTLY - bill has \"DISSED\" billary - ONE MO' 'GAIN!  And there is NO WOMAN involved!  Big time DISS - on all fronts!! You go bill!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_12:12:43", "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": 922218, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "924839": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Are you fucking kidding me??????????  I'm laughing my ass off that the teens beat that fool up, good!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_15:36:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "BlackAmericanPrincess", "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": 924291, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "921256": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "How paternalistic.   I suppose it's the US who will determine when Iraq is able to take full responsibility....The invasion and occupation has unstabilized Iraq and made it insecure.<br><br>Maliki wants you the hell out of his country.  The Iraqi's will have to wage all out war to force your withdrawal.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_10:56:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "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": 920612, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "922800": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Terrific piece on Atlanta and its contradictions<br><br><a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/11/AR2008071102393.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_12:52:44", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "927921": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes, McCain is better than a sleeping pill.   No medical side affects!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_21:11:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "Angela1", "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": 925713, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "920756": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The news memo  that was secretly sent out:John McCain is the defacto white candidate so ignore he doesn't know the difference between Shia and Sunni,do not piss off the elderly by reporting that he calls the way we fund social security a disgrace and his chief economic policy was the \"brains\" of the current banking mess Report it as a slip of the tongue that he keeps referencing a country (Czechoslovakia) that hasn't existed for over 15 years. And for gods sake paint Obama as a flip flopper on campaign finance while just ignoring McCain breaking the law during the primaries even though Obama position has remain the same on Iraq say McCain is brilliant for recognizing Afghanistan as the clusterf*ck that it is.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_10:21:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "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": 920183, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "922806": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "DailyKos really went after the NYTimes for their ' race' headlines (from the poll)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/7/16/6223/05605/885/552365\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/7/16/6223/05...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_12:53:17", "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}, "925879": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Angela,<br><br>You need to use the following html tags:<br><br>bold = &lt; b &gt; your text &lt; / b &gt;<br>italics = &lt; i &gt; your text &lt; / i &gt;<br>indent = &lt; blockquote &gt; your text &lt; / blockquote &gt;<br>link = &lt; a  href =http://www.yourlink.com&gt; your text &lt; / a   href &gt;<br><br>I put spaces within the brackets so that the tags would show without being activated. Be sure to remove these spaces (except one space in \"a href\") when using them.<br><br>Hope this helps!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_17:02:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "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": 925650, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "927931": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Angela1, you would type this in where you wanted the link to show -- But without the spaces (except leave the one between a and href at the beginning).<br><br>&lt; a href = \"www.washingtonpost.com\" &gt; Look at this article in the Washington Post! &lt; / a &gt;<br><br>The web address you would actually use would be the one that is in your address bar when you are looking at the actual article (just copy and paste it is usually easiest).<br><br>Without the spaces it would look like this:<br><br><a href=\"www.washingtonpost.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Look at this article in the Washington Post!</a><br><br>Let's see if this works. The code I use doesn't have that last href in there that taritac uses, but it seems to work the same.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_21:12:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "4ec3c0272b87ba5c8ce3a9168cf4e78a", "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": 927855, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "922814": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I liked this diary:<br><br>\"But if I vote for Obama, I don't know what will happen!\"<br><br><a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/7/16/21043/0726/524/552742\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/7/16/21043/0...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_12:53:51", "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}, "922485": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "They are revealing themselves to be petulant little children.<br><br>They find anything to whine about as it relates to Barack.<br><br>They know it's all about Barack.<br><br>If they want it to be about them, then they need to do something to make it that way. But they can't. And they know it.<br><br>Cry me a fcuking river.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_12:29:32", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 920148, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "920257": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "they were embarrassed because of what TVOne is planning.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_09:51:12", "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": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 920213, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "925378": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What a hypocrite<br>McCain Gets Social Security Benefits But Calls Current System A \"Disgrace\"<br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/17/mccain-gets-social-securi_n_113367.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/17/mccain...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_16:18:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "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}, "920260": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Billboard_uses_burning_WTC_to_say_0715.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Billboard reads: 'Please don't vote for a democrat'</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_09:51:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "b8b9328e61e0094ae18e247c922f9dc7", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "921804": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks you, rikyrah. I haven't been following. <br><br>Now I see Tamrond discussing the word with a very together brother.<br><br>Fox won't release the tape, huh?<br><br>So, that means he might not have actually said it. (Not that I believe he didn't say it, but still...)<br><br>I guess public discussions of the word remain useful.<br><br>I guess.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_11:35:51", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 920045, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "921292": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Gilmore's a lost cause; haven't signed on for that suicide mission.<br><br>McCain will carry SW Virginia definitely. From where I'm sitting, everything else is up in the air. Even Hampton Roads, where you'd think the military community would strongly lean McCain. I spend most of my time there, and haven't seen a single McCain ad. Saw an Obama one on the 10pm news last night, though (followed by a VFF ad; not sure how effective it is to show them that late. Oh well).<br><br>McCain can win without NVA; he just has to carry the rest of the state. That will be difficult at best....and just became a lot more so.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_10:59:39", "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": 921112, "depth": 7, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "924367": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Do you really believe our country isn't secure? More importantly, do you really believe that we want to stay in Iraq forever?<br><br>Cause no one I know wants that.<br><br>And before anyone says, \"Well, McCain said.....,\" you might want to read the entire \"100 years\" quote.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_14:57:15", "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": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 923074, "depth": 4, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "926928": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL<br><br>Just the description cracks me up.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_19:04:19", "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": 926804, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "929489": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm so relieved.  I was getting kinda worried there.  People are struggling with food & gas prices....and yet they give. <br><br>Still, there's something perverse about this political machinery that eats up so much money when there's such economic hardship.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-18_00:40:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "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": 920301, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "925394": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You need to go take your meds", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_16:19:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "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": 924292, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "928378": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "No Charles for me, he will always be \"Charlie\". Or maybe douche bag after that debate with Mr. Stuppleupagus.<br><br>I read on a gossip site that Andrea Mitchell had bigfooted her way into covering Obama on his overseas voyage, while pushing aside her network coworker Lee Cowan. Cowan apparently has been a constant in Obama's traveling press corp putting his life on hold to travel with him.<br>I can believe the story. I can't stand Andrea Mitchell.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_21:59:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "Honey01", "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": 920533, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "922847": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't know how, but I'll pass the request on.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_12:56:11", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 922414, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "920801": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The McCain Hampton Roads office opens this weekend. He's just starting to put resources in the Commonwealth.<br><br>When I moved from DC back to VA, I would regularly ask about what efforts there were in VA. To date, none-except at the national HQ in Arlington.<br><br>I think McCain either expected VA to fall in his lap, or Obama not to fight for it. Either way, he's wrong.<br><br>I expected the Richmond/Hampton Roads/Northern VA offices from Obama. <br><br>But Castlewood? I don't even know where the hell that is.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_10:24:42", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 920653, "depth": 5, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "922341": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Don't ask me questions...do your own research, and find out for yourself. <br><br>Most African-Americans expected Obama to carry on with the \"Race Issue\" - <i>in the usual manner </i>- and are somewhat surprised that he doesn\u2019t. Obama  is a communist, so the \"Race Issue\" is way down on his list of issues...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_12:17:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "Karmi", "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": 922217, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "920273": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The Emmy Nominations were announced. <br>Mad Men got a nod!! 16 nominations!!<br>30 Rock got 17 nominations. <br>Two and  a Half Men? Huh?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_09:52:47", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "923881": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I broke down the idiocy of Dowd's column over at my spot.  <a href=\"http://ravingblacklunatic.blogspot.com/2008/07/shuffle-shuffle-dance-jig-dance.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ravingblacklunatic.blogspot.com/2008/07/...</a><br><br>It's amazing how much more comfortable white people are with black people who smile a lot. If they don't see teeth, something must be wrong with us.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_14:19:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "708ead3dff706cb871012a39aff847ed", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "922858": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "My dear Karmi.  If you didn't want to defend/explain your post, then why post it?  And can you tell me where I can find that survey  about what  \"most African-Americans\" expect from Obama because for whatever reason, I didn't get mine in the mail.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_12:57:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef781b639c890767ebd1ce99011c3afa", "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": 922341, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "928492": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Your text\" is the stuff you want people to see. The text that is in between the brackets is not visible, including long URLs (web addresses).<br><br>It seems like you are asking how to link to a particular article instead of just the main page of the Washington Post (or wherever). To do this:<br><br>1) Go to the article you want to link to, and copy the address in the browser's address bar (highlight the whole address/URL, right click on it, select \"copy\"). <br><br>2) Then, go to the comment you are writing.<br><br>3) Type the necessary tags and paste the URL you copied into the tag<br><br>4) Then type the text you want to be visible to other readers.<br><br>So if you want to link to the article about AKAs march in DC, you would type in the comment box (without the spaces except in \"a href\"):<br><br>&lt; a href = <a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/17/AR2008071701382.html?hpid=artslot\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a>&gt; Sorority Leads March for Change &lt; / a href &gt;<br><br>In this case, \"your text\" is Sorority Leads March for Change. The URL beginning with \"http:// . . . \" is what is copied from the browser on the article you want linked and pasted.<br><br>The link would look like this: <br><a href=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/17/AR2008071701382.html?hpid=artslot rel=\"nofollow\">Sorority Leads March for Change</a href >", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_22:14:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "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": 927810, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "920301": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Wow!  52 million in June.<br><br>If you had listened to the MSM you'd have thought that he was about to go in debt (lol).  Very impressive.  <br><br>He might take a dip in July, but I think August (VP pick and historic convention) is gonna break the bank!<br><br>And could the MSM please stop dealing in hyperbole when it comes to Obama?  They make things out to be much worse than they are.  <br><br>Obama has money problems = 52 million in one month!<br><br>Obama has a problem with xyz voters = a steady lead in the national polls and an estimate 310-320 electoral vote total (based on current state polls).<br><br>I've had my concerns about his campaign operations (I'd like for him to be more aggressive), but it looks like he's doing very well.<br><br>Great news.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_09:54:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "B_Serious", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 920049, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "920306": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The Horn Rimmed Handkerchief Head is on....would it hurt him to have an original thought?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_09:54:55", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "921843": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hey NMP- I'm an Arlingtonian for Obama too.  Wanna do some VA voter registration with me?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_11:38:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "bittersweet", "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": 920828, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "920308": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/07/disaffected-lib.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">GOP ask Net for advice...Paulites answer the call, and answer and answer</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_09:55:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "b8b9328e61e0094ae18e247c922f9dc7", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "921845": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "We've rid the country of WMD's, and executed its erstwhile leader.<br><br>Our job is done.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_11:38:36", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 920580, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "927990": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ok, that didn't work, I forgot to do the <a href=\"http://\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://</a> before the www.<br><br>So the link doesn't go anywhere, let me try again:<br><br>1. Here is the generic link code with added spaces so you can see it:<br><br>&lt;a href = \"full address including <a href=\"http://\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://</a> if it's in the address bar\" &gt; Text to be displayed as the link &lt; /a&gt;<br><br>2. What you would type in for your washingtonpost example, also with extra spaces so you can see it:<br><br><a href = \"http://www.washingtonpost.com/\"  rel=\"nofollow\"> Look at this Washington post article &lt; /a &gt;<br><br>3. Removing the spaces (as you should) except for the space between the a and href, this is what it would look like on the page:<br><br><br><a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Look at this Washington post article</a></a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_21:19:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "4ec3c0272b87ba5c8ce3a9168cf4e78a", "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": 927931, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "926456": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What else can they talk about? He's a dangerous fool without a message.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_18:07:44", "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": 920428, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "920314": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You might need to be admitted to the hospital if Obama wins VA.  This means he ain't playin'.  If he can run up the vote in NOVA and down the I-95/I-64 corridor as well as pick off the college towns like Charlottesville, he could very possibly win Virginia.  Remember, NOVA is the most populous and most rapidly turning Democratic part of the state.  Fairfax County alone has 1 million people and Virginia only has 7 million people.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_09:55:33", "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": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 920125, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "920828": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I live in Arlington, VA (100% Obama nation) and McCain's adds have been airing here.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_10:26:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 920653, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "921344": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Barack Obama tells Glamour: \"Debate me, not Michelle\"<br><br><a href=\"http://www.glamour.com/news/blogs/glamocracy/2008/07/barack-obama-ta.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.glamour.com/news/blogs/glamocracy/20...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_11:03:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "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}, "927855": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Let me give an example....I am <a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.washingtonpost.com</a> and see and article I<br>would like to link to jjp.....how do I link that particular article?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_21:02:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Angela1", "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": 925879, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "926467": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "So now this lameduck administration does what Barack has been talking about for two years? <br><br>Unreal.