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Saaaaa-lap!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_15:14:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5474044, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5476873": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Co-Sign", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_16:06:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5476473, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5479436": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Second. 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HAH!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>It's STILL  TA-  RUE <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-yJBsjatW0\" rel=\"nofollow\">(OBAMA- Whatever I Like)</a>    :&gt;)       :&gt;)     [One of MY favs!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)]", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_15:46:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5476229, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5462039": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Make a wingnut's head explode:<br><br>Have them listen to \"Chocolate City\".", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_09:26:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5467675": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "She PIMPED her kids from the word GO like Tyrone does his best 10 dollar HO. Whatever happens to her kids, SHE brought it on. <br><br>Don't think that any of us will forget how she threw Bristol under the bus without blinking.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_13:30:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5463344, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5474224": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I just have to help out a friend and join in...<br><br><br><b>Double  SAAAAAAAAAA&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;LAP</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_15:07:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5469561, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5472518": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  <b>BREAKING NEWS!!</b>  ROBERT GIBBS News conference.  NOW.<br><br>He said that PRESIDENT OBAMA has REQUESTED and NOW RECEIVES an <b>ECONOMIC DAILY BRIEFING.</b>  It is presented in the evening and is UPDATED the NEXT MORNING!!<br><br><b>LEADERSHIP!!</b>   <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQmgSLSppaE&feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\">CROWD APPLAUSE FOR THE PRESIDENT</a><br><br><b>CHUCKY T is being a \"royal anal opening!\"</b>   aaarrrgg!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_14:51:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5474343": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "They need to change his title to White House A--hole Correspondent. <br><br>Of all the things to ask, he spends his time on the oath and re-signing executive orders when he knows damn well that President O is Pres. with or without the oath. <br><br>Edward R. Murrow should rise from his grave and slap the red out of his hair.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_15:09:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5472359, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5477932": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Is there a financial deal between Pepsi and the guy who designed the Obama logo?  Pepsi's new logo is the Obama logo.  They are even advertising it with \"hope\", with the logo in the place of the \"o\".", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_16:52:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5476675, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5467700": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "She considers that to be the same thing as insulting her kids.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_13:31:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "12b0b4b66fee0dbbc8e1ce824da9d816", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5465225, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5467702": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "it was hilarious to me because everyone knows that this is SO far from who President Obama is, it's absurd....that's part of why it's so funny.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_13:31:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5467061, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5476967": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That's why I was really sort of put off by the unauthorized Obama merchandise making the rounds during the election.  The campaign didn't see any of that money, although they were raising some record-setting chunks on their own.  <br><br>Heck, even Black Enterprise profiled the folks behind the \"Barack The Vote\" clothing line.  Something tells me they'll have profits on par with the Crocs company in a few years.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_16:12:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nate_Wesley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5476675, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5476789": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Probably none. He didn't have an exit strategy for Iraq.  He kill the writ of habeas corpus.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_16:02:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5476245, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5466688": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The \"African American\" flag?<br><br>You did <i>not</i> just say that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_12:41:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5465267, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5465154": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Do you all agree with this list? Notice who's missing.....<br><br>From Politico: <br><i><br><a href=\"http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17775.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ten Dems Obama Should Watch Out For</a><br>Even if Democrats don\u2019t agree with Barack Obama on everything, who among them would challenge a president with a 73 percent approval rating?<br><br>He\u2019ll soon find out.<br><br>Sooner or later, the bonhomie of Obama\u2019s Inauguration will dissipate \u2014 and the novelty of having a soul mate in the Oval Office will give way to intense internal debates over the extent and substance of Democratic change.<br><br>Either that, or some people will just get on Obama\u2019s nerves.<br><br>The president\u2019s friends might not become his enemies. But here are 10 Democrats \u2014 and some runners-up \u2014 who could soon find themselves on the White House Frenemies List:<br><br>1. Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) \u2014 Conyers, the outspoken chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, hasn\u2019t been shy about pressuring Obama \u2014 vowing to proceed with investigations into the Bush administration\u2019s sacking of eight U.S. attorneys and other potential violations of federal law. Obama has said he prefers to \u201clook forward\u201d and not rehash the past \u2014 but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has indicated she\u2019s open to allowing Conyers to proceed. Remember: In the 110th Congress, Conyers had to be talked down from pushing for the impeachment of President George W. Bush. <br><br>2. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) \u2014 The incoming chairwoman of the Intelligence Committee forced Obama to apologize after he nominated Leon Panetta to head the CIA without consulting her first. Feinstein is not afraid to break with her party on thorny issues, as she did recently during the Roland Burris affair and last year when she essentially declared Hillary Clinton\u2019s presidential run over before her candidate was ready to concede. Feinstein also may be positioning herself for a 2010 gubernatorial run, a potentially bigger factor for her than making Obama look good.<br><br>3. Vice President Joe Biden \u2014 Biden survived the campaign, the transition and even Inauguration Day without any Obama-embarrassing verbal gaffes. But on the first full day of the Obama presidency, Biden made a joke \u2014 on live TV \u2014 about Chief Justice John Roberts\u2019 fumbling of Obama\u2019s swearing-in. Obama, who had tried to smooth over the oath of office glitch, looked visibly unhappy with his VP, touching his arm in a sign that it was time to shut up and move on. If Biden can\u2019t button it \u2014 and encourage his wife to do the same \u2014 expect to see Obama\u2019s pinched-face look a little more often.<br><br>4. Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.) \u2014 Waxman, who knocked off John Dingell to become chairman of the powerful Energy and Commerce Committee, is no party maverick: He\u2019s an enthusiastic Obama and Pelosi supporter with a long history of defending Democratic presidents, namely Bill Clinton. But he\u2019s also among the House\u2019s most aggressive proponents of addressing global warming fast, and he recently promised to act \u201cquickly and decisively\u201d in his capacity as committee chairman. The problem is that both Pelosi and Obama have a lot on their plates and want to ring up a series of legislative victories before addressing a controversial, technically complex issue that could create a stalemate. Plus, Waxman\u2019s push for stronger emissions standards could alienate some Rust Belt members whose states depend on coal. Runner-up: Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.).<br><br>5. Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) \u2014 The new head of the Appropriations Committee is old school when it comes to legislative earmarks. This is the same guy, after all, who from 1998 to 2004 steered $1.4 billion to military projects in his state. That puts him at philosophical loggerheads with Obama, who ran against the culture of pork and influence peddling in Washington. \u201cInouye isn\u2019t going to bend to accommodate\u201d Obama, said a senior Democratic aide. Moreover, this beloved war hero \u2014 who stood up for fellow earmarker and former Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) when the latter was convicted on federal fraud counts\u2014 is probably reflecting the views of many other Democrats. Said one Senate aide: \u201cThat anti-earmark stuff sells nationally, but earmarks are still great politics locally.\u201d Runner-up: Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.).<br><br>6. Rep. Allen Boyd (D-Fla.) \u2014 Obama has carefully courted Boyd, one of the most influential of the pay-as-you-go Blue Dog Democrats \u2014 but an unprecedented congressional spending spree and the new administration\u2019s commitment to throwing more aid at flailing banks will create inevitable tensions. Those tensions have been stoked by the new president\u2019s waning commitment to repealing tax cuts for families earning $250,000 or more \u2014 a rollback backed by both the Dogs and Pelosi. Some Blue Dogs, many of them newly elected moderates responsible for expanding the Democratic majority in the House, have also shown a willingness to break with party leadership on national security issues \u2014 and 15 of them refused to pay Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee dues in 2007 over differences with antiwar Democrats. But with $1.2 trillion in government spending at hand and the worst economy in 75 years, budget hawks are not exactly in vogue in the Democratic Party, so Blue Dogs may be diminished. Runners-up: Reps. Heath Sh uler (D-N.C.) and Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-S.D.).<br><br>7. Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) As chairman of the Finance Committee, Baucus has often infuriated liberals with his pro-business positions and his penchant for striking deals with Republican Chuck Grassley. If Obama chooses to govern from the middle, he could find a key ally in Baucus. But trying to enact the tax, health and trade policies he touted on the campaign could hit a roadblock if Baucus doesn\u2019t give them his blessing.<br><br>8. Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) \u2014 The head of the Congressional Black Caucus represents several potential fault lines between Obama and Hill Democrats. As a CBC leader with a lock on her Oakland district (and a solid relationship with Pelosi), she\u2019s secure enough to buck the White House if she thinks that Obama is taking African-American support for granted. She is also a founder of the Out of Iraq and Progressive caucuses \u2014 and she stood up to Bill Clinton on his use of military force in Iraq and Serbia \u2014 so she won\u2019t be shy in criticizing the administration if it tarries on withdrawing from Iraq. Runner-up: Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.).<br><br>9. Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) \u2014 Because none of his fellow Democrats ever know what he will do or say.<br><br>10. Michelle Obama \u2014 She\u2019s glamorous, she\u2019s on message, she\u2019s the nation\u2019s favorite mom \u2014 and now she has nowhere to go but down. The press, which helped savage Michelle Obama for her \u201cproud of my country\u201d remark during the campaign, has since built her into a 21st century Jackie O. With the spotlight shining so brightly on her now, any misstep by the first lady \u2014 a slip of the tongue, a too-frank statement, any disagreement with the administration\u2019s positions \u2014 could reflect harshly on her husband.</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_12:01:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5466692": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "World pics on inauguration<br><br><a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/International/President44/popup?id=6689357\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://abcnews.go.com/International/President44...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_12:41:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5467722": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D:  OOPS!  This is what I requested.  Thanks.<br><br>Now, your concerns are based on what happens to the PEOPLE.<br> <br>First:   I believe that President Obama and his \"Cabinet\"[and, possibly, Gen.Powell] already have a plan for them.  Second:    I believe that the \"PLAN\" will be revealed during this year.<br><br>BTW:  How many people are we talking about?  I'm forgetting this info.  Thanks.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_13:32:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5467496, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5477968": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hi, Spirit......", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_16:52:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5477347, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5477048": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Miranda,<br><br>In the words of GreenLady...<br><br>You ain't neva lied. This is beyond stupid. Mischief Justice should be scold harshly by the press for his trickery.  How the heck does a Chief Justice forget the Oath?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_16:13:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5476229, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5466195": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Biden's defective filter is a plus. He'll give comedians something to focus on.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_12:18:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "OhPuhleezee", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5465154, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5470297": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "President Barack Obama - first trip as President on Air Force One.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/22/obamas-first-air-force-on_n_159977.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/22/obamas...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_14:34:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5475703": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<b>SPEAK TRUTH!!</b>   <br><br>ERRYDAY!!     ERRYDAY!!  PLAYING \"GOTCHA!\"     AAAARRRRRGGG!<br><br>Keep the PRAYERS goin' !     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_15:19:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5474942, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5472359": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "WTF is up with Chuck Todd?  Getting on my last nerve....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_14:47:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 19, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5467755": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LOL.<br><br>Don't get me wrong: I know Gitmo's gonna close and that the GWOT-including Iraq and Afghanistan-is going to end. That's not my issue.<br><br>My concern is <i>how</i> these things are brought to their individual conclusions. <br><br>For example, if the plan is to bring everyone back here, throw out all the evidence against the detainees that was obtained coercively, and try them based on what's left...I see that as irresponsible, and will say so.<br><br>My suggestion was that during the 120 day suspension of hearings, President Obama-or someone from his administration that hasn't been to Gitmo-go down there and see what's going on, because the Obama Admin may not have been privy to the whole story of Gitmo. <br><br>Either way, once the order's given, it's to be carried out...but I'd feel a bit more comfortable knowing that it was completely looked into, rather than just issuing an order to fufill a campaign promise.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_13:33:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5467521, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5466733": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And-as I said in my post on my blog about Gitmo-thus ends my love affair with President Obama.<br><br>Lasted about as long as I expected it to. LOL.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_12:46:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 36, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5466360, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5476466": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL!<br><br>You're at it again...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_15:50:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5476133, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5468526": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ah ha, Miranda!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_14:07:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5467700, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5466473": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Did anyone see these? Apologies if duplicates<br><a href=\"http://www.blackcelebkids.com/2009/01/22/sasha-and-malia-are-dolls/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.blackcelebkids.com/2009/01/22/sasha-...</a><br><br>Yeah, they look nothing like them but will probably still fly off the shelves", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_12:34:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef6b300676d1702a1666b17cc6a7403f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5479544": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I know Chris worked hard but I know anyone who saw She's gota have it in mixed company knows nothing need be said. The White people just didn't know and we were dying laughing on the floor of the theatre.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_18:02:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "392ea94bd7ad166c39d81d49ad47bd51", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5465081, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5476473": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>BREAKING NEWS</b>  SOS HILLARY- - - - Annnnnnd  PRESIDENT OBAMA/VP BIDEN!<br><br>TRANSLATION:  I ain't gonna let you outta my sight!   Annnnnd - RECOGNIZE- I AM YOUR BOSS!!<br><br>She said, I'm happy to help you, Mr. President!   BETTA!!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_15:51:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5464698": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Bill O'reilly & Dennis Millers response to a video of jay-Z & Young Jeezy talking about GWB. <br><br><a href=\"http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshhUOotQ85CQT8W2k88\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_11:40:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "OhPuhleezee", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5468798": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Then my next question is, \"well, there's commissions in Gitmo; Obama just suspended them. Why do we have to bring the detainees here to do there same thing we were just doing there?\"<br><br>(and I know you can't answer that. Hell, I'd be pressed to if it was presented to me)<br><br>What this comes down to is that it's one thing to say \"we're going to close Gitmo, and we have a plan.\" It's something else to say \"we're going to close Gitmo, but we'll figure out how as we go along.\" That may not be what's being said, but it's damn sure how it looks from my end...