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A Leo and a Scorpio?     Whew,  it's either heaven or hell!!!    In this case,  I'm hoping for \"HEAVEN\"!!       <br><br>Why you think folks call him  \"Ride or Die Joe\"?   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It's a powerful dynamic to be sure.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_10:45:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3913746, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3913746": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So was Hillary (Oct. 26)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_10:13:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3910850, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3927059": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Lawd have mercy. Evn when the 'SnoHo  tries to ham it up for the media, she's sitll a jive turkey! <br>Turkey pardons \u2013 Palin style<br><br>Nov. 20: Countdown guest host David Shuster discusses Gov. Sarah Palin\u2019s speech pardoning one turkey, while two others were slaughtered in clear view behind her. <br><br><a href=\"http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-us&vid=6590c7fa-4454-4dcc-b7bf-b80fd2bb0793&from=&fg=rss\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-us&vid=6...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_22:19:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3914772": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Something to scare you about flying: The increased use of outsourced labor in the repair and maintenance of commercial airplanes.  The 30 minute video is part of Link TV's news mini-series \"The Outsourcing Report\".  <br><br><a href=\"http://www.linktv.org/video/1513\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.linktv.org/video/1513</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_11:15:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nate_Wesley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3911174, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3914264": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well, she IS really loyal...its just a matter of WHO she's loyal too.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_10:45:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3913746, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3920412": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Major co-sign.  $$$$ is the one language these mofos understand!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_16:01:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3919658, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3908125": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Where can I get this coin?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-19_23:57:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3917854": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "craighickman:  CO-SIGN!  :&gt;)  Patience!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_13:58:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3915643, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3920048": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Spirit - I find that interesting as well.  Things that make you go hmmmmmmm?  <br><br>Not<br>One<br>Peep", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_15:45:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "sdg1844", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3918963, "depth": 6, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3919909": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh mercy!  \"curio\" cabinets and  \"foundations\" LOL!  <br>This is (WTMI) way too much information, but i'm going there.  My mother used to keep our sanitary belts and girdles in the ciffarobe.  Back in the day, we  called the sanitary pads ice cream sandwiches and we couldn't let out our \"junk in the trunk .\"  hee! heeee!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_15:39:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3918212, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3915379": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Translators were probably laughing their asses off, too.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_11:47:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3915102, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3916337": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well, you know I've been rooting for SOS for Richardson when I accepted that he couldn't be VP.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_12:40:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3915659, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3914805": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Evita, Bush got dissed at that summit, and its being held here right in the good ol USofA!<br><br>The attendees wanted to know if Obama was coming this year instead of Dubya.<br><br>ROFL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_11:17:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3914232, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3921467": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:   \"DAILY KOS\" was on MSNBC:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.jedreport.com/2008/11/markos-talks-about-change-vs-j.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">MarKOS Talks About Change vs. Joe Lieberman On MSNBC</a>  (VIDEO)<br><br>At the END he said that he still support President-Elect Obama's actions.  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>President-Elect Obama!    :&gt;)  First Lady Michelle!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_17:00:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3926589": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>Scorpio man .... he</i><br><br>rorysmomma, please don't assume you know the gender of the person I'm referring to just because I also am a woman.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_21:35:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "4ec3c0272b87ba5c8ce3a9168cf4e78a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3926455, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3915838": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yup!!!!!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_12:14:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3915409, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3917378": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "CPL:   <i>I can't even pay attention,</i> <br><br>LOL!!!   :&gt;)   I caught that!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_13:32:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3915262, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3928131": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Rev. Frederick Haynes of Friendship Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, but George Curry reported last summer that it was the other way around, and Rev. Haynes himself reported that he was hamstrung in the selection process, and that the selection process was set up to favor Ben Jealous' selection.<br><br>Word on the street was that Jealous was Julian's boy - and half of the 65 member board felt the same way.<br><br>Link: <a href=\"http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/george_curry/20080608_NAACP_process_rankles_its_board.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/georg...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_00:03:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3917533, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3917892": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "spirit:   CO-SIGN on ALL POINTS!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_14:00:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3914322, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3912261": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I get the feeling it is gonna be hell on some folks.... AlQuaeda better stop talking greasy.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_08:13:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3910913, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3914824": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "They will give it time to blow over, then she shows up at the Coon Network News by early 2009.  Book it.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_11:17:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3912921, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3918604": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Pena had Secretary of Transportation under Clinton.  He got sued and affirmative action was set back twenty years and got attacked by Ward Connerly when the ruling in <i>Adarand Contractors v. Pena</i> went down in 1995.<br><br>A brotha named Rodney Slater succeeded Pena as the first African-American Transportation Secretary.<br><br>I know because I worked for both guys back in the 1990s, in the Civil Rights Office.<br><br>I like Gutierrez, and he'd be a good HUD secretary like Henry Cisneros was.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_14:37:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3918151, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3914316": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "See, that's just it......... Hillary really wants to run things! It's always some d%mn drama when it comes to the Clintons.  And the Media is really whipping it up for them. I'm sick of them. Won't they please just go away!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_10:48:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3913961, "depth": 4, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3908174": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh yeah!, my money's on President-Elect Barack Obama!!<br>Here  I go again, crying.........It's a beautiful thing.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_00:01:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3914321": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "But grandmama and nem need the plates to put in the chiffarobe!!<br><br>(dont yall act like you don't know)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_10:48:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 15, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3912874, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3914322": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Good morning all.  I don't like the fact that Hillary & Bill Clinton have been making headlines for the last few days. It's a distraction, and I don't like either of them.  I don't trust them.  I don't want Hillary anywhere in Barack's administration, and we all know that Bubba is the 600 POUND GORILLA in the room!<br><br>I also have to admit I'm a bit naive about some of the other picks, but I 'm learning, and it's because of the lively, thought provolking, intense, and outrageoulsy humorous discourse here at JJP!  <br><br>I firmly believe that President-Elect Obama is  very methodical, deliberate, and imaginative when it comes to his decision-making process, but I do not wear rose-colored glasses either.  I want to continue to question and critique, because I believe not only is it healthy, it should be a mandate for us if we want to survive and thrive!<br><br>Also, I've come to realize that all the folks that have been put forth for possible picks and vetting are being exposed for all America to see.  It will give any America who truly cares about the process an opportunity to do the research, ask questions, and be more informed.  Once the staff is in place, we'll know exactly what we're all getting, and we will be WATCHING!!!<br><br>Will they be perfect?  Probably not, but I have to trust that because our President has chosen these folks, they will follow the dictates of his command.  As Commander-in-Chief, he has the larger viewpoint.  All the cabinet members and staff will carry pieces of the viewpoint.<br><br>I think being armed with all the information about the people and the the process is very empowering.  Barack's faith, family and Inner Circle will be cruical in helping him maintain balance, not to mention his stalwart supporters and constituents.<br><br>I do trust Barack Obama, and in the meantime, I want to continue discourse, debate, discuss, We all have our work cut out for us.<br>Fasten our seat belts though, because I think we're in for a very bumpy ride, before we reach our destination.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_10:48:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3912559, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3917667": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If she doesn't get the job, middle age white women will be up in arms--AGAIN<br><br>I couldn't help but giggle at that line because its just so darn true.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_13:47:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3916739, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3925079": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Michelle, If we love you we love you, we will do anything for you.  If we hate you we ignore you.  If you mess with someone we love........ We will napalm your ass.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_19:24:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3924692, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3908190": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah, are the coins for sale now?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_00:02:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3915369": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Kinda like Morgan Freeman for that role, but he's already played the first Black President in a Movie...that spy-thriller that had Harrison Ford in it...or was it Matt Damon?  &lt;&lt;&lt;racking memory for name of movie&gt;&gt;&gt;", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_11:47:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3915241, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3912814": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I've found Politico 44 really helpful in keeping track of Obama's picks:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.politico.com/politico44/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.politico.com/politico44/</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_09:03:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "claudia_m", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3911125, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3917424": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Exactly, Miranda!<br><br>It is amazing to see how \"we're\" on the same page with so many things and we being miles & miles apart from each other and never having been around each other or seen each other.  LOL....like so many of us using the name \"Big Mama\" when refering to our Grandmothers!  It's just the black experience.<br><br>I also know about the plastic on the furniture as well. We didn't use it but I sure had cousins that did! lol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_13:34:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3916715, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3912817": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Please give up the scoop on where a sista can get one of those Obama coins...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_09:03:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "BlackAmericanPrincess", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3916914": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "She tried to play the \"victim\" during the Primary.  Obama dealt with her THEN, and will deal with her NOW.<br><br>Plus, doesn't she remember how many WHITE WOMEN she pissed off when she reverted to crying and drama because Obama rolled off 11 primary victories IN A ROW after her drama in New Hampshire, where she didn't beat Obama BY VERY MUCH?<br><br>Insanity is doing the same shyt and hoping for a different result.  She will piss off Obama with this shyt, and he will tell her to SOD OFF.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_13:08:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3916739, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3917427": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rorysmomma:   Gotta be THANKFUL for SMALL BLESSINGS too.   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_13:35:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3910826, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3928184": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He will NEVER live that one down.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_00:07:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3919529, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3918969": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Good to hear!  Keep hitting them in the pocketbook until these mofos feel it!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_14:56:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3918710, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3915901": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "How do you know that Obama as kicked Richardson to the curb? Just because <a href=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/11/19/2008-11-19_team_obama_thinks_hillary_clintons_peopl.html rel=\"nofollow\">Hillary's people</a href> have been dominating the news cycles, doesn't mean that Richardson is not in the running.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_12:17:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "Texas_Girl_in_LA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3915659, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3916417": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Plouffe has a brand new baby, and I do mean brand new - the girl isn't even a month old!<br><br>Parenting and a White House job don't really mix. To be honest, I'm shocked Axelrod is going to DC. It's just ' not him'. <br><br>I think Plouffe knows that, though I do wish that he'd become DNC Chair. He'd do '50 State Strategy 3.0' , and the GOP would be lucky to win dogcatcher in 2012..<br><br>LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_12:43:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3916086, "depth": 5, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3918468": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "parker404, I don't know if it's bad precedent to out a sitting Chair if its revealed that he or she have become too compromised to do the job because they have been there too long.  It just might make them more diligent in carrying out their duties, both as elected officials and as Chairs, in calling for investigations when they are needed.  Henry Waxman has shown he's committed to doing his job - not trying to act like Dale Carnegie in trying to Win Friends and Influence People.<br><br>He called for investigations that Lieberman, as Chair of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, refused to do (like inquiring about how Kellogg, Brown and Root, Haliburton and others got fat contracts, lost millions of dollars and had NO OVERSIGHT.<br><br>Rangel is in more danger of being outed than Conyers because Conyers abides by ethics and rules of the House; Rangel skirts them as much as poosible until he comes close to the edge.  When it became known that Rangel owns rent-controlled apartments in New York, the GOP was all over it and it did not make Rangel look good - remember, Rangel chairs the Ways and Means Committee and one foot wrong mounts up a campaign to out him from the seat.<br><br>Conyers has proven himself and only gross incompetence or compromise loses him his chair, even when Nancy Pelosi threatened to take it from him if he didn't back off going after Bush to impeach him.  Pelosi threatened, but if she didn't want CBC backlash, she knew better than to really go after Conyers.  He bided his time, and who's to say Obama won't have a quiet sit down with him after January and quietly ask him to pursue charges against whatever Bush Cartel members still in the country for war crimes and treason?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_14:30:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3918124, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3917447": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "spirit:    :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_13:36:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3914718, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3917962": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "CPL:  <i>I think Obama WANTS us to have these discussions - he's paying attention and he knows that while the moneyed people got him to the dance, those of us who gave time, money, wore out shoe leather, and resources have to be answered to and he knows what its like to be saying one thing and caught doing the opposite, so he doesn't want to be caught with his tighty-whities showing.</i><br><br><b>THIS IS SOOOOO ON POINT!!!</b>   MAJOR CO-SIGN!! :&gt;)<br><br>The other points:   BIG TIME AGREED!!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_14:04:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3915069, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3915917": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If you haven't been reading this blog, you wouldn't be aware of this fact.<br><br>WE'RE PULLING FOR RICHARDSON TO GET THE STATE POSITION OVER HILLARY.<br><br>You're singing to the choir here.  We don't want Hillary any more than you do, and yeah, we want Richardson because he's the best candidate for the job and who happens to be Latino, so you get a two-fer in the deal.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_12:18:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3915659, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3915407": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It's no secret around here I allowed know nothing talking heads at MSNBC to drive me into fits of hysteria during the the last two months of the election, and I promised to never second guess Obama's judgement again, but I have to admit this Clinton selection has me scratching my head.  <br><br>The Clintons will bring nothing but disoloyalty and drama into his administration.  I'm sick of hearing about Dorris Kearns Goodwin's \"Team of Rivals\"!  This is not the 19th Century and Obama is not Lincoln.   If a historical comparison must be made, Hillary Clinton is Benedict Arnold.  The Clintons are not to be trusted, period!  They have taken a grande gesture that was designed to show strength to make Obama look weak.  What was he thinking?  Where is his brain trust?  Where is Valerie Jarrett and David Axelrod, the two people that are supposed to have his back?  <br><br>What's the deal with Rahm? Word is he LOVES the press.  Is he leaking?  Where do his allegiences lie?  He didn't endorse Obama and he accompanied Clinton to Selma for the anniversary of Bloody Sunday. Is he serving Obama's interests or the Clintons?<br><br>I had my criticisms of David Plouffe (and I was proven wrong), but there is no doubt he was the brains behind this operation.  Obama needs to beg him to come with him to the White House.  Someone needs to get things under control.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_11:49:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3913704, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3914385": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/13/hillary-clinton-secretary_n_143735.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/13/hillar...</a><br><br>Both sides were engaged in a delicate public and private dance, maneuvering for position and reputation in case the deal falls through. Aides in each camp have grown increasingly sour toward the other in recent days as the matter played out publicly. <br><br>In their public signals, the Clintons are trying to take the former president's activities off the table as an issue, in their view eliminating any excuses for Mr. Obama not to give Mrs. Clinton the job. Some in the Obama camp are bristling at what they see as strategic leaks by the Clintons aimed at boxing in the president-elect and forcing him to offer the post.<br><br>The tension could foreshadow a complex relationship burdened by suspicion and enmity should Mrs. Clinton become secretary of state. By putting her in the cabinet, Mr. Obama could remove a potential thorn in the Senate on issues like health care and a potential rival for the nomination in 2012 if his term proves rocky. But he could also face a rival power center within his own administration with her on his team.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_10:52:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3913704, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3914900": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If she really wants to run thangs, she needs to bash Billy Jeff's head in and think 'bout Heaven later.<br><br>And you know this...MANNNN (Chris Tucker impersonation). LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_11:22:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3914316, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3921558": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Word, MsKitty.  That's why they aren't around today.  What goes around.......", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_17:06:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3920838, "depth": 9, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3914906": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Comedian Lewis Black really got after the plate sellers on The Daily Show last night: \"What better way to celebrate the election of the first African-American president than to eat a sloppy joe off the surface of his face?\"<br><br>Also, the plate makers must have been really anxious about being quick to market: They couldn't even wait for the full electoral college results.  The back of the plate notes \"27 Votes undetermined\" while noting that Obama had the count won.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_11:22:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "Nate_Wesley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3914644, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3914916": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Spirit, we think Billy Jeff's been mixing his meds with the afternoon highball or Mint Juleps lately.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_11:23:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3914536, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3919527": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That's RIGHT!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_15:19:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "bittersweet", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3918710, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3919529": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "CPL, 'Harold, call me\"  NOT", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_15:19:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3916598, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3912874": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "They don't increase in value like coin.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_09:10:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 17, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3910099, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3915948": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "BWA HAHAHAHAHAHA", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_12:20:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3914321, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3917341": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "RonnieB:  Agreed.   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_13:29:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3913030, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3914928": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Give Thanks for Ronnie Raygun for the start of this shyt when he fired the Air Traffic Controllers back in 1981.  The Airline industry has been on a shame spiral ever since.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_11:24:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3914772, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3916232": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "There you go...again! lol<br><br>I love Crazy @ss Chris Tucker!  \"Money Talks\" is my favorite!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_12:34:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3914900, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3915955": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Miranda, your comments inspired me to do a full-blown post on this Clinton meme.  Thanks, and I'll amend to give you the deserved shout out.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_12:20:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3914385, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3912887": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Economic problems. Does Bernake understand what he is doing? An argument he doesn't. If this is true does Obama want him reappointed  as chairman in  Jan 2010? He will remain on the board.<br><a href=\"http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2008/11/fed-watch-polic.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsvie...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_09:11:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3909309": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  <b>Thursday, NOVEMBER 20, 2008 - DAY -61 on his \"JOURNEY TO JANUARY!\"</b><br><br><br>1.  <b>WORD(s)</b> for the DAY:  <b>On the TRANSITION TRAIL/APPOINTMENTS</b><br><br>2.  <b>HEADLINES</b>:<br><br>    a.)  <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/19/janet-napolitano-homeland_n_145093.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Janet Napolitano, HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY?</a><br><br><i><b>CNN is reporting</b> Wednesday night that Obama has chosen Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano to become secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.<br><br>    President-elect Barack Obama's top choice for secretary of homeland security is Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, multiple Democratic sources close to the transition told CNN on condition of anonymity.<br><br><br>    One source said he believed the final decision depends on the vetting of the Democratic governor, much like the selection of Eric Holder for attorney general.<br><br>Politico has more details on the Napolitano pick:<br><br>    Napolitano (na-pawl-i-TAW-noh) brings law-and-order experience from her stint as the Grand Canyon State's first female attorney general. One of the nation's most prominent female elected officials, she made frequent appearances on behalf of Barack Obama during the campaign. She was re-elected to a second four-year term in 2006.<br><br><br>    Transition insiders have long expected she would be offered a Cabinet slot, although she had also been mentioned for other posts, including attorney general.<br><br>Read more about the speculation that Janet Napolitano would be Attorney General.<br>Read the Obama's Cabinet BigNews Page.</i><br><br>    b.)  <a href=\"http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/president_elect_obama_calls_foreign_leaders_today2/\" rel=\"nofollow\">President-elect Obama calls foreign leaders today (actually, Nov. 19)</a><br><br><i>President-elect Barack Obama today returned phone calls to five world leaders and expressed his appreciation for their congratulations on his election. President-elect Obama spoke with:<br><br>    * Colombian President Uribe<br>    * Nigerian President Yar\u2019Adua<br>    * Senegalese President Wade<br>    * South African President Motlanthe<br>    * United Nations Secretary General Ban</i><br><br><br>   c.)  This comes under the HEADING, IFFF you don't know, you betta ask somebody OR READ THIS MANUAL:<br><a href=\"http://directory.presidentialtransition.gov/\" rel=\"nofollow\">PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION RESOURCES</a><br><br><i>Message to Presidential Nominees and Appointees, and Members of the President-elect's Transition Team:<br><br>The Presidential Transition Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-293) authorizes the General Services Administration (GSA) to develop a transition directory in consultation with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The Act provides that the transition directory \"shall be a compilation of Federal publications and materials with supplementary materials developed by the Administrator that provides information on the officers, organization, and statutory and administrative authorities, functions, duties, responsibilities, and mission of each department and agency.\" Senate Report 106-348 clarifies that the directory is intended to \"assist in navigating the many responsibilities that fall on a new administration\" that is \"confronted by an overwhelming amount of material.\"<br>GSA and NARA hope that this online directory will introduce you to the operation of the Federal government and the resources available to help you begin your service in the new Administration. <b>If you have questions or comments about this directory, please contact us.</b></i><br><br><br>   d.)  <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/19/penny-pritzker-commerce-s_n_145097.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">PENNY PRITZER:  Commerce Secretary?</a><br><br><i>More news has come out about the makeup of Obama's Cabinet. The New York Times reports that Penny Pritzker is a leading candidate for Commerce Secretary:<br><br>    Two other leading contenders for cabinet positions emerged late Wednesday, Democrats with knowledge of the process said. Gov. Janet Napolitano of Arizona was poised to be offered the position of homeland security secretary, and Penny Pritzker, a Chicago businesswoman and national finance chairman of the Obama campaign, was in the final stages of vetting for commerce secretary.<br><br><br>    A longtime friend of Mr. Obama, Ms. Pritzker was a chief architect of his record-breaking fund-raising efforts during the presidential campaign. Ms. Priztker is one of three cousins who manage their dynasty's financial empire, which includes the Hyatt hotel chain, casinos and many other ventures. But some of Ms. Pritzker's business dealings may also raise tough questions during any confirmation process. She was involved in running and overseeing Superior Bank, an Illinois institution co-owned by her family that was at the forefront of turning subprime loans into securities, the risky practice at the heart of the financial crisis. The bank collapsed in 2001 after regulators discovered accounting irregularities that overstated its assets.<br><br>CNN also reports that Pritzker is the leading candidate to head the Commerce department:<br><br>    Also, multiple Democratic sources say billionaire Chicago businesswoman Penny Pritzker is Obama's choice for commerce secretary.<br><br><br>    The sources say she will accept the job, which would be formally offered after vetting is complete. Pritzker ran Barack Obama's record-breaking fundraising effort, serving as the campaign's finance chair.<br><br>Read more about Obama's potential Cabinet here.</i><br><br><br><br>3.  Showing his \"FRIENDLY SIDE\":<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/19/obama-surprises-biden-wit_n_145012.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">OBAMA SURPRISES BIDEN WITH CUPCAKES</a>  <br><br><i>WASHINGTON \u2014<b> What does an accomplished man of the world get for his 66th birthday?</b><br><br>Well, President-elect Barack Obama already gave Joe Biden the vice presidency. So, for his birthday, Obama gave Biden two ball caps and a rendition of the birthday song.<br><br>Biden's birthday is Thursday, but Obama surprised his No. 2 after their weekly lunch Wednesday at the transition office in Chicago. According to staff, Obama presented Biden _ a Delaware senator with decades of foreign policy experience _ with a dozen cupcakes decorated with candles and teased, \"You're 12 years old!\"<br><br>Staff reported that Biden, ever astute in the art of politics, laughed at the his boss's joke. He responded: \"Maybe in dog years!\"<br><br>Obama led the rest of the staff in song, then handed over some Chicago-themed gifts: a White Sox cap, a Bears cap and a bucket of Garrett's popcorn, a hometown favorite.</i><br><br>THAT'S  ALL FOR NOW!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>President-Elect Obama!  :&gt;)    Vice-President-Elect  BIDEN!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_02:06:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3921601": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:   Some pics from the P-E's BIRTHDAY surprise to the V-P-E:<br><br><a href=\"http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/happy_birthday_joe/\" rel=\"nofollow\">HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!! [Vice-Pres.-Elect  -66 yrs living!] :&gt;)</a><br><br>ENJOY!!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_17:08:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3910850": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I did not know that Joe Biden was a Scorpio....... Oh lord have mercy.  Obama did the right thing.  We Scorps are loyal as hell.  And hell to cross.<br><br>Happy Birthday VP Grandpa Joe.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_06:32:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 23, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3918027": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "claudia:  THANK YOU!  Just \"bookmarked\" it.   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_14:08:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3912814, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3918200": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "At least they didn't do the \"talk to the hand\" gesture... LMAO", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_14:17:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3914805, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3919570": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  Giving \"props\" to <b>SENATOR BEGICH</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/20/alaskas-begich-stresses-m_n_145166.