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_18:08:54", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 920476, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "922885": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "From the Columbia Journalism Review:<br><br>Another day, another shockingly dumb column by Maureen Dowd in The New York Times. <br><br>Dowd starts out by complaining that Obama had an \u201cicy reaction\u201d to the infamous New Yorker cover. \u201cIf Obama keeps being stingy with his quips and smiles,\u201d she writes, \u201cand if the dominant perception of him is that you can\u2019t make jokes about him, it might infect his campaign with an airless quality.\u201d<br><br>First of all, Dowd shows not even the slightest recognition that if \u201cthe dominant perception\u201d of Obama becomes that you can\u2019t make jokes about him, it\u2019ll likely be thanks in part to Maureen Dowd.<br><br>The only evidence presented in the column that Obama has been \u201cstingy with his quips and smiles,\u201d by the way, is that he didn\u2019t laugh at a drawing depicting him as a Muslim supporter of Bin Laden and his wife as a gun-toting Black Panther. Meanwhile, John McCain, who once reportedly called his wife a \u201ccunt\u201d after she joshed him, in front of reporters, about going bald, strikes Dowd as \u201ca guy who can be teased harmlessly.\u201d<br><br>But Dowd has another concern about Obama. He\u2019s \u201cin danger of seeming too prissy about food.\u201d <br><br>In reality, it would be more accurate to say that he already seems this way\u2026to Maureen Dowd. During the primaries, Dowd began to sense that Obama might not be a big fan of junk food. Since then, she has elevated this observation to the status of a brilliant character-revealing aper\u00e7u. She has mined every available piece of evidence in a dogged campaign to turn Obama\u2019s eating habits into a proxy for his alleged inability to relate to those white working-class Americans for whom, from her Georgetown townhouse, she claims to speak. <br><br>In last week\u2019s column, titled \u201cNo Ice Cream, Senator?\u201d, she criticized his \u201cfinicky, abstemious tastes,\u201d and highlighted the fact that his daughter had revealed he doesn\u2019t like sweets or ice cream.<br><br>In April, she noted that, after Obama \u201cforce-fed\u201d himself waffles, pancakes, sausage, and a Philly cheese steak, he was \u201cclearly a man who can\u2019t wait to get back to his organic scrambled egg whites.\u201d<br><br>The previous week, she had described him as \u201cresisting as the natives tried to fatten him up like a foie-gras goose.\u201d<br><br>And two weeks before that, she had revealed to readers that, at a Pennsylvania chocolate shop, Obama \u201cspent most of his time skittering away from chocolate goodies, as though he were a starlet obsessing on a svelte waistline,\u201d and that he declined a chocolate cake with frosting, saying \u201cthat\u2019s too decadent for me.\u201d<br><br>Is it just me, or is there something a bit sad about using your New York Times column to pay this level of attention to a candidate\u2019s eating habits?<br><br>Dowd concludes today\u2019s column with perhaps her most revealing observation: \u201cIf Obama gets elected and there is nothing funny about him, it won\u2019t be the economy that\u2019s depressed. It\u2019ll be the rest of us.\u201d<br><br>Really? It\u2019s definitely true that a president who\u2019s hard to make fun of would make Maureen Dowd\u2019s life more difficult\u2014which is what seems to be the concern here. Still, most Americans don\u2019t write shallow political commentary for a living. And, call me crazy, but I kind of think that after eight disastrous years under a president who got into office in part because he seemed like an easy-going guy, they\u2019d settle for a president who was, you know, good at being president. <br><br><br>CJR", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_13:01:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "e1e14398c00f730e4f2f2710fcbfed5d", "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}, "927496": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah,<br><br>Ok...IF there is a video, please please post", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_20:17:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "Texas_Girl_in_LA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 925906, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "926474": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>I've noticed an irritating meme spreading through the MSM about John McCain \"deserving credit\" just for showing up at the NAACP yesterday.</i><br><br>White privilege -- Credit For Just Showing Up.<br><br>White privilege -- being taken seriously as a presidential candidate at all with nothing much to offer the nation.<br><br>Meanwhile, nothing Senator Obama does is really good enough.  Today in the article I read about how he raised 52 million, they went to how this now sets the bar for all months to come and the implication is he will be failing if he doesn't do this well every time.<br><br>It's almost always like that, it seems to me - media reveling in how and in what ways are Senator Obama's actual accomplishments really not good enough (how his accomplishments are really failures if viewd through the \"right\" lens). <br><br>Another example: He's ahead in the polls, but why isn't he more ahead? <br><br>I was saying to my gf last night that if he wins the election with less than 100% then it will be all about how he failed and doesn't have a real mandate.<br><br>And while it's the mainstream media doing a lot of this, I see echoes and encouragements from the way that people will take it on themselves to write blogs and comments about how Senator Obama isn't doing things right and what he should do to correct what he is doing. <br><br>Like that whole thing about his press people -- some progressive blogger types saying his press people are bad and he should hire Clinton people. Why? She lost despite having nearly every advantage. Senator Obama bested her in the primaries, but apparently that wasn't really good enough so he should fire whoever he has doing his media now and hire her people because he's supposedly not doing good enough. If his campaign can't singlehandedly control the media and prevent all bad or potentially problematic press then he is supposedly failing.<br><br>And the interesting thing is unlike others, Senator Obama doesn't whine about this kind of thing. The White Privilege Candidates whine at the drop of a hat but Senator Obama doesn't seem to do that, from what I have seen.<br><br>.... Wow that turned into quite a little rant.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_18:09:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "4ec3c0272b87ba5c8ce3a9168cf4e78a", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 922119, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "922379": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Fuming but not surprised that The Wire was snubbed yet again.  But good to see Mad Men get all the props it did, I'm obsessed with that show.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_12:21:02", "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": 920273, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "928012": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL! I give up! <br><br>I can't do this over the internet apparently. Someone else should be able to, though.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_21:21:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "4ec3c0272b87ba5c8ce3a9168cf4e78a", "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": 927990, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "920336": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The man has got his ish together!  He's almost always one step ahead.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_09:56:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "B_Serious", "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": 920064, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "924742": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Two weird even for the Wire<br>.How black Baltimore drug dealers are<br>using white supremacist legal<br>theories to confound the Feds.<br><a href=\"http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2008/0805.carey.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2008/...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_15:29:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "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}, "923157": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That what Jesse gets for appearing on Fox News in the first place They knew that mic was hot.  It was a set up.  Notice the timing of the releases.  Instead of talking about Bush and Rove and Torturegate and all the other real issues we are talking about Jesse calling Obama the N word.  It's a weapon of mass distraction.   I'm with Whoopi and Sherri.  Black folks can use the N word all they want to.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_13:23:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "03c199c607a1578bbac1d88a28cb1108", "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": 921986, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "922414": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Anybody who can get Governor Patterson's clip off MSNBC and post it needs to.<br><br>Amongst other good remarks, he ended with something like, \"Everytime I look up, somebody is trying to get attention off the back of Barack Obama.\"<br><br>He mentioned Michelle as a great wife and professional success story and had his own visceral take on the New Yorker cover.<br><br>Good stuff.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_12:23:58", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "926513": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "well hi there troll person. Is this a paid gig or just for fun? Don't bother answering. I don't actually care.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_18:13:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "4ec3c0272b87ba5c8ce3a9168cf4e78a", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 924292, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "922421": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "TW:  In another post, I suggested the concept of the \"RUBBER BAND BRAIN (MIND)\".  It was based on my recollection of an \"old school\" song - The Rubberband Man\" and it was a way of describing how people can STRETCH their gray matter to CONNECT two diametrically opposed ideas and then they conclude -    \"SEE!  I TOLD YOU!\"  This is a prime example of the \"RUBBER BAND BRAIN (MIND)\"<br>concept.   SEE I TOLD YOU!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  Deep breaths!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_12:24:21", "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": 922217, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "920887": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh, they noticed; they just chose not to report it, like everything else that would duely damage McCain's campaign.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_10:29:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 920183, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "921934": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Didn't I just read you say that you wanted Barack to be more aggressive?<br><br>(wink).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_11:45:41", "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": 920336, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "922448": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Rachel Maddow noticed. I believe there was commentary on it during her stint filling in for Keith.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_12:26:36", "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": 920183, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "925522": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You ever wonder about how some people can post the drivel they supossedly believe in.A Grim Fairy Tale: The Trolls Under the Bridge<br><a href=\"http://www.johnmccain.com/ActionCenter/BlogInteract/BlogInteract.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.johnmccain.com/ActionCenter/BlogInte...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_16:29:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "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}, "928091": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Truth:  The visual is HILARIOUS! :&gt;)  Come to think of it, on 7/16, billary showed up in the Senate with her new \"hair-do\".  It was   -JACKED!!  Someone noted that it was now parted on the \"RIGHT\"!  That's where she got her political start as a Rethug- \"Goldwater Girl\".  I'm going searching for a video, if it exists.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_21:29:25", "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": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 926804, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "924519": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I grew up in Virginia, and I never understood why the Dems ceded the state to Republicans in the 80's and 90's. It's red, but it ain't <i>that</i> red. With NOVA, Tidewater, and central VA, there are large pockets of left-leaning people, and lots of African-Americans everywhere except Southwest VA.<br><br>This is the state that elected the first Black governor and that has managed to have Dem governors long after the \"Reagan Revolution.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_15:10:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "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": 921112, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "923623": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It's really not funny.......the Obama campaign is a f'ing insurgency, with all the connotations that word carries with it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_13:59:02", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 923035, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "920428": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Has anyone noticed how the <a href=\"http://gop.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">GOP's website</a>is filled with images/information about Obama (of course mostly unfavorable), but no mention of their presumptive nominee?<br><br><a href=\"http://dnc.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">The DNC's website is nice</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_10:02:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "b8b9328e61e0094ae18e247c922f9dc7", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "922991": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Time's Tumulty nails NYTimes<br><br><a href=\"http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/07/obama_and_race.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/07/obam...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_13:10:52", "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}, "922994": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This piece features a Meet the Press transcript from 2001 that shows how both LIEberman and McCain conceded that bin Laden should be caught and Afghanistan should be settled BEFORE starting a war in Iraq.<br><br>Well, well, well.<br><br>The Dangerous One is caught again.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/7/17/63046/6692/392/552866\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Huge McCain Blunder No one Knows About... Yet</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_13:11:20", "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}, "922995": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So let me get this straight:<br><br>$5+ gas prices, job losses, mounting casualties, the dollar falling faster than hair in the humidity, rampant foreclosures, inflation, etc. won't depress us as much as Barack Obama not chowing down on Cheetos and Lil Debbie will.<br><br>Ok.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_13:11:23", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 922885, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "924222": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "From the article: \"Senator John McCain's trip to Iraq last spring was a low-key affair\"<br><br>It <i>what?</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_14:45:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "0800a8f74d23d39eb9819b1330390f07", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 920071, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "929655": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "1200 people showed up to volunteer at Barack's opening of his Colorado offices", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-18_01:18:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "Texas_Girl_in_LA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "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}, "925566": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Texas:  THANKS for REPRESENTIN'!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  You will collect information that will light up the blogosphere!!  YAAAAAAA!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_16:33:26", "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": 925173, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "921986": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Whoopi and Sherri are on the View this morning defending the use of the N word by blacks.  They were discucssing Jesse using the word on Fox.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_11:50:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "921990": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"<i>.. In 1948, Davis and his second wife, who had married in 1946, moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, at the suggestion of Davis\u2019s friend Paul Robeson.</i>\" That's Frank Marshall Davis, <b>Obama's childhood  communist mentor</b>. <br><br>\u201c<i>During the <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Purges\" rel=\"nofollow\">Soviet purges</a>, Robeson allegedly told a Daily Worker reporter that \u201cfrom what I have already seen of the workings of the Soviet Government, I can only say that anybody who lifts his hand against it ought to be shot!\u201d</i> (\u201cSoviet purge\u201d \u2013 aka \u201cGreat Purge\u201d)<br><br>Sugar Ray Robinson said that he would \u201cpunch him in the mouth\u201d if he ever met him, i.e. punch Robeson in the mouth.<br><br><i>In 1952, Robeson was awarded the Stalin Peace Prize. In April, 1953 shortly after Joseph Stalin's death he wrote a eulogy entitled To You Beloved Comrade, in which he praised Stalin's \"deep humanity,\" \"wise understanding,\" and dedication to peaceful co-existence with all the peoples of the world calling him \u201cwise and good\u201d.</i> (Stalin\u2026think Gulags, purges, labor camps, forced starvation of citizens, factory farms, ethnic cleansings, etc. No one knows how many people were murdered under Stalin, but estimates \u201c<i>ranged from a low of 3 million to as high as 60 million.</i>\u201d) <br><br>Like Obama, Stalin had also created a cult of personality around himself...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_11:50:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "Karmi", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "924552": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Awwww . . . worried about the flag-burning, fist-jabbing, Black Panther, Nation of Islam, madrassa-attending, communist terrorist, I see.<br><br>Don't worry-- we won't let the boogie-man get you!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_15:13:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "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": 923623, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "926602": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I was just talking about that last night!<br><br>John McCain <b>and his people</b> are so incredibly clueless about how blogs actually work that they are openly/publicly calling on supporters to be ... Trolls! And get points for reporting the details of the trolling.<br><br>It was funny when I first say something on dailykos about it some time ago, and it's still funny now.<br><br>Total and complete cluelessness. Amazing that t's still up, that no one has clued them in to the fact that openly asking people to troll for the candidate on other blogs (and get points for it!) isn't the way to do the internet.<br><br>This is what it looks like to me: not only does McCain, by his own admission, not know how to \"use computers\" -- but he also apparently doesn't know how to compensate for that ignorance by hiring people who get it. I wonder if this is just an internet thing or if it extends to his whole campaign. Does he know how to compensate for his many weaknesses or is he hiring people who basically echo them? <br><br>In any case, it amazes me that this guy is a serious contender for any leadership position, let alone the one he's running for. I", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_18:23:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "4ec3c0272b87ba5c8ce3a9168cf4e78a", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 925522, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "920459": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Of course its working now...I'm not crazy. Don't judge me. LOL", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_10:04:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "b8b9328e61e0094ae18e247c922f9dc7", "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": 920052, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "920130": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/national/2008/07/11/charities-crushed-under-soaring-demand.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Charities Crushed Under Soaring Demand</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_09:44:31", "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}, "927150": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Preach.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_19:32:31", "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": 923636, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "923035": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i><blockquote>Saw that this morning.....and threw up. The whole world's about to come down on my head.</i></blockquote><br>Haha!