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_14:20:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5468590, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5475456": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He kept pressuring Gibbs if President Obama will resign Executive Orders since he was administered the Oath of Office twice. Gibbs answered that counsel agreed the President Obama became President at 12 noon on January 20th according to the Constitution. That wasn't good enough for Chuck Todd so he persisted. <br><br><br><b>Saaaaaa&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;lap</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_15:15:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5474044, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5476727": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh my goodness!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_16:02:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5476229, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5467271": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>As for our common defense, <b>we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals.</b> Our Founding Fathers, faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man, a charter expanded by the blood of generations. Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give them up for expedience's sake.</i><br><br>   - President Barack Obama<br><br>Don't military members take an oath to defend the Constitution too?  Maybe neocons have another document that they follow?  Either way, if your love affair is over, that's too bad, so sad.  Our President doesn't mind losing neocon votes in order to restore this nation to where it needs to be.<br><br><b>LONG LIVE PRESIDENT OBAMA!</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_13:09:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "Webb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 24, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5466733, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5465225": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "ITA. The only children we've been talking about are Malia and Sasha.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_12:05:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5464213, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5485200": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "And had Piper running around the kitchen  during aninterview with those(FMB's)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_22:13:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5467675, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5468818": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Tyren M:   LOL!   :&gt;)   Ya mean <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56IywMcZhZI\" rel=\"nofollow\">THIS?</a>    :&gt;)<br><br>LAWD!  I'm glad you gave me the title.  I neva heard this SONG.  It's O.K.  I lived in a different era.    :&gt;)   :&gt;)   Still diggin' the \"OLDIES\".      :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>ENJOY!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_14:21:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5467142, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5464213": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Who exactly is bothering and talking about her children?  The only person talking about her kids is her.  Nobody cares about Track, Trig, Tripp or the rest.  Maybe that's what's got her hot.  Nobody cares anymore.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_11:14:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "43199e495aed0f769b5477460d924f58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5463344, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5471382": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "She is fly!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_14:42:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5468442, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5466782": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That was cute!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_12:48:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "01f11f35c60bb2ab3561acb889a9ee42", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5466443, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5468324": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": ".My concern over the closing of Gitmo is based on two things:<br><br>1. What do we do with the people who are innocent that we can't send back because no one wants them, and<br>2. What do we do with the people who aren't innocent? Where do we put them? How do we try and convict them? If we build another Gitmo in the US, does that make it all okay?<br><br>See that is interesting \"What to do with the people who are innocent?\"In our haste to do away with the Constitution and our treaty obligations we have tortured innocent people.Now if they weren't a threat to us they are now.President Obama will follow the Constitution unlike bush who said it was just a g*d damn piece of paper.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_13:58:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5467496, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5469866": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I was down-somewhat-on Tuesday.<br><br>Yesterday, it was more wait and see what happens.<br><br>Today, I'm back to \"loyal opposition.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_14:31:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5468973, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5464747": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If Palin didn't want people talking about her kids, she shouldn't have been using them as props.  I remember when Palin came to Philly to drop the puck at the Flyers game, she knew she was going to be booed mercilessly so she tried to be slick and bring Piper on the ice with her because no one would dare boo a 7-year old girl, right?  The fans weren't having it and booed them both anyway, and she later chastised them for booing a little girl.  She obviously knew nothing about Philly fans' reputation (throwing snowballs at Santa Claus, cheering when opposing players are wheeled out on stretchers, etc.) if she was dumb enough to use her kid as a shield.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_11:40:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5463344, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5478572": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Was anyone watching MSNBC a few minutes ago? They were throwing Caroline Kennedy under the bus for taking her name out of the running for the NY senate seat. <br><br>A report has surfaced that the reason Caroline dropped out was because of some tax and housekeeper issues. Some woman named Julie Menin said that Caroline had to have known about this beforehand, and that she has unnecessarily caused chaos in NY state. She also said that this could hurt female politicians because what Caroline did makes women look weak, and that she probably took her name out the running because Paterson wasn't going to pick her. This woman came off like Caroline stole her man!<br><br>So, what's the heck is going on in NY? Why is Caroline so hated?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_17:19:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5465267": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Have you never seen the African American flag?  It is red, black, and green.<br>The above flag is satirical.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_12:07:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "jelana", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5464912, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5479094": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D., the plan for Iraq was poor...and I am not just saying this because I opposed Bush's policies...but because of what some of my friends and family experienced in certain locations before the war  even began.<br><br>Without giving too much detail here, let's just say before we invaded in March 2003, one of my loved ones was already relocated in preparation for the location...during the time the inspectors wewe still in Iraq.....and believe me, things were NOT planned well where they were.<br><br>As I've told you before, I have heard tons of stories...and they will shame Bush/ Rumsfeld and others for the conditions and misdirection our brave troops faced in the time preceding the invasion/occupation and during the execution of this war.  And as proud as I am of my country...some of these things were shameful.<br>.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_17:40:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5478861, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5472952": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "She was radiant wasn't she? That red dress was fantastic.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_14:53:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "db31f0276ac24ac4d7bb797ea36feb8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5470378, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5469885": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  LOL!    :&gt;)                             Orrrr - - <b>WINKIN'</b>    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_14:31:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5467675, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5476036": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Agree.  Joe says Jill is \"DROP DEAD GORGEOUS!\"", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_15:33:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5468442, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5472968": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It's slipping further and further away, the more I watch this press briefing....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_13:56:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5471648, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5466743": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "HRC must have written this list!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_12:46:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5465154, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5469561": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Webb:   To \"LUSH\":    Saaaa-lap!   Whew!   That FELT GOOD!!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_14:29:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5468020, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5476056": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That segment of the conference was absolutely useless. I was hoping Gibbs would tell him to STFU or something.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_15:34:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5475073, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5476133": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LOL!  MISCHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS.  <br><br>That's right give him a pop ass quiz he hasn't study for.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_15:34:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5474942, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5478113": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "AFTERNOON THREAD IS UP", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_16:59:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5476586": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "D:   Gibbs takes his CUE from the MODELING of OUR PRESIDENT OBAMA.  Always in COOL, CALM, COLLECTED- - - - <b>CHARGE!!</b>   :&gt;)       :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_15:53:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5476056, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5479147": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL!<br><br>I read HuffPo about as often as I watch MSNBC (read: never).<br><br>I actually got it from Bill Kristol.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_17:45:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5478782, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5474942": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I don't know what Chuck Todd said but I know I'm about tired of these \"reporters\" trying to play \"GOTCHA\" with this Oath Pt. 2 business.  <br><br>They said \"Why didn't we get to see the second swearing in?  Why weren't we allowed to see it?\"<br><br>I say, \"Bitch you DID see the swearing in...on January 20th.\"<br><br>They said, \"Why did Obama feel the need to do it again?\"<br><br>I say, \"Because your bitch asses are trying to imply Obama did something shady.<br><br>If they were REAL journalists they'd be all up in Mischief Roberts' ass asking him WHY IN THE HIZZELL did he SCREW UP the Oath of Office?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_15:11:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "43199e495aed0f769b5477460d924f58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5472359, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5467383": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Val:          \"People ALL OVER THE WORLD - - <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzRjm8Q87_s&feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\">Do it Obama, O'Jays - Love Train</a><br><br>GREAT PICS!!   NICE GET!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_13:16:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5466692, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5466360": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>BREAKING NEWS!!</b>  President Obama is SIGNING the EXECUTIVE ORDERS (4) for the CLOSING of GUANTANAMO within <b>ONE YEAR!!</b><br><br>MSNBC;  11:20am<br><br>SENATE COMMITTEE <b>CONFIRMED</b> GEITHNER .  NOW this goes to the FULL SENATE!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_12:28:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 37, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5466873": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I hope this isn't a duplicate.<br><br><br><a href=\"http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17767.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17767...</a><br><br>10-year-old wants Obama exclusive <br>By POLITICO STAFF | 1/21/09 5:18 PM EST   Text Size:     <br> <br> <br> <br>Student reporter Damon Weaver, 10, had tickets to Barack Obama's presidential inauguration, now he just needs the interview scheduled. The fifth grader from Canal Point, Florida has been trying to score an interview with President Obama. Here are his top two questions for the commander-in-chief:<br><br> <br>His 2nd question..Can you get Joe the Plumber to fix my toilet? LOL!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_12:52:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5482234": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "7 Ways the Obama Brand Is Good For Business: <a href=\"http://newsone.blackplanet.com/nation/7-ways-the-obama-brand-is-good-for-business/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://newsone.blackplanet.com/nation/7-ways-th...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_19:21:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "DrewRicketts", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5468412": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "D:  Your concern is based on <i>how these things are brought to their individual conclusions.?</i><br><br>This would be ADDRESSED by HIS PLAN.<br><br>Annnnnd, IMHO, he, prudently, would NOT reveal this NOW.  It has WAY 2 MANY complexities  - - LEGAL and OTHERWISE.<br><br>Soooo, D, you/we just hafta WAIT!!<br><br>I'm VERY COMFORTABLE with this!!  PATIENCE!!  One of those VIRTUES!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_14:02:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5467755, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5468417": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Webb, I love your reasoning.  Your post speaks to my questions and concerns.  Thank you.<br><br>As the year unfolds, I am looking forward to how President Obama and his administration work with their plan to close Gitmo and bring our troops home from Iraq.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_14:02:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5468020, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5476614": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Those two are having a secret passionate affair. They just think they are the cat's meow.<br><br>Ugh", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_15:54:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Lilytiger", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5464698, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5475879": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL!<br><br><br>Get it off your chest!  Tell these mofos something!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_15:26:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5474942, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5466890": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D,<br><br>come on, you know this was one of those fears. <br><br>you know satire when you see it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_12:52:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5462394, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5476055": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "SDG:   ENJOY!   :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/21/jill-biden-inaugural-gown_n_159667.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jill Biden Inaugural Gown By Reem Acra (SLIDESHOW, POLL)</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_15:34:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5472952, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5467437": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Webb:  MAJOR CO-SIGN!!   Nice post!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_13:18:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5467271, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5468946": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "She does look great!  She looked absolutely beautiful in her red gown!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_14:25:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5468442, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5477251": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  Just a BRIEF - - <b>DAY 2 REPORT!</b>:<br><br>1.   HIS SCHEDULE:   <b>Thursday Jan. 22, 2009</b><br><br><i>All Times Eastern7:00 AM\t<br>8:00 AM\t<br>9:00 AM\t<br>9:40 AM\t<br><br>Obama meets with economic advisors<br>10:00 AM\t<br><br>Obama meets with senior staff.<br>10:30 AM\t<br><br>Obama meets with retired military offices at the White House<br>11:00 AM\t<br>11:30 AM\t<br><br>Obama is expected to sign executive orders.<br>12:00 PM\t<br><br>Obama has a meeting with Greg Craig and Mary DeRosa to talk about executive orders.<br>1:00 PM\t<br>1:30 PM\t<br><br>Robert Gibbs will give his first briefing.<br>1:50 PM\t<br><br>Obama and Biden meet with the secretary of state, national security advisor and deputy national security advisor.<br>2:00 PM\t<br>2:40 PM\t<br><br>The president and secretary of state address State Department employees</i><br><br>[NOTE:  THIS is AMAZING!!   He is indefatigable!!  :&gt;)     :&gt;)]<br><br>2.  <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/22/obamas-second-day-to-focu_n_159922.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Obama's Second Day To Focus On Foreign Affairs</b></a><br><br><i>WASHINGTON \u2014 President Barack Obama put his own clear stamp on U.S. national security policy on Thursday, ordering Guantanamo prison camp closed within a year, naming new envoys to the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan and welcoming Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to help forge new global strategies.<br><br>\"We intend to win this fight, we are going to win it on our terms,\" Obama said of pursuing the campaign against global terrorism.<br><br>On his second full day in office, Obama took a series of steps overturning some of his predecessor's most contentious war-on-terrorism policies.<br><br>By ordering shut the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, closing any remaining CIA secret prisons overseas and banning harsh interrogation practices, Obama said he hoped to signal that the U.S. would wage its struggle against terrorism and violence in a manner \"consistent with our values and our ideals.\"<br><br>He said his administration would not \"continue with a false choice between our safety and our ideals,\" an express slap at policies pursued by former President George W. Bush.<br><br>\"It is precisely our ideals that give us the strength and the moral high ground to be able to effectively deal with the unthinking violence that we see emanating from terrorist organizations around the world,\" Obama said.<br><br>The president also was ready to trumpet Clinton's installation as secretary of state.</i><br><br><br>3.  <a href=\"http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/0109/executive_orders_0da09976-8d6d-4ff2-81cd-1a6ccd8aefb4.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Obama orders Gitmo closure</a>  VIDEO<br><br>4.   <i>SOS Clinton and POTUS are at Foggy Bottom, announcing the appointments of <b>George Mitchell as a special Mideast envoy and Richard Holbrooke as a special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan.</b><br>Clinton calls Mitchell and Holbrooke \"an example of the kind of robust diplomacy the president intends to pursue and I will help him fulfill.\"<br>HRC: \"Anything short of relentless diplomatic efforts will fail to produce a lasting peace.\"</i>     FROM:  <a href=\"http://www.politico.com/politico44/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.politico.com/politico44/</a><br><br>5.   <a href=\"http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/0109/gibbs_gets_to_business_c64b95c6-b2c4-4287-afd1-7bbae701172d.