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Begich On \"Maddow\" Stresses Magnanimity, CHANGE(VIDEO)</a><br><br><i>Victorious in his race to unseat Alaska's best known collector of illicit felony-booty Ted Stevens, Democratic Senator-elect Mark Begich made an appearance on last night's Rachel Maddow Show (guest hosted by Alison Stewart), which, as before, he was \"honored\" to do! Begich magnanimously praised Stevens' service and voiced his excitement for \"new opportunities\" for his state. Begich also predicted that he would be able to successfully work with Governor Sarah Palin even though I'd bet twenty dollars right now that she didn't vote for him! Anyway, here's hoping that Alaska can come to be known for something other than frost-flecked, money-grubbing cronyism maybe!</i><br><br>C-O-N-G-R-A-T-U-L-A_T-I-O-N-S!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)  {Support - Mr. President-Elect OBAMA!}", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_15:21:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3924692": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Wow, I may need to change my perspective on Scorpios.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_19:03:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "4ec3c0272b87ba5c8ce3a9168cf4e78a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3910850, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3914873": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "All the more reason he needs to tank this nomination.  Hillary will be a polarizing figure whether she's in the Senate or in his administration. <br><br>Additionally, if she's in his administration, I will not put it past Hillary to undermine President Obama to set herself up for a challenge to him in 2012, and her position in the Democratic Party be damned.<br><br>The sense of Entitlement makes someone like Hillary torch everything in sight and still believe they can make up to whomever's toes they trod on.<br><br>They're going to get punked...AGAIN.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_11:20:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3914385, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3914456": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Good Morning, Craig. Morning everyone, since I neglected to greet you all when I posted earlier.<br><br>Craig, maybe you can help me with this.  Why is Clinton the choice for SoS? She has no diplomatic experience, she's a poor manager, blah blah blah.  So why her?  I just can't get behind this, and I don't get why Obama would want to saddle himself with all the Clinton drama and behind the scenes machinations.<br><br>Help me, because I'm looking cock-eyed at Obama for this cabinet choice.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_10:57:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "99PercentSure", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3914253, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3915481": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "MSNBC is rivaling Fox news for 24 hour anti Obama coverage.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_11:53:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3911157, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3920602": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "sdg1844, Things that Make You go hmmmmmm?<br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2Dtfi3VkiU\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2Dtfi3VkiU</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_16:11:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3920048, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3917533": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "CPL:   Probably because Mr.  Benjamin Jealous is PRESIDENT.   <br><br>Mr. Bonds did NOT vote for him.  He wanted a Rev. ?  {name just escaped me; I'll look it up}<br><br>Sooooooo. . . . . . . .   He DECIDED with his feet.  GOT GONE!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_13:40:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3912594, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3919892": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "bittersweet:   HEY!   :&gt;)   <br>POWERFUL   -    -  BOTH in BODY & MIND!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>FIRST LADY MICHELLE!!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_15:38:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3919598, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3916511": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "lol thats like what that micheal savage guy said. he said that he thinks intelligent white men will be kicked out of washington because of barack. lol since when are white men so fearful of everydamn thing? they can take on al qaeda and nazis and russia but a black guy his wife and gays getting married scares the hell out of them", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_12:48:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "3da4f68bf4cf2bd15ab3285db21c41ee", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3912961, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3930848": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I wasn't sure, I was just sharing my experiences with men, I know plenty of loyal scorpio women.  Didn't mean to offend.  That is why I specified men.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_06:22:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3926589, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3908833": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "isonprize:  You ain't said nuthin' but a WORD!!  :&gt;) <br><br><b>OXYGEN MASK -    Descend!!</b>   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Here U     R!!    :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>Breathe Normally!!   :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>Nice choice!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_01:10:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3908563, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3918715": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I wouldn't be mad at him!  I'm hoping by 5pm he and Richardson stroll out, and he'll say in effect \"I don't have time for their childish shit...this is my  man and if y'all don't like it, I don't give a fuck.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_14:43:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3916914, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3917543": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "FYI:  Pritzker takes herself out of the running for Commerce<br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/19/penny-pritzker-commerce-s_n_145097.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/19/penny-...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_13:41:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3924712": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>\"What better way to celebrate the election of the first African-American president than to eat a sloppy joe off the surface of his face?\"</i><br><br>LOL. Literally -- L.O.L.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_19:05:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "4ec3c0272b87ba5c8ce3a9168cf4e78a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3914906, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3913961": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Justice, remember the Clintons did this shyt when they tried to use the media to force Obama to put her on the VP ticket.<br><br>Our response was that Obama would LOSE in a LANDSLIDE if that occurred.  He announced Joe Biden as his running mate within 24 hours.<br><br>The Clintons are insane - using the same tactics and hoping for a different response.  In this instance, I'm trusting Obama to tell homegirl to GTHOH with her shyt and go sit down, cause she wouldn't be running thangs - Billy Jeff would, and we all know this.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_10:27:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3913704, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3919598": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Michelle's arms are BANGIN'!!   Go, powerful one!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_15:23:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "bittersweet", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3917708, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3928306": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "CPL:  THANK YOU.  And I remember READING this article in the newspaper that gets delivered to our church.  :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>It doesn't help ta get -   how shall I call myself - - -er,  -um  \"ONE WHO IS ACCUMULATING TIME!\"<br><br>Annnnnnnd, it's NOT QUITE on my side!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>BUT, I press on!   :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>President-Elect Obama!  :&gt;)   First Lady Michelle!  :&lt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_00:18:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3928131, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3908563": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Just because I was feelin' it.   Enjoy!!<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDI1UvSv7pk\" rel=\"nofollow\">Nina Simone -  To be young, gifted and black</a><br><br><br>To be young gifted and black  -  there is a world waiting for you<br><br>When you are young, gifted and black,  your soul is intact.<br><br>to be young gifted and black  is where it's at.<br><br>Whew...... As Green Lady would say..  &lt; need oxygen mask!!&gt;", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_00:38:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "isonprize", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3912961": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "As expected there has been a backlash against  the Obama win.<br><br>Here are  the observations of Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center about the situation:<br><br>    <i>I think there's something remarkable happening out there. I think we really are beginning to see a white backlash that may grow fairly large. The situation's worrying.<br><br>    Not only do we have continuing nonwhite immigration, not only is the economy in the tank and very likely to get worse, but we have a black man in the White House. That is driving a kind of rage in a certain sector of the white population that is very, very worrying to me.<br><br>    We are seeing literally hundreds of incidents around the country -- from cross-burnings to death threats to effigies hanging to confrontations in schoolyards, and it's quite remarkable.<br><br>    I think that there are political leaders out there who are saying incredibly irresponsible things that could have the effect of undamming a real flood of hate. That includes media figures. On immigration, they have been some of the worst.<br><br>    There's a lot going on, and it's very likely to lead to scapegoating. And in the end, scapegoating leaves corpses in the street.</i><br><br>David Niewert has been doing an excellent job on keeping track on right wing militias and white supremacists.  Here is the link: <a href=\"http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_09:18:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "faba19c60bc49948a7a5801b50c79fe1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3921666": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Word, GreenLadyHere!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_17:13:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3921467, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3919108": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "evita:   Thanks!<br><br>BUT, you can stay right in the comfort of your own home and exercise til your heart's content [or at the appropriate cardiac level.   :&gt;)    :&gt;)]<br><br>1.  <br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vteF_FpLbU&feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\">LOW and High Impact Aerobic Exercises</a><br><br>2.  <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQzJ9GdWT-4&eurl=http://hip-hop-aerobics.com/HIP_HOP_AEROBICS/Sistas_of_Soul__Hip_Hop_Workout.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sista's of Soul -Hip Hop WORKOUT!!</a><br><br>ENJOY!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_15:01:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3918241, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3918124": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I can see both sides of the Dingell-Waxman fight.  It's bad precedent that the Dean of the House was ousted from his Chairmanship in this way.  That precedent could be used against other Senior Members, for instance, CBC Members who are Committee and Subcommittee Chairs.  I know that our CBC is not perfect, I wouldn't want to see Rangel or Conyers taken out of their spots.<br><br>On the other hand, I agree with CPL's comments as well.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_14:13:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "60266805bc0d9559a62514e1e769b750", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3917455, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3913483": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Point well taken.? I do however believe that Obama really doesn't respond to name calling... so the Give 'em hell thing is probably wishful thinking on my part.<br><br>I am beginning to think that the news is just an American version of Al-Jazeera (What MSM claims Al-jazeera to be).? Propogandists indeed.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_09:57:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3912584, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3909388": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:   -Er,   -um,   -uh   According to K.O. -    <b>IT DOESN'T MATTER!!</b> :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/11/its_over_in_alaska_--_ted_stev.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">It's Over In Alaska---Ted Stevens Concedes DEFEAT!</a><br><br><i>And so the Alaska Senate race has truly come to an end: Ted Stevens has conceded the election, after Democratic challenger Mark Begich built up a small but nevertheless insurmountable lead in last night's vote count.<br><br>Stevens shocked the political world when the ballots counted on Election Night originally showed him winning the race, despite the fact that he'd just been convicted on multiple felony counts in a corruption trial. This sent organized punditry and Capitol Hill into a frenzy wondering how Stevens could have possibly been re-elected -- but it wasn't over yet.<br><br>Begich had banked a lead in absentee voters that happened to not be counted yet -- indeed, he quipped during an appearance on the Rachel Maddow TV show last week that his own early ballot had only just been counted the day before. And when those votes were all tallied, <b>Begich was the winner.</b><br><br>Begich is the first Democrat elected to represent deep-red Alaska at the federal level since Mike Gravel was re-elected to his final Senate term in 1974. And Ted Stevens, who in the 1950s was a U.S. Attorney known for fighting crime and busting corruption, is a lame-duck convicted felon, who even if he had won would have faced possible expulsion from the Senate.</i><br><br>GREAT NEWS!!  Score another one for the -----<br><br>President-Elect OBAMA!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_02:16:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3917584": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Waxman has shown himself to be all over corruption in the Government, and Dingell, while a decent House member, was too beholden to the auto industry and not in a good way.  Detroit's big three are looking to Dingell to get them a whole lot of allies to support the bailout, and they are asking for less money than Wall Street got.<br><br>Do you believe Hank Paulson is actually harping about how the auto industry should be allowed to fall on their ass, but keep that money rolling to his Wall Street buddies so they can get their bonuses &lt;&lt;&lt;eye roll&gt;&gt;?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_13:43:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3917455, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3914516": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>But grandmama and nem need the plates to put in the chiffarobe!!</i><br><br>Miranda,<br><br>LOL   Cut that out!  You'd. better. stop.!  And my Grandmother(Big Mama) had a pretty one too! It had a door with a mirror on it, drawers, a place to hang clothes! Dark Wood.. Talk about gorgeous!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_11:01:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3912921": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/17/ed-hill-leaves-fox-news-c_n_144513.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/17/ed-hil...</a><br>E.D. Harris (Fox News,) the one called the Obama's pound a \"terrorist fist jab,\" is let go.<br><br>buh-bye", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_09:13:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3924764": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "President-elect Obama said it very well on 60 minutes, IMO:<br><br><i>Kroft: When the price of oil was at $147 a barrel, there were a lot of spirited and profitable discussions that were held on energy independence. Now you've got the price of oil under $60.<br><br>Mr. Obama: Right.<br><br>Kroft: Does doing something about energy is it less important now than\u2026<br><br>Mr. Obama: It's more important. It may be a little harder politically, but it's more important.<br><br>Kroft: Why?<br><br>Mr. Obama: Well, because this has been our pattern. We go from shock to trance. You know, oil prices go up, gas prices at the pump go up, everybody goes into a flurry of activity. And then the prices go back down and suddenly we act like it's not important, and we start, you know filling up our SUVs again.<br><br>And, as a consequence, we never make any progress. It\u2019s part of the addiction, all right. That has to be broken. Now is the time to break it.</i><br><br><a href=\"http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/16/60minutes/main4607893_page3.shtml\" rel=\"nofollow\">Source</a>", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_19:10:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "4ec3c0272b87ba5c8ce3a9168cf4e78a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3912496, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3928231": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think he's scheduling it for the inauguration, but drop him a line and let him know he's not off the hook for it.<br><br>He's supposed to provide YouTube clips of his run down Broad Street, because I told him I could catch Amtrak and be in Philly within 45 minutes to see him keep his promise. ROFL", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_00:11:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3925497, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3912496": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Just because gas is \"cheap\" right now do not take your eyes off the ultimate prize.Energy independence and a reduction on our use of fossil fuels.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_08:30:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3909622, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3915739": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I got the pic from over at Andrew Sullivan's blog", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_12:07:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3912817, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3908900": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:   HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO - -- - - -    VICE-President-ELECT  Joseph Biden!!<br><br>President-Elect Obama surprised him with <b>12 CUPCAKES!!</b>[66 yrs living]<br><br>He was modeling -    \"CUTTING THE BUDGET!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)  [MSNBC - K.O.]<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYJPIZ-C-9c\" rel=\"nofollow\">HAPPY BIRTHDAY    -   TO YA!</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_01:19:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3916069": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "China Cabinets----(Spirit's post below)  Yup...Big Mama called them knick-knacks & What-Nots! lol  I was fascinated by them just like you. But you know, we were never allowed to touch....only look at them.<br><br>A few years ago, a little old lady that I know gave me a complete set of old dishes with the gold trimmings around the rims. Do you remember those? It included the Gravy bowl, Sugar bowl, to the Platter! Very old but beautiful.  I don't remember what happened to Big Mama's Chiffarobe but sure wish I had it because it was gorgeous!   I've seen some at Antique Shows & they're expensive too!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_12:27:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3915047, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3915047": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LOL!! OK...what is that thing called in the living room with the glass windows where you can see all of Big Mama's knick-knacks?? My Grandma had about 3 of'em in her lil living room!! Full of ceramic things that as a 4 yr old fascinated me to no end!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_11:30:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3914516, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3914536": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "CPL:  \"The Clintons are insane - using the same tactics and hoping for a different response.\"  <br><br>I wholeheartdly agree and they both need to be medicated immediately!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_11:03:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3914316, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3919658": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Justice58:  Co-sign!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_15:26:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3918969, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3918636": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I wish they had - that YouTube video clip would have been even more hilarious!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_14:39:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3918200, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3929392": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "spirit_55z: Yes, order! Exactly. <br><br>When me and my girlfriend first moved in together, I had this weird experience. It barely registered for me at first, but it appeared that I had developed an endless supply of clean underwear and thus did not get my usual signal to do laundry.<br><br>I went for a while with this subconscious feeling that some underwear miracle was happening that I was benefitting from. Finally, I realized that this was probably not the case. Turns out my girlfriend couldn't stand to do laundry without checking to see if I had underwear in my basket that needed washing, then putting them neatly in my drawer. Without mentioning it to me.<br><br>(And, I wonder if it is obvious that I am an Aquarius)<br><br>Thank you for your kind wishes to us, also. Much joy and peace to you as well.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-21_02:22:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "4ec3c0272b87ba5c8ce3a9168cf4e78a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3926874, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3917105": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Obama could have talked to her about anything else other than the SoS job.<br>Hillary's minions could be pushing Hillary, and Obama could be giving them enough rope to hang themselves.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_13:17:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3914456, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3921886": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:    I'm going ta slow down on my posts from ALASKA since there were VICTORIES for the DEMS in a \"red\" state:<br><br><a href=\"http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/11/20/small-victory-for-obama-in-alaska/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>SMALL VICTORY FOR OBAMA IN ALASKA</b></a><br><br><i>US PRESIDENT \t\t<br>\t\tTotal<br>Number of Precincts \t\t438 \t<br>Precincts Reporting \t\t438 \t100.0 %<br>Times Counted \t\t325054/495731 \t65.6 %<br>Total Votes \t\t323820 \t<br>Baldwin and Castle \tAI \t1652 \t0.51%<br>Barr and Root \tLIB \t1575 \t0.49%<br><i>McCain and Palin \tREP \t192631 \t59.49%</i><br>Nader and Gonzalez \tIND \t3757 \t1.16%<br><b>Obama and Biden \tDEM \t122485 \t37.83%</b><br>Write-in Votes \t\t1720 \t0.53%<br><br>But there\u2019s one small victory that hasn\u2019t been talked about much. After the whopping 90,000 votes that were counted in Alaska after election day, there was a shift in the presidential race. After the final tally, McCain-Palin won by 59.49%. LESS than 60%. And we can even round down to 59%! I\u2019ll take it.<br><br>2008 McCain/Palin 59% <b>Obama/Biden <u>38%</u></b><br><br>2004 Bush 61 - <b>Kerry 35%</b><br>2000 Bush 59 - <b>Gore 28%</b><br><br><b>Obama won the hearts of more Alaska voters than any Democrat in recent memory. And McCain-Palin, despite their surface appeal, with the Alaska Governor on the ticket, frankly, didn\u2019t do all that well comparatively. I\u2019m looking forward to 2012. I think we\u2019re headed in the right direction.</b></i><br><br>The article says it ALL!  President-Elect Obama SCORED WELL in ALASKA!!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_17:23:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3916086": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "True That.  When Plouffe took over Obama's campaign, they stopped shooting themselves in the foot and reloading to keep shooting.<br><br>That camp ran like a well-oiled machine after Plouffe showed up.  If anyone was going to get a White House Staff position I thought the guy who got him to the White House would be the one, especially the position Rahm Emmanuel got.<br><br>But after thinking more on this, I think Obama removed Emmanuel to defang his ass and allow someone else to get the lobbyists out of the House of Representatives, as well as Rahm's enforcer tactics to force House members to pay equivalent of their salaries to support the DCCC and therefore be forced to be for sale to lobbyists in order to have a livable salary.<br><br>I hope Plouffe shows up in the White House, unless he told Obama he didn't want a White House gig.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_12:28:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3915407, "depth": 4, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3915063": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yes, thus the highly prominent red and bulbous nose", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_11:31:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3914916, "depth": 7, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3909435": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  From Mr. Martin:<br><br><a href=\"http://essence.typepad.com/news/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Copy of Julian Bond's Resignation Letter</a><br><br><i>November 13, 2008<br><br>This is the season of change.<br><br>The tenth anniversary of my Chairmanship was last February. The 100th Anniversary of the NAACP is this coming February. As I think about these milestones, this is the perfect time for me to retire as Chair, and I will not ask the NAACP Board to re-elect me hen we convene again. I plan to continue serving on the Board.<br><br>One decade - or one-tenth of the Association's lifetime - is more than enough for one person's leadership. And it is appropriate that a new century fro the organization begin with a new Chair.<br><br>I am proud of what we have accomplished over the past decade, and I am very confident about the leadership of our new CEO, Ben Jealous, I intend to be available to him - and to the Association - to assist in furthering the NAACP's continuing role as the most important civil rights organization in the country. I have spent my lifetime as a civil rights activist, a role from which I will never retire.<br><br>I trust that you, too, will render every assistance to Ben to enable him to be successful as the years roll by.<br><br>It has been a privilege to serve and work with you. I know the NAACP - along with the country - is in good hands.<br><br>Best wishes.<br><br>Julian Bond<br></i><br><br>Appropriate decision!!  Resignation accepted!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_02:23:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3915580": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Good afternoon, 99 Percent Sure.<br><br>I don't think Hillary IS the choice for Secretary of State.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_11:59:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3914456, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3915069": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Amen, Spirit!<br><br>Sometimes, I think Obama is engaging in a chess game match that is far beyond my comprehension and for that reason, I'm giving a whole lot of leeway.<br><br>I also think he has staff who reads blogs like JJP to get a pulse on things.  You kinda of see where the Larry Summers as Treasury Secretary went once the blogsphere got hold of it and started posting about dude's escapades at Harvard, and his love letters to Enron CEO Ken Lay about \"keeping his eyes on regulation efforts in the industry\" BS.<br><br>You haven't heard jack about Summers since.<br><br>I also think Obama is a very smart man - he must have his own way of dealing with Traitor Joe Lieberman if he's willing to keep him around - this, after Joe openly defied the party that allowed him to come to the dance and went off whoring for John McCain.  I can't help but think that given time, Lieberman will be dealt with in such a way that when the dust clears, all we will see is Lieberman whipped and bleeding like Jim Caveziel was in \"The Passion of The Christ\".  We will be looking at Lieberman with our mouths open and wondering \"What the hell happened?\" while Obama glides along, hands clean, and Joe Biden in a corner with a smirk that says \"I took care of that bastard.\"<br><br>I think Obama WANTS us to have these discussions - he's paying attention and he knows that while the moneyed people got him to the dance, those of us who gave time, money, wore out shoe leather, and resources have to be answered to and he knows what its like to be saying one thing and caught doing the opposite, so he doesn't want to be caught with his tighty-whities showing.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_11:31:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3914322, "depth": 4, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3920608": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh, you concern trolling again?<br><br>True to form.<br><br>Carry on.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_16:11:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "31c6cdbc8b8df3834c4bdd6f0248d38a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3915659, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3916598": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Good point.  We can start campaigning for Plouffe to replace Dean as DNC Chair before the Eff-Up and give it to the Dark Sith like Carville keeps suggesting.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_12:53:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3916417, "depth": 6, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3913030": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And gas ain't cheaper for <i>our</i> sake.  This, IMO, was a move to help out the Big 3 automakers.  If gas prices get low enough, people will slavishly go back to buying the Dodge pickups and Chevy Suburbans.   This is all about volume.<br><br>They sell a lot of cheap gas, and hope that we buy a lot more trucks and SUVs.<br><br>Don't fall for the okey doke.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_09:23:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3912496, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3918151": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Calma te, amigo.  There <i>will</i> be Latinos in key White House cabinet positions.  In fact, if Luis Gutierrez doesn't get the Senate gig in Illinois, he'd be a damn fine HUD Secretary.  I also wouldn't mind seeing Federico Pena (former mayor of Denver and the brainchild behind the Denver Int'l Airport) get the Transportation Secretary gig.  And with transportation being a huge need today, it won't be one of those meaningless positions.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_14:14:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3915659, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3918154": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Mom had plastic put on our furniture when I was little.  It was bad enough sticking to them when it was hot, but when the corners on the cushion covers would start to fray...ouch!  To this day I can still feel those corners scratching me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_14:14:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3917424, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3925838": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "spirit_55z: My girlfriend is a Virgo -- and you speak the truth!<br><br>(& don't forget the part about being really into organizing stuff in the house and being pro-active about not running out of stuff .... I assume that's Virgo-ness too, though not necessarily relevant to this discussion here).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_20:31:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "4ec3c0272b87ba5c8ce3a9168cf4e78a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3916774, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3916111": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Como se dice, \"Chill out! The brotha ain't done yet!\"?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_12:29:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3915659, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3915088": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Uh - oh.  Here we go!  LOL!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_11:32:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "sdg1844", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3913704, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3912529": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So WJC wants his wife in and is opening his books. Read this about his investment trusts. One, they are registered in the Cayman Islands, home of the shell company. Two, these have to be opened up to find out where the money came from and whom made the recoommendations on what to buy and sell.<br><a href=\"http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a21TM6Czkwtc&refer=home\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_08:34:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 24, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3917653": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That nose is just because he got some \"brotha\" in him...<br><br>&lt;&lt;&lt;ducks&gt;&gt;&gt;", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_13:46:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3915063, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3910826": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I paid 1.88 green lady.  I filled up my car for 30. dollars.  I started to just shout in the parking lot.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_06:28:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3909622, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3917144": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  CO-SIGN!   HE IS GONNA GET A SPOT!  <b>TRUST!</b>  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_13:19:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3916337, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3926874": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Michelle, nodding in agreement here. Order is the business of the day. My motto:   \"Order is the first law of expansion.\"  And it's all good.  Much joy and peace to you and your Girlfriend! :-)))", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_22:01:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3925838, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3917455": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "is this a good thing?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_13:36:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3915670, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3915102": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Geez, can you imagine \"What?!?! He's not coming?!?! OH HELL NAW\"....in like 30 different languages...simultaneously.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_11:33:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3914805, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3918139": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh I know it IS worth a lot, that furniture back then was REAL.....do they even make furniture that heavy anymore? It took like 5 big men to get my granny's huge mahogany wardbrobe out of the house. It must have been 100 years old...beautiful.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_14:13:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3915208, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3916134": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "RAOFLMAO!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_12:30:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3915272, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3915409": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "China cupboards and a credenzas or (sideboard)  knick-knacks and what-nots.  