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_13:14:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "taritac", "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": 920125, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "920476": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "from <a href=\"http://www.guardian.co.uk\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.guardian.co.uk</a><br> <br>US plans to station diplomats in Iran for first time since 1979<br><br>Washington move signals thaw in relations <br><br>Ewen MacAskill in Washington The Guardian<br><br>The US plans to establish a diplomatic presence in Tehran for the first time in 30 years as part of a remarkable turnaround in policy by President George Bush. <br><br>The Guardian has learned that an announcement will be made in the next month to establish a US interests section - a halfway house to setting up a full embassy. The move will see US diplomats stationed in the country. <br><br>The news of the shift by Bush who has pursued a hawkish approach to Iran throughout his tenure comes at a critical time in US-Iranian relations. After weeks that have seen tensions rise with Israel conducting war games and Tehran carrying out long-range missile tests, a thaw appears to be under way.<br><br>The White House announced yesterday that William Burns, a senior state department official, is to be sent to Switzerland on Saturday to hear Tehran's response to a European offer aimed at resolving the nuclear standoff. <br><br>Burns is to sit at the table with Iranian officials despite Bush repeatedly ruling out direct talks on the nuclear issue until Iran suspends its uranium enrichment programme, which is a possible first step on the way to a nuclear weapon capability.<br><br>A frequent complaint of the Iranians is that they want to deal directly with the Americans instead of its surrogates, Britain, France and Germany.<br><br>Bush has taken a hard line with Iran throughout the last seven years but, in the dying days of his administration, it is believed he is keen to have a positive legacy that he can point to.<br><br>The return of US diplomats to Iran is dependent on agreement by Tehran. But President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad indicated earlier this week that he was not against the opening of a US mission. Iran would consider favourably any request aimed at boosting relations between the two countries, he said.<br><br>US interests in the country at present are looked after by the Swiss embassy. The British government restored its embassy in Tehran after Labour's 1997 general election victory as part of a policy of constructive diplomacy with countries that had previously been branded rogue states.<br><br>The creation of a US interest section would see diplomats stationed in Tehran for the first time since the hostage crisis that began when hundreds of students, as part of the Iranian revolution that led to fall of the Shah, stormed the US embassy in 1979 and held the occupants until 1981.<br><br>The special interests section would be similar to the one in Havana, Cuba. The US broke off relations with Cuba in 1961 after Castro's takeover but US diplomats returned in 1977. <br><br>The special interests section carries out all the functions of an embassy. It is, in terms of protocol, part of the Swiss embassy but otherwise is staffed by Americans and independent of the Swiss.<br><br>There has been an intense debate within the Bush administration over Iran, with the vice-president, Dick Cheney, in favour of a military strike against Iranian nuclear plants and the state department in favour of diplomacy. <br><br>The state department has been pressing the White House for the last two years to re-establish diplomatic relations with Tehran by setting up an interest section. <br><br>The state department is keen that the move should not be interpreted as a sign of weakness.<br><br>Sending Burns, who left Washington last night, to Geneva and the establishment of an interests section undercuts one of the main planks of foreign policy advocated by the Democratic presidential candidate, Barack Obama, who argues for direct negotiations with Iran. <br><br>The White House has been working in tandem over the last month with Obama's Republican rival, John McCain.<br><br>The US has had to rely on British diplomats based in Tehran, as well as other diplomats, for information about the inner workings of Iranian politics. Having its own staff would give them access to students, dissidents and others. The staff would also process visa applications, at present handled by a small office in Dubai, which is difficult for Iranians to get to.<br><br>Ahmadinejad told a reporter earlier this week, in response to a question about a possible US interests section: \"We will receive favourably any action which will help to reinforce relations between the peoples.\" He added: \"We have not received any official request but we think that the development of relations between the two peoples is something correct.\" <br><br>That sentiment was echoed last month by secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, who told reporters: \"We want more Iranians visiting the United States ... We are determined to reach out to the Iranian people.\" <br><br>Iran has an interests section in Washington, which would make it harder for Tehran to deny the Americans a similar arrangement. <br><br>Rice set up a group to study the feasibility of re-establishing a presence after the idea cropped up repeatedly in discussions among Washington thinktanks. <br><br>Asked last month about the idea, she would not confirm or deny it.<br><br>But she indicated that the present arrangement where there is an American visa office for Iranians in Dubai was inadequate. <br><br>\"We know that it's difficult for Iranians sometimes to get to Dubai,\" she said.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_10:05:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "Angela1", "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}, "923554": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "How true.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_13:53:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "514ece7311946709a77d340a35a81d09", "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": 922549, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "932763": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ok. I saw it this morning on Morning Joe....that was pure comedy!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-18_11:02:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "Texas_Girl_in_LA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 925906, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "922694": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Found this in BPOTW - Jamal Watson:<br><a href=\"http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/07/14/congressional-leaders-scholars-gather-to-strategize-on-black-male-issues/#comment-3624\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/07/14/con...</a>.<br>Somehow I'll bet that I could have done this in a shorter manner.  :&gt;)  This 'learning curve' is  mother!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_12:45:04", "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": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "925906": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LYAO Alert:<br><br>Did anyone else see the video of the little girl, a Little League Player, who ran screaming off the field rather than meet Bush?<br><br>hilarious.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_17:05:35", "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": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "929709": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thank you for the picture of Paul Robeson---- he was the MAN!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-18_01:29:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "bison1", "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}, "923054": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "More questions\u2026figures. Want a \u201csurvey\u201d? OK\u2026take Jesse Jackson for one example. The JJP is another example \u2013 look for the posts about Obama\u2019s \u201cFather\u2019s Day\u201d speech, and go from there\u2026", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_13:16:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Karmi", "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": 922858, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "922549": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You CAN NOT rely on  Whoopi to use common sense...especially after the Friars' Club debacle with Ted Danson.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_12:34:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "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": 922196, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "928515": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "thanks for posting this. that was CRAZY. and it worked...to a certain degree, cause they won't be on death row. wow.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_22:18:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "cc6569f8cbd4abd6bef53a2f883f8ca5", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 924742, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "923636": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Similar to Cobb, my father was born in Atlanta; moved to California for opportunity and less racism; only for his only son to relocate to Atlanta 50 years later.<br><br>While I love Atlanta, I was hoping for unprecedented Black influence in business and politics.  But it seems that for many transplanted Black folks, it's been more about the mini-mansion and the Benz rather than control of destiny.  <br><br>I'm hopeful that a President Obama can inspire a new generation of Black and Brown Atlantans who are willing to forsake the short-term status of a luxury car, in exchange for acquiring that piece of the rock we've always deserved.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_14:00:02", "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": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 922800, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "927163": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He's a complete idiot.<br><br>That's all.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_19:33:59", "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": 926602, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "920510": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "....as I've found out of late. One of my assumptions in trying to organize was that I'd have more people for me than against me. The tide has definitely turned.<br><br>Willing to almost bet money that Obama makes a push in VA around the same time I try to make mine.<br><br>This really ain't helpful. By the time November gets here, I'll probably be too drunk to realize what happened.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_10:08:03", "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": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 920314, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "920512": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So since everything is okey-dokey can we now come home?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_10:08:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "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": 920025, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "923074": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So, how are we going to know when conditions on the ground permit the Iraqi government to take full responsibility for their country's security?  What about our country's security?  Who is keeping our country secure while our troops are securing Iraq?  And what part of they want us out of Iraq don't  you and the Bush mis administration understand?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_13:17:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "03c199c607a1578bbac1d88a28cb1108", "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": 920612, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "924618": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Okay, I didn't mean <b>those</b> connotations.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_15:18:41", "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": 924552, "depth": 5, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "924109": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "video is up at HuffPo: <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/17/whoopi-and-elisabeth-spar_n_113316.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/17/whoopi...</a><br><br>Is Sherry wearing an afro?<br><br>Did Elisabeth really cry?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_14:36:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "Texas_Girl_in_LA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 921986, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "928719": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I have read Robeson's biography several times - a TREMENDOUS man, despite all of his flaws.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_22:49:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "BrownManATL", "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}, "925650": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "for the whole article go to <a href=\"http://www.washingpost.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.washingpost.com</a>, over 200 journalists have requested to go on this trip with Obama, but, obviously they all can't be accommodated...........and by the way can someone tell me how to put a link to an article in my messages.    I have tried yet still can't seem to get it done.   Also, how can I bold words?<br><br>thanks!<br>Angela<br><br>3 Anchors to Follow Obama's Trek Abroad<br><br>By Howard Kurtz<br>Washington Post Staff Writer <br>Thursday, July 17, 2008; Page C02 <br><br>The three network anchors will travel to Europe and the Middle East next week for Barack Obama's trip, adding their high-wattage spotlight to what is already shaping up as a major media extravaganza. <br><br>Lured by an offer of interviews with the Democratic presidential candidate, Brian Williams, Charlie Gibson and Katie Couric will make the overseas trek, meaning that the NBC, ABC and CBS evening newscasts will originate from stops along the route and undoubtedly give it big play. <br><br>John McCain has taken three foreign trips in the past four months, all unaccompanied by a single network anchor.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_16:41:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "Angela1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "922580": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>Obama is a communist...</i><br><br>BWAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.<br><br>...next!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_12:36:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "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": 922341, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "920533": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "As long as he dont give Charles Gibson the time of day.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_10:09:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "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": 920071, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "926679": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yup.  Just what I thought.  And we're done.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_18:33:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef781b639c890767ebd1ce99011c3afa", "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": 923054, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "920025": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "More signs of \"no progress\" from that \"failed policy\" in Iraq....<br><br><a href=\"http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jul/17/iraqs-security-remarkably-better/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Iraq's Security Remarkably Better</a><br><br><i>Just back from a tour of two war fronts - Iraq and the Afghanistan-Pakistan region - Adm. Michael G. Mullen said he expected to witness improvements in Baghdad and across Iraq, but was surprised by how well a 17-month-old U.S. troop surge has worked.</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_09:34:11", "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": 16, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "926693": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Could you go into further detail?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_18:36:05", "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": 926227, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "920039": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ayo Riykrah - remember that problem you were having with the image being small then re-sizing itself upon launching the thread? Well it just happened to me with this post.<br><br>No worries tho', I just wanted you to know.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_09:35:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "b8b9328e61e0094ae18e247c922f9dc7", "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": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "920231": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "the debacle in Iraq has led to a serious lapse in 'standards' for military recruitment.<br><br>we have Rural Terrorists (White Supremacists) being able to join, when before they would have been weeded out. <br><br>we have Urban Terrorists (Gangbangers) being able to join, when before they would have been weeded out. <br><br>and then, we have straight up CRIMINALS being able to join, when before they would have been weeded out. <br><br>I don't minimize the White Supremacist Groups, I really don't. But, as an urban dweller, I'm far more concerned about the force of gangbangers who now have military training.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_09:50:09", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 920135, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "923116": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I keep a portrait of Mr. Robeson in my office.  It helps me remember that no matter how beaten up you can get by folks you can and must maintain your dignity.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_13:20:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "MrCee", "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}, "920045": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "craig hickman,<br><br>you are right and wrong on the Jesse thing and the cable news networks (outside of Fox Noise)<br><br>wrong in that they have brought it up.<br><br>right in that they seem to be underplaying it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_09:36:28", "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": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "921583": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Violence up we stay. Violence down we stay.Ever since 2004 we have been hearing about all these 100,000's of troops and police that has been trained.I wish people like you and the other warmongers would just admit.\"Its our empire and we will fight forever to keep it\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_11:18:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "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": 920612, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "921072": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ca-ching", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_10:43:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "29f6805818d1f575c4b8e2182a2ac4ce", "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": 920612, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "920049": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Finally, some good news!<br><br><a href=\"http://www.simplifythepositive.blogspot.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Obama Raises 52 Million In June</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_09:36:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "BrownManATL", "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}, "920052": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "thanks jay. i thought I had corrected it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_09:37:15", "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": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 920039, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "925173": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "California Women's Conference 2008 <br><br>hosted by First Lady Maria Shriver<br><br>Lineup for this year-<br><br>Christiane Amanpour <br>Lance Armstrong<br>Cherie Blair<br>Bono<br>Warren Buffet<br>Sister Joan Chittister<br>Marian Wright Edelman<br>Sally Field<br>Michael J. Fox<br>Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice<br>Caroline Kennedy<br>Heidi Klum<br>Jack Kornfield<br>Jennifer Lopez<br>Chris Matthews<br>Jenny McCarthy<br>Indra Nooyi<br>Dr. Mehmet Oz<br>Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger<br>Russell Simmons<br>Gloria Steinem<br><br>This is such a great event and I'm grateful that I get to go every year. Can't wait to hear the tone this year with regard to the election", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_16:02:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "Texas_Girl_in_LA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "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}, "922196": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Whoopi NOooooooooooooo!!!!  Sherri, I would expect this from, but NOT Whoopi.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-07-17_12:05:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef781b639c890767ebd1ce99011c3afa", "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": 921986, "depth": 1, "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": "1971839", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": -7110487329880909007}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "thursday_open_thread_18", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 167, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 1971839, "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"};
	/* */ this.jsonData.cookie_messages = {"user_created": null, "post_has_profile": null, "post_twitter": null, "post_not_approved": null}; this.jsonData.session = {"url": null, "name": null, "email": null}; /* */