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gibbs meets the press</a>   VIDEO<br><br><br>6.  <a href=\"http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/0109/the_berry_stays_048fcbd2-13b5-4fd8-bc2c-e9cdb4074655.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>The Berry stays</b></a><br><br><i>Barack Obama will get to keep his Blackberry after all \u2013 but only to communicate with a select group of senior aides and friends.<br><br>Press Secretary Robert Gibbs wouldn\u2019t offer any details, but suggested that Obama had to draw up a list of must-talk-tos \u2013 and draw the line at others who weren\u2019t required to get the presidential missives.<br><br>\"The president has a Blackberry,\" Gibbs said - -thanks to a carefully hammered out compromise that \u201callows him to stay in touch with senior staff and a small group of personal friends,\" Gibbs says. \"The use will be limited and the security enhanced.\"<br><br>So who makes the cut? Gibbs wouldn\u2019t say. Certainly his equally cell-phone crazed chief of Rahm Emanuel, and presumably Gibbs, and message guru David Axelrod would seem prime candidates. Does VP Joe Biden make the cut? Friends turned staffers like Valerie Jarrett certainly would seem to, as well as longtime Chicago friends like Marty Nesbitt and Erik Whitaker that he took to Hawaii.<br><br>Obama\u2019s BlackBerry drives the lawyers crazy. But Gibbs said the presumption is those emails \u201care all subject to the presidential records act\" \u2013 but already tried to carve out one exemption, if the emails are strictly personal.</i>   <b> [Yaaaaaa!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)]</b><br><br>THAT'S ALL FOR NOW!!    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_16:24:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5467924": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Of course! Who among us didn't have that necklace on as we jammed to Public Enemy?? LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_13:40:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "12b0b4b66fee0dbbc8e1ce824da9d816", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5466993, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5468442": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Random thought that came to me yesterday as I went through my Tivo and saw the Vice-President and his wife on Oprah:<br><br>Jill Biden is a beautiful woman. I almost feel it's insulting to say 'for her age', but damn, she looks great 'for her age'.<br><br>The Vice-President must  be 'handling his business', because a woman doesn't preserve that well after 30 years of marriage, unless those have been happy years.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_14:01:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5479196": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "co-signing Miranda", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_17:47:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5477300, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5479709": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think a one year deadline is a good start....I mean let's be real here, Obama did not say Gitmo would be closed by the first week of Feb.<br><br>A lot of dialogue, discussion, and debate on the matter can arise in a year's time.  And I can't help but stress that I think Obama's extensive knowledge in law and the judicial system is an asset.<br><br>Bush is the former president now, so I don't want to keep bashing him, I am truly looking forward, but I will say this......Bush was surrounded by neo-Cons....and I feel like Cheney and the others ran the policies and Bush was the poster-boy, the public face of this policies.  Bush, still today, does not seem to grasp all that has occurred, so I'm not sure he was ever capable of truly carrying out his own true agenda.....it was the overbearing influence of others that made his policies.<br><br>Obama, and the minds he has surrounded himself with are well-thought, pragmatic and reasonable people.  And I think that is the huge difference between Obama's circle and Bush's.<br><br>What I do feel is that if Obama does find the task of closing Gitmo more difficult than he thought, he WILL tell the American people. <br><br>Bush could never admit screw-ups, and there are arguebly many.....even now after thousands killed, many more maimed, he tells us that the not finding WMD's was a \"disappointment.\"  That was probably one of the most absurd things I have ever heard.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_18:11:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5479273, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5476639": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Too true.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_15:58:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "Lilytiger", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5468512, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5463333": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Our President is Black\"; apologies to Young Jeezy", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_10:46:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5462039, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5476136": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/us-afro.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/us-afro.html</a><br><br>The original picture is hardly anything to be worked up about. I've seen flags redone in college sports colors flown waved in football stadiums.   They aren't lampooning the actual American flag, and neither is this red/green/black one that Rikyrah posted.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_15:37:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nate_Wesley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5466993, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5476999": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Watching the State news conference right now -- OMG, I can't catch my breath -- I think that's the first time I've seen him introduced as President in a working setting, if that makes any sense -- THIS IS SO REAL!  Watch out world -- here we come!! :D :D :D<br><br>And Mitchell is such a pro.  Holbrooke is great and I'm acclimated to HRC but Mitchell is just a pro!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_16:14:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "34dc24020ff62595aa85d213fe00a39a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5476473, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5466924": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "don't look ANYTHING like them, but, will probably be a best seller..", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_12:52:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5466473, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5468973": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D:     <i>(and I know you can't answer that.</i><br><br>You ain't neva lied!!  :&gt;)      :&gt;)        :&gt;)<br><br>Soooo, the MAIN question 4  me is:  NOW  what about that LOVE AFFAIR with PRESIDENT OBAMA?  Huh??  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_14:23:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5468798, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5469487": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I trust you've heard of the Uighurs who are still in Gitmo. That's a good example of who I'm talking about.<br><br>We've known for a while they were swept up, but no one wants them, and we can't send them back to China because we know they'll be persecuted.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_14:26:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5468324, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5463344": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>Palin to media: Leave my kids alone</b><br><b>Former GOP vice presidential candidate is going on the offensive </b><br><br><br><a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28778319/?gt1=43001\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28778319/?gt1=43001</a><br><br><i>ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the former Republican vice presidential candidate, is going on the offensive against news organizations and bloggers she says are perpetuating malicious gossip about her and her children.</i><br><br><i>But political observers say Palin can't have it both ways: trotting out the children to showcase her family values, then trying to shield them from scrutiny.</i><br><br><i>Palin's criticism also raises questions about her motivations because she has said she is open to a presidential run in 2012.</i><br><br><br><br>**Sigh** Leave the stage, Sarah Palin!  Just go away!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_10:47:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 13, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5467785": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "200-250 or so.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_13:32:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5467722, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5475643": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Justice58:   LOL!!!   :&gt;)      :&gt;)  THANKS!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_15:16:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5474224, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5479235": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "she would look good in a paper bag.  :-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_17:49:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5468946, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5466443": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I loved this video clip.  <br><br>Brought tears.<br><br><a href=\"http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6703195\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6703195</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_12:30:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5479247": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D<br>The reason you are so dead wrong is that after Sept 11, 2001 President Bush could have gone to Congress and said we are going to inevitably capture some of these people and we need to put them on trial like the NAZI's to let them and the world know  what you have done is just plain wrong. We need to put them on trial like Nuremberg so what do you suggest. Instead he went behind everyone's back(including the AG whom was sick and they tried to get him to sign off while in the hospital) and found someone (John Woo) to argue he was almighty. In doing so he has been challenged constantly to the point military prosecutors and resigned rather than prosecute. Worse, he flushed America's reputation for fairness down the drain(we will ignore the fact that didn't necessarily include you black ass or mine) both as a reality and an ideal.<br>President Obama is not going to let these people go willynilly. I know about the recidivism rates among them. But there are plenty of them whom will never even lie about their roles to get out of prison and they will be prosecuted as will others whom will lie. Punishment will probably end up being life imprisonment(I wish it could have been death at the time they were captured so they would not be martyrs to  their cause). There may be enough blood lust for their deaths for those whom earned it but getting rid of Gitmo erases an ugly sore that Americans had rejected since the days the King could throw you in jail for just objecting to what he said.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_17:50:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "392ea94bd7ad166c39d81d49ad47bd51", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5467755, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5464912": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I agree.  I don't know if it's my monitor or what, but the colors mirror those of watermelon.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_11:50:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "vulcan_girl", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5462394, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5478238": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "enviro:   Co-sign!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Did ya hear him say:  Security is to B shared [with other countries], BUT  America/WE  will LEAD!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br><b>LEADERSHIP!!</b><br><br><b>Mr. PRESIDENT OBAMA is LARGE annnnnd   IN CHARGE!!</b>  <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruidM0nfUdc\" rel=\"nofollow\">Yaaaaaa!</a>", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_17:05:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5476999, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5468512": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Don't think that any of us will forget how she threw Bristol under the bus without blinking.<br><br>She did that!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_14:06:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5467675, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5472611": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Justice58:  Watchin'!    SAME QUESTION!!   YUK!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_14:52:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5472359, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5467496": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I find it interesting that you'd quote that. <br><br>My concern over the closing of Gitmo is based on two things:<br><br>1. What do we do with the people who are innocent that we can't send back because no one wants them, and<br>2. What do we do with the people who aren't innocent? Where do we put them? How do we try and convict them? If we build another Gitmo in the US, does that make it all okay?<br><br>Now, we can have that discussion if you want to...but I've seen your name floating around here long enough that I think you know why I feel the way about Gitmo that I do.<br><br>Since we're all about transparency now, I'll expect the actual \"how\" the closing of Gitmo to be made (somewhat) public. And if I think it's a good plan, I'll say so publically.<br><br>But don't think that just because I'm sworn to support and defend the Constitution, that means I'm always going to agree. Or did the left stop considering dissent patriotic when Bush left office?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_13:21:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 22, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5467271, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5479273": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So, knowing that...are you okay with going into a situation where there<br>seems to be no plan at all?<br><br>Seeing how planning can-in your opinion-go horribly wrong, what makes this<br>situation okay with you?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_16:51:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5479094, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5479787": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You? Looking forward?<br><br>(kidding)<br><br>Don't know if you saw what I said earlier, but I think Obama should actually<br>take a trip down there.<br><br>I don't doubt that if he can't do it in a year, he'll come back and say<br>so....but I also think that a little bit of research would have told him if<br>that was a truly viable goal, so he wouldn't have to make that backtrack.<br>Because-in an election year-I already can write THAT talking point.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_17:16:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5479709, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5466478": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Biden knows he's #2 and part of the price of being #2 is having a golden muzzle.  Biden would probably quit than try to usurp Obama.<br><br>Michelle will be doing nothing more controversial than hosting HGTV specials and running after the kids and giving interviews about being a mom and what her favorite 30 minute meal is.<br><br>Jim Webb is not going to go toe to toe against Obama unless Obama stands up and says MILITARY KISS MY ASS.  Bush and them did all that and Webb didn't step up so why would he step up on Obama now?<br><br>This list is a joke and a farce and needs to include:<br><br>Joe Lieberman<br><br>Harry Reid<br><br>Nancy Pelosi<br><br>Assorted Congressional Black Congress members<br><br>Hillary Clinton<br><br>Bill Clinton<br><br>Any Clinton supporter<br><br>Any list of \"Democrats to watch out for\" that doesn't include the above named people is not to be taken seriously.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_12:34:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "43199e495aed0f769b5477460d924f58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5465154, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5466993": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Of course I did.  Maybe it is the Black Nationalist Flag but you know<br>exactly what I am talking about!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_11:58:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "jelana", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5466688, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5468020": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>did the left stop considering dissent patriotic when Bush left office?</i><br><br>I welcome dissent, but when folks start hoping for our President \"to fail,\" ala Rush Limbaugh, then they deserve a good smack down.    <br><br>Some of us truly appreciate (and applaud) you for bringing your perspectives in the midst of our Obama love-a-thon.<br><br>And you'll have to excuse me, I haven't really been following the Gitmo threads, but it would appear that your concerns are easily addressed:<br><br><i>1. What do we do with the people who are innocent that we can't send back because no one wants them.</i><br>If these people are innocent, they should be returned to their original points of capture.  If they can not be returned, then we should consider them political refugees and grant them asylum--THAT IS THE PRICE of the previous administration's fuck-up.<br><br><i>What do we do with the people who aren't innocent? Where do we put them? How do we try and convict them? If we build another Gitmo in the US, does that make it all okay?</i><br><br>They (folks like KSM) can go to Supermax and join the likes of the Unabomber and Eric Rudolph.  They can be tried under our legal systems.  We do not need to build a Gitmo in the US b/c a Gitmo in the US as it existed in Cuba would be <b>illegal.</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_13:43:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "Webb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5467496, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5475817": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Sepia:   IFFF I may:  TRANSLATION:     Ima try to elevate MYSELF even IFFF I hafta \"AXE\"  <b>STUPID QUESTIONS!!</b><br><br>Annnnnnnnd, Ima do that - - - \"axe\"  <b>STUPID QUESTIONS!!</b><br><br>Thank you, Sepia.   Turning the \"TRANSLATION SCEPTER\"  back ova to YOU!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_15:23:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5474343, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5468025": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "D:  Thanks.  IMHO this is NOT that many people.<br><br>Annnnnd, as I've stated, THERE IS A PLAN!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_13:44:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5467785, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5462394": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Not cool.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_09:55:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 13, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5478782": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Damn, D, you sound like Joe Scarborough....and believe me that is not a good look.<br><br>\"Loyal Opposition\" must be the catch-phrase they told all the Repubs to use because Joe wrote an article on Huffington Post with those same words.<br><br>Gotta give it to you republicans, you all sure know how to stick to the script and talking points no matter what.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_17:25:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5469866, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5468544": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i><br>The only children we've been talking about are Malia and Sasha.</i><br><br>Tell me about it.<br><br>Nobody's thinking about her brood.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_14:05:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5465225, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5467521": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D:  I'm really tryin' to \"understand\" your position.  Sooo, 1. can you bring a \"snipet\" of your \"reasoning\" over here.    2.  What, if anything, will you respond to regarding <b>PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA?</b><br><br>Poll on the closing:        51% YES        47% NO.<br><br>Thank you.  **standing down***    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_13:23:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5466733, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5479361": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I could not view the link from work Greenlady posted, but I can only imagine.<br><br>Chuck Todd was one of the few I could stand during the campaign. My guess is now that he is \"Chief White House Correspondent\" for NBC, he wants to \"prove\" himself.