And we had to clean them.  We are going bac kin the day!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_11:49:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3915047, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3915115": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You Scorpios have nothing on us Cancers regarding loyalty.  We're like old hound dogs; we take beatings and still get ready to throw down for those we love.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_11:34:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3910850, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3912559": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Me, neither, Ronnie.<br><br>I know some of you will tell me  \"I trust Obama to do what's right\" however, I've already made this argument and got my head chopped off on several occasions; nevertheless, I'll make it again - if we don't quit celebrating for a minute and start at least questioning some of Obama's picks, we get the government we deserve and we will have no room for complaint because our silence gives Obama tacit consent to do what he does, and we can't say anything when shyt goes down that hurts him.<br><br>The unwillingness to deal with Joe Lieberman will be the first thing that comes back to back this administration in the ass, because Joe is going to revert to his true nature and stab Obama in the back - just because Obama publicly confronted him on the Senate floor.  The slap on the wrist and tacit consent to Joe that he can be a traitor of the highest order and nothing will happen to him - watch how fast he takes that out for a test Drive.<br><br>Holder, Daschle and Napolitano - I'm cool with and Napolitano is actually a Washington OUTSIDER.  What is worrying me is his considerations for Treasury, Commerce and State - all are bad choices, and what the hell is his transition team smoking to even put Summers, Hillary and Pritzker on the table for consideration - given they all have more baggage than an overbooked flight?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_08:37:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3911850, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3919336": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Justice58:     I'm just sayin'. . .  :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_15:12:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3919090, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3916146": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I thought the Coon Network News was doing that.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_12:31:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3915481, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3915635": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "CPL says:  \"I also think he has staff who reads blogs like JJP to get a pulse on things.\"<br><br>I believe someone commented on thios blog  last week that we need to \"grow up\"   Here's my response:  You can't grow up if you don't engage with others and get varying viewpoints.  For me, t's ok to have an opinion, but I don't cherish them.<br><br>LET'S KEEP IT COMING FOLKS!  :-)))))", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_12:01:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3915069, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3918710": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Jury awards $2.5 million to teen beaten by Klan members<br><br><a href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/11/14/klan.sued.verdict/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/11/14/klan.sued.v...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_14:43:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3925880": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rorysmomma, my \"first love\" was a Scorpio, but based on what you're saying here, seems to me in retrospect that that person didn't actually love me back :) It's ok, I was very young (15) and inexperienced in the matters of romance at the time... no hard feelings about it at all. But it did leave me with a bad taste re: Scorpios that has apparently persisted for decades <br><br>I need to get off of Memory Lane!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_20:34:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "4ec3c0272b87ba5c8ce3a9168cf4e78a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3925079, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3908985": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:    The \"COIN\" is beautiful!  Give it up!  Where can we get it?? :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4xKlbeHLf4\" rel=\"nofollow\">For The Love of <b>MONEY</b> (O'Jays)</a><br><br>ENJOY!!!  I'm gettin up on the floor! :&gt;)  :&gt;)  Whoooo!   Hoooo!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_01:28:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3915643": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You don't change the machine from the outside, you change it from the inside.<br><br>Besides, Barack never said he had anything against Washington insiders per se. He campaigned against pure partisanship and gridlock and lobbyist influence.<br><br>He ought to get more credit for his ethics rules for his transition team and his continued efforts to curb the influence of lobbyists in his administration.<br><br>That's change.<br><br>Keep in mind that none of these cabinet position announcements have come out of Barack Obama's mouth.<br><br>I think we should wait till our president tells us who he wants in his cabinet before we jump to conclusions.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_12:02:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3911850, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3918212": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LOL!! And actually I meant to say \"curio\" instead of chiffarobe - its the infamous \"curio\" cabinet that Mama Bell kept her lil ceramic shoes and other breakables that fascinated me. The chiffarobe was in the bedroom - its where she kept slips and undies....or rather (in her words) her \"foundations\"...LMAO!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_14:18:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3917424, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3920774": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "We kill for those we love..... or practice a sly form of character assassination...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_16:21:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3915115, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3912584": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm wondering if the \"Al Queda Called Obama a House Negro\" isn't an MSM plant to force Obama to continue fighting with bin Laden, just like the insiders kept lying about Cuba to Kennedy back in 1962 and tried to force Kennedy to attack Cuba because someone ELSE wanted a fight.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_08:40:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3912261, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3915145": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "One roars while the other stings.<br><br>I like that combo on Obama and Biden.  On Billary, its a spontaneous combustion waiting to explode and at the most unlikely of times, too.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_11:35:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3914253, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3925386": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "...laughing hard as, now being a grown man, I can finally take a sip from the \"company\" glasses...<br><br>Cheers!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_19:49:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "hustleandfloe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3916715, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3915659": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "From First Read:<br><br>\"*** Como se dice, \"Shut out\"? As Obama's cabinet takes shape, there's a glaring omission: Hispanics. With Bill Richardson apparently destined to be the bridesmaid in the secretary of state sweepstakes, some key Hispanic supporters tell First Read that they are concerned that no Hispanics will fill any of the major White House or cabinet positions. It's a bit frustrating to some leading Hispanic Democrats, especially considering how decisively Hispanics went for Obama in this election. Hispanics, literally, were the difference between winning and losing for Obama in at least two states, New Mexico and Indiana. But for the future of the Democratic Party, if Obama truly does have designs on a realignment, he needs to cultivate Hispanics into the Democratic tent. So far, many Hispanics are not happy with the leaks coming out of the transition and the lack of Hispanic names being floated outside of Richardson.\"<br><br>Again, trying not to second guess, but i just don't get it.  Hillary Clinton was well on her way to becoming an after thought, but Obama decides to pull her back on the national state and kicks Bill Richardon in the back along with the constituency he owes much to and will certainly need in the future.  Maybe there is some hidden brilliance to this madness, but all I see is madness.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_12:02:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 19, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3917708": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:   Wanted to give a MOMENT to the <b>MRS.: </b>   :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27804469/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Michelle Obama's arms hard-won with exercise</b><br>Future first lady used to join friend at gym at 4:30 a.m. workouts</a><br><br><i>CHICAGO - Many women recoil at the thought of baring their arms in sleeveless dresses or blouses, but not Michelle Obama \u2014 half of the fabulously fit new first couple.<br><br>Both President-elect Barack Obama and the future first lady have exercise routines that would put most people to shame. Michelle Obama used to join a friend for 4:30 a.m. workouts, and Barack Obama usually starts his day in the gym.<br><br>Michelle Obama has been interviewed on television, graced the cover of Newsweek and hit the campaign trail, all with her buff arms bared.<br><br>\"One of the things I always talk about is got to exercise,\" the 44-year-old mother of two told an overwhelmingly female crowd at a campaign event last year in Chicago.<br><br>That's sure to continue when the Obamas and their girls \u2014 10-year-old Malia and 7-year-old Sasha \u2014 move into the White House, which has plenty of places for them to stay active.</i><br><br>THERE IS MORE.<br><br>Can't wait ta see her in HER \"INAUGURAL DRESS!\"  Whoooo!   Hoo!  :&gt;)<br><br><b>FIRST LADY MICHELLE!    :&gt;)</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_13:49:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3926594": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You and JJP are on point.  Nodding in agreement with all your points.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_21:36:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "freespiritbty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3915069, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3917713": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And the living room that YOU couldn't go into, not even to sit down when company came calling.<br><br>I used to stick to those plastic furniture covers...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_13:49:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3916715, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3912594": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "How the Hell did the NAACP pull that off?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_08:41:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3909435, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3916179": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I think Hillary leaking or making up shyt to leak to the press to manipulate Obama and her hands continue to get dirty as she tries to force her way into the White House.<br><br>Didn't work this summer and won't work NOW.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_12:32:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3915643, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3914644": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Mioranda, hee,hee,hee!  \"chiffarobe\"  My grandma Rena had a magnificent chiffarobe.  She left it to me in her will.  I still want the coin!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_11:08:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3914321, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3918229": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Miranda:  There was an UPRIGHT \"piano\" in the PARLOR.  Do you think that you could PLAY on it?              <b>NOT!!</b>  :&gt;)<br><br>Annnnnnd, in my daddy's family, [9 children] NO ONE played the piano!!  :&gt;)<br><br>Sooooo. . the PURPOSE of the PIANO?     <b> I 'on't know!</b> <br><br>**shakin' my head**   In fact, I believe that I was **shakin' my head** even as a child!!  :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>Guess I was practicin' for JJP!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_14:18:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3915047, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3915670": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Dingell is out and Waxman is in.<br><br>From HuffPo:<br><br><br>WASHINGTON \u2014 Rep. Henry Waxman _ a liberal ally of Speaker Nancy Pelosi _ will take over the chairmanship of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee when the next Congress convenes in January.<br><br>Waxman is a liberal California Democrat. In an election among House Democrats, he toppled veteran Michigan Rep. John Dingell from the post. Dingell is the longest-serving member of the House.<br><br>Waxman won the panel chair by a 137-122 vote, capping a bitter fight within the Democratic Party caucus on the Hill.<br><br>Dingell has been the top Democrat on the panel for 28 years and is an old-school supporter of the auto industry. Waxman has complained that the committee has been too slow to address environmental issues like global warming.<br><br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/20/waxman-beats-dingell-in-d_n_145178.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/20/waxman...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_12:02:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "17d38a9bec20bbbf3fa16e256880eec2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "3918747": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This couldn't have been discussed and decided before her name leaked?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_14:45:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3917543, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3918241": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What an inspiration! You know the older you get the more muscle mass you lose. She is clearly fighting to keep it.  Makes me want to run to the gym and do DIPS- now.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_14:19:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3917708, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3926292": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Deep Impact (meteor disaster movie) was the movie with Morgan Freeman. I'm kind of a movie buff :-).", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_21:10:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "freespiritbty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3915369, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3916715": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LOL...isn't the \"black experience\" sumpthin??.......everybody knew what the heck I was talkin bout!! It doesn't matter if you're in NYC, Atlanta, Houston, Lil Rock, St Louis, Nawlins, Detroit, Cleveland, Vegas, Phoenix  L.A or any and all points in-between - everybody's granny or great aunties<br>had the chifffarobe!!<br><br>And I bet they all had plastic on that \"parlor room\" furniture with the velvet like material....LMAO!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_12:59:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3914321, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3915180": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "But I can get some serious money on \"Cash in the Attic\" if I have those plates because in a few years' time, they'll be collectors items.<br><br>(Okay, I'm still getting my Brit on - Cash in the Attic is a cool show on BBCAmerica where people clean out their closets and find antiques that they sell at auction and get fat paid) LOL", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_11:37:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3912874, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3919090": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>**shakin' my head** In fact, I believe that I was **shakin' my head** even as a child!! :&gt;) :&gt;)</i><br><br><br>ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!  GreenLady, you're too funny!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_15:00:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3918229, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3915189": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Co-sign CPL.  I've been thinking the same thing. Obama asked that we all be engaged and that's exactly what's going on.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_11:38:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "sdg1844", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3915069, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3926455": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I hear you.  I would never advise being n love with a Scorpio man... Usually unfaithful.  If you are gonna get one make sure he is at least 30+", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_21:24:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3925880, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3918266": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I second that!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_14:20:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3917962, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3911100": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<b>Palin Congratulates Begich after Sen. Stevens Concedes </b><br><a href=\"http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/11/19/palin-congratulates-begich-after-sen-stevens-concedes/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/11/19/palin-...</a><br><br><b>Political Perceptions: Eric Holder, Going Down Hard on the Right </b><br><a href=\"http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/11/19/political-perceptions-eric-holder-going-down-hard-on-the-right/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/11/19/politi...</a><br>sounds like someone's afraid...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_07:15:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "nickwah22", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3913149": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "First off, this would be a good opportunity to put the Federal Reserve under Congressional Oversight.  The reason Bernanke and Greenspan before him, got away with shyt is because the Fed has NO CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT.<br><br>They can give testimony to Congress, but the only authority the Government has over the Fed is the appointment of the Board of Governors, and that's structured so that no President has any authority or influence over the Fed Chair.<br><br>Congressional Oversight and the authority to call for someone to be dismissed, like Congress and the Senate can do with Cabinet members, reins in this shyt.  The Fed continues to act in concert with the Treasury to pump paper money into the economy, knowing damned well that there's no gold or silver coin to back it up and we're now seeing the results with the Wall Street crash.<br><br>If the Fed must remain, it needs to be converted into an actual Federal Government Agency, with full Congressional Oversight and the ability to order investigations into their operations.  Continuing to tell the American people to \"trust them\" in terms of managing the American economy, is futile and screws us over.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_09:33:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3912887, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3921854": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "EVENING THREAD IS UP", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_17:21:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3918271": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Good Riddance!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_14:20:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3909435, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3916739": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It begs the question why even go there?  Clinton is at her \"best\" when she plays the victim.  If she doesn't get the job, middle age white women will be up in arms--AGAIN--and her supporters in Congress will be joining with her to undermine President Obama for the next 4 years.  The Clintons are the Clintons.  You give them an inch they take 10 miles.  Why give her any consideration when his team had to have known how they would play it?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_13:00:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3915901, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3909622": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:   SHARING some GOOD NEWS in the midst of this e=\"economic crisis:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.reason.com/news/show/130132.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Oil Price Bubble Bursts<br>And prices are falling a dollar a day</a><br><br><i>Oil prices have dropped by 60 percent since July. And they fell without the benefit of a gasoline tax holiday, new anti-speculator regulations, or a windfall profits tax on oil companies. A year ago, crude oil was going for $88.00 per barrel and gasoline cost an average of $2.76 per gallon. Over the following months, the price soared, reaching an inflation-adjusted record high of just over $147 per barrel in July. Then the bottom fell out. Yesterday, the price was hovering around $58, up from a recent low of $53 per barrel. <b><u>The result is gasoline prices plummeting from a national average of $4.11 per gallon in July to below $2.07 per gallon now.</u></b> So what happened?</i><br><br>THERE IS MORE.<br><br>I just bought some for <b>$2.23/gal</b>  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  Whoo!  Hoo!  :&gt;)<br><br>It took so long to fill up the tank that I ALMOST had the nerve to say to myself  -  HURRY UP!!  :&gt;)    I haven't been use to taking so loooong to spend my $40!   :&gt;)<br><br>But I ENJOYED IT!!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_02:35:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 13, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3920838": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That's a blast from the past.  Still hatin' on them though for not giving full props to Martha Wash, just so they could have some skinny thang shake her booty on their videos (LOL).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_16:25:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3920602, "depth": 8, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3915208": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Now you REALLY dated yourself with that comment.<br><br>And my granny had the mahogany one with the plate glass that you couldn't touch if you were the grandchild.<br><br>The cousins are arguing about who gets it when the last remaining sibling dies because it's now considered an antique worth the high five figures and there's ten grandchildren who would have to divvy up the proceeds.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_11:39:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3914321, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3918287": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "evita:   LOVE IT!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_14:21:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3914232, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3915217": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Lewis Black is INSANE.<br><br>I so love those \"Back IN Black\" segments on the Daily Show.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_11:40:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3914906, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3910099": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What ya'll don't want the Obama plates?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_03:55:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 18, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3911125": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The NYTs has a nice site where you can find out about the Obama team prospective and definite pics.  If you have any other site, besides Wiki, please share!<br>Thanks,<br><br><a href=\"http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/us/series/the_new_team/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/us/series/th...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_07:17:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "nickwah22", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3913179": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Still makes the Clintons financial dealings to shady for Hillary to be vetted and given SoS.<br><br>They need to tank this nomination and find someone else.  Besides, Obama owes Hillary nothing but his ass to kiss.  She'd best find a year's supply of Chapstick for all the ass-kissing she has to do not only with Obama, but Jim Clyburn and the CBC members who feel like she burned them during the primaries.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_09:36:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 23, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3912529, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3914718": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This morning I paid $1.81 cents for gas here in Minnesota.  RonnieB is on point as usual.  I thought President-Elect Obama was close by with all those black SUV's pulling into the gas station.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_11:12:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3910826, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3918963": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And not one word from Bill Richardson......ummmm?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_14:55:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3918715, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3916774": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And don't let us Virgos fool ya either.  We are by no stretch of the imagination virgins.  Alturist, loyal, perfection is the name of the game, and intensely critical.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_13:01:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3915115, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3913704": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "CPL,<br><br>MSNBC is reporting the Obama Team is upset about the leaks & blaming the Clintons for it!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_10:11:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 22, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3913179, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3915241": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So they're planning to make a movie about the black White House butler featured in the Post a few weeks ago... Maybe Danny Glover needs work... so I guess this is a good thing?<br><br><a href=\"http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3idbd416c66b0ba79f8e697aff820d9330\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_dis...</a><br><br>Here's the original story about Eugene Allen, which was quite moving:<br><a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/06/AR2008110603948.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_11:40:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "claudia_m", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3915243": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "These dummies are still fighting the primaries.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_11:41:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3913961, "depth": 4, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3920877": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "And I dare you to find a mumbling word in the New Mexico media - I've looked on sites for local stations in Albuquerque and Santa Fe...NOTHING. quiet as chuch mice....hmmmmm indeed.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_16:27:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3920048, "depth": 7, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3917300": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What CPL said.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_13:27:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "Texas_Girl_in_LA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3916914, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3911157": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The man hasn't even announced his damn cabinet but they seem ready to bad mouth him.. Correct me if I am wrong, Jarrett isn't a Washington insider, right?<br><br><b>Obama promised change but picking insiders</b><br><a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27816818/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27816818/</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_07:21:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "nickwah22", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 15, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3914230": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The banking industry folk did the same thing and they got what is turning out to be a 2.7 trillion dollar bailout, not a loan.<br><br>While it was definitely insensitive for the automakers' 3 blind mice to roll up in separate jets, I'm amazed at the media scrutiny about this, and about all the people jumping on the bandwagon to criticize them, though not a peep was heard when the thieves in the banking and Wall Street temples did the same,  making off with our money and our children's children's money, and they won't even tell us who got what billions. <br><br>After all, our economic crisis started with banking and credit and is part of the reason that the auto industry is suffering but we hear very little about the banking industry's excessively poor mismanagement, and scamming theft.<br><br>A $25 billion loan proportioned out based on the needs of the big 3 - Ford and Chrysler don't need nearly as much as GM -  AND stringent rules placed on the automakers especially the CEOs and executive staff, up to and including getting rid of the 3 blind mice CEOS should be no brainer; the loan should be made with the instruction that they do some Chapter 11 restructuring, if necessary.  <br><br>The flying in on jets to beg for money is really a non-issue, since that's the way ALL big corporate execs roll into Washington to beg for dough.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_10:43:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "99PercentSure", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3913215, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3914232": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Wow. Video of no world leaders shaking Pres Bush's hand! Part of me thinks that was wrong, part of me knows I might have dissed him too.<br><br><br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/20/world-leaders-dont-shake_n_145141.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/20/world-...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_10:43:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3925497": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "CPL,<br><br>Totally changing the topic on the goof tip.  Do you know if Field Negro ever actually made his \"naked Broad Street run\"?    In my book, he ain't getting off so easy if he didn't.   As much trash as he talked,  he oughta be a man of his word.<br><br>I'm just sayin'...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_19:59:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "isonprize", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3918468, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3917306": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "dj:  ABSOLUTELY!    JUST trying to show SOME GOOD NEWS.<br><br>Realizing that the news reported some 40 MILLION UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS as of 2-day.  I'm praying for ALL these people.<br><br>**SLOWLY shaking my head**   **sigh**", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_13:28:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3912496, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3911850": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I have a couple of disparate views on this.  <br><br>First, the reporter entitles the article with what he later describes as Republican criticism.   That's not an objective journalist; that's a shill, so consider the source.<br><br>Secondly--and I should fully disclose that I'm an Obama fanatic, but I'm not a Democrat (nor am I a Tom's Cabin Republican) -- I also wanted to see some new, non-insider faces in the Obama cabinet.  Not inexperienced neophytes, but qualified gifted and talented professionals who don't have Washington baggage.   <br><br>During the campaigns, many of us were completely satisfied with the prospect of a non-Bush and non-Clinton administration.  And we were--dare I say--<i>hopeful</i> at the prospect of some new faces, new ideas, and new roles.   I'm not saying that it's impossible to teach some of these old dogs some new tricks ... but it's not likely. <br><br>I trust President Obama.  But I'm not crazy about some of these picks.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_08:12:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3911157, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3915262": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What's pissing me off is that Paulson's crying foul about bailing out the auto industry while taking payola himself.<br><br>Talk about hypocrites...<br><br>I've done my screaming in blog posts on this board, and that's why I'm screaming about another damned bailout that you and I will be paying for and while I'm unemployed, I can't even pay attention, let alone pay for another damned bailout.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_11:41:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3914230, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3913215": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "For Real.  I have a post up on how the Auto Industry CEOs came to DC in private jets, costing their companies hundreds of thousands of dollars, to ask for handouts.<br><br>How could oil drop from $114 a barrel to less than $60 a barrel since the summer?  WE got took....I haven't seen $2 a gallon gas since 2005.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-20_09:40:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3913030, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 4, "reply_position": true, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "7292550", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": 7693154369252368263}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "thursday_open_thread_72", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 192, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 7292550, "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.SUBSCRIBE_BY_EMAIL = "Subscribe by email";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_BY_RSS = "Subscribe by RSS";
	this.POPULAR_NOW = "Popular now";
	this.BEST_RATING = "Best Rating";
	this.NEWEST_FIRST = "Newest first";
	this.OLDEST_FIRST = "Oldest first";
	this.HIGHLIGHTED = "Highlighted";
	this.UNSUBSCRIBE = "Unsubscribe";
	this.REQUIRED = "Required";
	this.OPTIONAL = "Optional";
	this.YOU_ARE_COMMENTING_AS_A = "You are commenting as a";
	this.LOGIN_BELOW = "Login below";
	this.PLEASE_LOGIN_BELOW_TO_COMMENT = "Please login below to comment.";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_TO_ALL_COMMENTS_BY_EMAIL = "Subscribe to all comments by email";
	this.DO_NOT_SUBSCRIBE_TO_COMMENTS = "Do not subscribe to comments";
	this.REALTIME_UPDATING_IS = "Real-time updating is";
	this.ENABLED = "enabled";
	this.PAUSED = "paused";
	this.PAUSE = "Pause";
	this.RESUME = "Resume";
	this.SHOW = "Show";
	this.JUST_NOW = "Just now";
	this.REPLY = "Reply";
	this.EDIT = "Edit";
	this.FLAG = "Flag";
	this.MODERATE = "Moderate";
	this.CANCEL = "Cancel";
	this.REPLYING_TO = "Replying to";
	this.REPORT_MISSING_REACTIONS = "Report missing reactions";
	this.POST_A_COMMENT = "Post a comment";
	this.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT = "Flag inappropriate comment";
	this.FLAGGED = "Flagged";
	this.NO = "No";
	this.YES = "Yes";
	this.NEVER_MIND = "Never mind";
	this.ARE_YOU_SURE_YOU_WOULD_LIKE_TO_REPORT_THIS_COMMENT_TO_A_MODERATOR = "Are you sure you would like to report this comment to a moderator";
	this.THIS_WILL_FLAG_COMMENTS_FOR_MODERATORS_TO_TAKE_ACTION = "This will flag comments for moderators to take action";
	this.TO_RATE_PLEASE_LOG_IN = "To rate, please log in";
	this.JUST_A_MOMENT = "Just a moment...";
	this.GUEST = "Guest";
	this.NAME = "Name";
	this.EMAIL = "Email";
  this.WEBSITE = "Website";
  this.SETTINGS = "Settings";
  this.MODERATOR_OPTIONS = "Moderator options: ";
};
// Dsq.Strings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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