	
	this.curPageId = 'dsq-comments';

	this.frames = {};
};

var disqus_popup_reference = null;

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



/**
 * Dsq.Strings: UI strings
 */
Dsq.Strings = new function() {
	this.ADD_NEW_COMMENT = "Add New Comment";
	this.LOG_INTO_DISQUS = "Log into DISQUS";
	this.USE_MEDIA = "Use Media";
	this.LOGOUT = "Logout";
	this.SHARING_OPTIONS = "Sharing options";
	this.SHARE_ON = "Share on";
	this.TWEET_THIS_COMMENT = "Tweet this comment";
	this.SHARE_ON_NEWSFEED = "Share on news feed";
	this.SEND_UPDATE_TO_YAHOO = "Send update to Yahoo!";
	this.REBLOG_ON = "Reblog on";
	this.CONFIGURE_OPTIONS = "Configure options";
	this.POST_AS = "Post as";
	this.SORT_BY = "Sort by";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_BY_EMAIL = "Subscribe by email";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_BY_RSS = "Subscribe by RSS";
	this.POPULAR_NOW = "Popular now";
	this.BEST_RATING = "Best Rating";
	this.NEWEST_FIRST = "Newest first";
	this.OLDEST_FIRST = "Oldest first";
	this.HIGHLIGHTED = "Highlighted";
	this.UNSUBSCRIBE = "Unsubscribe";
	this.REQUIRED = "Required";
	this.OPTIONAL = "Optional";
	this.YOU_ARE_COMMENTING_AS_A = "You are commenting as a";
	this.LOGIN_BELOW = "Login below";
	this.PLEASE_LOGIN_BELOW_TO_COMMENT = "Please login below to comment.";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_TO_ALL_COMMENTS_BY_EMAIL = "Subscribe to all comments by email";
	this.DO_NOT_SUBSCRIBE_TO_COMMENTS = "Do not subscribe to comments";
	this.REALTIME_UPDATING_IS = "Real-time updating is";
	this.ENABLED = "enabled";
	this.PAUSED = "paused";
	this.PAUSE = "Pause";
	this.RESUME = "Resume";
	this.SHOW = "Show";
	this.JUST_NOW = "Just now";
	this.REPLY = "Reply";
	this.EDIT = "Edit";
	this.FLAG = "Flag";
	this.MODERATE = "Moderate";
	this.CANCEL = "Cancel";
	this.REPLYING_TO = "Replying to";
	this.REPORT_MISSING_REACTIONS = "Report missing reactions";
	this.POST_A_COMMENT = "Post a comment";
	this.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT = "Flag inappropriate comment";
	this.FLAGGED = "Flagged";
	this.NO = "No";
	this.YES = "Yes";
	this.NEVER_MIND = "Never mind";
	this.ARE_YOU_SURE_YOU_WOULD_LIKE_TO_REPORT_THIS_COMMENT_TO_A_MODERATOR = "Are you sure you would like to report this comment to a moderator";
	this.THIS_WILL_FLAG_COMMENTS_FOR_MODERATORS_TO_TAKE_ACTION = "This will flag comments for moderators to take action";
	this.TO_RATE_PLEASE_LOG_IN = "To rate, please log in";
	this.JUST_A_MOMENT = "Just a moment...";
	this.GUEST = "Guest";
	this.NAME = "Name";
	this.EMAIL = "Email";
  this.WEBSITE = "Website";
  this.SETTINGS = "Settings";
  this.MODERATOR_OPTIONS = "Moderator options: ";
};
// Dsq.Strings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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





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



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

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

	this._lastHash = null;

	this._accumMsg = '';

	this._lastSeqno = 0;

	this.MAX_DATA_LEN	= 1024;

	this.WAIT_TIME		= 10;

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

};

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

FragmentPacket.prototype.log = function(msg) {



};

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

		hash = this.reader.name;
	} else {

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

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

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

		this._lastSeqno = seqno;

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

				this._accumMsg = '';

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

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

	if (packetNum === 0) {

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

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

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

	if (num_packets === packetNum) {

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

	this._lastSeqno++;

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

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

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

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

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

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


	this.receiverId = receiverId;
};

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

	var listener = function(e) {

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


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

		that.receiveCallback(data);
	};

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

PostMessagePacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {



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


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

	var packet;
	if (!msg) {

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

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

var JsonRpc = function() {

	this.ids = {};

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

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

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

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

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

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

				json = 'null';
				break;
		}

		return json;
	};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		send_func(this.objectToJSON(request));

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

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


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



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


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


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

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

	this.packetHandler = null;


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


	var _createReceiverForFragmentPacket = function() {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

			that._ready = true;
		};

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

		that.receiver.onload = receiver_onload;







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

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

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

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


	var _createReceiverForPostMessage = function() {

		var receiver_onload = function() {

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

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


		ParentMessenger['_receiver_onload_' + receiverId] = receiver_onload;

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	var sendFunc = function(msg) {

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


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


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

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

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

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

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

		if (msg.username) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	this.url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY +
		'?' + (new Date()).getTime() +
		'&f=jackandjillpolitics' +
		'&t=thursday_open_thread_18' +
		'&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/thursday_open_thread_18/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='	+ 'thursday_open_thread_18'
			+ '&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/thursday_open_thread_18/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">167</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/thursday_open_thread_18/latest.rss"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/bullet-feed.png"></a>\
	 </span>\
	 </h3>\
	 <div id="dsq-options" style="margin:15px 0">\
	 <span class="dsq-item-sort">\
	 Sort by\
	 <select id="dsq-sort-select" onchange="Dsq.Thread.sortBy(this.value);">\
	 <option value="hot" selected="selected">Popular now</option>\
	 <option value="best" >Best Rating</option>\
	 <option value="newest" >Newest first</option>\
	 <option value="oldest" >Oldest first</option>\
	 </select>\
	 &nbsp;\
	 </span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-cp"><a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/thursday_open_thread_18/">Community Page</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-subscribe">\
	 <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/email.png" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle">\
	 <span id="dsq-subscribe">\
	 <a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">Subscribe by email</a>\
	 </span>\
	 </span>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-alerts">\
	 <p><a href="http://disqus.com/profile/login/?next=article:1971839" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">You must log into your Disqus Profile in order to post comments.</a></p>\
	 </div>\
		';

		

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

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

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.authPost();
		

		html += Dsq.Templates.reactions();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.trackbacks();
		

		return html;
	};

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

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

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

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

		if(typeof DsqLocal != 'undefined' && DsqLocal.trackback_url && DsqLocal.trackbacks) {
			var trackbacks = DsqLocal.trackbacks;
			var trackback_url = DsqLocal.trackback_url;
		} else {
			var trackbacks = [
			
			
			];
			var trackback_url = 'http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/thursday_open_thread_18/trackback/';
		}

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

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

		return html;
	}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		return '<h3 class="dsq-h3-reactions">Reactions</h3><ul id="dsq-reactions" class="dsq-reactions">' + html + '</ul>';
	};
	
	this.missingPermissions = function() {
		return '	<p><a href="http://disqus.com/profile/login/?next=article:1971839" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">You must log into your Disqus Profile in order to post comments.</a></p> \n';
	};

	//
	// Post
	//

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		return ' \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer" id="dsq-comment-footer-' + post_id + '"> \
				<div id="dsq-points-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-likedtxt">'
				+ (_meta.points
					? _meta.points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(_meta.points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this comment.'
					: '')
				+ '</div>'
				+ '<ul class="dsq-comment-options dsq-list-style">'
				+ (_meta.votable
					? '<li class="dsq-list-first dsq-rate" id="dsq-rate-cont-' + post_id + '">'
					+ (!_meta.up_voted
						? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.rate(this, ' + post_id + ', 1); return false;">Like</a>'
						: 'You liked this.') + '</li>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-report' + (!_meta.votable ? ' dsq-list-first' : '') + '" id="dsq-post-report-' + post_id + '"><a href="#" class="dsq-post-report" onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + post_id + ', false); return false;">Report</a></li> \
				</ul> \
				<ul class="dsq-list-style">'
				+ (_meta.can_reply
					? '<li class="dsq-list-first"><a href="#" id="dsq-reply-link-' + post_id +'" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(this, ' + post_id +'); return false;">Reply</a></li>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply && !_meta.has_replies && _meta.from_request_user
					? '<li id="dsq-edit-el-' + post_id + '"><a id="dsq-edit-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); return false;">Edit</a></li>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="' + (!_meta.can_reply ? 'dsq-list-first' : '') + '" id="dsq-more-el-' + post_id + '"><a id="dsq-more-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, ' + post_id + ', \'more\'); return false">More <small>&#9660;</small></a></li>'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.use_media
					? '<li id="dsq-media-el-' + post_id +'" style="display:none"><a id="dsq-media-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, ' + post_id + ', \'media\'); return false">Use Media <small>&#9660;</small></a></li>'
					: '')
				+ '</ul>'
				+ '<div id="dsq-reply-bar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar" style="display:none"> \
						<div id="dsq-reply-bar-items-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar-items"> \
						</div> \
						<div id="dsq-reply-bar-auth-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar-auth"> \
							 \
								 \
									<a href="#" class="dsq-help dsq-reply-req-opt" title="You must log into an account in order to comment on Jack and Jill Politics" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Required:</a> \
								 \
								<img class="dsq-login-icon" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/dsq-favicon-16x16.png" alt="" /> \
								<a id="dsq-reply-login-' + post_id + '" href="http://disqus.com/profile/login/?next=article:1971839" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">Login</a> \
								 \
									&nbsp;or&nbsp; \
									<img class="fb_login_image" src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/images/fbconnect/login-buttons/connect_light_small_short.gif" alt="Facebook Connect"/> \
									<a href="#" onclick="FB.Connect.requireSession(DisqusFbcParentController.onLogin); return false;">Connect</a> \
								 \
								&nbsp;or&nbsp; \
									<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/twitter-signin-icon.png" alt="" /> \
									<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect(); return false">Sign-in</a> \
								 \
								 \
							 \
						</div> \
					</div> \
					<div id="dsq-reply-' + post_id + '"></div> \
			</div> \
		';
	};

	//
	// Iframes
	//

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

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

		var default_params = {
			// TODO: These should be moved to Dsq.jsonData.
			'f'				: 'jackandjillpolitics',
			't'				: 'thursday_open_thread_18',
			// 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/thursday_open_thread_18/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='	+ 'thursday_open_thread_18'
			+ '&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='	+ 'thursday_open_thread_18'
			+ '&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='		+ 'thursday_open_thread_18'
				+ '&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/1971839/realtime.js?timestamp=' + last_checked);
		}
	};

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

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

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

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

}();

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		if (isblank(openid_url)) {
			return;
		}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();


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





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

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

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

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

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

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





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

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

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

})();