<br><br> Before, he was more of a stats guy. Maybe he should stay in his lane.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_17:55:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "Honey01", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5474942, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5467883": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "As many funerals as I've gone to where a flag was presented, my great-grandfather, both grandfathers, uncle, great-uncles.....at the end of the day, it was just a flag.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_13:38:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "12b0b4b66fee0dbbc8e1ce824da9d816", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5467061, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5476228": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  I JUST received my personal e-mail from PRESIDENT OBAMA:<br><br><i><b>Thank you</b> for being part of the most open inauguration in our nation's history.<br><br>As we begin the work of remaking America, we must draw on the common hopes that brought us together this week.<br><br><b>I'm counting on you</b> to keep the spirit of unity and service alive.<br><br><b>You</b> can visit <a href=\"http://www.pic2009.org/whitehouse\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.pic2009.org/whitehouse</a> to learn about our plans to bring change to America, and how you can get involved in the work ahead.<br><br>We face many challenges. But we face them as one nation.<br><br>And we have seen, time and time again, that there are no limits to what we can accomplish when we stand together.<br><br>Our journey is just beginning.<br><br><b>Thank you for all you do,<br><br>President Barack Obama</b></i><br><br>Whoooo!   Hooo!<br><br>Huh?   What's that you said??     You got an e-mail 2?     -Er,   -ummm   THE SAME ONE??      EXACTLY???<br><br><br>Oh.  O. K.   ***sigh***      ***sittin' down annnnnnd moping***", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_15:41:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5476229": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This is why you can't even engage stupidity...because stupid has no boundaries:<br><br>Barack Obama sworn in again, but without a Bible<br><a href=\"http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5567187.ece\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_15:38:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "12b0b4b66fee0dbbc8e1ce824da9d816", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5476675": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It's a shame the President can't trademark his name, because he could make a killing if he got a cut of the profits of all the Obama stuff on the market right now.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_15:59:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5475738, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5476245": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What kind of plan did Bush & Co have when Gitmo opened in the first place?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_15:41:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nate_Wesley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5468798, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5475735": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The colors just look off to me.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_15:18:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "vulcan_girl", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5465267, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5475738": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "From the \"yeah, right\" news department: <br><br><i>CHICAGO \u2013 The company that made Beanie Babies a top toy craze is hoping for another winner with dolls named \"Sweet Sasha\" and \"Marvelous Malia.\"<br><br>Now where have we heard those names before?<br><br>Ty Inc. has released the 12-inch plush dolls as part of the company's \"TyGirlz Collection,\" introduced in 2007. The Sasha doll has pigtails and wears a white and pink dress with hearts. The Malia doll has a side ponytail and a long-sleeve shirt with capri pants.<br><br>The Oak Brook-based company chose the dolls' names because \"they are beautiful names,\" not because of any resemblance to President Obama's daughters, said spokeswoman Tania Lundeen.<br><br>\"There's nothing on the dolls that refers to the Obama girls,\" Lundeen said. \"It would not be fair to say they are exact replications of these girls. They are not.\"</i><br><br><br><a href=\"http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090122/ap_on_bi_ge/obama_daughters_dolls\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090122/ap_on_bi_ge...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_15:20:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nate_Wesley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5468572": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Correction, \"where is the black & green?\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_14:09:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "811a7e4549eb422165aaec909333a57a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5462944": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Did you go to the inauguration, D?  How is the Mrs feeling?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_10:20:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5462394, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5476773": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You know what, Gibbs should break out the overhead projector and pointer and give these clowns some US Constitution 101.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_16:04:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5474942, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5465003": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "lol<br><br>MsKitty, Philly fans don't give a shyt. <br><br>When you diss Santa Claus, you're mean! rotflmao!!!!!!!!<br><br>Sarah Palin wants to keep her name in the spotlight. And she'll use her kids to do it.  Hell, she need to keep those kids in school. Lord knows...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_11:54:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5464747, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5476780": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Mischief Roberts' <br><br>LOL!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_16:01:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5474942, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5468590": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D:  Chucky T is on MSNBC RIGHT NOW:<br><br>1.  Described that there are 3 groups of \"detainees\" - - (a) those that can be tried in our court system;  (b) those that can be transferred and (c) those who are \"un-tryable\".  <br><br>For Category (c), a \"COMMISSION\" will be established to deal with them.<br><br>Now, D., I have exhausted my \"level\" of information on this matter.  :&gt;)   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_14:09:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5467496, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5470640": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Justice58:    Her NAME is in the SPOTLIGHT in ALASKA!!  <br><br>Look at <a href=\"http://www.themudflats.net/2009/01/22/bedtime-in-alaska-daily-wrap-up-2/\" rel=\"nofollow\">PIC O' PALIN</a>  in the <i>MUDFLATS</i>  WOW!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_14:33:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5465003, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5477300": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "In Roberts defense, this was actually the first time he had to do it.....I'm more irritated that no one thought to have him just issue a quick statement onTuesday that the oath was perfectly legal, flubs and ALL. Hell, you're the Chief Justice of the freaking Supreme Court, if you say its fine, then everybody else can kick rocks. I'm mad they even did it a second time...and dammit they BET not do a third!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_16:26:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "12b0b4b66fee0dbbc8e1ce824da9d816", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5477048, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5467061": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm not a fan of <i>anyone</i> making the flag into their own political statement. That extends to people on both sides of the aisle.<br><br>It's not worth going to war over-there'll be enough of that-but I'm a little offended.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_13:01:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5466890, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5470378": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Jill is gorgeous on the inside and out.  I heart her and Joe Biden. Beautiful couple.  Lots of love there.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_14:34:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5468442, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5471648": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D:   LOL!!  :&gt;)<br><br>But, I'm still \"axin' \"  <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJpyskHMwRs\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Where Is The Love?</b></a>   Huh?    :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_14:43:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5469866, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5478861": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm not disputing that...my concern is that there's no plan.<br><br>If you saw the press briefing today, two reporters-one from CNN and I forget where the other was from-asked Gibbs essentially, \"how can you guarantee the safety of the American people when you don't really have a plan?\"<br><br>That's my issue. We're closing the place in a year, but we're not exactly sure how we're going to do it yet.<br><br>(and I can say this to you, cause I think you'll see my point) Hell, even when we invaded Iraq, we had a plan. It may not have completely worked, but at least there was one.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_17:32:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5478649, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5478869": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't know, but I noticed that about the Pepsi ads as well.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_17:29:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5477932, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5478649": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D, I undeerstand your grievances---to an extent---but he has given it a one year deadline.<br><br>Now, Bush himself supposedly wanted to close Gitmo as well, but we all know, including you that that was not going to happen under his watch.<br><br>What so many people keep forgetting about Obama is his background as not only a lawyer, but a constitutional law professor---I am confident the man KNOWS and UNDERSTANDS the workings of our legal and judicial systems.   And he will paln accordingly...and his policies will be legally carried out according to our Constitution....he knows it quite well.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_17:22:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5467755, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5468120": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I look forward to seeing the documentary.  Thanks", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_13:46:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5465081, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5475806": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Sepia,<br><br><i>Edward R. Murrow should rise from his grave and slap the red out of his hair.</i><br><br><br><br>Too funny! lol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_15:24:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5474343, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5475664": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If it only comes on cable, I'm going to have to get HBO for a day.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_15:17:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "vulcan_girl", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5468120, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5477347": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hi , D.  Co-sign.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_16:28:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5476056, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5468646": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "An olive branch: feel free to smack Rush. Ideology aside, the consequences of Obama \"failing\" shouldn't be acceptable to any of us.<br><br>1. A lot of them can't be returned to their original places of capture because they'll either be killed on the spot or shortly thereafter (which is why some of the people who are in Gitmo are still there, even though we know they were just swept up).  And there's an inherent risk in granting them asylum, as on more than a few occasions, released detainees have been involved in acts of terror after their release.<br><br>2. Supermax is a viable option, though the people in CO won't like it at all. So are the consolidated brigs in Norfolk and Miramar, and the same probably applies to the people there (hell, I know it does for Norfolk; I'll be damned if they come <i>here</i>). That's the other part of the problem: you're not going to be able to convince <i>anyone</i> in the US that it's their patriotic duty to have people like KSM sitting down the street from their kids (and even though it won't actually be that way, that's how it will be aired during the protests on TV).<br><br>Couple that with the fact that we can't necessarily try them publicly without getting into intelligence sources and methods, which then put more Americans at risk. Then add to that the fact that since we can't give any of the guilty the death penalty (for obvious reasons), wherever we put them has to be prepared to hold them forever, which takes you back to what I said above.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_14:12:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5468020, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5474044": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "No access to tv right now.  What did he say?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_15:07:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5472359, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5479552": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "As far as I can remember the following is the first email I've received that's signed 'President Barack Obama' rather than just 'Barack'.  I feel like he's passed through our hands and into history.<br><br>\"Thank you for being part of the most open inauguration in our nation's history.<br><br>As we begin the work of remaking America, we must draw on the common hopes that brought us together this week.<br><br>I'm counting on you to keep the spirit of unity and service alive.<br><br>You can visit <a href=\"http://www.pic2009.org/whitehouse\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.pic2009.org/whitehouse</a> to learn about our plans to bring change to America, and how you can get involved in the work ahead.<br><br>We face many challenges. But we face them as one nation.<br><br>And we have seen, time and time again, that there are no limits to what we can accomplish when we stand together.<br><br>Our journey is just beginning.<br><br>Thank you for all you do,<br><br>President Barack Obama\"<br><br><br>PS  There's been some great batches of photos posted this week.  Don't miss them:<br><a href=\"http://community.livejournal.com/obama_daily/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://community.livejournal.com/obama_daily/</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_18:01:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "tovangar2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5477871": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "In further defense of the Chief Justice, I've seen the oath of enlistment/commissioning oath (they're all similar) flubbed several times. It's a lot easier to stumble over the words than people realize (hell, I've seen people <i>misread</i> it).", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_16:49:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5477048, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5463029": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "She's doing good; hasn't killed me yet.<br><br>We watched it on TV.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_09:28:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5462944, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5465081": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Chris Rock has a documentary at Sundance this week, \"Good Hair\", described as \"a hilarious examination of the cultural pressures that prod blacks into costly, often painful methods to care for their hair.\"<br><br>He says he got the idea in '96 but nobody was doing funny docs.  Now that he has two girls, and friends with girls, the time seems right.<br><br><i>While loaded with the 43-year-old actor-comedian's wisecracking humor, \"Good Hair\" also raises serious questions about identity and equality among black women who feel they need long, straight, silky hair to fit into white society.<br><br>\"It's this whole thing about approval. That approval is not simply, `I want white people to love me.' It's like, `I need a job. I want to move forward, and if I have a hairstyle that is somewhat intimidating, that's going to stop me from moving forward,'\" said Nelson George, executive producer of \"Good Hair.\"<br><br>Rock interviews women who undergo hair-relaxing treatments with chemicals that burn their scalps and others who pay thousands of dollars for hair weaves. Along the way, he trades witty, insightful observations with such figures as Maya Angelou, the Rev. Al Sharpton, actresses Raven-Symone and Tracie Thoms, and singers Eve and Ice-T.<br><br>Long talks candidly in the film about her own perms and weaves, but in the interview with Rock, she also speaks hopefully about how Obama, his wife and their two daughters can help blacks overcome the cultural inferiority complex that prompts them to change their hair.<br><br>\"Just seeing that family photo and seeing the daughters with their hair in cornrows sometimes, it resonates for me in such a huge way,\" Long said. \"I just feel finally we have an image that's the most powerful image in our country that actually is a part of who I am.\"</i><br><br><a href=\"http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gsTFCjFHwh1ruoePi9kaKT9faKlwD95RJKU02\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALe...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_11:57:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "vulcan_girl", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5479421": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "And in that same vein, President Obama could well go to the Congress and<br>say, \"We have to close this place down; how do we do it, and still guarantee<br>safety?\" Because right now, NO ONE has the answer to that question; we're<br>going to figure it out as we go along.<br><br>And if getting rid of Gitmo causes us more harm than good-cause as much as<br>you may not want to admit it, that potential IS there-will removing that<br>\"ugly scar\" still be worth it?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-22_16:58:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5479247, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 4, "reply_position": true, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "10349418", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": 216300917250121568}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "thursday_open_thread_65", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 141, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 10349418, "queued": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": true, "use_fb_connect": true, "forum_facebook_key": "bd6a8bc56f8eb204984f34b6fefe228d", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": true, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
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	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_65' +
		'&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_65/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_65'
			+ '&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_65/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">141</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/thursday_open_thread_65/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_65/">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:10349418" 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_65/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:10349418" 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:10349418" 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_65',
			// 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_65/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_65'
			+ '&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_65'
			+ '&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_65'
				+ '&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/10349418/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);
	};
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		// HACK: Set variable on window to use post message.