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



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

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

	this._lastHash = null;

	this._accumMsg = '';

	this._lastSeqno = 0;

	this.MAX_DATA_LEN	= 1024;

	this.WAIT_TIME		= 10;

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

};

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

FragmentPacket.prototype.log = function(msg) {



};

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

		hash = this.reader.name;
	} else {

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

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

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

		this._lastSeqno = seqno;

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

				this._accumMsg = '';

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

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

	if (packetNum === 0) {

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

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

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

	if (num_packets === packetNum) {

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

	this._lastSeqno++;

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

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

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

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

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

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


	this.receiverId = receiverId;
};

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

	var listener = function(e) {

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


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

		that.receiveCallback(data);
	};

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

PostMessagePacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {



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


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

	var packet;
	if (!msg) {

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

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

var JsonRpc = function() {

	this.ids = {};

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

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

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

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

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

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

				json = 'null';
				break;
		}

		return json;
	};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		send_func(this.objectToJSON(request));

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

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


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



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


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


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

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

	this.packetHandler = null;


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


	var _createReceiverForFragmentPacket = function() {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

			that._ready = true;
		};

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

		that.receiver.onload = receiver_onload;







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

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

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

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


	var _createReceiverForPostMessage = function() {

		var receiver_onload = function() {

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

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


		ParentMessenger['_receiver_onload_' + receiverId] = receiver_onload;

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	var sendFunc = function(msg) {

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


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


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

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

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

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

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

		if (msg.username) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	this.url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY +
		'?' + (new Date()).getTime() +
		'&f=jackandjillpolitics' +
		'&t=thursday_open_thread_72' +
		'&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_72/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_72'
			+ '&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_72/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">192</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/thursday_open_thread_72/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_72/">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:7292550" 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_72/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:7292550" 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:7292550" 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_72',
			// 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_72/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_72'
			+ '&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_72'
			+ '&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_72'
				+ '&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/7292550/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;
	};
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			name += '-' + opt_xtype;
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		if (opt_postId) {
			name += '-' + opt_postId;
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		var params = opt_extraParams || {};
		// use xtype in the id and name so we can distinguish media replies from text replies:
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		var name = Dsq.Iframes.makeReplyIframeName(opt_postId, params.xtype);
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			'id': id,
			'name': name,
			'class': opt_className || 'dsq-post-reply'
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Dsq.Twitter = new function() {
	var that = this;

	this.startTwitterConnect = function() {
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};

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

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

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

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

Dsq.Reaction = new function() {
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	this.hide = function(id) {
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Dsq.CNN = function() {
	var obj = {};

	obj.authenticate = function() {
		var url = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + "/saml/cnn/try/";
		Dsq.Utils.postToUrl(url, {'target': document.location}, true);
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if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) {
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		DSQ_HEADER_AVATAR_RE = /<div class="dsq-header-avatar"(.*?)>/gim;
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			// Add "onmouseout" for dsq-header-avatar for dropProfile
			// functionality since IE6 cannot use :hover.
			function _headerAvatarReplace(content, inner, _unused, html) {
				return '<div class="dsq-header-avatar" '
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			html = html.replace(DSQ_HEADER_AVATAR_RE, _headerAvatarReplace);
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	// TODO: Move Seesmic code outside of the main script.  Don't let this script clobber the global namespace.
	if(typeof seesmic == 'undefined') { var seesmic = {}; }
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	var scriptEl = document.createElement('script');
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	scriptEl.setAttribute('src', 'http://seesmic.com/version.js?callback=seesmic.widget.callback');
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	var scriptEl = document.createElement('script');
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	scriptEl.setAttribute('src', 'http://media.disqus.com/javascript/library/swfobject.js');
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		flashcontentDiv = Dsq.$(_videoUri + '_content');
		previewDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_preview');
		hideDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_hide');
		showDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-seesmic-' + _videoUri + '_show');
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			// push flash widget
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			so.addParam('allowScriptAccess','always');
			so.useExpressInstall('swfobject/expressinstall.swf');
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			previewDiv.style.display = 'block';
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			showDiv.style.display = 'block';
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(function() {
	//
	// Load theme.  This overrides the base templates with template functions
	// from the respective themes.
	//
	if (Dsq.jsonData.integration.theme == 4) {
		var theme = 'narcissus';
		// HACK: Set variable on window to use post message.
		window.disqus_use_postmessage = true;

		
		for(var prop in Dsq.Themes[theme]) {
			if(Dsq.Themes[theme] && Dsq.Themes[theme].hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
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				Dsq.Post[prop] = Dsq.Themes[theme][prop];
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	//
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	//
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('authPost', Dsq.Templates.authPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('header', Dsq.Templates.header);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('footer', Dsq.Templates.footer);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('trackbacks', Dsq.Templates.trackbacks);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('reactions', Dsq.Templates.reactions);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('prependPost', Dsq.Templates.prependPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('appendPost', Dsq.Templates.appendPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postPrependHeader', Dsq.Templates.postPrependHeader);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postAppendHeader', Dsq.Templates.postAppendHeader);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('preBody', Dsq.Templates.preBody);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postBody', Dsq.Templates.postBody);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postFooter', Dsq.Templates.postFooter);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('_popupGeneric', Dsq.Templates._popupGeneric);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('voted', Dsq.Templates.voted);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('popupProfile', Dsq.Templates.popupProfile);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postBox', Dsq.Templates.postBox);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('pagination', Dsq.Templates.pagination);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postComment_onSuccess', Dsq.Templates.postComment_onSuccess);