Dsq.container.className = "clearfix";
Dsq.container.innerHTML = ' \
<ul id="dsq-comments">\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-920025">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-920025" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-920025" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-920025" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-920025" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-920025" class="dsq-comment-message">More signs of "no progress" from that "failed policy" in Iraq....<br><br><a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jul/17/iraqs-security-remarkably-better/" rel="nofollow">Iraq\'s Security Remarkably Better</a><br><br><i>Just back from a tour of two war fronts - Iraq and the Afghanistan-Pakistan region - Adm. Michael G. Mullen said he expected to witness improvements in Baghdad and across Iraq, but was surprised by how well a 17-month-old U.S. troop surge has worked.</i></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-920512">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-920512" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-920512" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-920512">djchefron</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-920512" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-920512" class="dsq-comment-message">So since everything is okey-dokey can we now come home?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-920612">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-920612" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-920612" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-920612" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-920612" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-920612" class="dsq-comment-message">Our troops will come home when conditions on the ground permit the Iraqi government to take full responsibility for their country\'s security.<br><br>That hasn\'t happened.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-921072">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-921072" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-921072" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-921072">Lily</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-921072" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-921072" class="dsq-comment-message">ca-ching</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-921256">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-921256" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-921256" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-921256">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-921256" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-921256" class="dsq-comment-message">How paternalistic.   I suppose it\'s the US who will determine when Iraq is able to take full responsibility....The invasion and occupation has unstabilized Iraq and made it insecure.<br><br>Maliki wants you the hell out of his country.  The Iraqi\'s will have to wage all out war to force your withdrawal.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-921583">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-921583" class="dsq-comment-message">Violence up we stay. Violence down we stay.Ever since 2004 we have been hearing about all these 100,000\'s of troops and police that has been trained.I wish people like you and the other warmongers would just admit."Its our empire and we will fight forever to keep it"</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-921696" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-921696" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-921696" class="dsq-comment-message">Empire?<br><br>Show me one piece of Iraqi territory that we have raised our flag over in conquest.<br><br>I\'ll wait.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-922646">Lily</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-922646" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-922646" class="dsq-comment-message">Corporate empire, did you see that Coke sign? That\'s the flag.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-922670" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-922670">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-922670" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s a long read but here you go<br><a href="http://www.counterpunch.org/richman02062008.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.counterpunch.org/richman02062008.html</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-923838" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-923838" class="dsq-comment-message">Okay, that says that some of the attacks against our country and interests have been retaliatory (sp?), due to our foreign policy. I don\'t completely disagree with that.<br><br>But it still leaves my question unanswered.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-921744">AnthonyMason</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-921744" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-921744" class="dsq-comment-message">You are a lost cause.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-922133" href="http://swamphermit.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Karmi</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-922133" class="dsq-comment-message">D. has shaken hands with the <i>Prez</i>…impressive! D. should be in politics…IMHO.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-923074" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-923074">Booky</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-923074" class="dsq-comment-message">So, how are we going to know when conditions on the ground permit the Iraqi government to take full responsibility for their country\'s security?  What about our country\'s security?  Who is keeping our country secure while our troops are securing Iraq?  And what part of they want us out of Iraq don\'t  you and the Bush mis administration understand?</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-924367" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-924367" class="dsq-comment-message">Do you really believe our country isn\'t secure? More importantly, do you really believe that we want to stay in Iraq forever?<br><br>Cause no one I know wants that.<br><br>And before anyone says, "Well, McCain said.....," you might want to read the entire "100 years" quote.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-924802">Mike H.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-924802" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-924802" class="dsq-comment-message">They need to send you and all of your kind to fight in Iraq and bring the rest of the troops home.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-924865" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-924865" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-924865" class="dsq-comment-message">Been there, done that. Would go back if I could.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-925810" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-925810" href="http://swamphermit.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Karmi</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-925810" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/17/iraq.afghanistan.ap/index.html" rel="nofollow">Quiet Iraq streets leave soldiers yearning for Afghanistan</a><br><br><i>With violence in Iraq at its lowest level in four years and the war in Afghanistan at a peak, the soldiers serving at patrol station Maverick say Gebhart\'s view is increasingly common, especially among younger soldiers looking to prove themselves in battle.</i><br><br>Our Troops are volunteers…volunteered to fight, and want some more action.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-920580" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-920580" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-920580" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-920580" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/world/middleeast/17voices.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin" rel="nofollow">In Iraq, Mixed Feelings About Obama and His Troop Proposal</a><br><br><i>BAGHDAD — A tough Iraqi general, a former special operations officer with a baritone voice and a barrel chest, melted into smiles when asked about Senator Barack Obama.<br><br>“Everyone in Iraq likes him,” said the general, Nassir al-Hiti. “I like him. He’s young. Very active. We would be very happy if he was elected president.”<br><br>But mention Mr. Obama’s plan for withdrawing American soldiers, and the general stiffens. <br><br>“Very difficult,” he said, shaking his head. “Any army would love to work without any help, but let me be honest: for now, we don’t have that ability.”</i></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-921845">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-921845" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-921845" class="dsq-comment-message">We\'ve rid the country of WMD\'s, and executed its erstwhile leader.<br><br>Our job is done.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-920045">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-920045" class="dsq-comment-message">craig hickman,<br><br>you are right and wrong on the Jesse thing and the cable news networks (outside of Fox Noise)<br><br>wrong in that they have brought it up.<br><br>right in that they seem to be underplaying it.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-921804" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-921804" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks you, rikyrah. I haven\'t been following. <br><br>Now I see Tamrond discussing the word with a very together brother.<br><br>Fox won\'t release the tape, huh?<br><br>So, that means he might not have actually said it. (Not that I believe he didn\'t say it, but still...)<br><br>I guess public discussions of the word remain useful.<br><br>I guess.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-920064">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-920064" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://blog.washingtonpost.com/virginiapolitics/2008/07/obama_will_open_20_offices_in.html?hpid=topnews" rel="nofollow">Obama Will Open 20 Offices in Virginia</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-920125" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-920125" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-920125" class="dsq-comment-message">Saw that this morning.....and threw up. The whole world\'s about to come down on my head.<br><br>And if any JJPers plan on coming along to play in my state, please let me know so I can keep my people away from you!!! <br><br>(kidding, of course......maybe....)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-920314">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-920314" class="dsq-comment-message">You might need to be admitted to the hospital if Obama wins VA.  This means he ain\'t playin\'.  If he can run up the vote in NOVA and down the I-95/I-64 corridor as well as pick off the college towns like Charlottesville, he could very possibly win Virginia.  Remember, NOVA is the most populous and most rapidly turning Democratic part of the state.  Fairfax County alone has 1 million people and Virginia only has 7 million people.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-920510" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-920510" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-920510" class="dsq-comment-message">....as I\'ve found out of late. One of my assumptions in trying to organize was that I\'d have more people for me than against me. The tide has definitely turned.<br><br>Willing to almost bet money that Obama makes a push in VA around the same time I try to make mine.<br><br>This really ain\'t helpful. By the time November gets here, I\'ll probably be too drunk to realize what happened.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-920653">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-920653" class="dsq-comment-message">I live in VA.  I have not seen not ONE McCain commercial on TV.  But Obama\'s commercials are being played ad nauseum.  I have seen very few McCain signs and bumper stickers.  I see more Bush/Cheney bumper stickers riding by than McCain stickers.  I live in a congressional district (7th) that is 100% going to McCain in November; yet again I\'ve seen very few McCain signs.   From my understanding McCain only has 4 (?) offices in VA.   Does McCain not think he has to put resources in VA?</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-920801" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-920801" class="dsq-comment-message">The McCain Hampton Roads office opens this weekend. He\'s just starting to put resources in the Commonwealth.<br><br>When I moved from DC back to VA, I would regularly ask about what efforts there were in VA. To date, none-except at the national HQ in Arlington.<br><br>I think McCain either expected VA to fall in his lap, or Obama not to fight for it. Either way, he\'s wrong.<br><br>I expected the Richmond/Hampton Roads/Northern VA offices from Obama. <br><br>But Castlewood? I don\'t even know where the hell that is.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-921187">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-921187" class="dsq-comment-message">Castlewood is in Russell County, out in Appalachia.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-920828">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-920828" class="dsq-comment-message">I live in Arlington, VA (100% Obama nation) and McCain\'s adds have been airing here.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-921112">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-921112" class="dsq-comment-message">"I live in Arlington, VA (100% Obama nation) and McCain\'s adds have been airing here."<br><br><br>Ok, I see what\'s going on now.  McCain didn\'t think he\'d have to fight for VA because VA has always been red so the GOP wasn\'t going to put that many resources into the state.   The quote from the VA McCain chairman ("I don\'t know why Obama\'s doing that because he doesn\'t have the support or momentum in VA") tells what the attitude really is. <br><br> BUT Obama is making a serious play for the state and if he can run up the score in NOVA and down the 95/64 corridor he could possibly win.  McCain and them realize that too so they\'re gonna try to run their own score up in Nova because the rest of VA (beyond the 95/64 corridor where the black folks live) will reliably fall in line behind McCain.  <br><br>The key to VA is Northern Virginia.  Because I live along that 95/64 corridor and I have yet to see a McCain ad on TV.<br><br>That\'s probably where you\'ll see all the Jim Gilmore ads too because he really doesn\'t have the money to air ads like talking about it.  I heard Mark Warner outraised him 9 to 1.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-921292" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-921292" class="dsq-comment-message">Gilmore\'s a lost cause; haven\'t signed on for that suicide mission.<br><br>McCain will carry SW Virginia definitely. From where I\'m sitting, everything else is up in the air. Even Hampton Roads, where you\'d think the military community would strongly lean McCain. I spend most of my time there, and haven\'t seen a single McCain ad. Saw an Obama one on the 10pm news last night, though (followed by a VFF ad; not sure how effective it is to show them that late. Oh well).<br><br>McCain can win without NVA; he just has to carry the rest of the state. That will be difficult at best....and just became a lot more so.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-924519">taritac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-924519" class="dsq-comment-message">I grew up in Virginia, and I never understood why the Dems ceded the state to Republicans in the 80\'s and 90\'s. It\'s red, but it ain\'t <i>that</i> red. With NOVA, Tidewater, and central VA, there are large pockets of left-leaning people, and lots of African-Americans everywhere except Southwest VA.<br><br>This is the state that elected the first Black governor and that has managed to have Dem governors long after the "Reagan Revolution."</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-924695" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-924695" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ve always been of the opinion that McCain would have to outmass Obama-that is, turn out more people sympathetic to him than Obama does-in order to win.<br><br>He\'s not making the effort to do that....not in VA, or anywhere that I can tell. <br><br>I\'ll see who shows up on Saturday, but single digit offices against Obama\'s 20 ain\'t gonna cut it.<br><br>Everywhere I go in VA, I\'m going to have a minimum of 2-3 Obama offices within a half hour drive. That\'s not beneficial to me.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-921843">bittersweet</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-921843" class="dsq-comment-message">Hey NMP- I\'m an Arlingtonian for Obama too.  Wanna do some VA voter registration with me?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-923035">taritac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-923035" class="dsq-comment-message"><i><blockquote>Saw that this morning.....and threw up. The whole world\'s about to come down on my head.</i></blockquote><br>Haha!!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-923623" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-923623" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-923623" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s really not funny.......the Obama campaign is a f\'ing insurgency, with all the connotations that word carries with it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-924552" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-924552">taritac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-924552" class="dsq-comment-message">Awwww . . . worried about the flag-burning, fist-jabbing, Black Panther, Nation of Islam, madrassa-attending, communist terrorist, I see.<br><br>Don\'t worry-- we won\'t let the boogie-man get you!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-924618" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-924618" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-924618" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-924618" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-924618" class="dsq-comment-message">Okay, I didn\'t mean <b>those</b> connotations.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-920336" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-920336" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-920336" href="http://www.reachblack.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">B-Serious</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-920336" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-920336" class="dsq-comment-message">The man has got his ish together!  He\'s almost always one step ahead.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-921934" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-921934" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-921934" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-921934" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-921934" class="dsq-comment-message">Didn\'t I just read you say that you wanted Barack to be more aggressive?<br><br>(wink).</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-924209" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-924209" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-924209">mcc</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-924209" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-924209" class="dsq-comment-message">I keep hearing claims that McCain\'s spending more money on ads, has more ads running, than Obama. I wonder [assuming this is even true] if this is just because Obama\'s spending more money on ground organizing and is less interested in just ads. <br><br>I wonder if there\'s some way to get a list of exactly how many offices each candidate has in each state?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-920213" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-920213" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-920213">Jay</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-920213" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://eurweb.com/story/eur45344.cfm" rel="nofollow">BET plans political coverage</a> I\'m just glad the host won\'t be that ghetto virtual VJ Cita.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-920257" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-920257" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-920257">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-920257" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-920257" class="dsq-comment-message">they were embarrassed because of what TVOne is planning.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-921110" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-921110" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-921110">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-921110" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-921110" class="dsq-comment-message">Or Massa Bill and Missy Hillary gave them permission.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-921097">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-921097" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-921097" class="dsq-comment-message">I guess it\'s better late than never, but still.......</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-922234" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-922234" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-922234">TW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-922234" class="dsq-comment-message">OMG.  I had completely forgotten about the virtual VJ--it was like a bad, hot ghetto mess nightmare.   Great, now I\'m probably going to dream about her tonight.  Thanks Jay :)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-926358" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-926358" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-926358">carolinagirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-926358" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-926358" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL. I actually thought Cita was pretty funny. :)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-920260" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-920260" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-920260">Jay</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-920260" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-920260" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Billboard_uses_burning_WTC_to_say_0715.html" rel="nofollow">Billboard reads: \'Please don\'t vote for a democrat\'</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-920039" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-920039" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-920039">Jay</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-920039" class="dsq-comment-message">Ayo Riykrah - remember that problem you were having with the image being small then re-sizing itself upon launching the thread? Well it just happened to me with this post.<br><br>No worries tho\', I just wanted you to know.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-920052">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-920052" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-920052" class="dsq-comment-message">thanks jay. i thought I had corrected it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-920459" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-920459">Jay</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-920459" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-920459" class="dsq-comment-message">Of course its working now...I\'m not crazy. Don\'t judge me. LOL</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-920049" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-920049" href="http://www.brownmanthinkinghard.