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Dsq.container.className = "clearfix";
Dsq.container.innerHTML = ' \
<ul id="dsq-comments">\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5462039">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5462039" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5462039" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5462039">Admiral_Komack</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5462039" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5462039" class="dsq-comment-message">Make a wingnut\'s head explode:<br><br>Have them listen to "Chocolate City".</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5463333">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5463333" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5463333" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5463333">RobM</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5463333" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5463333" class="dsq-comment-message">"Our President is Black"; apologies to Young Jeezy</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5462394">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5462394" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5462394" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5462394" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5462394" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5462394" class="dsq-comment-message">Not cool.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5462944">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5462944" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5462944" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5462944" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5462944" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5462944" class="dsq-comment-message">Did you go to the inauguration, D?  How is the Mrs feeling?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5463029">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5463029" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5463029" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5463029" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5463029" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5463029" class="dsq-comment-message">She\'s doing good; hasn\'t killed me yet.<br><br>We watched it on TV.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5466890">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5466890" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5466890" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5466890">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5466890" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5466890" class="dsq-comment-message">D,<br><br>come on, you know this was one of those fears. <br><br>you know satire when you see it.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5467061">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5467061" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5467061" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5467061" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5467061" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5467061" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m not a fan of <i>anyone</i> making the flag into their own political statement. That extends to people on both sides of the aisle.<br><br>It\'s not worth going to war over-there\'ll be enough of that-but I\'m a little offended.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5467702">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5467702" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5467702" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5467702">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5467702" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5467702" class="dsq-comment-message">it was hilarious to me because everyone knows that this is SO far from who President Obama is, it\'s absurd....that\'s part of why it\'s so funny.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5467883">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5467883" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5467883" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5467883">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5467883" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5467883" class="dsq-comment-message">As many funerals as I\'ve gone to where a flag was presented, my great-grandfather, both grandfathers, uncle, great-uncles.....at the end of the day, it was just a flag.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5464912">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5464912" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5464912" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5464912">vulcan_girl</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5464912" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5464912" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree.  I don\'t know if it\'s my monitor or what, but the colors mirror those of watermelon.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5465267">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5465267" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5465267" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5465267">jelana</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5465267" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5465267" class="dsq-comment-message">Have you never seen the African American flag?  It is red, black, and green.<br>The above flag is satirical.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5466688">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5466688" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5466688" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5466688" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5466688" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5466688" class="dsq-comment-message">The "African American" flag?<br><br>You did <i>not</i> just say that.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5466993">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5466993" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5466993" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5466993">jelana</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5466993" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5466993" class="dsq-comment-message">Of course I did.  Maybe it is the Black Nationalist Flag but you know<br>exactly what I am talking about!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5467924">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5467924" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5467924" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5467924">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5467924" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5467924" class="dsq-comment-message">Of course! Who among us didn\'t have that necklace on as we jammed to Public Enemy?? LOL</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5476136">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5476136" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5476136" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5476136">Nate_Wesley</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5476136" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5476136" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/us-afro.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/us-afro.html</a><br><br>The original picture is hardly anything to be worked up about. I\'ve seen flags redone in college sports colors flown waved in football stadiums.   They aren\'t lampooning the actual American flag, and neither is this red/green/black one that Rikyrah posted.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5475735">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5475735" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5475735" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5475735">vulcan_girl</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5475735" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5475735" class="dsq-comment-message">The colors just look off to me.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5463344">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5463344" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5463344" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5463344">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5463344" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5463344" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>Palin to media: Leave my kids alone</b><br><b>Former GOP vice presidential candidate is going on the offensive </b><br><br><br><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28778319/?gt1=43001" rel="nofollow">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28778319/?gt1=43001</a><br><br><i>ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the former Republican vice presidential candidate, is going on the offensive against news organizations and bloggers she says are perpetuating malicious gossip about her and her children.</i><br><br><i>But political observers say Palin can\'t have it both ways: trotting out the children to showcase her family values, then trying to shield them from scrutiny.</i><br><br><i>Palin\'s criticism also raises questions about her motivations because she has said she is open to a presidential run in 2012.</i><br><br><br><br>**Sigh** Leave the stage, Sarah Palin!  Just go away!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5464213">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5464213" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5464213" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5464213">.</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5464213" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5464213" class="dsq-comment-message">Who exactly is bothering and talking about her children?  The only person talking about her kids is her.  Nobody cares about Track, Trig, Tripp or the rest.  Maybe that\'s what\'s got her hot.  Nobody cares anymore.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5465225">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5465225" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5465225" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5465225">Sepia</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5465225" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5465225" class="dsq-comment-message">ITA. The only children we\'ve been talking about are Malia and Sasha.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5467700">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5467700" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5467700" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5467700">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5467700" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5467700" class="dsq-comment-message">She considers that to be the same thing as insulting her kids.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5468526">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5468526" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5468526" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5468526">Against Race Politics</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5468526" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5468526" class="dsq-comment-message">Ah ha, Miranda!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5468544">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5468544" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5468544" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5468544">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5468544" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5468544" class="dsq-comment-message"><i><br>The only children we\'ve been talking about are Malia and Sasha.</i><br><br>Tell me about it.<br><br>Nobody\'s thinking about her brood.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5464747">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5464747" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5464747" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5464747">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5464747" class="dsq-comment-message">If Palin didn\'t want people talking about her kids, she shouldn\'t have been using them as props.  I remember when Palin came to Philly to drop the puck at the Flyers game, she knew she was going to be booed mercilessly so she tried to be slick and bring Piper on the ice with her because no one would dare boo a 7-year old girl, right?  The fans weren\'t having it and booed them both anyway, and she later chastised them for booing a little girl.  She obviously knew nothing about Philly fans\' reputation (throwing snowballs at Santa Claus, cheering when opposing players are wheeled out on stretchers, etc.) if she was dumb enough to use her kid as a shield.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5465003">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5465003" class="dsq-comment-message">lol<br><br>MsKitty, Philly fans don\'t give a shyt. <br><br>When you diss Santa Claus, you\'re mean! rotflmao!!!!!!!!<br><br>Sarah Palin wants to keep her name in the spotlight. And she\'ll use her kids to do it.  Hell, she need to keep those kids in school. Lord knows...</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5470640">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5470640" class="dsq-comment-message">Justice58:    Her NAME is in the SPOTLIGHT in ALASKA!!  <br><br>Look at <a href="http://www.themudflats.net/2009/01/22/bedtime-in-alaska-daily-wrap-up-2/" rel="nofollow">PIC O\' PALIN</a>  in the <i>MUDFLATS</i>  WOW!!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5467675">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5467675" class="dsq-comment-message">She PIMPED her kids from the word GO like Tyrone does his best 10 dollar HO. Whatever happens to her kids, SHE brought it on. <br><br>Don\'t think that any of us will forget how she threw Bristol under the bus without blinking.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5468512">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5468512" class="dsq-comment-message">Don\'t think that any of us will forget how she threw Bristol under the bus without blinking.<br><br>She did that!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5476639">Lilytiger</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5476639" class="dsq-comment-message">Too true.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5469885">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5469885" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  LOL!    :&gt;)                             Orrrr - - <b>WINKIN\'</b>    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5485200">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5485200" class="dsq-comment-message">And had Piper running around the kitchen  during aninterview with those(FMB\'s)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5464698">OhPuhleezee</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5464698" class="dsq-comment-message">Bill O\'reilly & Dennis Millers response to a video of jay-Z & Young Jeezy talking about GWB. <br><br><a href="http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshhUOotQ85CQT8W2k88" rel="nofollow">http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5476614" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5476614">Lilytiger</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5476614" class="dsq-comment-message">Those two are having a secret passionate affair. They just think they are the cat\'s meow.<br><br>Ugh</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5465081">vulcan_girl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5465081" class="dsq-comment-message">Chris Rock has a documentary at Sundance this week, "Good Hair", described as "a hilarious examination of the cultural pressures that prod blacks into costly, often painful methods to care for their hair."<br><br>He says he got the idea in \'96 but nobody was doing funny docs.  Now that he has two girls, and friends with girls, the time seems right.<br><br><i>While loaded with the 43-year-old actor-comedian\'s wisecracking humor, "Good Hair" also raises serious questions about identity and equality among black women who feel they need long, straight, silky hair to fit into white society.<br><br>"It\'s this whole thing about approval. That approval is not simply, `I want white people to love me.\' It\'s like, `I need a job. I want to move forward, and if I have a hairstyle that is somewhat intimidating, that\'s going to stop me from moving forward,\'" said Nelson George, executive producer of "Good Hair."<br><br>Rock interviews women who undergo hair-relaxing treatments with chemicals that burn their scalps and others who pay thousands of dollars for hair weaves. Along the way, he trades witty, insightful observations with such figures as Maya Angelou, the Rev. Al Sharpton, actresses Raven-Symone and Tracie Thoms, and singers Eve and Ice-T.<br><br>Long talks candidly in the film about her own perms and weaves, but in the interview with Rock, she also speaks hopefully about how Obama, his wife and their two daughters can help blacks overcome the cultural inferiority complex that prompts them to change their hair.<br><br>"Just seeing that family photo and seeing the daughters with their hair in cornrows sometimes, it resonates for me in such a huge way," Long said. "I just feel finally we have an image that\'s the most powerful image in our country that actually is a part of who I am."</i><br><br><a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gsTFCjFHwh1ruoePi9kaKT9faKlwD95RJKU02" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALe...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5468120">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5468120" class="dsq-comment-message">I look forward to seeing the documentary.  Thanks</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5475664">vulcan_girl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5475664" class="dsq-comment-message">If it only comes on cable, I\'m going to have to get HBO for a day.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5479544">Robert M</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5479544" class="dsq-comment-message">I know Chris worked hard but I know anyone who saw She\'s gota have it in mixed company knows nothing need be said. The White people just didn\'t know and we were dying laughing on the floor of the theatre.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5465154">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5465154" class="dsq-comment-message">Do you all agree with this list? Notice who\'s missing.....<br><br>From Politico: <br><i><br><a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17775.html" rel="nofollow">Ten Dems Obama Should Watch Out For</a><br>Even if Democrats don’t agree with Barack Obama on everything, who among them would challenge a president with a 73 percent approval rating?<br><br>He’ll soon find out.<br><br>Sooner or later, the bonhomie of Obama’s Inauguration will dissipate — and the novelty of having a soul mate in the Oval Office will give way to intense internal debates over the extent and substance of Democratic change.<br><br>Either that, or some people will just get on Obama’s nerves.<br><br>The president’s friends might not become his enemies. But here are 10 Democrats — and some runners-up — who could soon find themselves on the White House Frenemies List:<br><br>1. Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) — Conyers, the outspoken chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, hasn’t been shy about pressuring Obama — vowing to proceed with investigations into the Bush administration’s sacking of eight U.S. attorneys and other potential violations of federal law. Obama has said he prefers to “look forward” and not rehash the past — but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has indicated she’s open to allowing Conyers to proceed. Remember: In the 110th Congress, Conyers had to be talked down from pushing for the impeachment of President George W. Bush. <br><br>2. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) — The incoming chairwoman of the Intelligence Committee forced Obama to apologize after he nominated Leon Panetta to head the CIA without consulting her first. Feinstein is not afraid to break with her party on thorny issues, as she did recently during the Roland Burris affair and last year when she essentially declared Hillary Clinton’s presidential run over before her candidate was ready to concede. Feinstein also may be positioning herself for a 2010 gubernatorial run, a potentially bigger factor for her than making Obama look good.<br><br>3. Vice President Joe Biden — Biden survived the campaign, the transition and even Inauguration Day without any Obama-embarrassing verbal gaffes. But on the first full day of the Obama presidency, Biden made a joke — on live TV — about Chief Justice John Roberts’ fumbling of Obama’s swearing-in. Obama, who had tried to smooth over the oath of office glitch, looked visibly unhappy with his VP, touching his arm in a sign that it was time to shut up and move on. If Biden can’t button it — and encourage his wife to do the same — expect to see Obama’s pinched-face look a little more often.