})();

Dsq.container.className = "clearfix";
Dsq.container.innerHTML = ' \
<ul id="dsq-comments">\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3918710">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3918710" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3918710" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3918710">Admiral_Komack</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3918710" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3918710" class="dsq-comment-message">Jury awards $2.5 million to teen beaten by Klan members<br><br><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/11/14/klan.sued.verdict/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/11/14/klan.sued.v...</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3918969">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3918969" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3918969" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3918969">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3918969" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3918969" class="dsq-comment-message">Good to hear!  Keep hitting them in the pocketbook until these mofos feel it!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3919658">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3919658" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3919658" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3919658">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3919658" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3919658" class="dsq-comment-message">Justice58:  Co-sign!  :&gt;)</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3920412">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3920412" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3920412" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3920412">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3920412" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3920412" class="dsq-comment-message">Major co-sign.  $$$$ is the one language these mofos understand!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3919527">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3919527" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3919527" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3919527">bittersweet</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3919527" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3919527" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s RIGHT!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3912961">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3912961" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3912961" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3912961">Micheline </span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3912961" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3912961" class="dsq-comment-message">As expected there has been a backlash against  the Obama win.<br><br>Here are  the observations of Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center about the situation:<br><br>    <i>I think there\'s something remarkable happening out there. I think we really are beginning to see a white backlash that may grow fairly large. The situation\'s worrying.<br><br>    Not only do we have continuing nonwhite immigration, not only is the economy in the tank and very likely to get worse, but we have a black man in the White House. That is driving a kind of rage in a certain sector of the white population that is very, very worrying to me.<br><br>    We are seeing literally hundreds of incidents around the country -- from cross-burnings to death threats to effigies hanging to confrontations in schoolyards, and it\'s quite remarkable.<br><br>    I think that there are political leaders out there who are saying incredibly irresponsible things that could have the effect of undamming a real flood of hate. That includes media figures. On immigration, they have been some of the worst.<br><br>    There\'s a lot going on, and it\'s very likely to lead to scapegoating. And in the end, scapegoating leaves corpses in the street.</i><br><br>David Niewert has been doing an excellent job on keeping track on right wing militias and white supremacists.  Here is the link: <a href="http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3916511">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3916511" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3916511" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3916511">Os</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3916511" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3916511" class="dsq-comment-message">lol thats like what that micheal savage guy said. he said that he thinks intelligent white men will be kicked out of washington because of barack. lol since when are white men so fearful of everydamn thing? they can take on al qaeda and nazis and russia but a black guy his wife and gays getting married scares the hell out of them</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3908125">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3908125" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3908125" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3908125">msmartin</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3908125" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3908125" class="dsq-comment-message">Where can I get this coin?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3908174">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3908174" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3908174" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3908174">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3908174" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3908174" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh yeah!, my money\'s on President-Elect Barack Obama!!<br>Here  I go again, crying.........It\'s a beautiful thing.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3908190">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3908190" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3908190" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3908190">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3908190" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3908190" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah, are the coins for sale now?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3908563">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3908563" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3908563" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3908563">isonprize</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3908563" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3908563" class="dsq-comment-message">Just because I was feelin\' it.   Enjoy!!<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDI1UvSv7pk" rel="nofollow">Nina Simone -  To be young, gifted and black</a><br><br><br>To be young gifted and black  -  there is a world waiting for you<br><br>When you are young, gifted and black,  your soul is intact.<br><br>to be young gifted and black  is where it\'s at.<br><br>Whew...... As Green Lady would say..  &lt; need oxygen mask!!&gt;</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3908833">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3908833" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3908833" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3908833">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3908833" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3908833" class="dsq-comment-message">isonprize:  You ain\'t said nuthin\' but a WORD!!  :&gt;) <br><br><b>OXYGEN MASK -    Descend!!</b>   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Here U     R!!    :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>Breathe Normally!!   :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>Nice choice!  :&gt;)</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3908900">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3908900" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3908900" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3908900">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3908900" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3908900" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:   HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO - -- - - -    VICE-President-ELECT  Joseph Biden!!<br><br>President-Elect Obama surprised him with <b>12 CUPCAKES!!</b>[66 yrs living]<br><br>He was modeling -    "CUTTING THE BUDGET!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)  [MSNBC - K.O.]<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYJPIZ-C-9c" rel="nofollow">HAPPY BIRTHDAY    -   TO YA!</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3908985">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3908985" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3908985" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3908985">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3908985" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3908985" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:    The "COIN" is beautiful!  Give it up!  Where can we get it?? :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4xKlbeHLf4" rel="nofollow">For The Love of <b>MONEY</b> (O\'Jays)</a><br><br>ENJOY!!!  I\'m gettin up on the floor! :&gt;)  :&gt;)  Whoooo!   Hoooo!  :&gt;)</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3909309">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3909309" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3909309" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3909309">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3909309" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3909309" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  <b>Thursday, NOVEMBER 20, 2008 - DAY -61 on his "JOURNEY TO JANUARY!"</b><br><br><br>1.  <b>WORD(s)</b> for the DAY:  <b>On the TRANSITION TRAIL/APPOINTMENTS</b><br><br>2.  <b>HEADLINES</b>:<br><br>    a.)  <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/19/janet-napolitano-homeland_n_145093.html" rel="nofollow">Janet Napolitano, HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY?</a><br><br><i><b>CNN is reporting</b> Wednesday night that Obama has chosen Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano to become secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.<br><br>    President-elect Barack Obama\'s top choice for secretary of homeland security is Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, multiple Democratic sources close to the transition told CNN on condition of anonymity.<br><br><br>    One source said he believed the final decision depends on the vetting of the Democratic governor, much like the selection of Eric Holder for attorney general.<br><br>Politico has more details on the Napolitano pick:<br><br>    Napolitano (na-pawl-i-TAW-noh) brings law-and-order experience from her stint as the Grand Canyon State\'s first female attorney general. One of the nation\'s most prominent female elected officials, she made frequent appearances on behalf of Barack Obama during the campaign. She was re-elected to a second four-year term in 2006.<br><br><br>    Transition insiders have long expected she would be offered a Cabinet slot, although she had also been mentioned for other posts, including attorney general.<br><br>Read more about the speculation that Janet Napolitano would be Attorney General.<br>Read the Obama\'s Cabinet BigNews Page.</i><br><br>    b.)  <a href="http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/president_elect_obama_calls_foreign_leaders_today2/" rel="nofollow">President-elect Obama calls foreign leaders today (actually, Nov. 19)</a><br><br><i>President-elect Barack Obama today returned phone calls to five world leaders and expressed his appreciation for their congratulations on his election. President-elect Obama spoke with:<br><br>    * Colombian President Uribe<br>    * Nigerian President Yar’Adua<br>    * Senegalese President Wade<br>    * South African President Motlanthe<br>    * United Nations Secretary General Ban</i><br><br><br>   c.)  This comes under the HEADING, IFFF you don\'t know, you betta ask somebody OR READ THIS MANUAL:<br><a href="http://directory.presidentialtransition.gov/" rel="nofollow">PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION RESOURCES</a><br><br><i>Message to Presidential Nominees and Appointees, and Members of the President-elect\'s Transition Team:<br><br>The Presidential Transition Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-293) authorizes the General Services Administration (GSA) to develop a transition directory in consultation with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The Act provides that the transition directory "shall be a compilation of Federal publications and materials with supplementary materials developed by the Administrator that provides information on the officers, organization, and statutory and administrative authorities, functions, duties, responsibilities, and mission of each department and agency." Senate Report 106-348 clarifies that the directory is intended to "assist in navigating the many responsibilities that fall on a new administration" that is "confronted by an overwhelming amount of material."<br>GSA and NARA hope that this online directory will introduce you to the operation of the Federal government and the resources available to help you begin your service in the new Administration. <b>If you have questions or comments about this directory, please contact us.</b></i><br><br><br>   d.)  <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/19/penny-pritzker-commerce-s_n_145097.html" rel="nofollow">PENNY PRITZER:  Commerce Secretary?</a><br><br><i>More news has come out about the makeup of Obama\'s Cabinet. The New York Times reports that Penny Pritzker is a leading candidate for Commerce Secretary:<br><br>    Two other leading contenders for cabinet positions emerged late Wednesday, Democrats with knowledge of the process said. Gov. Janet Napolitano of Arizona was poised to be offered the position of homeland security secretary, and Penny Pritzker, a Chicago businesswoman and national finance chairman of the Obama campaign, was in the final stages of vetting for commerce secretary.<br><br><br>    A longtime friend of Mr. Obama, Ms. Pritzker was a chief architect of his record-breaking fund-raising efforts during the presidential campaign. Ms. Priztker is one of three cousins who manage their dynasty\'s financial empire, which includes the Hyatt hotel chain, casinos and many other ventures. But some of Ms. Pritzker\'s business dealings may also raise tough questions during any confirmation process. She was involved in running and overseeing Superior Bank, an Illinois institution co-owned by her family that was at the forefront of turning subprime loans into securities, the risky practice at the heart of the financial crisis. The bank collapsed in 2001 after regulators discovered accounting irregularities that overstated its assets.<br><br>CNN also reports that Pritzker is the leading candidate to head the Commerce department:<br><br>    Also, multiple Democratic sources say billionaire Chicago businesswoman Penny Pritzker is Obama\'s choice for commerce secretary.<br><br><br>    The sources say she will accept the job, which would be formally offered after vetting is complete. Pritzker ran Barack Obama\'s record-breaking fundraising effort, serving as the campaign\'s finance chair.<br><br>Read more about Obama\'s potential Cabinet here.</i><br><br><br><br>3.  Showing his "FRIENDLY SIDE":<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/19/obama-surprises-biden-wit_n_145012.html" rel="nofollow">OBAMA SURPRISES BIDEN WITH CUPCAKES</a>  <br><br><i>WASHINGTON —<b> What does an accomplished man of the world get for his 66th birthday?</b><br><br>Well, President-elect Barack Obama already gave Joe Biden the vice presidency. So, for his birthday, Obama gave Biden two ball caps and a rendition of the birthday song.<br><br>Biden\'s birthday is Thursday, but Obama surprised his No. 2 after their weekly lunch Wednesday at the transition office in Chicago. According to staff, Obama presented Biden _ a Delaware senator with decades of foreign policy experience _ with a dozen cupcakes decorated with candles and teased, "You\'re 12 years old!"<br><br>Staff reported that Biden, ever astute in the art of politics, laughed at the his boss\'s joke. He responded: "Maybe in dog years!"<br><br>Obama led the rest of the staff in song, then handed over some Chicago-themed gifts: a White Sox cap, a Bears cap and a bucket of Garrett\'s popcorn, a hometown favorite.</i><br><br>THAT\'S  ALL FOR NOW!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>President-Elect Obama!  :&gt;)    Vice-President-Elect  BIDEN!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3909388" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:   -Er,   -um,   -uh   According to K.O. -    <b>IT DOESN\'T MATTER!!</b> :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/11/its_over_in_alaska_--_ted_stev.php" rel="nofollow">It\'s Over In Alaska---Ted Stevens Concedes DEFEAT!</a><br><br><i>And so the Alaska Senate race has truly come to an end: Ted Stevens has conceded the election, after Democratic challenger Mark Begich built up a small but nevertheless insurmountable lead in last night\'s vote count.<br><br>Stevens shocked the political world when the ballots counted on Election Night originally showed him winning the race, despite the fact that he\'d just been convicted on multiple felony counts in a corruption trial. This sent organized punditry and Capitol Hill into a frenzy wondering how Stevens could have possibly been re-elected -- but it wasn\'t over yet.<br><br>Begich had banked a lead in absentee voters that happened to not be counted yet -- indeed, he quipped during an appearance on the Rachel Maddow TV show last week that his own early ballot had only just been counted the day before. And when those votes were all tallied, <b>Begich was the winner.</b><br><br>Begich is the first Democrat elected to represent deep-red Alaska at the federal level since Mike Gravel was re-elected to his final Senate term in 1974. And Ted Stevens, who in the 1950s was a U.S. Attorney known for fighting crime and busting corruption, is a lame-duck convicted felon, who even if he had won would have faced possible expulsion from the Senate.</i><br><br>GREAT NEWS!!  Score another one for the -----<br><br>President-Elect OBAMA!  :&gt;)  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3909435" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  From Mr. Martin:<br><br><a href="http://essence.typepad.com/news/" rel="nofollow">Copy of Julian Bond\'s Resignation Letter</a><br><br><i>November 13, 2008<br><br>This is the season of change.<br><br>The tenth anniversary of my Chairmanship was last February. The 100th Anniversary of the NAACP is this coming February. As I think about these milestones, this is the perfect time for me to retire as Chair, and I will not ask the NAACP Board to re-elect me hen we convene again. I plan to continue serving on the Board.<br><br>One decade - or one-tenth of the Association\'s lifetime - is more than enough for one person\'s leadership. And it is appropriate that a new century fro the organization begin with a new Chair.<br><br>I am proud of what we have accomplished over the past decade, and I am very confident about the leadership of our new CEO, Ben Jealous, I intend to be available to him - and to the Association - to assist in furthering the NAACP\'s continuing role as the most important civil rights organization in the country. I have spent my lifetime as a civil rights activist, a role from which I will never retire.<br><br>I trust that you, too, will render every assistance to Ben to enable him to be successful as the years roll by.<br><br>It has been a privilege to serve and work with you. I know the NAACP - along with the country - is in good hands.<br><br>Best wishes.<br><br>Julian Bond<br></i><br><br>Appropriate decision!!  Resignation accepted!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3912594" class="dsq-comment-message">How the Hell did the NAACP pull that off?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3917533" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL:   Probably because Mr.  Benjamin Jealous is PRESIDENT.   <br><br>Mr. Bonds did NOT vote for him.  He wanted a Rev. ?  {name just escaped me; I\'ll look it up}<br><br>Sooooooo. . . . . . . .   He DECIDED with his feet.  GOT GONE!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3928131" class="dsq-comment-message">Rev. Frederick Haynes of Friendship Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, but George Curry reported last summer that it was the other way around, and Rev. Haynes himself reported that he was hamstrung in the selection process, and that the selection process was set up to favor Ben Jealous\' selection.<br><br>Word on the street was that Jealous was Julian\'s boy - and half of the 65 member board felt the same way.<br><br>Link: <a href="http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/george_curry/20080608_NAACP_process_rankles_its_board.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/georg...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3928306" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL:  THANK YOU.  And I remember READING this article in the newspaper that gets delivered to our church.  :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>It doesn\'t help ta get -   how shall I call myself - - -er,  -um  "ONE WHO IS ACCUMULATING TIME!"<br><br>Annnnnnnd, it\'s NOT QUITE on my side!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>BUT, I press on!   :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>President-Elect Obama!  :&gt;)   First Lady Michelle!  :&lt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3918271" class="dsq-comment-message">Good Riddance!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3909622" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:   SHARING some GOOD NEWS in the midst of this e="economic crisis:<br><br><a href="http://www.reason.com/news/show/130132.html" rel="nofollow">The Oil Price Bubble Bursts<br>And prices are falling a dollar a day</a><br><br><i>Oil prices have dropped by 60 percent since July. And they fell without the benefit of a gasoline tax holiday, new anti-speculator regulations, or a windfall profits tax on oil companies. A year ago, crude oil was going for $88.00 per barrel and gasoline cost an average of $2.76 per gallon. Over the following months, the price soared, reaching an inflation-adjusted record high of just over $147 per barrel in July. Then the bottom fell out. Yesterday, the price was hovering around $58, up from a recent low of $53 per barrel. <b><u>The result is gasoline prices plummeting from a national average of $4.11 per gallon in July to below $2.07 per gallon now.</u></b> So what happened?</i><br><br>THERE IS MORE.<br><br>I just bought some for <b>$2.23/gal</b>  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  Whoo!  Hoo!  :&gt;)<br><br>It took so long to fill up the tank that I ALMOST had the nerve to say to myself  -  HURRY UP!!  :&gt;)    I haven\'t been use to taking so loooong to spend my $40!   :&gt;)<br><br>But I ENJOYED IT!!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3910826" class="dsq-comment-message">I paid 1.88 green lady.  I filled up my car for 30. dollars.  I started to just shout in the parking lot.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3914718" class="dsq-comment-message">This morning I paid $1.81 cents for gas here in Minnesota.  RonnieB is on point as usual.  I thought President-Elect Obama was close by with all those black SUV\'s pulling into the gas station.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3917447" class="dsq-comment-message">spirit:    :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3917427" class="dsq-comment-message">rorysmomma:   Gotta be THANKFUL for SMALL BLESSINGS too.   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3912496" class="dsq-comment-message">Just because gas is "cheap" right now do not take your eyes off the ultimate prize.Energy independence and a reduction on our use of fossil fuels.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3913030" class="dsq-comment-message">And gas ain\'t cheaper for <i>our</i> sake.  This, IMO, was a move to help out the Big 3 automakers.  If gas prices get low enough, people will slavishly go back to buying the Dodge pickups and Chevy Suburbans.   This is all about volume.<br><br>They sell a lot of cheap gas, and hope that we buy a lot more trucks and SUVs.<br><br>Don\'t fall for the okey doke.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3913215" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3913215" class="dsq-comment-message">For Real.  I have a post up on how the Auto Industry CEOs came to DC in private jets, costing their companies hundreds of thousands of dollars, to ask for handouts.<br><br>How could oil drop from $114 a barrel to less than $60 a barrel since the summer?  WE got took....I haven\'t seen $2 a gallon gas since 2005.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3914230" href="http://peoplepowerforchange.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">99 Percent Sure</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3914230" class="dsq-comment-message">The banking industry folk did the same thing and they got what is turning out to be a 2.7 trillion dollar bailout, not a loan.<br><br>While it was definitely insensitive for the automakers\' 3 blind mice to roll up in separate jets, I\'m amazed at the media scrutiny about this, and about all the people jumping on the bandwagon to criticize them, though not a peep was heard when the thieves in the banking and Wall Street temples did the same,  making off with our money and our children\'s children\'s money, and they won\'t even tell us who got what billions. <br><br>After all, our economic crisis started with banking and credit and is part of the reason that the auto industry is suffering but we hear very little about the banking industry\'s excessively poor mismanagement, and scamming theft.<br><br>A $25 billion loan proportioned out based on the needs of the big 3 - Ford and Chrysler don\'t need nearly as much as GM -  AND stringent rules placed on the automakers especially the CEOs and executive staff, up to and including getting rid of the 3 blind mice CEOS should be no brainer; the loan should be made with the instruction that they do some Chapter 11 restructuring, if necessary.  <br><br>The flying in on jets to beg for money is really a non-issue, since that\'s the way ALL big corporate execs roll into Washington to beg for dough.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3915262" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3915262" class="dsq-comment-message">What\'s pissing me off is that Paulson\'s crying foul about bailing out the auto industry while taking payola himself.<br><br>Talk about hypocrites...<br><br>I\'ve done my screaming in blog posts on this board, and that\'s why I\'m screaming about another damned bailout that you and I will be paying for and while I\'m unemployed, I can\'t even pay attention, let alone pay for another damned bailout.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3917378" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL:   <i>I can\'t even pay attention,</i> <br><br>LOL!!!   :&gt;)   I caught that!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3917341" class="dsq-comment-message">RonnieB:  Agreed.   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3917306" class="dsq-comment-message">dj:  ABSOLUTELY!    JUST trying to show SOME GOOD NEWS.<br><br>Realizing that the news reported some 40 MILLION UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS as of 2-day.  I\'m praying for ALL these people.<br><br>**SLOWLY shaking my head**   **sigh**</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3924764" class="dsq-comment-message">President-elect Obama said it very well on 60 minutes, IMO:<br><br><i>Kroft: When the price of oil was at $147 a barrel, there were a lot of spirited and profitable discussions that were held on energy independence. Now you\'ve got the price of oil under $60.<br><br>Mr. Obama: Right.<br><br>Kroft: Does doing something about energy is it less important now than…<br><br>Mr. Obama: It\'s more important. It may be a little harder politically, but it\'s more important.<br><br>Kroft: Why?<br><br>Mr. Obama: Well, because this has been our pattern. We go from shock to trance. You know, oil prices go up, gas prices at the pump go up, everybody goes into a flurry of activity. And then the prices go back down and suddenly we act like it\'s not important, and we start, you know filling up our SUVs again.<br><br>And, as a consequence, we never make any progress. It’s part of the addiction, all right. That has to be broken. Now is the time to break it.</i><br><br><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/16/60minutes/main4607893_page3.shtml" rel="nofollow">Source</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3910099" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3910099" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3910099" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3910099" class="dsq-comment-message">What ya\'ll don\'t want the Obama plates?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3912874" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3912874" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3912874">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3912874" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3912874" class="dsq-comment-message">They don\'t increase in value like coin.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3914321" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3914321" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3914321">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3914321" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3914321" class="dsq-comment-message">But grandmama and nem need the plates to put in the chiffarobe!!