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Brown Man</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-920049" class="dsq-comment-message">Finally, some good news!<br><br><a href="http://www.simplifythepositive.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Obama Raises 52 Million In June</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-920301" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-920301" href="http://www.reachblack.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">B-Serious</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-920301" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow!  52 million in June.<br><br>If you had listened to the MSM you\'d have thought that he was about to go in debt (lol).  Very impressive.  <br><br>He might take a dip in July, but I think August (VP pick and historic convention) is gonna break the bank!<br><br>And could the MSM please stop dealing in hyperbole when it comes to Obama?  They make things out to be much worse than they are.  <br><br>Obama has money problems = 52 million in one month!<br><br>Obama has a problem with xyz voters = a steady lead in the national polls and an estimate 310-320 electoral vote total (based on current state polls).<br><br>I\'ve had my concerns about his campaign operations (I\'d like for him to be more aggressive), but it looks like he\'s doing very well.<br><br>Great news.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-921199" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-921199">Lisa M</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-921199" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama fundraising + DNC fundraising = $92 million cash on hand. I guess the media keeps making stuff up.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-929489" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-929489" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-929489">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-929489" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m so relieved.  I was getting kinda worried there.  People are struggling with food & gas prices....and yet they give. <br><br>Still, there\'s something perverse about this political machinery that eats up so much money when there\'s such economic hardship.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-920162" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-920162">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-920162" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-920162" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://thepage.time.com/2008/07/17/insurance-industry-forming-activist-army/" rel="nofollow">Insurance Industry Forming Activist Army</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-920273" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-920273">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-920273" class="dsq-comment-message">The Emmy Nominations were announced. <br>Mad Men got a nod!! 16 nominations!!<br>30 Rock got 17 nominations. <br>Two and  a Half Men? Huh?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-921163" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-921163">Lily</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-921163" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-921163" class="dsq-comment-message">Give it to Hugh Laurie!! Okay, fangirl moment has passed. Yeah, I know but I cannot chose whom I am smitten with. Powerless.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-922379" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-922379">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-922379" class="dsq-comment-message">Fuming but not surprised that The Wire was snubbed yet again.  But good to see Mad Men get all the props it did, I\'m obsessed with that show.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-920306" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-920306">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-920306" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-920306" class="dsq-comment-message">The Horn Rimmed Handkerchief Head is on....would it hurt him to have an original thought?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-923671" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-923671">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-923671" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Obviously - YES!   :&gt;)  :&gt;)  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-920308" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-920308">Jay</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-920308" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/07/disaffected-lib.html" rel="nofollow">GOP ask Net for advice...Paulites answer the call, and answer and answer</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-920428" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-920428">Jay</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-920428" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-920428" class="dsq-comment-message">Has anyone noticed how the <a href="http://gop.com/" rel="nofollow">GOP\'s website</a>is filled with images/information about Obama (of course mostly unfavorable), but no mention of their presumptive nominee?<br><br><a href="http://dnc.org" rel="nofollow">The DNC\'s website is nice</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-926366" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-926366">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-926366" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>Has anyone noticed how the GOP\'s websiteis filled with images/information about Obama (of course mostly unfavorable), but no mention of their presumptive nominee?</i><br><br>Makes sense to me. McCain has nothing really going for him except "oooh, don\'t vote for the scary Black guy running against me."</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-926456" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-926456" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-926456" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-926456" class="dsq-comment-message">What else can they talk about? He\'s a dangerous fool without a message.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-920476" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-920476">Angela1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-920476" class="dsq-comment-message">from <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk" rel="nofollow">www.guardian.co.uk</a><br> <br>US plans to station diplomats in Iran for first time since 1979<br><br>Washington move signals thaw in relations <br><br>Ewen MacAskill in Washington The Guardian<br><br>The US plans to establish a diplomatic presence in Tehran for the first time in 30 years as part of a remarkable turnaround in policy by President George Bush. <br><br>The Guardian has learned that an announcement will be made in the next month to establish a US interests section - a halfway house to setting up a full embassy. The move will see US diplomats stationed in the country. <br><br>The news of the shift by Bush who has pursued a hawkish approach to Iran throughout his tenure comes at a critical time in US-Iranian relations. After weeks that have seen tensions rise with Israel conducting war games and Tehran carrying out long-range missile tests, a thaw appears to be under way.<br><br>The White House announced yesterday that William Burns, a senior state department official, is to be sent to Switzerland on Saturday to hear Tehran\'s response to a European offer aimed at resolving the nuclear standoff. <br><br>Burns is to sit at the table with Iranian officials despite Bush repeatedly ruling out direct talks on the nuclear issue until Iran suspends its uranium enrichment programme, which is a possible first step on the way to a nuclear weapon capability.<br><br>A frequent complaint of the Iranians is that they want to deal directly with the Americans instead of its surrogates, Britain, France and Germany.<br><br>Bush has taken a hard line with Iran throughout the last seven years but, in the dying days of his administration, it is believed he is keen to have a positive legacy that he can point to.<br><br>The return of US diplomats to Iran is dependent on agreement by Tehran. But President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad indicated earlier this week that he was not against the opening of a US mission. Iran would consider favourably any request aimed at boosting relations between the two countries, he said.<br><br>US interests in the country at present are looked after by the Swiss embassy. The British government restored its embassy in Tehran after Labour\'s 1997 general election victory as part of a policy of constructive diplomacy with countries that had previously been branded rogue states.<br><br>The creation of a US interest section would see diplomats stationed in Tehran for the first time since the hostage crisis that began when hundreds of students, as part of the Iranian revolution that led to fall of the Shah, stormed the US embassy in 1979 and held the occupants until 1981.<br><br>The special interests section would be similar to the one in Havana, Cuba. The US broke off relations with Cuba in 1961 after Castro\'s takeover but US diplomats returned in 1977. <br><br>The special interests section carries out all the functions of an embassy. It is, in terms of protocol, part of the Swiss embassy but otherwise is staffed by Americans and independent of the Swiss.<br><br>There has been an intense debate within the Bush administration over Iran, with the vice-president, Dick Cheney, in favour of a military strike against Iranian nuclear plants and the state department in favour of diplomacy. <br><br>The state department has been pressing the White House for the last two years to re-establish diplomatic relations with Tehran by setting up an interest section. <br><br>The state department is keen that the move should not be interpreted as a sign of weakness.<br><br>Sending Burns, who left Washington last night, to Geneva and the establishment of an interests section undercuts one of the main planks of foreign policy advocated by the Democratic presidential candidate, Barack Obama, who argues for direct negotiations with Iran. <br><br>The White House has been working in tandem over the last month with Obama\'s Republican rival, John McCain.<br><br>The US has had to rely on British diplomats based in Tehran, as well as other diplomats, for information about the inner workings of Iranian politics. Having its own staff would give them access to students, dissidents and others. The staff would also process visa applications, at present handled by a small office in Dubai, which is difficult for Iranians to get to.<br><br>Ahmadinejad told a reporter earlier this week, in response to a question about a possible US interests section: "We will receive favourably any action which will help to reinforce relations between the peoples." He added: "We have not received any official request but we think that the development of relations between the two peoples is something correct." <br><br>That sentiment was echoed last month by secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, who told reporters: "We want more Iranians visiting the United States ... We are determined to reach out to the Iranian people." <br><br>Iran has an interests section in Washington, which would make it harder for Tehran to deny the Americans a similar arrangement. <br><br>Rice set up a group to study the feasibility of re-establishing a presence after the idea cropped up repeatedly in discussions among Washington thinktanks. <br><br>Asked last month about the idea, she would not confirm or deny it.<br><br>But she indicated that the present arrangement where there is an American visa office for Iranians in Dubai was inadequate. <br><br>"We know that it\'s difficult for Iranians sometimes to get to Dubai," she said.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-926467" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-926467" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-926467" class="dsq-comment-message">So now this lameduck administration does what Barack has been talking about for two years? <br><br>Unreal.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-921344">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-921344" class="dsq-comment-message">Barack Obama tells Glamour: "Debate me, not Michelle"<br><br><a href="http://www.glamour.com/news/blogs/glamocracy/2008/07/barack-obama-ta.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.glamour.com/news/blogs/glamocracy/20...</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-921990" href="http://swamphermit.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Karmi</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-921990" class="dsq-comment-message">"<i>.. In 1948, Davis and his second wife, who had married in 1946, moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, at the suggestion of Davis’s friend Paul Robeson.</i>" That\'s Frank Marshall Davis, <b>Obama\'s childhood  communist mentor</b>. <br><br>“<i>During the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Purges" rel="nofollow">Soviet purges</a>, Robeson allegedly told a Daily Worker reporter that “from what I have already seen of the workings of the Soviet Government, I can only say that anybody who lifts his hand against it ought to be shot!”</i> (“Soviet purge” – aka “Great Purge”)<br><br>Sugar Ray Robinson said that he would “punch him in the mouth” if he ever met him, i.e. punch Robeson in the mouth.<br><br><i>In 1952, Robeson was awarded the Stalin Peace Prize. In April, 1953 shortly after Joseph Stalin\'s death he wrote a eulogy entitled To You Beloved Comrade, in which he praised Stalin\'s "deep humanity," "wise understanding," and dedication to peaceful co-existence with all the peoples of the world calling him “wise and good”.</i> (Stalin…think Gulags, purges, labor camps, forced starvation of citizens, factory farms, ethnic cleansings, etc. No one knows how many people were murdered under Stalin, but estimates “<i>ranged from a low of 3 million to as high as 60 million.</i>”) <br><br>Like Obama, Stalin had also created a cult of personality around himself...</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-922217">TW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-922217" class="dsq-comment-message">Wait, what?  Is your connection, Obama\'s childhood/friend/mentor, knew Paul Robeson, who knew/and/or liked Stalin, so we should watch out for Obama because there is a cult of personality around both?</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-922341" href="http://swamphermit.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Karmi</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-922341" class="dsq-comment-message">Don\'t ask me questions...do your own research, and find out for yourself. <br><br>Most African-Americans expected Obama to carry on with the "Race Issue" - <i>in the usual manner </i>- and are somewhat surprised that he doesn’t. Obama  is a communist, so the "Race Issue" is way down on his list of issues...</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-922580" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-922580" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>Obama is a communist...</i><br><br>BWAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.<br><br>...next!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-922686" href="http://swamphermit.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Karmi</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-922686" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, a <a href="http://swamphermit.wordpress.com/2008/07/09/what-jesse-and-other-black-activists-don%e2%80%99t-understand%e2%80%a6/#more-354" rel="nofollow">Communist.</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-922858">TW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-922858" class="dsq-comment-message">My dear Karmi.  If you didn\'t want to defend/explain your post, then why post it?  And can you tell me where I can find that survey  about what  "most African-Americans" expect from Obama because for whatever reason, I didn\'t get mine in the mail.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-923054" href="http://swamphermit.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Karmi</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-923054" class="dsq-comment-message">More questions…figures. Want a “survey”? OK…take Jesse Jackson for one example. The JJP is another example – look for the posts about Obama’s “Father’s Day” speech, and go from there…</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-926679">TRW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-926679" class="dsq-comment-message">Yup.  Just what I thought.  And we\'re done.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-922421">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-922421" class="dsq-comment-message">TW:  In another post, I suggested the concept of the "RUBBER BAND BRAIN (MIND)".  It was based on my recollection of an "old school" song - The Rubberband Man" and it was a way of describing how people can STRETCH their gray matter to CONNECT two diametrically opposed ideas and then they conclude -    "SEE!  I TOLD YOU!"  This is a prime example of the "RUBBER BAND BRAIN (MIND)"<br>concept.   SEE I TOLD YOU!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  Deep breaths!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-922119">eclecticbrotha</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-922119" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ve noticed an irritating meme spreading through the MSM about John McCain "deserving credit" just for showing up at the NAACP yesterday. If I may be so droll, my response to that is:<br><br>Giving McCain credit just for showing up at the NAACP is like giving me credit for saving a family in an expressway accident just because I slowed my car down long enough to watch.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-926474">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-926474" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>I\'ve noticed an irritating meme spreading through the MSM about John McCain "deserving credit" just for showing up at the NAACP yesterday.</i><br><br>White privilege -- Credit For Just Showing Up.<br><br>White privilege -- being taken seriously as a presidential candidate at all with nothing much to offer the nation.<br><br>Meanwhile, nothing Senator Obama does is really good enough.  Today in the article I read about how he raised 52 million, they went to how this now sets the bar for all months to come and the implication is he will be failing if he doesn\'t do this well every time.<br><br>It\'s almost always like that, it seems to me - media reveling in how and in what ways are Senator Obama\'s actual accomplishments really not good enough (how his accomplishments are really failures if viewd through the "right" lens). <br><br>Another example: He\'s ahead in the polls, but why isn\'t he more ahead? <br><br>I was saying to my gf last night that if he wins the election with less than 100% then it will be all about how he failed and doesn\'t have a real mandate.<br><br>And while it\'s the mainstream media doing a lot of this, I see echoes and encouragements from the way that people will take it on themselves to write blogs and comments about how Senator Obama isn\'t doing things right and what he should do to correct what he is doing. <br><br>Like that whole thing about his press people -- some progressive blogger types saying his press people are bad and he should hire Clinton people. Why? She lost despite having nearly every advantage. Senator Obama bested her in the primaries, but apparently that wasn\'t really good enough so he should fire whoever he has doing his media now and hire her people because he\'s supposedly not doing good enough. If his campaign can\'t singlehandedly control the media and prevent all bad or potentially problematic press then he is supposedly failing.<br><br>And the interesting thing is unlike others, Senator Obama doesn\'t whine about this kind of thing. The White Privilege Candidates whine at the drop of a hat but Senator Obama doesn\'t seem to do that, from what I have seen.<br><br>.... Wow that turned into quite a little rant.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-927302">jelana</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-927302" class="dsq-comment-message">You are absolutely correct on all points!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-922202">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-922202" class="dsq-comment-message">I guess that Mr. Obama has not YET done the  "Kiss my A$$" thing, soooo bill has turned his attention to fighting malaria-infested mosquitos??????   That\'ll show\'im!  :&gt;)<br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/17/bill-clintons0next-fight_n_113265.html" rel="nofollow">www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/17/bill-clintons...</a><br><br>I hope this works.  I keep practicing er\'ryday!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-922218">eclecticbrotha</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-922218" class="dsq-comment-message">Good. The further he is away from reporters the better I like it.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-922277">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-922277" class="dsq-comment-message">YEP!!!  Additionally, he has shown his "erstwhile arse" and his jealousy by NOT campaigning.  AND-MOST IMPORTANTLY - bill has "DISSED" billary - ONE MO\' \'GAIN!  And there is NO WOMAN involved!  Big time DISS - on all fronts!! You go bill!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-922779">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-922779" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://FiveThirtyEight.com" rel="nofollow">FiveThirtyEight.com</a> does the electoral map<br><br><a href="http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/07/538-battlegrounds-as-of-mid-july.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/07/538-batt...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-922806">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-922806" class="dsq-comment-message">DailyKos really went after the NYTimes for their \' race\' headlines (from the poll)<br><br><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/7/16/6223/05605/885/552365" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/7/16/6223/05...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-922814">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-922814" class="dsq-comment-message">I liked this diary:<br><br>"But if I vote for Obama, I don\'t know what will happen!"<br><br><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/7/16/21043/0726/524/552742" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/7/16/21043/0...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-922885">Alexander</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-922885" class="dsq-comment-message">From the Columbia Journalism Review:<br><br>Another day, another shockingly dumb column by Maureen Dowd in The New York Times. <br><br>Dowd starts out by complaining that Obama had an “icy reaction” to the infamous New Yorker cover. “If Obama keeps being stingy with his quips and smiles,” she writes, “and if the dominant perception of him is that you can’t make jokes about him, it might infect his campaign with an airless quality.”<br><br>First of all, Dowd shows not even the slightest recognition that if “the dominant perception” of Obama becomes that you can’t make jokes about him, it’ll likely be thanks in part to Maureen Dowd.<br><br>The only evidence presented in the column that Obama has been “stingy with his quips and smiles,” by the way, is that he didn’t laugh at a drawing depicting him as a Muslim supporter of Bin Laden and his wife as a gun-toting Black Panther. Meanwhile, John McCain, who once reportedly called his wife a “cunt” after she joshed him, in front of reporters, about going bald, strikes Dowd as “a guy who can be teased harmlessly.”