<br><br>4. Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.) — Waxman, who knocked off John Dingell to become chairman of the powerful Energy and Commerce Committee, is no party maverick: He’s an enthusiastic Obama and Pelosi supporter with a long history of defending Democratic presidents, namely Bill Clinton. But he’s also among the House’s most aggressive proponents of addressing global warming fast, and he recently promised to act “quickly and decisively” in his capacity as committee chairman. The problem is that both Pelosi and Obama have a lot on their plates and want to ring up a series of legislative victories before addressing a controversial, technically complex issue that could create a stalemate. Plus, Waxman’s push for stronger emissions standards could alienate some Rust Belt members whose states depend on coal. Runner-up: Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.).<br><br>5. Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) — The new head of the Appropriations Committee is old school when it comes to legislative earmarks. This is the same guy, after all, who from 1998 to 2004 steered $1.4 billion to military projects in his state. That puts him at philosophical loggerheads with Obama, who ran against the culture of pork and influence peddling in Washington. “Inouye isn’t going to bend to accommodate” Obama, said a senior Democratic aide. Moreover, this beloved war hero — who stood up for fellow earmarker and former Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) when the latter was convicted on federal fraud counts— is probably reflecting the views of many other Democrats. Said one Senate aide: “That anti-earmark stuff sells nationally, but earmarks are still great politics locally.” Runner-up: Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.).<br><br>6. Rep. Allen Boyd (D-Fla.) — Obama has carefully courted Boyd, one of the most influential of the pay-as-you-go Blue Dog Democrats — but an unprecedented congressional spending spree and the new administration’s commitment to throwing more aid at flailing banks will create inevitable tensions. Those tensions have been stoked by the new president’s waning commitment to repealing tax cuts for families earning $250,000 or more — a rollback backed by both the Dogs and Pelosi. Some Blue Dogs, many of them newly elected moderates responsible for expanding the Democratic majority in the House, have also shown a willingness to break with party leadership on national security issues — and 15 of them refused to pay Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee dues in 2007 over differences with antiwar Democrats. But with $1.2 trillion in government spending at hand and the worst economy in 75 years, budget hawks are not exactly in vogue in the Democratic Party, so Blue Dogs may be diminished. Runners-up: Reps. Heath Sh uler (D-N.C.) and Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-S.D.).<br><br>7. Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) As chairman of the Finance Committee, Baucus has often infuriated liberals with his pro-business positions and his penchant for striking deals with Republican Chuck Grassley. If Obama chooses to govern from the middle, he could find a key ally in Baucus. But trying to enact the tax, health and trade policies he touted on the campaign could hit a roadblock if Baucus doesn’t give them his blessing.<br><br>8. Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) — The head of the Congressional Black Caucus represents several potential fault lines between Obama and Hill Democrats. As a CBC leader with a lock on her Oakland district (and a solid relationship with Pelosi), she’s secure enough to buck the White House if she thinks that Obama is taking African-American support for granted. She is also a founder of the Out of Iraq and Progressive caucuses — and she stood up to Bill Clinton on his use of military force in Iraq and Serbia — so she won’t be shy in criticizing the administration if it tarries on withdrawing from Iraq. Runner-up: Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.).<br><br>9. Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) — Because none of his fellow Democrats ever know what he will do or say.<br><br>10. Michelle Obama — She’s glamorous, she’s on message, she’s the nation’s favorite mom — and now she has nowhere to go but down. The press, which helped savage Michelle Obama for her “proud of my country” remark during the campaign, has since built her into a 21st century Jackie O. With the spotlight shining so brightly on her now, any misstep by the first lady — a slip of the tongue, a too-frank statement, any disagreement with the administration’s positions — could reflect harshly on her husband.</i></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5466478" class="dsq-comment-message">Biden knows he\'s #2 and part of the price of being #2 is having a golden muzzle.  Biden would probably quit than try to usurp Obama.<br><br>Michelle will be doing nothing more controversial than hosting HGTV specials and running after the kids and giving interviews about being a mom and what her favorite 30 minute meal is.<br><br>Jim Webb is not going to go toe to toe against Obama unless Obama stands up and says MILITARY KISS MY ASS.  Bush and them did all that and Webb didn\'t step up so why would he step up on Obama now?<br><br>This list is a joke and a farce and needs to include:<br><br>Joe Lieberman<br><br>Harry Reid<br><br>Nancy Pelosi<br><br>Assorted Congressional Black Congress members<br><br>Hillary Clinton<br><br>Bill Clinton<br><br>Any Clinton supporter<br><br>Any list of "Democrats to watch out for" that doesn\'t include the above named people is not to be taken seriously.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5466195">OhPuhleezee</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5466195" class="dsq-comment-message">Biden\'s defective filter is a plus. He\'ll give comedians something to focus on.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5466743" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5466743">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5466743" class="dsq-comment-message">HRC must have written this list!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5479436">Robert M</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5479436" class="dsq-comment-message">Second. All in favor;(very loudly ) Aye. All those opposed; pin drops.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5466360">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5466360" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>BREAKING NEWS!!</b>  President Obama is SIGNING the EXECUTIVE ORDERS (4) for the CLOSING of GUANTANAMO within <b>ONE YEAR!!</b><br><br>MSNBC;  11:20am<br><br>SENATE COMMITTEE <b>CONFIRMED</b> GEITHNER .  NOW this goes to the FULL SENATE!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5466733" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5466733" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5466733" class="dsq-comment-message">And-as I said in my post on my blog about Gitmo-thus ends my love affair with President Obama.<br><br>Lasted about as long as I expected it to. LOL.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5467271" href="http://www.WEESeeYou.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Webb</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5467271" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>As for our common defense, <b>we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals.</b> Our Founding Fathers, faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man, a charter expanded by the blood of generations. Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give them up for expedience\'s sake.</i><br><br>   - President Barack Obama<br><br>Don\'t military members take an oath to defend the Constitution too?  Maybe neocons have another document that they follow?  Either way, if your love affair is over, that\'s too bad, so sad.  Our President doesn\'t mind losing neocon votes in order to restore this nation to where it needs to be.<br><br><b>LONG LIVE PRESIDENT OBAMA!</b></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5467437">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5467437" class="dsq-comment-message">Webb:  MAJOR CO-SIGN!!   Nice post!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5467496" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5467496" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5467496" class="dsq-comment-message">I find it interesting that you\'d quote that. <br><br>My concern over the closing of Gitmo is based on two things:<br><br>1. What do we do with the people who are innocent that we can\'t send back because no one wants them, and<br>2. What do we do with the people who aren\'t innocent? Where do we put them? How do we try and convict them? If we build another Gitmo in the US, does that make it all okay?<br><br>Now, we can have that discussion if you want to...but I\'ve seen your name floating around here long enough that I think you know why I feel the way about Gitmo that I do.<br><br>Since we\'re all about transparency now, I\'ll expect the actual "how" the closing of Gitmo to be made (somewhat) public. And if I think it\'s a good plan, I\'ll say so publically.<br><br>But don\'t think that just because I\'m sworn to support and defend the Constitution, that means I\'m always going to agree. Or did the left stop considering dissent patriotic when Bush left office?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5467722">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5467722" class="dsq-comment-message">D:  OOPS!  This is what I requested.  Thanks.<br><br>Now, your concerns are based on what happens to the PEOPLE.<br> <br>First:   I believe that President Obama and his "Cabinet"[and, possibly, Gen.Powell] already have a plan for them.  Second:    I believe that the "PLAN" will be revealed during this year.<br><br>BTW:  How many people are we talking about?  I\'m forgetting this info.  Thanks.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5467785" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5467785" class="dsq-comment-message">200-250 or so.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5468025">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5468025" class="dsq-comment-message">D:  Thanks.  IMHO this is NOT that many people.<br><br>Annnnnd, as I\'ve stated, THERE IS A PLAN!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5468020" href="http://www.WEESeeYou.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Webb</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5468020" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>did the left stop considering dissent patriotic when Bush left office?</i><br><br>I welcome dissent, but when folks start hoping for our President "to fail," ala Rush Limbaugh, then they deserve a good smack down.    <br><br>Some of us truly appreciate (and applaud) you for bringing your perspectives in the midst of our Obama love-a-thon.<br><br>And you\'ll have to excuse me, I haven\'t really been following the Gitmo threads, but it would appear that your concerns are easily addressed:<br><br><i>1. What do we do with the people who are innocent that we can\'t send back because no one wants them.</i><br>If these people are innocent, they should be returned to their original points of capture.  If they can not be returned, then we should consider them political refugees and grant them asylum--THAT IS THE PRICE of the previous administration\'s fuck-up.<br><br><i>What do we do with the people who aren\'t innocent? Where do we put them? How do we try and convict them? If we build another Gitmo in the US, does that make it all okay?</i><br><br>They (folks like KSM) can go to Supermax and join the likes of the Unabomber and Eric Rudolph.  They can be tried under our legal systems.  We do not need to build a Gitmo in the US b/c a Gitmo in the US as it existed in Cuba would be <b>illegal.</b></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5468417">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5468417" class="dsq-comment-message">Webb, I love your reasoning.  Your post speaks to my questions and concerns.  Thank you.<br><br>As the year unfolds, I am looking forward to how President Obama and his administration work with their plan to close Gitmo and bring our troops home from Iraq.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5468646" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5468646" class="dsq-comment-message">An olive branch: feel free to smack Rush. Ideology aside, the consequences of Obama "failing" shouldn\'t be acceptable to any of us.<br><br>1. A lot of them can\'t be returned to their original places of capture because they\'ll either be killed on the spot or shortly thereafter (which is why some of the people who are in Gitmo are still there, even though we know they were just swept up).  And there\'s an inherent risk in granting them asylum, as on more than a few occasions, released detainees have been involved in acts of terror after their release.<br><br>2. Supermax is a viable option, though the people in CO won\'t like it at all. So are the consolidated brigs in Norfolk and Miramar, and the same probably applies to the people there (hell, I know it does for Norfolk; I\'ll be damned if they come <i>here</i>). That\'s the other part of the problem: you\'re not going to be able to convince <i>anyone</i> in the US that it\'s their patriotic duty to have people like KSM sitting down the street from their kids (and even though it won\'t actually be that way, that\'s how it will be aired during the protests on TV).<br><br>Couple that with the fact that we can\'t necessarily try them publicly without getting into intelligence sources and methods, which then put more Americans at risk. Then add to that the fact that since we can\'t give any of the guilty the death penalty (for obvious reasons), wherever we put them has to be prepared to hold them forever, which takes you back to what I said above.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5469561">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5469561" class="dsq-comment-message">Webb:   To "LUSH":    Saaaa-lap!   Whew!   That FELT GOOD!!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5474224">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5474224" class="dsq-comment-message">I just have to help out a friend and join in...<br><br><br><b>Double  SAAAAAAAAAA&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;LAP</b></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5475643">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5475643" class="dsq-comment-message">Justice58:   LOL!!!   :&gt;)      :&gt;)  THANKS!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5468324">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5468324" class="dsq-comment-message">.My concern over the closing of Gitmo is based on two things:<br><br>1. What do we do with the people who are innocent that we can\'t send back because no one wants them, and<br>2. What do we do with the people who aren\'t innocent? Where do we put them? How do we try and convict them? If we build another Gitmo in the US, does that make it all okay?<br><br>See that is interesting "What to do with the people who are innocent?"In our haste to do away with the Constitution and our treaty obligations we have tortured innocent people.Now if they weren\'t a threat to us they are now.President Obama will follow the Constitution unlike bush who said it was just a g*d damn piece of paper.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5469487" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5469487" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5469487" class="dsq-comment-message">I trust you\'ve heard of the Uighurs who are still in Gitmo. That\'s a good example of who I\'m talking about.<br><br>We\'ve known for a while they were swept up, but no one wants them, and we can\'t send them back to China because we know they\'ll be persecuted.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5468590">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5468590" class="dsq-comment-message">D:  Chucky T is on MSNBC RIGHT NOW:<br><br>1.  Described that there are 3 groups of "detainees" - - (a) those that can be tried in our court system;  (b) those that can be transferred and (c) those who are "un-tryable".  <br><br>For Category (c), a "COMMISSION" will be established to deal with them.<br><br>Now, D., I have exhausted my "level" of information on this matter.  :&gt;)   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5468798" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5468798" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5468798" class="dsq-comment-message">Then my next question is, "well, there\'s commissions in Gitmo; Obama just suspended them. Why do we have to bring the detainees here to do there same thing we were just doing there?"<br><br>(and I know you can\'t answer that. Hell, I\'d be pressed to if it was presented to me)<br><br>What this comes down to is that it\'s one thing to say "we\'re going to close Gitmo, and we have a plan." It\'s something else to say "we\'re going to close Gitmo, but we\'ll figure out how as we go along." That may not be what\'s being said, but it\'s damn sure how it looks from my end...</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5468973">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5468973" class="dsq-comment-message">D:     <i>(and I know you can\'t answer that.</i><br><br>You ain\'t neva lied!!  :&gt;)      :&gt;)        :&gt;)<br><br>Soooo, the MAIN question 4  me is:  NOW  what about that LOVE AFFAIR with PRESIDENT OBAMA?  Huh??  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5469866" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5469866" class="dsq-comment-message">I was down-somewhat-on Tuesday.<br><br>Yesterday, it was more wait and see what happens.<br><br>Today, I\'m back to "loyal opposition."</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5471648">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5471648" class="dsq-comment-message">D:   LOL!!  :&gt;)<br><br>But, I\'m still "axin\' "  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJpyskHMwRs" rel="nofollow"><b>Where Is The Love?</b></a>   Huh?    :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5472968" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5472968" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s slipping further and further away, the more I watch this press briefing....</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5474305" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5474305">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5474305" class="dsq-comment-message">D:<br><br><br>  Welll - -<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAbbd8HcPQs" rel="nofollow">\'You Can\'t Hurry Love\' </a><br><br>ENJOY!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5478782">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5478782" class="dsq-comment-message">Damn, D, you sound like Joe Scarborough....and believe me that is not a good look.<br><br>"Loyal Opposition" must be the catch-phrase they told all the Repubs to use because Joe wrote an article on Huffington Post with those same words.<br><br>Gotta give it to you republicans, you all sure know how to stick to the script and talking points no matter what.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5479147" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5479147" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5479147" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!<br><br>I read HuffPo about as often as I watch MSNBC (read: never).<br><br>I actually got it from Bill Kristol.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5476245">Nate_Wesley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5476245" class="dsq-comment-message">What kind of plan did Bush & Co have when Gitmo opened in the first place?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5476789">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5476789" class="dsq-comment-message">Probably none. He didn\'t have an exit strategy for Iraq.  He kill the writ of habeas corpus.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5467521">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5467521" class="dsq-comment-message">D:  I\'m really tryin\' to "understand" your position.  Sooo, 1. can you bring a "snipet" of your "reasoning" over here.    2.  What, if anything, will you respond to regarding <b>PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA?</b><br><br>Poll on the closing:        51% YES        47% NO.<br><br>Thank you.  **standing down***    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5467755" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5467755" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5467755" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL.<br><br>Don\'t get me wrong: I know Gitmo\'s gonna close and that the GWOT-including Iraq and Afghanistan-is going to end. That\'s not my issue.<br><br>My concern is <i>how</i> these things are brought to their individual conclusions. <br><br>For example, if the plan is to bring everyone back here, throw out all the evidence against the detainees that was obtained coercively, and try them based on what\'s left...I see that as irresponsible, and will say so.