<br><br>(dont yall act like you don\'t know)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3914644" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3914644" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3914644">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3914644" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3914644" class="dsq-comment-message">Mioranda, hee,hee,hee!  "chiffarobe"  My grandma Rena had a magnificent chiffarobe.  She left it to me in her will.  I still want the coin!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3914906" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3914906" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3914906">Nate_Wesley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3914906" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3914906" class="dsq-comment-message">Comedian Lewis Black really got after the plate sellers on The Daily Show last night: "What better way to celebrate the election of the first African-American president than to eat a sloppy joe off the surface of his face?"<br><br>Also, the plate makers must have been really anxious about being quick to market: They couldn\'t even wait for the full electoral college results.  The back of the plate notes "27 Votes undetermined" while noting that Obama had the count won.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3915217" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3915217" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3915217" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3915217" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3915217" class="dsq-comment-message">Lewis Black is INSANE.<br><br>I so love those "Back IN Black" segments on the Daily Show.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3924712" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3924712" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3924712">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3924712" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3924712" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>"What better way to celebrate the election of the first African-American president than to eat a sloppy joe off the surface of his face?"</i><br><br>LOL. Literally -- L.O.L.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3915208" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3915208" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3915208" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3915208" class="dsq-comment-message">Now you REALLY dated yourself with that comment.<br><br>And my granny had the mahogany one with the plate glass that you couldn\'t touch if you were the grandchild.<br><br>The cousins are arguing about who gets it when the last remaining sibling dies because it\'s now considered an antique worth the high five figures and there\'s ten grandchildren who would have to divvy up the proceeds.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3918139" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3918139" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3918139">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3918139" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3918139" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh I know it IS worth a lot, that furniture back then was REAL.....do they even make furniture that heavy anymore? It took like 5 big men to get my granny\'s huge mahogany wardbrobe out of the house. It must have been 100 years old...beautiful.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3915948" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3915948" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3915948">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3915948" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3915948" class="dsq-comment-message">BWA HAHAHAHAHAHA</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3916715" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3916715" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3916715">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3916715" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3916715" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL...isn\'t the "black experience" sumpthin??.......everybody knew what the heck I was talkin bout!! It doesn\'t matter if you\'re in NYC, Atlanta, Houston, Lil Rock, St Louis, Nawlins, Detroit, Cleveland, Vegas, Phoenix  L.A or any and all points in-between - everybody\'s granny or great aunties<br>had the chifffarobe!!<br><br>And I bet they all had plastic on that "parlor room" furniture with the velvet like material....LMAO!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3917424" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3917424" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3917424">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3917424" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3917424" class="dsq-comment-message">Exactly, Miranda!<br><br>It is amazing to see how "we\'re" on the same page with so many things and we being miles & miles apart from each other and never having been around each other or seen each other.  LOL....like so many of us using the name "Big Mama" when refering to our Grandmothers!  It\'s just the black experience.<br><br>I also know about the plastic on the furniture as well. We didn\'t use it but I sure had cousins that did! lol</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3918154" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3918154" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3918154">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3918154" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3918154" class="dsq-comment-message">Mom had plastic put on our furniture when I was little.  It was bad enough sticking to them when it was hot, but when the corners on the cushion covers would start to fray...ouch!  To this day I can still feel those corners scratching me.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3918212" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3918212" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3918212">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3918212" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3918212" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!! And actually I meant to say "curio" instead of chiffarobe - its the infamous "curio" cabinet that Mama Bell kept her lil ceramic shoes and other breakables that fascinated me. The chiffarobe was in the bedroom - its where she kept slips and undies....or rather (in her words) her "foundations"...LMAO!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3919909" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3919909" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3919909">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3919909" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh mercy!  "curio" cabinets and  "foundations" LOL!  <br>This is (WTMI) way too much information, but i\'m going there.  My mother used to keep our sanitary belts and girdles in the ciffarobe.  Back in the day, we  called the sanitary pads ice cream sandwiches and we couldn\'t let out our "junk in the trunk ."  hee! heeee!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3917713" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3917713" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3917713" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3917713" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3917713" class="dsq-comment-message">And the living room that YOU couldn\'t go into, not even to sit down when company came calling.<br><br>I used to stick to those plastic furniture covers...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3917828" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3917828" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3917828">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3917828" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3917828" class="dsq-comment-message">ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3925386" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3925386" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3925386" href="http://www.hustleandfloe.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">hustleandfloe</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3925386" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3925386" class="dsq-comment-message">...laughing hard as, now being a grown man, I can finally take a sip from the "company" glasses...<br><br>Cheers!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3915180" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3915180" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3915180" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3915180" class="dsq-comment-message">But I can get some serious money on "Cash in the Attic" if I have those plates because in a few years\' time, they\'ll be collectors items.<br><br>(Okay, I\'m still getting my Brit on - Cash in the Attic is a cool show on BBCAmerica where people clean out their closets and find antiques that they sell at auction and get fat paid) LOL</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3910850" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3910850">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3910850" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3910850" class="dsq-comment-message">I did not know that Joe Biden was a Scorpio....... Oh lord have mercy.  Obama did the right thing.  We Scorps are loyal as hell.  And hell to cross.<br><br>Happy Birthday VP Grandpa Joe.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3910913" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3910913">isonprize</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3910913" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3910913" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s the first thing I said.  A Leo and a Scorpio?     Whew,  it\'s either heaven or hell!!!    In this case,  I\'m hoping for "HEAVEN"!!       <br><br>Why you think folks call him  "Ride or Die Joe"?   (The other nickname is "Joey the Shark")  I know there were some who didn\'t like the pick, but from my vantage point here in Phila,  Joe was always on my short list  (along with Richardson or Gov. dude from a western state - the brain, it freezes sometimes....)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3912261" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3912261" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3912261">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3912261" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3912261" class="dsq-comment-message">I get the feeling it is gonna be hell on some folks.... AlQuaeda better stop talking greasy.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3912584" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3912584" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3912584" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3912584" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3912584" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m wondering if the "Al Queda Called Obama a House Negro" isn\'t an MSM plant to force Obama to continue fighting with bin Laden, just like the insiders kept lying about Cuba to Kennedy back in 1962 and tried to force Kennedy to attack Cuba because someone ELSE wanted a fight.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3913483" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3913483">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3913483" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3913483" class="dsq-comment-message">Point well taken.? I do however believe that Obama really doesn\'t respond to name calling... so the Give \'em hell thing is probably wishful thinking on my part.<br><br>I am beginning to think that the news is just an American version of Al-Jazeera (What MSM claims Al-jazeera to be).? Propogandists indeed.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3913746" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3913746" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3913746">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3913746" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3913746" class="dsq-comment-message">So was Hillary (Oct. 26)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3914253" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3914253" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3914253" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3914253" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3914253" class="dsq-comment-message">Hillary and Bill are Scorpio and Leo. It\'s a powerful dynamic to be sure.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3914456" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3914456" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3914456" href="http://peoplepowerforchange.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">99 Percent Sure</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3914456" class="dsq-comment-message">Good Morning, Craig. Morning everyone, since I neglected to greet you all when I posted earlier.<br><br>Craig, maybe you can help me with this.  Why is Clinton the choice for SoS? She has no diplomatic experience, she\'s a poor manager, blah blah blah.  So why her?  I just can\'t get behind this, and I don\'t get why Obama would want to saddle himself with all the Clinton drama and behind the scenes machinations.<br><br>Help me, because I\'m looking cock-eyed at Obama for this cabinet choice.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3915580" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3915580" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3915580" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3915580" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3915580" class="dsq-comment-message">Good afternoon, 99 Percent Sure.<br><br>I don\'t think Hillary IS the choice for Secretary of State.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3917105" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3917105" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3917105">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3917105" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3917105" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama could have talked to her about anything else other than the SoS job.<br>Hillary\'s minions could be pushing Hillary, and Obama could be giving them enough rope to hang themselves.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3915145" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3915145" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3915145" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3915145" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3915145" class="dsq-comment-message">One roars while the other stings.<br><br>I like that combo on Obama and Biden.  On Billary, its a spontaneous combustion waiting to explode and at the most unlikely of times, too.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3914264" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3914264" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3914264">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3914264" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3914264" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, she IS really loyal...its just a matter of WHO she\'s loyal too.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3915115" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3915115" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3915115" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3915115" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3915115" class="dsq-comment-message">You Scorpios have nothing on us Cancers regarding loyalty.  We\'re like old hound dogs; we take beatings and still get ready to throw down for those we love.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3916774" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3916774">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3916774" class="dsq-comment-message">And don\'t let us Virgos fool ya either.  We are by no stretch of the imagination virgins.  Alturist, loyal, perfection is the name of the game, and intensely critical.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3925838">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3925838" class="dsq-comment-message">spirit_55z: My girlfriend is a Virgo -- and you speak the truth!<br><br>(& don\'t forget the part about being really into organizing stuff in the house and being pro-active about not running out of stuff .... I assume that\'s Virgo-ness too, though not necessarily relevant to this discussion here).</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3926874">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3926874" class="dsq-comment-message">Michelle, nodding in agreement here. Order is the business of the day. My motto:   "Order is the first law of expansion."  And it\'s all good.  Much joy and peace to you and your Girlfriend! :-)))</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3929392">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3929392" class="dsq-comment-message">spirit_55z: Yes, order! Exactly. <br><br>When me and my girlfriend first moved in together, I had this weird experience. It barely registered for me at first, but it appeared that I had developed an endless supply of clean underwear and thus did not get my usual signal to do laundry.<br><br>I went for a while with this subconscious feeling that some underwear miracle was happening that I was benefitting from. Finally, I realized that this was probably not the case. Turns out my girlfriend couldn\'t stand to do laundry without checking to see if I had underwear in my basket that needed washing, then putting them neatly in my drawer. Without mentioning it to me.<br><br>(And, I wonder if it is obvious that I am an Aquarius)<br><br>Thank you for your kind wishes to us, also. Much joy and peace to you as well.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3920774">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3920774" class="dsq-comment-message">We kill for those we love..... or practice a sly form of character assassination...</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3924692">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3924692" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow, I may need to change my perspective on Scorpios.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3925079">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3925079" class="dsq-comment-message">Michelle, If we love you we love you, we will do anything for you.  If we hate you we ignore you.  If you mess with someone we love........ We will napalm your ass.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3925880">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3925880" class="dsq-comment-message">rorysmomma, my "first love" was a Scorpio, but based on what you\'re saying here, seems to me in retrospect that that person didn\'t actually love me back :) It\'s ok, I was very young (15) and inexperienced in the matters of romance at the time... no hard feelings about it at all. But it did leave me with a bad taste re: Scorpios that has apparently persisted for decades <br><br>I need to get off of Memory Lane!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3926455">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3926455" class="dsq-comment-message">I hear you.  I would never advise being n love with a Scorpio man... Usually unfaithful.  If you are gonna get one make sure he is at least 30+</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3926589">Michelle</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3926589" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>Scorpio man .... he</i><br><br>rorysmomma, please don\'t assume you know the gender of the person I\'m referring to just because I also am a woman.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3930848">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3930848" class="dsq-comment-message">I wasn\'t sure, I was just sharing my experiences with men, I know plenty of loyal scorpio women.  Didn\'t mean to offend.  That is why I specified men.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3911100">nickwah22</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3911100" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>Palin Congratulates Begich after Sen. Stevens Concedes </b><br><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/11/19/palin-congratulates-begich-after-sen-stevens-concedes/" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/11/19/palin-...</a><br><br><b>Political Perceptions: Eric Holder, Going Down Hard on the Right </b><br><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/11/19/political-perceptions-eric-holder-going-down-hard-on-the-right/" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/11/19/politi...</a><br>sounds like someone\'s afraid...</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3911125">nickwah22</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3911125" class="dsq-comment-message">The NYTs has a nice site where you can find out about the Obama team prospective and definite pics.  If you have any other site, besides Wiki, please share!<br>Thanks,<br><br><a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/us/series/the_new_team/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/us/series/th...</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3912814" href="http://www.thebottomofheaven.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">claudia_m</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3912814" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ve found Politico 44 really helpful in keeping track of Obama\'s picks:<br><br><a href="http://www.politico.com/politico44/" rel="nofollow">http://www.politico.com/politico44/</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3918027">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3918027" class="dsq-comment-message">claudia:  THANK YOU!  Just "bookmarked" it.   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3911157">nickwah22</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3911157" class="dsq-comment-message">The man hasn\'t even announced his damn cabinet but they seem ready to bad mouth him.. Correct me if I am wrong, Jarrett isn\'t a Washington insider, right?<br><br><b>Obama promised change but picking insiders</b><br><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27816818/" rel="nofollow">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27816818/</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3911850">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3911850" class="dsq-comment-message">I have a couple of disparate views on this.  <br><br>First, the reporter entitles the article with what he later describes as Republican criticism.   That\'s not an objective journalist; that\'s a shill, so consider the source.<br><br>Secondly--and I should fully disclose that I\'m an Obama fanatic, but I\'m not a Democrat (nor am I a Tom\'s Cabin Republican) -- I also wanted to see some new, non-insider faces in the Obama cabinet.  Not inexperienced neophytes, but qualified gifted and talented professionals who don\'t have Washington baggage.   <br><br>During the campaigns, many of us were completely satisfied with the prospect of a non-Bush and non-Clinton administration.  And we were--dare I say--<i>hopeful</i> at the prospect of some new faces, new ideas, and new roles.   I\'m not saying that it\'s impossible to teach some of these old dogs some new tricks ... but it\'s not likely. <br><br>I trust President Obama.  But I\'m not crazy about some of these picks.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3915643" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3915643" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3915643" class="dsq-comment-message">You don\'t change the machine from the outside, you change it from the inside.<br><br>Besides, Barack never said he had anything against Washington insiders per se. He campaigned against pure partisanship and gridlock and lobbyist influence.<br><br>He ought to get more credit for his ethics rules for his transition team and his continued efforts to curb the influence of lobbyists in his administration.<br><br>That\'s change.<br><br>Keep in mind that none of these cabinet position announcements have come out of Barack Obama\'s mouth.<br><br>I think we should wait till our president tells us who he wants in his cabinet before we jump to conclusions.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3916179" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3916179" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3916179" class="dsq-comment-message">I think Hillary leaking or making up shyt to leak to the press to manipulate Obama and her hands continue to get dirty as she tries to force her way into the White House.<br><br>Didn\'t work this summer and won\'t work NOW.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3917854">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3917854" class="dsq-comment-message">craighickman:  CO-SIGN!  :&gt;)  Patience!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3912559" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3912559" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3912559" class="dsq-comment-message">Me, neither, Ronnie.<br><br>I know some of you will tell me  "I trust Obama to do what\'s right" however, I\'ve already made this argument and got my head chopped off on several occasions; nevertheless, I\'ll make it again - if we don\'t quit celebrating for a minute and start at least questioning some of Obama\'s picks, we get the government we deserve and we will have no room for complaint because our silence gives Obama tacit consent to do what he does, and we can\'t say anything when shyt goes down that hurts him.<br><br>The unwillingness to deal with Joe Lieberman will be the first thing that comes back to back this administration in the ass, because Joe is going to revert to his true nature and stab Obama in the back - just because Obama publicly confronted him on the Senate floor.  The slap on the wrist and tacit consent to Joe that he can be a traitor of the highest order and nothing will happen to him - watch how fast he takes that out for a test Drive.<br><br>Holder, Daschle and Napolitano - I\'m cool with and Napolitano is actually a Washington OUTSIDER.  What is worrying me is his considerations for Treasury, Commerce and State - all are bad choices, and what the hell is his transition team smoking to even put Summers, Hillary and Pritzker on the table for consideration - given they all have more baggage than an overbooked flight?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3914322">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3914322" class="dsq-comment-message">Good morning all.  I don\'t like the fact that Hillary & Bill Clinton have been making headlines for the last few days. It\'s a distraction, and I don\'t like either of them.  I don\'t trust them.  I don\'t want Hillary anywhere in Barack\'s administration, and we all know that Bubba is the 600 POUND GORILLA in the room!<br><br>I also have to admit I\'m a bit naive about some of the other picks, but I \'m learning, and it\'s because of the lively, thought provolking, intense, and outrageoulsy humorous discourse here at JJP!  <br><br>I firmly believe that President-Elect Obama is  very methodical, deliberate, and imaginative when it comes to his decision-making process, but I do not wear rose-colored glasses either.  I want to continue to question and critique, because I believe not only is it healthy, it should be a mandate for us if we want to survive and thrive!<br><br>Also, I\'ve come to realize that all the folks that have been put forth for possible picks and vetting are being exposed for all America to see.  It will give any America who truly cares about the process an opportunity to do the research, ask questions, and be more informed.  Once the staff is in place, we\'ll know exactly what we\'re all getting, and we will be WATCHING!!!<br><br>Will they be perfect?  Probably not, but I have to trust that because our President has chosen these folks, they will follow the dictates of his command.  As Commander-in-Chief, he has the larger viewpoint.  All the cabinet members and staff will carry pieces of the viewpoint.<br><br>I think being armed with all the information about the people and the the process is very empowering.  Barack\'s faith, family and Inner Circle will be cruical in helping him maintain balance, not to mention his stalwart supporters and constituents.<br><br>I do trust Barack Obama, and in the meantime, I want to continue discourse, debate, discuss, We all have our work cut out for us.<br>Fasten our seat belts though, because I think we\'re in for a very bumpy ride, before we reach our destination.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3915069" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3915069" class="dsq-comment-message">Amen, Spirit!<br><br>Sometimes, I think Obama is engaging in a chess game match that is far beyond my comprehension and for that reason, I\'m giving a whole lot of leeway.<br><br>I also think he has staff who reads blogs like JJP to get a pulse on things.  You kinda of see where the Larry Summers as Treasury Secretary went once the blogsphere got hold of it and started posting about dude\'s escapades at Harvard, and his love letters to Enron CEO Ken Lay about "keeping his eyes on regulation efforts in the industry" BS.<br><br>You haven\'t heard jack about Summers since.<br><br>I also think Obama is a very smart man - he must have his own way of dealing with Traitor Joe Lieberman if he\'s willing to keep him around - this, after Joe openly defied the party that allowed him to come to the dance and went off whoring for John McCain.  I can\'t help but think that given time, Lieberman will be dealt with in such a way that when the dust clears, all we will see is Lieberman whipped and bleeding like Jim Caveziel was in "The Passion of The Christ".  