<br><br>But Dowd has another concern about Obama. He’s “in danger of seeming too prissy about food.” <br><br>In reality, it would be more accurate to say that he already seems this way…to Maureen Dowd. During the primaries, Dowd began to sense that Obama might not be a big fan of junk food. Since then, she has elevated this observation to the status of a brilliant character-revealing aperçu. She has mined every available piece of evidence in a dogged campaign to turn Obama’s eating habits into a proxy for his alleged inability to relate to those white working-class Americans for whom, from her Georgetown townhouse, she claims to speak. <br><br>In last week’s column, titled “No Ice Cream, Senator?”, she criticized his “finicky, abstemious tastes,” and highlighted the fact that his daughter had revealed he doesn’t like sweets or ice cream.<br><br>In April, she noted that, after Obama “force-fed” himself waffles, pancakes, sausage, and a Philly cheese steak, he was “clearly a man who can’t wait to get back to his organic scrambled egg whites.”<br><br>The previous week, she had described him as “resisting as the natives tried to fatten him up like a foie-gras goose.”<br><br>And two weeks before that, she had revealed to readers that, at a Pennsylvania chocolate shop, Obama “spent most of his time skittering away from chocolate goodies, as though he were a starlet obsessing on a svelte waistline,” and that he declined a chocolate cake with frosting, saying “that’s too decadent for me.”<br><br>Is it just me, or is there something a bit sad about using your New York Times column to pay this level of attention to a candidate’s eating habits?<br><br>Dowd concludes today’s column with perhaps her most revealing observation: “If Obama gets elected and there is nothing funny about him, it won’t be the economy that’s depressed. It’ll be the rest of us.”<br><br>Really? It’s definitely true that a president who’s hard to make fun of would make Maureen Dowd’s life more difficult—which is what seems to be the concern here. Still, most Americans don’t write shallow political commentary for a living. And, call me crazy, but I kind of think that after eight disastrous years under a president who got into office in part because he seemed like an easy-going guy, they’d settle for a president who was, you know, good at being president. <br><br><br>CJR</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-922995">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-922995" class="dsq-comment-message">So let me get this straight:<br><br>$5+ gas prices, job losses, mounting casualties, the dollar falling faster than hair in the humidity, rampant foreclosures, inflation, etc. won\'t depress us as much as Barack Obama not chowing down on Cheetos and Lil Debbie will.<br><br>Ok.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-923149">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-923149" class="dsq-comment-message">Town:  RUBBER BAND BRAIN!!!!  SEE I told you!  ?????????  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-924812">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-924812" class="dsq-comment-message">How dare Barack not subsist on a diet of Popeye\'s, Funyuns, and orange soda.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-925817">taritac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-925817" class="dsq-comment-message">Sounds like my diet, especially if you substitute Utz potato chips for the Funyuns.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-922991">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-922991" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-922991" class="dsq-comment-message">Time\'s Tumulty nails NYTimes<br><br><a href="http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/07/obama_and_race.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/07/obam...</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-922994" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-922994" class="dsq-comment-message">This piece features a Meet the Press transcript from 2001 that shows how both LIEberman and McCain conceded that bin Laden should be caught and Afghanistan should be settled BEFORE starting a war in Iraq.<br><br>Well, well, well.<br><br>The Dangerous One is caught again.<br><br><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/7/17/63046/6692/392/552866" rel="nofollow">The Huge McCain Blunder No one Knows About... Yet</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-923116">MrCee</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-923116" class="dsq-comment-message">I keep a portrait of Mr. Robeson in my office.  It helps me remember that no matter how beaten up you can get by folks you can and must maintain your dignity.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-923881" href="http://www.ravingblacklunatic.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Big Man</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-923881" class="dsq-comment-message">I broke down the idiocy of Dowd\'s column over at my spot.  <a href="http://ravingblacklunatic.blogspot.com/2008/07/shuffle-shuffle-dance-jig-dance.html" rel="nofollow">http://ravingblacklunatic.blogspot.com/2008/07/...</a><br><br>It\'s amazing how much more comfortable white people are with black people who smile a lot. If they don\'t see teeth, something must be wrong with us.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-924291">NO ID</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-924291" class="dsq-comment-message">did y\'all see this latest mess:<br><br>T-Shirt Wearer Beaten Up By Teens Wants to Sue Designer<br><a href="http://www.livesteez.com/news/news_detail/934" rel="nofollow">http://www.livesteez.com/news/news_detail/934</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-924839">BlackAmericanPrincess</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-924839" class="dsq-comment-message">Are you fucking kidding me??????????  I\'m laughing my ass off that the teens beat that fool up, good!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-924292">Bperiod</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-924292" class="dsq-comment-message">Not sure if y\'all have seen this...but...WOW:<br><a href="http://www.irontontribune.com/articles/2008/07/16/opinion/columns/column01.txt" rel="nofollow">http://www.irontontribune.com/articles/2008/07/...</a><br><br><br>Public shouldn’t fall for Obama’s rhetoric<br>Wednesday, July 16, 2008 11:36 AM EDT<br>The political correctness thought police won’t tolerate what you’re about to read.<br><br>I’m throwing the “bogus” flag upon the presidential bid of Marxist-Socialist turned Democrat Senator from Illinois, Barack Hussein Obama.<br><br>Somewhere around 75 or so years ago, from out of nowhere a stealth politician arose.<br><br>He too sought the nomination for his nation’s highest office; refreshingly different from other politicians of the era. This Austrian born wallpaper hanger’s background is too much like our Illinois lawyer’s. Both reared in single parent households; neither brought much of a resume on the campaign trail. The one hung wallpaper the other hung “present” votes. Neither has an authentic performance record for which the electorate might judge the candidate.<br><br>Our lawyer turned Senator keeps some odd company — maybe we should pay more attention to the “community” Mr. Obama keeps as a “Community Activist.” Because the company the paper hanger kept, unfortunately, wasn’t important to the inspired masses of three-quarters of a century ago. This clean and articulate new politician was active in a community of Marx inspired Socialists.<br><br>The paper hanger, just as the lawyer, delivered wonderful, inspirational public speeches. Both spoke of the “change” and “hope” their election might bring if people would “believe in” their country. Steeped in a similar class warfare rhetoric; their speeches emphasize the rich were keeping the poor people down.<br><br>Meanwhile, energy prices were raging out of control. If the streetcar was late, you’d miss a bank deposit; so now you’ll get more warmth from burning your wheelbarrow full of bank notes than from the coal you’d purchase by the bill’s face value. “Change” would improve the transportation infrastructure.<br><br>And in both cases “change” means free health care for everyone, increased equal rights, a retirement income, guaranteed wages, unemployment benefits, free child care, and more gun control. Trains and streetcars would run on time only if their party was elected. The list went on and on. The candidate gave people “hope.” It was the kind of “change” people might “believe in.”<br><br>Unfortunately, for both cases, the mass media is mesmerized by the candidate’s rhetoric and oratory style, instead of questioning the unknown candidate’s background extensively.<br><br>Without a track record to judge the man by, people simply fall for the rhetoric. The German people had to “believe.” They wanted “change.” And through “hope,” they only had to “believe” what Adolph Hitler and the Nazis said; without questioning what Hitler and his Marxist-Socialists pals had really designed behind the scenes.<br><br>Certainly, it was “change.” Did Germany “believe” this might happen? Was this the kind of “change” everybody would “hope” for and “believe in?” These are “just words,” as Senator Obama says. Relativism, whatever anyone wants the “words” to mean.<br><br>According to a Daniel Flynn expose titled Obama’s Boys of Summer, (<a href="http://www.city-journal.org/2008/eon0629df.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.city-journal.org/2008/eon0629df.html</a>) the lawyer’s community is the Who’s Who of the 1968 Democratic Convention Marxist-Socialist inspired Students for a Democratic Society and the Weather Underground movements.<br><br>Michael Klonsky, Carl Davidson, Bob Pardun, Paul Buhle, Tom Hayden, Todd Gitlin, plus Mickey and Dick Flacks. Yes, we ought to know more about this “community” of Marx inspired Socialists our lawyer Barry is “active” in.<br><br>The Nazis always knew what their version of Adolph’s “words” meant to them. To the public these “words” were vague platitudes which could be interpreted in any feel good way. Nobody cared to ask what Mr. Hitler’s “words” meant. And too little was known about the National Socialist community he actively kept.<br><br>Later, in the spirit of “fairness,” the opposition press was silenced. Guns were controlled, religion was suppressed; and the world again experienced what a Marxist-Socialist actually means by “change.”<br><br>Joseph Benning is a U.S. veteran who is originally from Illinois but now calls Lawrence County home. He and his wife have an agribusiness in Lawrence Township. Benning can be reached at <a href="mailto:Whisperer45645@yahoo.com" rel="nofollow">Whisperer45645@yahoo.com</a>.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-926513">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-926513" class="dsq-comment-message">well hi there troll person. Is this a paid gig or just for fun? Don\'t bother answering. I don\'t actually care.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-925394">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-925394" class="dsq-comment-message">You need to go take your meds</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-924757">Shazza</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-924757" class="dsq-comment-message">Bperiod, I wonder if that author ever wrote about Bush\'s Saudi friends, their link to 9-11 or even the Bush family working with Nazis? Something tells me no.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-925173">Texas_Girl_in_LA</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-925173" class="dsq-comment-message">California Women\'s Conference 2008 <br><br>hosted by First Lady Maria Shriver<br><br>Lineup for this year-<br><br>Christiane Amanpour <br>Lance Armstrong<br>Cherie Blair<br>Bono<br>Warren Buffet<br>Sister Joan Chittister<br>Marian Wright Edelman<br>Sally Field<br>Michael J. Fox<br>Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice<br>Caroline Kennedy<br>Heidi Klum<br>Jack Kornfield<br>Jennifer Lopez<br>Chris Matthews<br>Jenny McCarthy<br>Indra Nooyi<br>Dr. Mehmet Oz<br>Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger<br>Russell Simmons<br>Gloria Steinem<br><br>This is such a great event and I\'m grateful that I get to go every year. Can\'t wait to hear the tone this year with regard to the election</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-925566">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-925566" class="dsq-comment-message">Texas:  THANKS for REPRESENTIN\'!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  You will collect information that will light up the blogosphere!!  YAAAAAAA!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-925650">Angela1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-925650" class="dsq-comment-message">for the whole article go to <a href="http://www.washingpost.com" rel="nofollow">www.washingpost.com</a>, over 200 journalists have requested to go on this trip with Obama, but, obviously they all can\'t be accommodated...........and by the way can someone tell me how to put a link to an article in my messages.    I have tried yet still can\'t seem to get it done.   Also, how can I bold words?<br><br>thanks!<br>Angela<br><br>3 Anchors to Follow Obama\'s Trek Abroad<br><br>By Howard Kurtz<br>Washington Post Staff Writer <br>Thursday, July 17, 2008; Page C02 <br><br>The three network anchors will travel to Europe and the Middle East next week for Barack Obama\'s trip, adding their high-wattage spotlight to what is already shaping up as a major media extravaganza. <br><br>Lured by an offer of interviews with the Democratic presidential candidate, Brian Williams, Charlie Gibson and Katie Couric will make the overseas trek, meaning that the NBC, ABC and CBS evening newscasts will originate from stops along the route and undoubtedly give it big play. <br><br>John McCain has taken three foreign trips in the past four months, all unaccompanied by a single network anchor.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-925713" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-925713" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-925713" class="dsq-comment-message">John McCain is boring. Barack Obama is exciting.<br><br>No matter who you support, you cannot deny it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-925783" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-925783">Texas_Girl_in_LA</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-925783" class="dsq-comment-message">simply put...and quite funny</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-927921">Angela1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-927921" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, McCain is better than a sleeping pill.   No medical side affects!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-925839">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-925839" class="dsq-comment-message">craig:  TRU DAT!!!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-925879">taritac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-925879" class="dsq-comment-message">Angela,<br><br>You need to use the following html tags:<br><br>bold = &lt; b &gt; your text &lt; / b &gt;<br>italics = &lt; i &gt; your text &lt; / i &gt;<br>indent = &lt; blockquote &gt; your text &lt; / blockquote &gt;<br>link = &lt; a  href =http://www.yourlink.com&gt; your text &lt; / a   href &gt;<br><br>I put spaces within the brackets so that the tags would show without being activated. Be sure to remove these spaces (except one space in "a href") when using them.<br><br>Hope this helps!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-927810">Angela1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-927810" class="dsq-comment-message">Sorry to sound so stupid, but, can you give me an example...i.e  what is<br>"your text".    For example I see articles I would like to link to jjp but I<br>just haven\'t figured out how to do that.   I appreciate your tips, but, I am<br>not tech savvy and I still don\'t know what you mean.<br><br>Angela</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-928492">taritac</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-928492" class="dsq-comment-message">"Your text" is the stuff you want people to see. The text that is in between the brackets is not visible, including long URLs (web addresses).<br><br>It seems like you are asking how to link to a particular article instead of just the main page of the Washington Post (or wherever). To do this:<br><br>1) Go to the article you want to link to, and copy the address in the browser\'s address bar (highlight the whole address/URL, right click on it, select "copy"). <br><br>2) Then, go to the comment you are writing.<br><br>3) Type the necessary tags and paste the URL you copied into the tag<br><br>4) Then type the text you want to be visible to other readers.<br><br>So if you want to link to the article about AKAs march in DC, you would type in the comment box (without the spaces except in "a href"):<br><br>&lt; a href = <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/17/AR2008071701382.html?hpid=artslot" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a>&gt; Sorority Leads March for Change &lt; / a href &gt;<br><br>In this case, "your text" is Sorority Leads March for Change. The URL beginning with "http:// . . . " is what is copied from the browser on the article you want linked and pasted.<br><br>The link would look like this: <br><a href=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/17/AR2008071701382.html?hpid=artslot rel="nofollow">Sorority Leads March for Change</a href ></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-927855">Angela1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-927855" class="dsq-comment-message">Let me give an example....I am <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com" rel="nofollow">www.washingtonpost.com</a> and see and article I<br>would like to link to jjp.....how do I link that particular article?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-927931">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-927931" class="dsq-comment-message">Angela1, you would type this in where you wanted the link to show -- But without the spaces (except leave the one between a and href at the beginning).<br><br>&lt; a href = "www.washingtonpost.com" &gt; Look at this article in the Washington Post! &lt; / a &gt;<br><br>The web address you would actually use would be the one that is in your address bar when you are looking at the actual article (just copy and paste it is usually easiest).<br><br>Without the spaces it would look like this:<br><br><a href="www.washingtonpost.com" rel="nofollow">Look at this article in the Washington Post!</a><br><br>Let\'s see if this works. The code I use doesn\'t have that last href in there that taritac uses, but it seems to work the same.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-927990">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-927990" class="dsq-comment-message">Ok, that didn\'t work, I forgot to do the <a href="http://" rel="nofollow">http://</a> before the www.<br><br>So the link doesn\'t go anywhere, let me try again:<br><br>1. Here is the generic link code with added spaces so you can see it:<br><br>&lt;a href = "full address including <a href="http://" rel="nofollow">http://</a> if it\'s in the address bar" &gt; Text to be displayed as the link &lt; /a&gt;<br><br>2. What you would type in for your washingtonpost example, also with extra spaces so you can see it:<br><br><a href = "http://www.washingtonpost.com/"  rel="nofollow"> Look at this Washington post article &lt; /a &gt;<br><br>3. Removing the spaces (as you should) except for the space between the a and href, this is what it would look like on the page:<br><br><br><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/" rel="nofollow">Look at this Washington post article</a></a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-928012" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-928012">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-928012" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL! I give up! <br><br>I can\'t do this over the internet apparently. Someone else should be able to, though.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-926227">KXB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-926227" class="dsq-comment-message">While i understand the motivation behind posting Robeson\'s picture, the fact remains he was an apologist for one of the worst mass murderers in history.  That outweighs whatever accomplishments he made on stage.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-926693">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-926693" class="dsq-comment-message">Could you go into further detail?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-928719" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-928719" href="http://www.brownmanthinkinghard.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Brown Man</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-928719" class="dsq-comment-message">I have read Robeson\'s biography several times - a TREMENDOUS man, despite all of his flaws.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-929655">Texas_Girl_in_LA</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-929655" class="dsq-comment-message">1200 people showed up to volunteer at Barack\'s opening of his Colorado offices</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-929709">bison1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-929709" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you for the picture of Paul Robeson---- he was the MAN!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-920071" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-920071" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-920071">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-920071" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-920071" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/17/america/17anchors.php" rel="nofollow">Media stars will accompany Obama overseas</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-924222" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-924222" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-924222">mcc</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-924222" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-924222" class="dsq-comment-message">From the article: "Senator John McCain\'s trip to Iraq last spring was a low-key affair"<br><br>It <i>what?</i></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-920533" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-920533" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-920533">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-920533" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-920533" class="dsq-comment-message">As long as he dont give Charles Gibson the time of day.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-928378" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-928378" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-928378">Honey01</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-928378" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-928378" class="dsq-comment-message">No Charles for me, he will always be "Charlie". Or maybe douche bag after that debate with Mr. Stuppleupagus.<br><br>I read on a gossip site that Andrea Mitchell had bigfooted her way into covering Obama on his overseas voyage, while pushing aside her network coworker Lee Cowan. Cowan apparently has been a constant in Obama\'s traveling press corp putting his life on hold to travel with him.<br>I can believe the story. I can\'t stand Andrea Mitchell.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-921114" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-921114">Lily</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-921114" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-921114" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t think Charlie would know what time it really is anyway.