<br><br>My suggestion was that during the 120 day suspension of hearings, President Obama-or someone from his administration that hasn\'t been to Gitmo-go down there and see what\'s going on, because the Obama Admin may not have been privy to the whole story of Gitmo. <br><br>Either way, once the order\'s given, it\'s to be carried out...but I\'d feel a bit more comfortable knowing that it was completely looked into, rather than just issuing an order to fufill a campaign promise.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5468412">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5468412" class="dsq-comment-message">D:  Your concern is based on <i>how these things are brought to their individual conclusions.?</i><br><br>This would be ADDRESSED by HIS PLAN.<br><br>Annnnnd, IMHO, he, prudently, would NOT reveal this NOW.  It has WAY 2 MANY complexities  - - LEGAL and OTHERWISE.<br><br>Soooo, D, you/we just hafta WAIT!!<br><br>I\'m VERY COMFORTABLE with this!!  PATIENCE!!  One of those VIRTUES!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5478649" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5478649">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5478649" class="dsq-comment-message">D, I undeerstand your grievances---to an extent---but he has given it a one year deadline.<br><br>Now, Bush himself supposedly wanted to close Gitmo as well, but we all know, including you that that was not going to happen under his watch.<br><br>What so many people keep forgetting about Obama is his background as not only a lawyer, but a constitutional law professor---I am confident the man KNOWS and UNDERSTANDS the workings of our legal and judicial systems.   And he will paln accordingly...and his policies will be legally carried out according to our Constitution....he knows it quite well.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5478861" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5478861" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5478861" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m not disputing that...my concern is that there\'s no plan.<br><br>If you saw the press briefing today, two reporters-one from CNN and I forget where the other was from-asked Gibbs essentially, "how can you guarantee the safety of the American people when you don\'t really have a plan?"<br><br>That\'s my issue. We\'re closing the place in a year, but we\'re not exactly sure how we\'re going to do it yet.<br><br>(and I can say this to you, cause I think you\'ll see my point) Hell, even when we invaded Iraq, we had a plan. It may not have completely worked, but at least there was one.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5479094">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5479094" class="dsq-comment-message">D., the plan for Iraq was poor...and I am not just saying this because I opposed Bush\'s policies...but because of what some of my friends and family experienced in certain locations before the war  even began.<br><br>Without giving too much detail here, let\'s just say before we invaded in March 2003, one of my loved ones was already relocated in preparation for the location...during the time the inspectors wewe still in Iraq.....and believe me, things were NOT planned well where they were.<br><br>As I\'ve told you before, I have heard tons of stories...and they will shame Bush/ Rumsfeld and others for the conditions and misdirection our brave troops faced in the time preceding the invasion/occupation and during the execution of this war.  And as proud as I am of my country...some of these things were shameful.<br>.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5479273" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5479273" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5479273" class="dsq-comment-message">So, knowing that...are you okay with going into a situation where there<br>seems to be no plan at all?<br><br>Seeing how planning can-in your opinion-go horribly wrong, what makes this<br>situation okay with you?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5479709">Monie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5479709" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5479709" class="dsq-comment-message">I think a one year deadline is a good start....I mean let\'s be real here, Obama did not say Gitmo would be closed by the first week of Feb.<br><br>A lot of dialogue, discussion, and debate on the matter can arise in a year\'s time.  And I can\'t help but stress that I think Obama\'s extensive knowledge in law and the judicial system is an asset.<br><br>Bush is the former president now, so I don\'t want to keep bashing him, I am truly looking forward, but I will say this......Bush was surrounded by neo-Cons....and I feel like Cheney and the others ran the policies and Bush was the poster-boy, the public face of this policies.  Bush, still today, does not seem to grasp all that has occurred, so I\'m not sure he was ever capable of truly carrying out his own true agenda.....it was the overbearing influence of others that made his policies.<br><br>Obama, and the minds he has surrounded himself with are well-thought, pragmatic and reasonable people.  And I think that is the huge difference between Obama\'s circle and Bush\'s.<br><br>What I do feel is that if Obama does find the task of closing Gitmo more difficult than he thought, he WILL tell the American people. <br><br>Bush could never admit screw-ups, and there are arguebly many.....even now after thousands killed, many more maimed, he tells us that the not finding WMD\'s was a "disappointment."  That was probably one of the most absurd things I have ever heard.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5479787" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5479787" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5479787" class="dsq-comment-message">You? Looking forward?<br><br>(kidding)<br><br>Don\'t know if you saw what I said earlier, but I think Obama should actually<br>take a trip down there.<br><br>I don\'t doubt that if he can\'t do it in a year, he\'ll come back and say<br>so....but I also think that a little bit of research would have told him if<br>that was a truly viable goal, so he wouldn\'t have to make that backtrack.<br>Because-in an election year-I already can write THAT talking point.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5479247" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5479247">Robert M</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5479247" class="dsq-comment-message">D<br>The reason you are so dead wrong is that after Sept 11, 2001 President Bush could have gone to Congress and said we are going to inevitably capture some of these people and we need to put them on trial like the NAZI\'s to let them and the world know  what you have done is just plain wrong. We need to put them on trial like Nuremberg so what do you suggest. Instead he went behind everyone\'s back(including the AG whom was sick and they tried to get him to sign off while in the hospital) and found someone (John Woo) to argue he was almighty. In doing so he has been challenged constantly to the point military prosecutors and resigned rather than prosecute. Worse, he flushed America\'s reputation for fairness down the drain(we will ignore the fact that didn\'t necessarily include you black ass or mine) both as a reality and an ideal.<br>President Obama is not going to let these people go willynilly. I know about the recidivism rates among them. But there are plenty of them whom will never even lie about their roles to get out of prison and they will be prosecuted as will others whom will lie. Punishment will probably end up being life imprisonment(I wish it could have been death at the time they were captured so they would not be martyrs to  their cause). There may be enough blood lust for their deaths for those whom earned it but getting rid of Gitmo erases an ugly sore that Americans had rejected since the days the King could throw you in jail for just objecting to what he said.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5479421" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5479421" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5479421" class="dsq-comment-message">And in that same vein, President Obama could well go to the Congress and<br>say, "We have to close this place down; how do we do it, and still guarantee<br>safety?" Because right now, NO ONE has the answer to that question; we\'re<br>going to figure it out as we go along.<br><br>And if getting rid of Gitmo causes us more harm than good-cause as much as<br>you may not want to admit it, that potential IS there-will removing that<br>"ugly scar" still be worth it?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5466443" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5466443">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5466443" class="dsq-comment-message">I loved this video clip.  <br><br>Brought tears.<br><br><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6703195" rel="nofollow">http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6703195</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5466782">Rebecca</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5466782" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5466782" class="dsq-comment-message">That was cute!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5466473" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5466473">Shazza</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5466473" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5466473" class="dsq-comment-message">Did anyone see these? Apologies if duplicates<br><a href="http://www.blackcelebkids.com/2009/01/22/sasha-and-malia-are-dolls/" rel="nofollow">http://www.blackcelebkids.com/2009/01/22/sasha-...</a><br><br>Yeah, they look nothing like them but will probably still fly off the shelves</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5466924">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5466924" class="dsq-comment-message">don\'t look ANYTHING like them, but, will probably be a best seller..</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5466692" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5466692">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5466692" class="dsq-comment-message">World pics on inauguration<br><br><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/International/President44/popup?id=6689357" rel="nofollow">http://abcnews.go.com/International/President44...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5467383" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5467383">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5467383" class="dsq-comment-message">Val:          "People ALL OVER THE WORLD - - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzRjm8Q87_s&feature=related" rel="nofollow">Do it Obama, O\'Jays - Love Train</a><br><br>GREAT PICS!!   NICE GET!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5466873" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5466873">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5466873" class="dsq-comment-message">I hope this isn\'t a duplicate.<br><br><br><a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17767.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17767...</a><br><br>10-year-old wants Obama exclusive <br>By POLITICO STAFF | 1/21/09 5:18 PM EST   Text Size:     <br> <br> <br> <br>Student reporter Damon Weaver, 10, had tickets to Barack Obama\'s presidential inauguration, now he just needs the interview scheduled. The fifth grader from Canal Point, Florida has been trying to score an interview with President Obama. Here are his top two questions for the commander-in-chief:<br><br> <br>His 2nd question..Can you get Joe the Plumber to fix my toilet? LOL!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5467142" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5467142">Tyren M.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5467142" class="dsq-comment-message">Rikyrah: Flag. Timing. I went with my bosses to deliver food to be distributed to needy families in Mpls Tuesday. While at this place to remain nameless, I was asked to dip my fingers in red or blue ink on a flag to be sent to the Obamas. My only question was " wears the black or green ink?" I was told that would be another flag for another day. Now this, right on.<br>Justice - Sarah Palin, the gift that keeps on giving, and I\'m no comedian. As said above, the only children I see spoke of are Sasha and Malia. <br>GLH. There is a rock song there, " don\'t go away mad, just go away."</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5468818">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5468818" class="dsq-comment-message">Tyren M:   LOL!   :&gt;)   Ya mean <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56IywMcZhZI" rel="nofollow">THIS?</a>    :&gt;)<br><br>LAWD!  I\'m glad you gave me the title.  I neva heard this SONG.  It\'s O.K.  I lived in a different era.    :&gt;)   :&gt;)   Still diggin\' the "OLDIES".      :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>ENJOY!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5468442">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5468442" class="dsq-comment-message">Random thought that came to me yesterday as I went through my Tivo and saw the Vice-President and his wife on Oprah:<br><br>Jill Biden is a beautiful woman. I almost feel it\'s insulting to say \'for her age\', but damn, she looks great \'for her age\'.<br><br>The Vice-President must  be \'handling his business\', because a woman doesn\'t preserve that well after 30 years of marriage, unless those have been happy years.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5468946" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5468946">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5468946" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5468946" class="dsq-comment-message">She does look great!  She looked absolutely beautiful in her red gown!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5479235" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5479235">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5479235" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5479235" class="dsq-comment-message">she would look good in a paper bag.  :-)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5470378" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5470378" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5470378">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5470378" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5470378" class="dsq-comment-message">Jill is gorgeous on the inside and out.  I heart her and Joe Biden. Beautiful couple.  Lots of love there.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5472952" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5472952" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5472952">SDG</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5472952" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5472952" class="dsq-comment-message">She was radiant wasn\'t she? That red dress was fantastic.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5476055" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5476055">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5476055" class="dsq-comment-message">SDG:   ENJOY!   :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/21/jill-biden-inaugural-gown_n_159667.html" rel="nofollow">Jill Biden Inaugural Gown By Reem Acra (SLIDESHOW, POLL)</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5471382" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5471382" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5471382">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5471382" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5471382" class="dsq-comment-message">She is fly!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5476036" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5476036">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5476036" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5476036" class="dsq-comment-message">Agree.  Joe says Jill is "DROP DEAD GORGEOUS!"</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5468572" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5468572">Tyren M.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5468572" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5468572" class="dsq-comment-message">Correction, "where is the black & green?"</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5470297" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5470297">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5470297" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5470297" class="dsq-comment-message">President Barack Obama - first trip as President on Air Force One.<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/22/obamas-first-air-force-on_n_159977.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/22/obamas...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5472359" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5472359">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5472359" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5472359" class="dsq-comment-message">WTF is up with Chuck Todd?  Getting on my last nerve....</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5472611" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5472611">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5472611" class="dsq-comment-message">Justice58:  Watchin\'!    SAME QUESTION!!   YUK!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5474044" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5474044" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5474044">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5474044" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5474044" class="dsq-comment-message">No access to tv right now.  What did he say?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5475073" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5475073">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5475073" class="dsq-comment-message">NMP:   With <b>SMARMY/SNARKY/SARCASTIC voice</b>:   Is the Presdent going to have a "do-over" for signing these "EXECUTIVE ORDERS?"<br><br>Then tried to press by re-opening the "ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION" rationale discussion!   Saaaaa-lap!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5476056" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5476056" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5476056" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5476056" class="dsq-comment-message">That segment of the conference was absolutely useless. I was hoping Gibbs would tell him to STFU or something.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5476586" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5476586">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5476586" class="dsq-comment-message">D:   Gibbs takes his CUE from the MODELING of OUR PRESIDENT OBAMA.  Always in COOL, CALM, COLLECTED- - - - <b>CHARGE!!</b>   :&gt;)       :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5477347" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5477347">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5477347" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5477347" class="dsq-comment-message">Hi , D.  Co-sign.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5477968" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5477968" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5477968" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5477968" class="dsq-comment-message">Hi, Spirit......</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5475456">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5475456" class="dsq-comment-message">He kept pressuring Gibbs if President Obama will resign Executive Orders since he was administered the Oath of Office twice. Gibbs answered that counsel agreed the President Obama became President at 12 noon on January 20th according to the Constitution. That wasn\'t good enough for Chuck Todd so he persisted. <br><br><br><b>Saaaaaa&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;lap</b></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5474343">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5474343" class="dsq-comment-message">They need to change his title to White House A--hole Correspondent. <br><br>Of all the things to ask, he spends his time on the oath and re-signing executive orders when he knows damn well that President O is Pres. with or without the oath. <br><br>Edward R. Murrow should rise from his grave and slap the red out of his hair.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5475817">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5475817" class="dsq-comment-message">Sepia:   IFFF I may:  TRANSLATION:     Ima try to elevate MYSELF even IFFF I hafta "AXE"  <b>STUPID QUESTIONS!!</b><br><br>Annnnnnnnd, Ima do that - - - "axe"  <b>STUPID QUESTIONS!!</b><br><br>Thank you, Sepia.   Turning the "TRANSLATION SCEPTER"  back ova to YOU!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5475806" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5475806">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5475806" class="dsq-comment-message">Sepia,<br><br><i>Edward R. Murrow should rise from his grave and slap the red out of his hair.</i><br><br><br><br>Too funny! lol</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5474942">.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5474942" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t know what Chuck Todd said but I know I\'m about tired of these "reporters" trying to play "GOTCHA" with this Oath Pt. 2 business.  <br><br>They said "Why didn\'t we get to see the second swearing in?  Why weren\'t we allowed to see it?"<br><br>I say, "Bitch you DID see the swearing in...on January 20th."<br><br>They said, "Why did Obama feel the need to do it again?"<br><br>I say, "Because your bitch asses are trying to imply Obama did something shady.<br><br>If they were REAL journalists they\'d be all up in Mischief Roberts\' ass asking him WHY IN THE HIZZELL did he SCREW UP the Oath of Office?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5475703" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5475703" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5475703">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5475703" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>SPEAK TRUTH!!</b>   <br><br>ERRYDAY!!     ERRYDAY!!  PLAYING "GOTCHA!"     AAAARRRRRGGG!<br><br>Keep the PRAYERS goin\' !     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5475879" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5475879">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5475879" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5475879" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!<br><br><br>Get it off your chest!  Tell these mofos something!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5476133" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5476133">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5476133" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!  MISCHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS.  <br><br>That\'s right give him a pop ass quiz he hasn\'t study for.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5476466" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5476466">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5476466" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5476466" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!<br><br>You\'re at it again...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5476780" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5476780">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5476780" class="dsq-comment-message">Mischief Roberts\' <br><br>LOL!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5476773" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5476773" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5476773">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5476773" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5476773" class="dsq-comment-message">You know what, Gibbs should break out the overhead projector and pointer and give these clowns some US Constitution 101.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5479361" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5479361">Honey01</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5479361" class="dsq-comment-message">I could not view the link from work Greenlady posted, but I can only imagine.<br><br>Chuck Todd was one of the few I could stand during the campaign. My guess is now that he is "Chief White House Correspondent" for NBC, he wants to "prove" himself.<br><br> Before, he was more of a stats guy. Maybe he should stay in his lane.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5472518">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5472518" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  <b>BREAKING NEWS!!</b>  ROBERT GIBBS News conference.  NOW.<br><br>He said that PRESIDENT OBAMA has REQUESTED and NOW RECEIVES an <b>ECONOMIC DAILY BRIEFING.</b>  It is presented in the evening and is UPDATED the NEXT MORNING!!<br><br><b>LEADERSHIP!!</b>   <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQmgSLSppaE&feature=related" rel="nofollow">CROWD APPLAUSE FOR THE PRESIDENT</a><br><br><b>CHUCKY T is being a "royal anal opening!"</b>   aaarrrgg!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5475738" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5475738">Nate_Wesley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5475738" class="dsq-comment-message">From the "yeah, right" news department: <br><br><i>CHICAGO – The company that made Beanie Babies a top toy craze is hoping for another winner with dolls named "Sweet Sasha" and "Marvelous Malia."<br><br>Now where have we heard those names before?<br><br>Ty Inc. has released the 12-inch plush dolls as part of the company\'s "TyGirlz Collection," introduced in 2007. The Sasha doll has pigtails and wears a white and pink dress with hearts. The Malia doll has a side ponytail and a long-sleeve shirt with capri pants.<br><br>The Oak Brook-based company chose the dolls\' names because "they are beautiful names," not because of any resemblance to President Obama\'s daughters, said spokeswoman Tania Lundeen.<br><br>"There\'s nothing on the dolls that refers to the Obama girls," Lundeen said. "It would not be fair to say they are exact replications of these girls. They are not."</i><br><br><br><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090122/ap_on_bi_ge/obama_daughters_dolls" rel="nofollow">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090122/ap_on_bi_ge...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5476675" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5476675">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5476675" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s a shame the President can\'t trademark his name, because he could make a killing if he got a cut of the profits of all the Obama stuff on the market right now.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5476967" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5476967">Nate_Wesley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5476967" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s why I was really sort of put off by the unauthorized Obama merchandise making the rounds during the election.  The campaign didn\'t see any of that money, although they were raising some record-setting chunks on their own.  <br><br>Heck, even Black Enterprise profiled the folks behind the "Barack The Vote" clothing line.  Something tells me they\'ll have profits on par with the Crocs company in a few years.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5477932" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5477932">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5477932" class="dsq-comment-message">Is there a financial deal between Pepsi and the guy who designed the Obama logo?  Pepsi\'s new logo is the Obama logo.  They are even advertising it with "hope", with the logo in the place of the "o".</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5478869" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5478869">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5478869" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t know, but I noticed that about the Pepsi ads as well.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5476229" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5476229">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5476229" class="dsq-comment-message">This is why you can\'t even engage stupidity...because stupid has no boundaries:<br><br>Barack Obama sworn in again, but without a Bible<br><a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5567187.ece" rel="nofollow">http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5476366" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5476366">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5476366" class="dsq-comment-message">Miranda:   SPEAK TRUTH!!<br><br>The reporters were miffed because alla dem weren\'t allowed to take pics!  HAH!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>It\'s STILL  TA-  RUE <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-yJBsjatW0" rel="nofollow">(OBAMA- Whatever I Like)</a>    :&gt;)       :&gt;)     [One of MY favs!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)]</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5476727" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5476727" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5476727">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5476727" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5476727" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh my goodness!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5477048" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5477048">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5477048" class="dsq-comment-message">Miranda,<br><br>In the words of GreenLady...<br><br>You ain\'t neva lied. This is beyond stupid. Mischief Justice should be scold harshly by the press for his trickery.  How the heck does a Chief Justice forget the Oath?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5477300" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5477300" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5477300">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5477300" class="dsq-comment-message">In Roberts defense, this was actually the first time he had to do it.....I\'m more irritated that no one thought to have him just issue a quick statement onTuesday that the oath was perfectly legal, flubs and ALL. Hell, you\'re the Chief Justice of the freaking Supreme Court, if you say its fine, then everybody else can kick rocks. I\'m mad they even did it a second time...and dammit they BET not do a third!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5479196" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5479196">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5479196" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5479196" class="dsq-comment-message">co-signing Miranda</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5477871" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5477871" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5477871" class="dsq-comment-message">In further defense of the Chief Justice, I\'ve seen the oath of enlistment/commissioning oath (they\'re all similar) flubbed several times. It\'s a lot easier to stumble over the words than people realize (hell, I\'ve seen people <i>misread</i> it).</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5476228" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5476228">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5476228" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  I JUST received my personal e-mail from PRESIDENT OBAMA:<br><br><i><b>Thank you</b> for being part of the most open inauguration in our nation\'s history.<br><br>As we begin the work of remaking America, we must draw on the common hopes that brought us together this week.<br><br><b>I\'m counting on you</b> to keep the spirit of unity and service alive.<br><br><b>You</b> can visit <a href="http://www.pic2009.org/whitehouse" rel="nofollow">http://www.pic2009.org/whitehouse</a> to learn about our plans to bring change to America, and how you can get involved in the work ahead.<br><br>We face many challenges. But we face them as one nation.<br><br>And we have seen, time and time again, that there are no limits to what we can accomplish when we stand together.<br><br>Our journey is just beginning.<br><br><b>Thank you for all you do,<br><br>President Barack Obama</b></i><br><br>Whoooo!   Hooo!<br><br>Huh?   What\'s that you said??     You got an e-mail 2?     -Er,   -ummm   THE SAME ONE??      EXACTLY???<br><br><br>Oh.  O. K.   ***sigh***      ***sittin\' down annnnnnd moping***</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5476473" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5476473">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5476473" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5476473" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>BREAKING NEWS</b>  SOS HILLARY- - - - Annnnnnd  PRESIDENT OBAMA/VP BIDEN!<br><br>TRANSLATION:  I ain\'t gonna let you outta my sight!   Annnnnd - RECOGNIZE- I AM YOUR BOSS!!<br><br>She said, I\'m happy to help you, Mr. President!   BETTA!!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5476873" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5476873">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5476873" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5476873" class="dsq-comment-message">Co-Sign</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5476999" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5476999">enviro</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5476999" class="dsq-comment-message">Watching the State news conference right now -- OMG, I can\'t catch my breath -- I think that\'s the first time I\'ve seen him introduced as President in a working setting, if that makes any sense -- THIS IS SO REAL!  Watch out world -- here we come!! :D :D :D<br><br>And Mitchell is such a pro.  Holbrooke is great and I\'m acclimated to HRC but Mitchell is just a pro!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5478238">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5478238" class="dsq-comment-message">enviro:   Co-sign!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>Did ya hear him say:  Security is to B shared [with other countries], BUT  America/WE  will LEAD!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br><b>LEADERSHIP!!</b><br><br><b>Mr. PRESIDENT OBAMA is LARGE annnnnd   IN CHARGE!!</b>  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruidM0nfUdc" rel="nofollow">Yaaaaaa!</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5477251">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5477251" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Just a BRIEF - - <b>DAY 2 REPORT!</b>:<br><br>1.   HIS SCHEDULE:   <b>Thursday Jan. 22, 2009</b><br><br><i>All Times Eastern7:00 AM	<br>8:00 AM	<br>9:00 AM	<br>9:40 AM	<br><br>Obama meets with economic advisors<br>10:00 AM	<br><br>Obama meets with senior staff.<br>10:30 AM	<br><br>Obama meets with retired military offices at the White House<br>11:00 AM	<br>11:30 AM	<br><br>Obama is expected to sign executive orders.<br>12:00 PM	<br><br>Obama has a meeting with Greg Craig and Mary DeRosa to talk about executive orders.<br>1:00 PM	<br>1:30 PM	<br><br>Robert Gibbs will give his first briefing.<br>1:50 PM	<br><br>Obama and Biden meet with the secretary of state, national security advisor and deputy national security advisor.<br>2:00 PM	<br>2:40 PM	<br><br>The president and secretary of state address State Department employees</i><br><br>[NOTE:  THIS is AMAZING!!   He is indefatigable!!  :&gt;)     :&gt;)]<br><br>2.  <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/22/obamas-second-day-to-focu_n_159922.html" rel="nofollow"><b>Obama\'s Second Day To Focus On Foreign Affairs</b></a><br><br><i>WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama put his own clear stamp on U.S. national security policy on Thursday, ordering Guantanamo prison camp closed within a year, naming new envoys to the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan and welcoming Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to help forge new global strategies.<br><br>"We intend to win this fight, we are going to win it on our terms," Obama said of pursuing the campaign against global terrorism.<br><br>On his second full day in office, Obama took a series of steps overturning some of his predecessor\'s most contentious war-on-terrorism policies.<br><br>By ordering shut the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, closing any remaining CIA secret prisons overseas and banning harsh interrogation practices, Obama said he hoped to signal that the U.S. would wage its struggle against terrorism and violence in a manner "consistent with our values and our ideals."<br><br>He said his administration would not "continue with a false choice between our safety and our ideals," an express slap at policies pursued by former President George W. Bush.<br><br>"It is precisely our ideals that give us the strength and the moral high ground to be able to effectively deal with the unthinking violence that we see emanating from terrorist organizations around the world," Obama said.<br><br>The president also was ready to trumpet Clinton\'s installation as secretary of state.</i><br><br><br>3.  <a href="http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/0109/executive_orders_0da09976-8d6d-4ff2-81cd-1a6ccd8aefb4.html" rel="nofollow">Obama orders Gitmo closure</a>  VIDEO<br><br>4.   <i>SOS Clinton and POTUS are at Foggy Bottom, announcing the appointments of <b>George Mitchell as a special Mideast envoy and Richard Holbrooke as a special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan.</b><br>Clinton calls Mitchell and Holbrooke "an example of the kind of robust diplomacy the president intends to pursue and I will help him fulfill."<br>HRC: "Anything short of relentless diplomatic efforts will fail to produce a lasting peace."</i>     FROM:  <a href="http://www.politico.com/politico44/" rel="nofollow">http://www.politico.com/politico44/</a><br><br>5.   <a href="http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/0109/gibbs_gets_to_business_c64b95c6-b2c4-4287-afd1-7bbae701172d.html" rel="nofollow">Gibbs meets the press</a>   VIDEO<br><br><br>6.  <a href="http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/0109/the_berry_stays_048fcbd2-13b5-4fd8-bc2c-e9cdb4074655.html" rel="nofollow"><b>The Berry stays</b></a><br><br><i>Barack Obama will get to keep his Blackberry after all – but only to communicate with a select group of senior aides and friends.<br><br>Press Secretary Robert Gibbs wouldn’t offer any details, but suggested that Obama had to draw up a list of must-talk-tos – and draw the line at others who weren’t required to get the presidential missives.<br><br>"The president has a Blackberry," Gibbs said - -thanks to a carefully hammered out compromise that “allows him to stay in touch with senior staff and a small group of personal friends," Gibbs says. "The use will be limited and the security enhanced."<br><br>So who makes the cut? Gibbs wouldn’t say. Certainly his equally cell-phone crazed chief of Rahm Emanuel, and presumably Gibbs, and message guru David Axelrod would seem prime candidates. Does VP Joe Biden make the cut? Friends turned staffers like Valerie Jarrett certainly would seem to, as well as longtime Chicago friends like Marty Nesbitt and Erik Whitaker that he took to Hawaii.<br><br>Obama’s BlackBerry drives the lawyers crazy. But Gibbs said the presumption is those emails “are all subject to the presidential records act" – but already tried to carve out one exemption, if the emails are strictly personal.</i>   <b> [Yaaaaaa!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)]</b><br><br>THAT\'S ALL FOR NOW!!    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5478113">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5478113" class="dsq-comment-message">AFTERNOON THREAD IS UP</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5478572">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5478572" class="dsq-comment-message">Was anyone watching MSNBC a few minutes ago? They were throwing Caroline Kennedy under the bus for taking her name out of the running for the NY senate seat. <br><br>A report has surfaced that the reason Caroline dropped out was because of some tax and housekeeper issues. Some woman named Julie Menin said that Caroline had to have known about this beforehand, and that she has unnecessarily caused chaos in NY state. She also said that this could hurt female politicians because what Caroline did makes women look weak, and that she probably took her name out the running because Paterson wasn\'t going to pick her. This woman came off like Caroline stole her man!<br><br>So, what\'s the heck is going on in NY? Why is Caroline so hated?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5479552">tovangar2</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5479552" class="dsq-comment-message">As far as I can remember the following is the first email I\'ve received that\'s signed \'President Barack Obama\' rather than just \'Barack\'.  I feel like he\'s passed through our hands and into history.<br><br>"Thank you for being part of the most open inauguration in our nation\'s history.<br><br>As we begin the work of remaking America, we must draw on the common hopes that brought us together this week.<br><br>I\'m counting on you to keep the spirit of unity and service alive.<br><br>You can visit <a href="http://www.pic2009.org/whitehouse" rel="nofollow">http://www.pic2009.org/whitehouse</a> to learn about our plans to bring change to America, and how you can get involved in the work ahead.<br><br>We face many challenges. But we face them as one nation.<br><br>And we have seen, time and time again, that there are no limits to what we can accomplish when we stand together.<br><br>Our journey is just beginning.<br><br>Thank you for all you do,<br><br>President Barack Obama"<br><br><br>PS  There\'s been some great batches of photos posted this week.  Don\'t miss them:<br><a href="http://community.livejournal.com/obama_daily/" rel="nofollow">http://community.livejournal.com/obama_daily/</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5482234" href="http://heardonmystoop.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">DrewRicketts</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5482234" class="dsq-comment-message">7 Ways the Obama Brand Is Good For Business: <a href="http://newsone.blackplanet.com/nation/7-ways-the-obama-brand-is-good-for-business/" rel="nofollow">http://newsone.blackplanet.com/nation/7-ways-th...</a></div>\
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