We will be looking at Lieberman with our mouths open and wondering "What the hell happened?" while Obama glides along, hands clean, and Joe Biden in a corner with a smirk that says "I took care of that bastard."<br><br>I think Obama WANTS us to have these discussions - he\'s paying attention and he knows that while the moneyed people got him to the dance, those of us who gave time, money, wore out shoe leather, and resources have to be answered to and he knows what its like to be saying one thing and caught doing the opposite, so he doesn\'t want to be caught with his tighty-whities showing.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3915189">SDG</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3915189" class="dsq-comment-message">Co-sign CPL.  I\'ve been thinking the same thing. Obama asked that we all be engaged and that\'s exactly what\'s going on.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3915635">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3915635" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL says:  "I also think he has staff who reads blogs like JJP to get a pulse on things."<br><br>I believe someone commented on thios blog  last week that we need to "grow up"   Here\'s my response:  You can\'t grow up if you don\'t engage with others and get varying viewpoints.  For me, t\'s ok to have an opinion, but I don\'t cherish them.<br><br>LET\'S KEEP IT COMING FOLKS!  :-)))))</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3917962">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3917962" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL:  <i>I think Obama WANTS us to have these discussions - he\'s paying attention and he knows that while the moneyed people got him to the dance, those of us who gave time, money, wore out shoe leather, and resources have to be answered to and he knows what its like to be saying one thing and caught doing the opposite, so he doesn\'t want to be caught with his tighty-whities showing.</i><br><br><b>THIS IS SOOOOO ON POINT!!!</b>   MAJOR CO-SIGN!! :&gt;)<br><br>The other points:   BIG TIME AGREED!!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3918266">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3918266" class="dsq-comment-message">I second that!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3926594">freespiritbty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3926594" class="dsq-comment-message">You and JJP are on point.  Nodding in agreement with all your points.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3917892" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3917892" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3917892">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3917892" class="dsq-comment-message">spirit:   CO-SIGN on ALL POINTS!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3915481" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3915481" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3915481">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3915481" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3915481" class="dsq-comment-message">MSNBC is rivaling Fox news for 24 hour anti Obama coverage.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3916146" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3916146" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3916146" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3916146" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3916146" class="dsq-comment-message">I thought the Coon Network News was doing that.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3911174" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3911174" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3911174">nickwah22</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3911174" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3911174" class="dsq-comment-message">Some non-political news, more in the "Holy Sh!+" category:<br><br><b>Flight Attendant Helps Land Plane After Co-Pilot\'s Mental Breakdown</b><br>DUBLIN, Ireland — An Air Canada co-pilot having a mental breakdown had to be forcibly removed from the cockpit, restrained and sedated, and a stewardess with flying experience helped the pilot safely make an emergency landing, an Irish investigation concluded Wednesday.<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/19/flight-attendant-helps-la_n_145087.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/19/flight...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3914772" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3914772" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3914772">Nate_Wesley</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3914772" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3914772" class="dsq-comment-message">Something to scare you about flying: The increased use of outsourced labor in the repair and maintenance of commercial airplanes.  The 30 minute video is part of Link TV\'s news mini-series "The Outsourcing Report".  <br><br><a href="http://www.linktv.org/video/1513" rel="nofollow">http://www.linktv.org/video/1513</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3914928" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3914928" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3914928" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3914928" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3914928" class="dsq-comment-message">Give Thanks for Ronnie Raygun for the start of this shyt when he fired the Air Traffic Controllers back in 1981.  The Airline industry has been on a shame spiral ever since.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3912529" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3912529" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3912529">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3912529" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3912529" class="dsq-comment-message">So WJC wants his wife in and is opening his books. Read this about his investment trusts. One, they are registered in the Cayman Islands, home of the shell company. Two, these have to be opened up to find out where the money came from and whom made the recoommendations on what to buy and sell.<br><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a21TM6Czkwtc&refer=home" rel="nofollow">http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3913179" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3913179" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3913179" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3913179" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3913179" class="dsq-comment-message">Still makes the Clintons financial dealings to shady for Hillary to be vetted and given SoS.<br><br>They need to tank this nomination and find someone else.  Besides, Obama owes Hillary nothing but his ass to kiss.  She\'d best find a year\'s supply of Chapstick for all the ass-kissing she has to do not only with Obama, but Jim Clyburn and the CBC members who feel like she burned them during the primaries.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3913704" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3913704" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3913704">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3913704" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3913704" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL,<br><br>MSNBC is reporting the Obama Team is upset about the leaks & blaming the Clintons for it!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3913961" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3913961" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3913961" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3913961" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3913961" class="dsq-comment-message">Justice, remember the Clintons did this shyt when they tried to use the media to force Obama to put her on the VP ticket.<br><br>Our response was that Obama would LOSE in a LANDSLIDE if that occurred.  He announced Joe Biden as his running mate within 24 hours.<br><br>The Clintons are insane - using the same tactics and hoping for a different response.  In this instance, I\'m trusting Obama to tell homegirl to GTHOH with her shyt and go sit down, cause she wouldn\'t be running thangs - Billy Jeff would, and we all know this.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3915243" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3915243" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3915243">Miranda</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3915243" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3915243" class="dsq-comment-message">These dummies are still fighting the primaries.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3914316" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3914316" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3914316">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3914316" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3914316" class="dsq-comment-message">See, that\'s just it......... Hillary really wants to run things! It\'s always some d%mn drama when it comes to the Clintons.  And the Media is really whipping it up for them. I\'m sick of them. Won\'t they please just go away!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3914536" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3914536" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3914536">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3914536" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3914536" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL:  "The Clintons are insane - using the same tactics and hoping for a different response."  <br><br>I wholeheartdly agree and they both need to be medicated immediately!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3914916" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3914916" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3914916" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3914916" class="dsq-comment-message">Spirit, we think Billy Jeff\'s been mixing his meds with the afternoon highball or Mint Juleps lately.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3915063" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3915063" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3915063">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3915063" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3915063" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, thus the highly prominent red and bulbous nose</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3915272" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3915272">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3915272" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL, This video reminds me of the Clintons.<br><br>"Ruldolf the Red-Nosed GodFather-Parts 1-2"<br>Enjoy the show!<br><br><a href="http://www.videosift.com/video/Rudolph-the-Red-nosed-Godfather-Parts-1-2" rel="nofollow">http://www.videosift.com/video/Rudolph-the-Red-...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3916134" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3916134" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3916134" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3916134" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3916134" class="dsq-comment-message">RAOFLMAO!!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3917653" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3917653" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3917653" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3917653" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3917653" class="dsq-comment-message">That nose is just because he got some "brotha" in him...<br><br>&lt;&lt;&lt;ducks&gt;&gt;&gt;</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3914900" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3914900" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3914900" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3914900" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3914900" class="dsq-comment-message">If she really wants to run thangs, she needs to bash Billy Jeff\'s head in and think \'bout Heaven later.<br><br>And you know this...MANNNN (Chris Tucker impersonation). LOL</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3916232" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3916232" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3916232">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3916232" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3916232" class="dsq-comment-message">There you go...again! lol<br><br>I love Crazy @ss Chris Tucker!  "Money Talks" is my favorite!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3914385" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3914385" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3914385">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3914385" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3914385" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/13/hillary-clinton-secretary_n_143735.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/13/hillar...</a><br><br>Both sides were engaged in a delicate public and private dance, maneuvering for position and reputation in case the deal falls through. Aides in each camp have grown increasingly sour toward the other in recent days as the matter played out publicly. <br><br>In their public signals, the Clintons are trying to take the former president\'s activities off the table as an issue, in their view eliminating any excuses for Mr. Obama not to give Mrs. Clinton the job. Some in the Obama camp are bristling at what they see as strategic leaks by the Clintons aimed at boxing in the president-elect and forcing him to offer the post.<br><br>The tension could foreshadow a complex relationship burdened by suspicion and enmity should Mrs. Clinton become secretary of state. By putting her in the cabinet, Mr. Obama could remove a potential thorn in the Senate on issues like health care and a potential rival for the nomination in 2012 if his term proves rocky. But he could also face a rival power center within his own administration with her on his team.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3914873" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3914873" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3914873" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3914873" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3914873" class="dsq-comment-message">All the more reason he needs to tank this nomination.  Hillary will be a polarizing figure whether she\'s in the Senate or in his administration. <br><br>Additionally, if she\'s in his administration, I will not put it past Hillary to undermine President Obama to set herself up for a challenge to him in 2012, and her position in the Democratic Party be damned.<br><br>The sense of Entitlement makes someone like Hillary torch everything in sight and still believe they can make up to whomever\'s toes they trod on.<br><br>They\'re going to get punked...AGAIN.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3915955" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3915955" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3915955" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3915955" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3915955" class="dsq-comment-message">Miranda, your comments inspired me to do a full-blown post on this Clinton meme.  Thanks, and I\'ll amend to give you the deserved shout out.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3916297" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3916297" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3916297">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3916297" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3916297" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks, CPL!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3915088" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3915088" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3915088">SDG</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3915088" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3915088" class="dsq-comment-message">Uh - oh.  Here we go!  LOL!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3915407" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3915407" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3915407">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3915407" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3915407" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s no secret around here I allowed know nothing talking heads at MSNBC to drive me into fits of hysteria during the the last two months of the election, and I promised to never second guess Obama\'s judgement again, but I have to admit this Clinton selection has me scratching my head.  <br><br>The Clintons will bring nothing but disoloyalty and drama into his administration.  I\'m sick of hearing about Dorris Kearns Goodwin\'s "Team of Rivals"!  This is not the 19th Century and Obama is not Lincoln.   If a historical comparison must be made, Hillary Clinton is Benedict Arnold.  The Clintons are not to be trusted, period!  They have taken a grande gesture that was designed to show strength to make Obama look weak.  What was he thinking?  Where is his brain trust?  Where is Valerie Jarrett and David Axelrod, the two people that are supposed to have his back?  <br><br>What\'s the deal with Rahm? Word is he LOVES the press.  Is he leaking?  Where do his allegiences lie?  He didn\'t endorse Obama and he accompanied Clinton to Selma for the anniversary of Bloody Sunday. Is he serving Obama\'s interests or the Clintons?<br><br>I had my criticisms of David Plouffe (and I was proven wrong), but there is no doubt he was the brains behind this operation.  Obama needs to beg him to come with him to the White House.  Someone needs to get things under control.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3916086" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3916086" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3916086" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3916086" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3916086" class="dsq-comment-message">True That.  When Plouffe took over Obama\'s campaign, they stopped shooting themselves in the foot and reloading to keep shooting.<br><br>That camp ran like a well-oiled machine after Plouffe showed up.  If anyone was going to get a White House Staff position I thought the guy who got him to the White House would be the one, especially the position Rahm Emmanuel got.<br><br>But after thinking more on this, I think Obama removed Emmanuel to defang his ass and allow someone else to get the lobbyists out of the House of Representatives, as well as Rahm\'s enforcer tactics to force House members to pay equivalent of their salaries to support the DCCC and therefore be forced to be for sale to lobbyists in order to have a livable salary.<br><br>I hope Plouffe shows up in the White House, unless he told Obama he didn\'t want a White House gig.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3916417" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3916417" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3916417">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3916417" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3916417" class="dsq-comment-message">Plouffe has a brand new baby, and I do mean brand new - the girl isn\'t even a month old!<br><br>Parenting and a White House job don\'t really mix. To be honest, I\'m shocked Axelrod is going to DC. It\'s just \' not him\'. <br><br>I think Plouffe knows that, though I do wish that he\'d become DNC Chair. He\'d do \'50 State Strategy 3.0\' , and the GOP would be lucky to win dogcatcher in 2012..<br><br>LOL</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3916598" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3916598" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3916598" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3916598" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3916598" class="dsq-comment-message">Good point.  We can start campaigning for Plouffe to replace Dean as DNC Chair before the Eff-Up and give it to the Dark Sith like Carville keeps suggesting.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3919529" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3919529">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3919529" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3919529" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL, \'Harold, call me"  NOT</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3928184" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3928184" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3928184" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3928184" class="dsq-comment-message">He will NEVER live that one down.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3912817" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3912817" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3912817">BlackAmericanPrincess</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3912817" class="dsq-comment-message">Please give up the scoop on where a sista can get one of those Obama coins...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3915739" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3915739">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3915739" class="dsq-comment-message">I got the pic from over at Andrew Sullivan\'s blog</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3912887">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3912887" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3912887" class="dsq-comment-message">Economic problems. Does Bernake understand what he is doing? An argument he doesn\'t. If this is true does Obama want him reappointed  as chairman in  Jan 2010? He will remain on the board.<br><a href="http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2008/11/fed-watch-polic.html" rel="nofollow">http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsvie...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3913149" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3913149" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3913149" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3913149" class="dsq-comment-message">First off, this would be a good opportunity to put the Federal Reserve under Congressional Oversight.  The reason Bernanke and Greenspan before him, got away with shyt is because the Fed has NO CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT.<br><br>They can give testimony to Congress, but the only authority the Government has over the Fed is the appointment of the Board of Governors, and that\'s structured so that no President has any authority or influence over the Fed Chair.<br><br>Congressional Oversight and the authority to call for someone to be dismissed, like Congress and the Senate can do with Cabinet members, reins in this shyt.  The Fed continues to act in concert with the Treasury to pump paper money into the economy, knowing damned well that there\'s no gold or silver coin to back it up and we\'re now seeing the results with the Wall Street crash.<br><br>If the Fed must remain, it needs to be converted into an actual Federal Government Agency, with full Congressional Oversight and the ability to order investigations into their operations.  Continuing to tell the American people to "trust them" in terms of managing the American economy, is futile and screws us over.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3912921" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3912921" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3912921" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3912921" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/17/ed-hill-leaves-fox-news-c_n_144513.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/17/ed-hil...</a><br>E.D. Harris (Fox News,) the one called the Obama\'s pound a "terrorist fist jab," is let go.<br><br>buh-bye</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3914824" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3914824" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3914824" class="dsq-comment-message">They will give it time to blow over, then she shows up at the Coon Network News by early 2009.  Book it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3914232" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3914232" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3914232" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow. Video of no world leaders shaking Pres Bush\'s hand! Part of me thinks that was wrong, part of me knows I might have dissed him too.<br><br><br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/20/world-leaders-dont-shake_n_145141.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/20/world-...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3914805" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3914805" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3914805" class="dsq-comment-message">Evita, Bush got dissed at that summit, and its being held here right in the good ol USofA!<br><br>The attendees wanted to know if Obama was coming this year instead of Dubya.<br><br>ROFL</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3915102">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3915102" class="dsq-comment-message">Geez, can you imagine "What?!?! He\'s not coming?!?! OH HELL NAW"....in like 30 different languages...simultaneously.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3915379" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3915379" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3915379" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3915379" class="dsq-comment-message">Translators were probably laughing their asses off, too.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3918200" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3918200" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3918200" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3918200" class="dsq-comment-message">At least they didn\'t do the "talk to the hand" gesture... LMAO</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3918636" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3918636" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3918636" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3918636" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3918636" class="dsq-comment-message">I wish they had - that YouTube video clip would have been even more hilarious!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3918287" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3918287" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3918287">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3918287" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3918287" class="dsq-comment-message">evita:   LOVE IT!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3914516" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3914516" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3914516">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3914516" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3914516" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>But grandmama and nem need the plates to put in the chiffarobe!!</i><br><br>Miranda,<br><br>LOL   Cut that out!  You\'d. better. stop.!  And my Grandmother(Big Mama) had a pretty one too! It had a door with a mirror on it, drawers, a place to hang clothes! Dark Wood.. Talk about gorgeous!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3915047" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3915047" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3915047">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3915047" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3915047" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!! OK...what is that thing called in the living room with the glass windows where you can see all of Big Mama\'s knick-knacks?? My Grandma had about 3 of\'em in her lil living room!! Full of ceramic things that as a 4 yr old fascinated me to no end!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3915409" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3915409">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3915409" class="dsq-comment-message">China cupboards and a credenzas or (sideboard)  knick-knacks and what-nots.  And we had to clean them.  We are going bac kin the day!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3915838" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3915838">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3915838" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3915838" class="dsq-comment-message">Yup!!!!!!!!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3916069" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3916069">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3916069" class="dsq-comment-message">China Cabinets----(Spirit\'s post below)  Yup...Big Mama called them knick-knacks & What-Nots! lol  I was fascinated by them just like you. But you know, we were never allowed to touch....only look at them.<br><br>A few years ago, a little old lady that I know gave me a complete set of old dishes with the gold trimmings around the rims. Do you remember those? It included the Gravy bowl, Sugar bowl, to the Platter! Very old but beautiful.  I don\'t remember what happened to Big Mama\'s Chiffarobe but sure wish I had it because it was gorgeous!   I\'ve seen some at Antique Shows & they\'re expensive too!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3918229" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3918229" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3918229">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3918229" class="dsq-comment-message">Miranda:  There was an UPRIGHT "piano" in the PARLOR.  Do you think that you could PLAY on it?              <b>NOT!!</b>  :&gt;)<br><br>Annnnnnd, in my daddy\'s family, [9 children] NO ONE played the piano!!  :&gt;)<br><br>Sooooo. . the PURPOSE of the PIANO?     <b> I \'on\'t know!