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-920078" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-920078" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-920078">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-920078" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-920078" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/07/gore_to_give_major_speech_on_e.php" rel="nofollow">Gore to give major speech on energy and environment</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-920094" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-920094" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-920094">rikyrah</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-920094" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-920094" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/opinion/17peters.html?_r=2&ref=opinion&oref=slogin&oref=slogin" rel="nofollow">Obama at the Gate</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-920103" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-920103" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-920103">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-920103" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-920103" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.usnews.com/blogs/barone/2008/7/16/latest-presidential-polls-show-a-new-list-of-target-states-for-obama-and-mccain.html?s_cid=newtargetstates" rel="nofollow">Latest Presidential Polls Show a New List of Target States for Obama and McCain</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-920130" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-920130">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-920130" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/national/2008/07/11/charities-crushed-under-soaring-demand.html" rel="nofollow">Charities Crushed Under Soaring Demand</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-920135" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-920135" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-920135">Jay</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-920135" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-920135" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://deepbackground.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/07/16/1202484.aspx" rel="nofollow"> White-power groups recruiting from military</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-920231" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-920231" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-920231">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-920231" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-920231" class="dsq-comment-message">the debacle in Iraq has led to a serious lapse in \'standards\' for military recruitment.<br><br>we have Rural Terrorists (White Supremacists) being able to join, when before they would have been weeded out. <br><br>we have Urban Terrorists (Gangbangers) being able to join, when before they would have been weeded out. <br><br>and then, we have straight up CRIMINALS being able to join, when before they would have been weeded out. <br><br>I don\'t minimize the White Supremacist Groups, I really don\'t. But, as an urban dweller, I\'m far more concerned about the force of gangbangers who now have military training.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-920148" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-920148">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-920148" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/204384.php" rel="nofollow">McCain\'s Whining Strategy About Obama\'s  Overseas Trip</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-922485" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-922485" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-922485" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-922485" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-922485" class="dsq-comment-message">They are revealing themselves to be petulant little children.<br><br>They find anything to whine about as it relates to Barack.<br><br>They know it\'s all about Barack.<br><br>If they want it to be about them, then they need to do something to make it that way. But they can\'t. And they know it.<br><br>Cry me a fcuking river.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-926763" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-926763" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-926763">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-926763" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-926763" class="dsq-comment-message">Barack outmaneuvered him on that one.   McCain\'s idea was for O to go to Iraq under his supervision.  Barack\'s going without McCain....and taking the press with him lol.  So, to salvage that failed strategy, McBush says he\'s glad that Hagel is going with Barack...I guess Hagel is supposed to be the defacto supervisor.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-920183" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-920183">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-920183" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.mydd.com/story/2008/7/16/211245/722" rel="nofollow">John McCain Adopts Barack Obama\'s Afghanistan Policy And No One Notices</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-920887" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-920887" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-920887">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-920887" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-920887" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh, they noticed; they just chose not to report it, like everything else that would duely damage McCain\'s campaign.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-920756" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-920756" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-920756">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-920756" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-920756" class="dsq-comment-message">The news memo  that was secretly sent out:John McCain is the defacto white candidate so ignore he doesn\'t know the difference between Shia and Sunni,do not piss off the elderly by reporting that he calls the way we fund social security a disgrace and his chief economic policy was the "brains" of the current banking mess Report it as a slip of the tongue that he keeps referencing a country (Czechoslovakia) that hasn\'t existed for over 15 years. And for gods sake paint Obama as a flip flopper on campaign finance while just ignoring McCain breaking the law during the primaries even though Obama position has remain the same on Iraq say McCain is brilliant for recognizing Afghanistan as the clusterf*ck that it is.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-922448" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-922448" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-922448" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-922448" class="dsq-comment-message">Rachel Maddow noticed. I believe there was commentary on it during her stint filling in for Keith.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-921986" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-921986">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-921986" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-921986" class="dsq-comment-message">Whoopi and Sherri are on the View this morning defending the use of the N word by blacks.  They were discucssing Jesse using the word on Fox.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-922196" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-922196" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-922196">TW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-922196" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-922196" class="dsq-comment-message">Whoopi NOooooooooooooo!!!!  Sherri, I would expect this from, but NOT Whoopi.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-922549" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-922549" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-922549" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-922549" class="dsq-comment-message">You CAN NOT rely on  Whoopi to use common sense...especially after the Friars\' Club debacle with Ted Danson.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-923554" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-923554" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-923554">Micheline</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-923554" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-923554" class="dsq-comment-message">How true.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-923157" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-923157" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-923157">Booky</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-923157" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-923157" class="dsq-comment-message">That what Jesse gets for appearing on Fox News in the first place They knew that mic was hot.  It was a set up.  Notice the timing of the releases.  Instead of talking about Bush and Rove and Torturegate and all the other real issues we are talking about Jesse calling Obama the N word.  It\'s a weapon of mass distraction.   I\'m with Whoopi and Sherri.  Black folks can use the N word all they want to.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-924109" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-924109" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-924109">Texas_Girl_in_LA</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-924109" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-924109" class="dsq-comment-message">video is up at HuffPo: <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/17/whoopi-and-elisabeth-spar_n_113316.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/17/whoopi...</a><br><br>Is Sherry wearing an afro?<br><br>Did Elisabeth really cry?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-922414" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-922414" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-922414" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-922414" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-922414" class="dsq-comment-message">Anybody who can get Governor Patterson\'s clip off MSNBC and post it needs to.<br><br>Amongst other good remarks, he ended with something like, "Everytime I look up, somebody is trying to get attention off the back of Barack Obama."<br><br>He mentioned Michelle as a great wife and professional success story and had his own visceral take on the New Yorker cover.<br><br>Good stuff.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-922847" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-922847">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-922847" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-922847" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t know how, but I\'ll pass the request on.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-922652" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-922652" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-922652" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-922652" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-922652" class="dsq-comment-message">Folks are yawning through McCain\'s warmongering speech. They\'re standing up and applauding as well.<br><br>But he\'s a one-note politician. <br><br>"We have succeded in Iraq."<br><br>Okay, then let\'s move on.<br><br>"But that success is fragile and if we retreat the way Senator Obama wants us to, we won\'t win."<br><br>Huh?<br><br>"I\'ve put my country first throughout my entire life."<br><br>No, you haven\'.t</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-922694" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-922694" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-922694">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-922694" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-922694" class="dsq-comment-message">Found this in BPOTW - Jamal Watson:<br><a href="http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/07/14/congressional-leaders-scholars-gather-to-strategize-on-black-male-issues/#comment-3624" rel="nofollow">http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/07/14/con...</a>.<br>Somehow I\'ll bet that I could have done this in a shorter manner.  :&gt;)  This \'learning curve\' is  mother!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-922800" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-922800" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-922800">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-922800" class="dsq-comment-message">Terrific piece on Atlanta and its contradictions<br><br><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/11/AR2008071102393.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-923636" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-923636" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-923636">RonnieB</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-923636" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-923636" class="dsq-comment-message">Similar to Cobb, my father was born in Atlanta; moved to California for opportunity and less racism; only for his only son to relocate to Atlanta 50 years later.<br><br>While I love Atlanta, I was hoping for unprecedented Black influence in business and politics.  But it seems that for many transplanted Black folks, it\'s been more about the mini-mansion and the Benz rather than control of destiny.  <br><br>I\'m hopeful that a President Obama can inspire a new generation of Black and Brown Atlantans who are willing to forsake the short-term status of a luxury car, in exchange for acquiring that piece of the rock we\'ve always deserved.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-927150" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-927150" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-927150" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-927150" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-927150" class="dsq-comment-message">Preach.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-924742" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-924742" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-924742">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-924742" class="dsq-comment-message">Two weird even for the Wire<br>.How black Baltimore drug dealers are<br>using white supremacist legal<br>theories to confound the Feds.<br><a href="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2008/0805.carey.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2008/...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-928515" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-928515">NO ID</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-928515" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-928515" class="dsq-comment-message">thanks for posting this. that was CRAZY. and it worked...to a certain degree, cause they won\'t be on death row. wow.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-925378" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-925378" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-925378">djchefron</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-925378" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-925378" class="dsq-comment-message">What a hypocrite<br>McCain Gets Social Security Benefits But Calls Current System A "Disgrace"<br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/17/mccain-gets-social-securi_n_113367.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/17/mccain...</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-925940">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-925940" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-925940" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-925940">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-925940" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-925940" class="dsq-comment-message">are those the government check that he gets tax free?<br><br>one of his government checks is non-taxable.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-925522">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-925522" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-925522" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-925522">djchefron</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-925522" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-925522" class="dsq-comment-message">You ever wonder about how some people can post the drivel they supossedly believe in.A Grim Fairy Tale: The Trolls Under the Bridge<br><a href="http://www.johnmccain.com/ActionCenter/BlogInteract/BlogInteract.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.johnmccain.com/ActionCenter/BlogInte...</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-926602">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-926602" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-926602" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-926602">Michelle</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-926602" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-926602" class="dsq-comment-message">I was just talking about that last night!<br><br>John McCain <b>and his people</b> are so incredibly clueless about how blogs actually work that they are openly/publicly calling on supporters to be ... Trolls! And get points for reporting the details of the trolling.<br><br>It was funny when I first say something on dailykos about it some time ago, and it\'s still funny now.<br><br>Total and complete cluelessness. Amazing that t\'s still up, that no one has clued them in to the fact that openly asking people to troll for the candidate on other blogs (and get points for it!) isn\'t the way to do the internet.<br><br>This is what it looks like to me: not only does McCain, by his own admission, not know how to "use computers" -- but he also apparently doesn\'t know how to compensate for that ignorance by hiring people who get it. I wonder if this is just an internet thing or if it extends to his whole campaign. Does he know how to compensate for his many weaknesses or is he hiring people who basically echo them? <br><br>In any case, it amazes me that this guy is a serious contender for any leadership position, let alone the one he\'s running for. I</div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-927163">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-927163" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-927163" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-927163" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-927163" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-927163" class="dsq-comment-message">He\'s a complete idiot.<br><br>That\'s all.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-925906">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-925906" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-925906" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-925906">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-925906" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-925906" class="dsq-comment-message">LYAO Alert:<br><br>Did anyone else see the video of the little girl, a Little League Player, who ran screaming off the field rather than meet Bush?<br><br>hilarious.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-927496">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-927496" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-927496" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-927496">Texas_Girl_in_LA</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-927496" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-927496" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah,<br><br>Ok...IF there is a video, please please post</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-932763">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-932763" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-932763" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-932763">Texas_Girl_in_LA</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-932763" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-932763" class="dsq-comment-message">ok. I saw it this morning on Morning Joe....that was pure comedy!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-926645">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-926645" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-926645" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-926645">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-926645" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-926645" class="dsq-comment-message">I just raised this issue this morning, and "looky here!  looky here!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)  BUT, I KNOW that the "Kiss my A$$" action was NOT the motivation!  Maybe he was put in check by a "YA BETTER GET TA STEPPIN\' ON IT" mosquito!!<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/17/clinton-says-hes-ready-to_n_113383" rel="nofollow">www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/17/clinton-says-...</a><br><br>Lawd help me get this site correct!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-926804">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-926804" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-926804" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-926804">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-926804" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-926804" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh my, Sheila Jackson was just on a clip and her hair looked like she just rolled out of bed!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-928091">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-928091" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-928091" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-928091">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-928091" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-928091" class="dsq-comment-message">Truth:  The visual is HILARIOUS! :&gt;)  Come to think of it, on 7/16, billary showed up in the Senate with her new "hair-do".  It was   -JACKED!!  Someone noted that it was now parted on the "RIGHT"!  That\'s where she got her political start as a Rethug- "Goldwater Girl".  I\'m going searching for a video, if it exists.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-928257">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-928257" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-928257" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-928257">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-928257" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-928257" class="dsq-comment-message">Note To Myself:  I found it!  There are a series of historical pictures of billary\'s coiffs(sp).  :&gt;)<br><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gallaries/hillary_plays_a_new_part/hillary_plays_a_new_part.html" rel="nofollow">www.nydailynews.com/news/gallaries/hillary_play...</a>.<br><br>Praying for the hook-up!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>It was said tha that one moved.  Lawd.  Try this one.<br><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/07/16/2008-07-16_hillary_clintons_parting_shot_her_do_go.html" rel="nofollow">www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/07/16/20...</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-926928">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-926928" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-926928" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-926928">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-926928" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-926928" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL<br><br>Just the description cracks me up.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-926856">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-926856" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-926856" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-926856">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-926856" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-926856" class="dsq-comment-message">Twins born in Germany....one black and one white.<br><br>Just in time for Barack\'s visit!<br><br>LOL</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 </ul>\
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