</b> <br><br>**shakin\' my head**   In fact, I believe that I was **shakin\' my head** even as a child!!  :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>Guess I was practicin\' for JJP!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3919090" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3919090">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3919090" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>**shakin\' my head** In fact, I believe that I was **shakin\' my head** even as a child!! :&gt;) :&gt;)</i><br><br><br>ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!  GreenLady, you\'re too funny!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3919336" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3919336">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3919336" class="dsq-comment-message">Justice58:     I\'m just sayin\'. . .  :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3915241" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3915241" href="http://www.thebottomofheaven.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">claudia_m</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3915241" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3915241" class="dsq-comment-message">So they\'re planning to make a movie about the black White House butler featured in the Post a few weeks ago... Maybe Danny Glover needs work... so I guess this is a good thing?<br><br><a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3idbd416c66b0ba79f8e697aff820d9330" rel="nofollow">http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_dis...</a><br><br>Here\'s the original story about Eugene Allen, which was quite moving:<br><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/06/AR2008110603948.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3915369" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3915369" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3915369" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3915369" class="dsq-comment-message">Kinda like Morgan Freeman for that role, but he\'s already played the first Black President in a Movie...that spy-thriller that had Harrison Ford in it...or was it Matt Damon?  &lt;&lt;&lt;racking memory for name of movie&gt;&gt;&gt;</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3926292" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3926292">freespiritbty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3926292" class="dsq-comment-message">Deep Impact (meteor disaster movie) was the movie with Morgan Freeman. I\'m kind of a movie buff :-).</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3915659" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3915659" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3915659">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3915659" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3915659" class="dsq-comment-message">From First Read:<br><br>"*** Como se dice, "Shut out"? As Obama\'s cabinet takes shape, there\'s a glaring omission: Hispanics. With Bill Richardson apparently destined to be the bridesmaid in the secretary of state sweepstakes, some key Hispanic supporters tell First Read that they are concerned that no Hispanics will fill any of the major White House or cabinet positions. It\'s a bit frustrating to some leading Hispanic Democrats, especially considering how decisively Hispanics went for Obama in this election. Hispanics, literally, were the difference between winning and losing for Obama in at least two states, New Mexico and Indiana. But for the future of the Democratic Party, if Obama truly does have designs on a realignment, he needs to cultivate Hispanics into the Democratic tent. So far, many Hispanics are not happy with the leaks coming out of the transition and the lack of Hispanic names being floated outside of Richardson."<br><br>Again, trying not to second guess, but i just don\'t get it.  Hillary Clinton was well on her way to becoming an after thought, but Obama decides to pull her back on the national state and kicks Bill Richardon in the back along with the constituency he owes much to and will certainly need in the future.  Maybe there is some hidden brilliance to this madness, but all I see is madness.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3920608" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3920608" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3920608">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3920608" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3920608" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh, you concern trolling again?<br><br>True to form.<br><br>Carry on.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3916337" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3916337">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3916337" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3916337" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, you know I\'ve been rooting for SOS for Richardson when I accepted that he couldn\'t be VP.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3917144" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3917144">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3917144" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  CO-SIGN!   HE IS GONNA GET A SPOT!  <b>TRUST!</b>  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3915917" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3915917" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3915917" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3915917" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3915917" class="dsq-comment-message">If you haven\'t been reading this blog, you wouldn\'t be aware of this fact.<br><br>WE\'RE PULLING FOR RICHARDSON TO GET THE STATE POSITION OVER HILLARY.<br><br>You\'re singing to the choir here.  We don\'t want Hillary any more than you do, and yeah, we want Richardson because he\'s the best candidate for the job and who happens to be Latino, so you get a two-fer in the deal.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3915901" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3915901">Texas_Girl_in_LA</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3915901" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3915901" class="dsq-comment-message">How do you know that Obama as kicked Richardson to the curb? Just because <a href=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/11/19/2008-11-19_team_obama_thinks_hillary_clintons_peopl.html rel="nofollow">Hillary\'s people</a href> have been dominating the news cycles, doesn\'t mean that Richardson is not in the running.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3916739" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3916739">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3916739" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3916739" class="dsq-comment-message">It begs the question why even go there?  Clinton is at her "best" when she plays the victim.  If she doesn\'t get the job, middle age white women will be up in arms--AGAIN--and her supporters in Congress will be joining with her to undermine President Obama for the next 4 years.  The Clintons are the Clintons.  You give them an inch they take 10 miles.  Why give her any consideration when his team had to have known how they would play it?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3916914" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3916914" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3916914" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3916914" class="dsq-comment-message">She tried to play the "victim" during the Primary.  Obama dealt with her THEN, and will deal with her NOW.<br><br>Plus, doesn\'t she remember how many WHITE WOMEN she pissed off when she reverted to crying and drama because Obama rolled off 11 primary victories IN A ROW after her drama in New Hampshire, where she didn\'t beat Obama BY VERY MUCH?<br><br>Insanity is doing the same shyt and hoping for a different result.  She will piss off Obama with this shyt, and he will tell her to SOD OFF.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3917300" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3917300" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3917300">Texas_Girl_in_LA</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3917300" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3917300" class="dsq-comment-message">What CPL said.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3918715" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3918715" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3918715">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3918715" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3918715" class="dsq-comment-message">I wouldn\'t be mad at him!  I\'m hoping by 5pm he and Richardson stroll out, and he\'ll say in effect "I don\'t have time for their childish shit...this is my  man and if y\'all don\'t like it, I don\'t give a fuck."</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3918963" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3918963">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3918963" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3918963" class="dsq-comment-message">And not one word from Bill Richardson......ummmm?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3920048" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3920048">SDG</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3920048" class="dsq-comment-message">Spirit - I find that interesting as well.  Things that make you go hmmmmmmm?  <br><br>Not<br>One<br>Peep</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3920877" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3920877" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3920877">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3920877" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3920877" class="dsq-comment-message">And I dare you to find a mumbling word in the New Mexico media - I\'ve looked on sites for local stations in Albuquerque and Santa Fe...NOTHING. quiet as chuch mice....hmmmmm indeed.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3920602" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3920602">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3920602" class="dsq-comment-message">sdg1844, Things that Make You go hmmmmmm?<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2Dtfi3VkiU" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2Dtfi3VkiU</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3920838" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3920838" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3920838">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3920838" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3920838" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s a blast from the past.  Still hatin\' on them though for not giving full props to Martha Wash, just so they could have some skinny thang shake her booty on their videos (LOL).</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3921558" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3921558">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3921558" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3921558" class="dsq-comment-message">Word, MsKitty.  That\'s why they aren\'t around today.  What goes around.......</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3917667" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3917667" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3917667">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3917667" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3917667" class="dsq-comment-message">If she doesn\'t get the job, middle age white women will be up in arms--AGAIN<br><br>I couldn\'t help but giggle at that line because its just so darn true.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3916111" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3916111" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3916111">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3916111" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3916111" class="dsq-comment-message">Como se dice, "Chill out! The brotha ain\'t done yet!"?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3918151" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3918151">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3918151" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3918151" class="dsq-comment-message">Calma te, amigo.  There <i>will</i> be Latinos in key White House cabinet positions.  In fact, if Luis Gutierrez doesn\'t get the Senate gig in Illinois, he\'d be a damn fine HUD Secretary.  I also wouldn\'t mind seeing Federico Pena (former mayor of Denver and the brainchild behind the Denver Int\'l Airport) get the Transportation Secretary gig.  And with transportation being a huge need today, it won\'t be one of those meaningless positions.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3918604" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3918604" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3918604" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3918604" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3918604" class="dsq-comment-message">Pena had Secretary of Transportation under Clinton.  He got sued and affirmative action was set back twenty years and got attacked by Ward Connerly when the ruling in <i>Adarand Contractors v. Pena</i> went down in 1995.<br><br>A brotha named Rodney Slater succeeded Pena as the first African-American Transportation Secretary.<br><br>I know because I worked for both guys back in the 1990s, in the Civil Rights Office.<br><br>I like Gutierrez, and he\'d be a good HUD secretary like Henry Cisneros was.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3915670" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3915670">vulcan girl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3915670" class="dsq-comment-message">Dingell is out and Waxman is in.<br><br>From HuffPo:<br><br><br>WASHINGTON — Rep. Henry Waxman _ a liberal ally of Speaker Nancy Pelosi _ will take over the chairmanship of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee when the next Congress convenes in January.<br><br>Waxman is a liberal California Democrat. In an election among House Democrats, he toppled veteran Michigan Rep. John Dingell from the post. Dingell is the longest-serving member of the House.<br><br>Waxman won the panel chair by a 137-122 vote, capping a bitter fight within the Democratic Party caucus on the Hill.<br><br>Dingell has been the top Democrat on the panel for 28 years and is an old-school supporter of the auto industry. Waxman has complained that the committee has been too slow to address environmental issues like global warming.<br><br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/20/waxman-beats-dingell-in-d_n_145178.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/20/waxman...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3917455" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3917455" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3917455">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3917455" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3917455" class="dsq-comment-message">is this a good thing?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3917584" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3917584" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3917584" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3917584" class="dsq-comment-message">Waxman has shown himself to be all over corruption in the Government, and Dingell, while a decent House member, was too beholden to the auto industry and not in a good way.  Detroit\'s big three are looking to Dingell to get them a whole lot of allies to support the bailout, and they are asking for less money than Wall Street got.<br><br>Do you believe Hank Paulson is actually harping about how the auto industry should be allowed to fall on their ass, but keep that money rolling to his Wall Street buddies so they can get their bonuses &lt;&lt;&lt;eye roll&gt;&gt;?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3918124" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3918124">parker404</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3918124" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3918124" class="dsq-comment-message">I can see both sides of the Dingell-Waxman fight.  It\'s bad precedent that the Dean of the House was ousted from his Chairmanship in this way.  That precedent could be used against other Senior Members, for instance, CBC Members who are Committee and Subcommittee Chairs.  I know that our CBC is not perfect, I wouldn\'t want to see Rangel or Conyers taken out of their spots.<br><br>On the other hand, I agree with CPL\'s comments as well.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3918468" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3918468" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3918468" class="dsq-comment-message">parker404, I don\'t know if it\'s bad precedent to out a sitting Chair if its revealed that he or she have become too compromised to do the job because they have been there too long.  It just might make them more diligent in carrying out their duties, both as elected officials and as Chairs, in calling for investigations when they are needed.  Henry Waxman has shown he\'s committed to doing his job - not trying to act like Dale Carnegie in trying to Win Friends and Influence People.<br><br>He called for investigations that Lieberman, as Chair of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, refused to do (like inquiring about how Kellogg, Brown and Root, Haliburton and others got fat contracts, lost millions of dollars and had NO OVERSIGHT.<br><br>Rangel is in more danger of being outed than Conyers because Conyers abides by ethics and rules of the House; Rangel skirts them as much as poosible until he comes close to the edge.  When it became known that Rangel owns rent-controlled apartments in New York, the GOP was all over it and it did not make Rangel look good - remember, Rangel chairs the Ways and Means Committee and one foot wrong mounts up a campaign to out him from the seat.<br><br>Conyers has proven himself and only gross incompetence or compromise loses him his chair, even when Nancy Pelosi threatened to take it from him if he didn\'t back off going after Bush to impeach him.  Pelosi threatened, but if she didn\'t want CBC backlash, she knew better than to really go after Conyers.  He bided his time, and who\'s to say Obama won\'t have a quiet sit down with him after January and quietly ask him to pursue charges against whatever Bush Cartel members still in the country for war crimes and treason?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3925497" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3925497">isonprize</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3925497" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3925497" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL,<br><br>Totally changing the topic on the goof tip.  Do you know if Field Negro ever actually made his "naked Broad Street run"?    In my book, he ain\'t getting off so easy if he didn\'t.   As much trash as he talked,  he oughta be a man of his word.<br><br>I\'m just sayin\'...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3928231" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3928231" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3928231" class="dsq-comment-message">I think he\'s scheduling it for the inauguration, but drop him a line and let him know he\'s not off the hook for it.<br><br>He\'s supposed to provide YouTube clips of his run down Broad Street, because I told him I could catch Amtrak and be in Philly within 45 minutes to see him keep his promise. ROFL</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3917543">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3917543" class="dsq-comment-message">FYI:  Pritzker takes herself out of the running for Commerce<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/19/penny-pritzker-commerce-s_n_145097.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/19/penny-...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3918747" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3918747">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3918747" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3918747" class="dsq-comment-message">This couldn\'t have been discussed and decided before her name leaked?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3917708" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3917708" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3917708">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3917708" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:   Wanted to give a MOMENT to the <b>MRS.: </b>   :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27804469/" rel="nofollow"><b>Michelle Obama\'s arms hard-won with exercise</b><br>Future first lady used to join friend at gym at 4:30 a.m. workouts</a><br><br><i>CHICAGO - Many women recoil at the thought of baring their arms in sleeveless dresses or blouses, but not Michelle Obama — half of the fabulously fit new first couple.<br><br>Both President-elect Barack Obama and the future first lady have exercise routines that would put most people to shame. Michelle Obama used to join a friend for 4:30 a.m. workouts, and Barack Obama usually starts his day in the gym.<br><br>Michelle Obama has been interviewed on television, graced the cover of Newsweek and hit the campaign trail, all with her buff arms bared.<br><br>"One of the things I always talk about is got to exercise," the 44-year-old mother of two told an overwhelmingly female crowd at a campaign event last year in Chicago.<br><br>That\'s sure to continue when the Obamas and their girls — 10-year-old Malia and 7-year-old Sasha — move into the White House, which has plenty of places for them to stay active.</i><br><br>THERE IS MORE.<br><br>Can\'t wait ta see her in HER "INAUGURAL DRESS!"  Whoooo!   Hoo!  :&gt;)<br><br><b>FIRST LADY MICHELLE!    :&gt;)</b></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3918241" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3918241" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3918241" class="dsq-comment-message">What an inspiration! You know the older you get the more muscle mass you lose. She is clearly fighting to keep it.  Makes me want to run to the gym and do DIPS- now.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3919108" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3919108">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3919108" class="dsq-comment-message">evita:   Thanks!<br><br>BUT, you can stay right in the comfort of your own home and exercise til your heart\'s content [or at the appropriate cardiac level.   :&gt;)    :&gt;)]<br><br>1.  <br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vteF_FpLbU&feature=related" rel="nofollow">LOW and High Impact Aerobic Exercises</a><br><br>2.  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQzJ9GdWT-4&eurl=http://hip-hop-aerobics.com/HIP_HOP_AEROBICS/Sistas_of_Soul__Hip_Hop_Workout.htm" rel="nofollow">Sista\'s of Soul -Hip Hop WORKOUT!!</a><br><br>ENJOY!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3919598" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3919598">bittersweet</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3919598" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3919598" class="dsq-comment-message">Michelle\'s arms are BANGIN\'!!   Go, powerful one!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3919892" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3919892" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3919892">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3919892" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3919892" class="dsq-comment-message">bittersweet:   HEY!   :&gt;)   <br>POWERFUL   -    -  BOTH in BODY & MIND!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>FIRST LADY MICHELLE!!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3919570" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3919570">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3919570" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  Giving "props" to <b>SENATOR BEGICH</b><br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/20/alaskas-begich-stresses-m_n_145166.html" rel="nofollow">Begich On "Maddow" Stresses Magnanimity, CHANGE(VIDEO)</a><br><br><i>Victorious in his race to unseat Alaska\'s best known collector of illicit felony-booty Ted Stevens, Democratic Senator-elect Mark Begich made an appearance on last night\'s Rachel Maddow Show (guest hosted by Alison Stewart), which, as before, he was "honored" to do! Begich magnanimously praised Stevens\' service and voiced his excitement for "new opportunities" for his state. Begich also predicted that he would be able to successfully work with Governor Sarah Palin even though I\'d bet twenty dollars right now that she didn\'t vote for him! Anyway, here\'s hoping that Alaska can come to be known for something other than frost-flecked, money-grubbing cronyism maybe!</i><br><br>C-O-N-G-R-A-T-U-L-A_T-I-O-N-S!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)  {Support - Mr. President-Elect OBAMA!}</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3921467" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3921467">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3921467" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3921467" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:   "DAILY KOS" was on MSNBC:<br><br><a href="http://www.jedreport.com/2008/11/markos-talks-about-change-vs-j.html" rel="nofollow">MarKOS Talks About Change vs. Joe Lieberman On MSNBC</a>  (VIDEO)<br><br>At the END he said that he still support President-Elect Obama\'s actions.  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>President-Elect Obama!    :&gt;)  First Lady Michelle!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3921666" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3921666" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3921666">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3921666" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3921666" class="dsq-comment-message">Word, GreenLadyHere!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3921601" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3921601" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3921601">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3921601" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3921601" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:   Some pics from the P-E\'s BIRTHDAY surprise to the V-P-E:<br><br><a href="http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/happy_birthday_joe/" rel="nofollow">HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!! [Vice-Pres.-Elect  -66 yrs living!] :&gt;)</a><br><br>ENJOY!!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3921854">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3921854" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3921854" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3921854">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3921854" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3921854" class="dsq-comment-message">EVENING THREAD IS UP</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3921886">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3921886" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3921886" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3921886">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3921886" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3921886" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:    I\'m going ta slow down on my posts from ALASKA since there were VICTORIES for the DEMS in a "red" state:<br><br><a href="http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/11/20/small-victory-for-obama-in-alaska/" rel="nofollow"><b>SMALL VICTORY FOR OBAMA IN ALASKA</b></a><br><br><i>US PRESIDENT 		<br>		Total<br>Number of Precincts 		438 	<br>Precincts Reporting 		438 	100.0 %<br>Times Counted 		325054/495731 	65.6 %<br>Total Votes 		323820 	<br>Baldwin and Castle 	AI 	1652 	0.51%<br>Barr and Root 	LIB 	1575 	0.49%<br><i>McCain and Palin 	REP 	192631 	59.49%</i><br>Nader and Gonzalez 	IND 	3757 	1.16%<br><b>Obama and Biden 	DEM 	122485 	37.83%</b><br>Write-in Votes 		1720 	0.53%<br><br>But there’s one small victory that hasn’t been talked about much. After the whopping 90,000 votes that were counted in Alaska after election day, there was a shift in the presidential race. After the final tally, McCain-Palin won by 59.49%. LESS than 60%. And we can even round down to 59%! I’ll take it.<br><br>2008 McCain/Palin 59% <b>Obama/Biden <u>38%</u></b><br><br>2004 Bush 61 - <b>Kerry 35%</b><br>2000 Bush 59 - <b>Gore 28%</b><br><br><b>Obama won the hearts of more Alaska voters than any Democrat in recent memory. And McCain-Palin, despite their surface appeal, with the Alaska Governor on the ticket, frankly, didn’t do all that well comparatively. I’m looking forward to 2012. I think we’re headed in the right direction.</b></i><br><br>The article says it ALL!  President-Elect Obama SCORED WELL in ALASKA!!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3927059" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3927059" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3927059">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3927059" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3927059" class="dsq-comment-message">Lawd have mercy. Evn when the \'SnoHo  tries to ham it up for the media, she\'s sitll a jive turkey! <br>Turkey pardons – Palin style<br><br>Nov. 20: Countdown guest host David Shuster discusses Gov. Sarah Palin’s speech pardoning one turkey, while two others were slaughtered in clear view behind her. <br><br><a href="http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-us&vid=6590c7fa-4454-4dcc-b7bf-b80fd2bb0793&from=&fg=rss" rel="nofollow">http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-us&vid=6...</a></div>\
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