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That has to make you proud to have gotten him thia far. I only have one question that does not require a response. Who picked the college?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:14:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12634912, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12623885": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I love that dress!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_07:45:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12638742": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Naw, individuals who base their views on religiousbeliefs are  unsubstantiated by the facts, must demonstrate a non-religious factual basis for their beliefs or they can not be imposed on others, nor do others have to countenance their stupidity ..when it has no rational factual basis.<br><br>They can't make their case on any factual grounds which is why they are NOt on equal footing.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_11:42:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12637617, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12640282": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh, yeah...there comes a point when the discussion becomes preaching. And that's where it should be stopped.<br><br>Take abortion and put it in the context of healthcare. I've <i>heard</i> (and I've got next to no time to look on my own) that a government-sponsored healthcare system would pay for abortions. <i><b>IF</i></b> that's true, then I'd oppose it, because the Declaration says that life is an inalienable right that the Constitution says government can't take without due process.<br><br>On that argument, religion's left at the door.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_12:25:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12639952, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12641711": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Don't you just hate stereotypes? That is like how they couldn't handle how unperturbably cool Obama was during the primaries, they wanted to see the hot headed, intemperate NIGGA on display..o how the angry black male would have made their day.<br><br>Phuck them. Sotomayor knows full well, what they want to see and she is not going to hand a 'meltdown' to them based on 'hot Latin' blood.<br><br><br>ugh!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_13:06:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12638703, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12639774": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>Why would anyone want to encourage discussion on something which has no factual basis?</i><br><br>to....<i>delieniate the difference between facts, evidence, and someone's belief system.</i><br><br>That doesn't mean, though, that the argument shouldn't be supressed or ignored. How is that productive? What if someone takes an opposing belief, researches it, and forms their own opinion from that?<br><br>Isn't that the overall goal...the experience of learning vice the ability to regurgitate?<br><br>(and yeah, I may have spelled that wrong)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_12:10:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12639532, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12637218": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<blockquote><strong>In many of today's colleges and universities student are oppressed, forced to simply recite that which already exists. Student must adapt, conform, rather than grow and create.</strong></blockquote><br><br>Huh? So, are you suggesting things like facts, established theory and known variables are oppressive ideas forced upon students to stunt their growth?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_11:08:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "eclecticbrotha", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12636271, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12641827": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well stated Lisa!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_13:09:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12639937, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12636198": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Make NO MISTAKE about it, Sessions and the rest of his GOP ilk had the MELTDOWN after Barack Obama became the 44th POTUS, and the meltdown is overflowing since PBO nominated a Latina woman to sit on the old boys court.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:41:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12635975, "depth": 4, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12633640": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The Obama Family looks tired!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_09:26:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12638761": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Name a rigid ideology on the left, please. Individuals who choose to adhere to ideological beliefs limit their own growth as an individual which is why they can't tolerate diversity.<br><br>Saying the sky is not blue or there is no such thing as gravity is NOT diversity of thought..it is ignorance based on the ignoring reality of fact.<br><br>It shatters their core ideological beliefs on the basis of sound reasoning and facts.<br><br>Their development is retarded by their own obtuseness and WILFUL ignorance of the facts.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_11:43:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12637061, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12635690": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Good Morning, Myth! :)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:27:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12635334, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12635696": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"that's a sure sign that universities should address the lack of ideological diversity.\" <br><br>political views are not necessarily ideology. Rather, it is a philosophy concerning policy and not a fixed ideology. Wherein the ideology drives all means to the ends. In contrast, Democrats are willing to take into account all new variables and points to create a policy that is encompassing of the whole rather than a narrow  fixed ideologic view.<br><br>In order, to have that type of open, flexible mind with a fluid intellectual requires confidence and assurance about one's own cognitive abilities to comprehend the complexities and variances that are espoused in the process. On the other hand fixed views, which are typically expressed by GOPrs espouse minds lacking in the ability to critical think through new ideas and variables, such that the very differneces  the ideas pose challenge a core ideology and leaves the individual bereft and vulnerable now that  their core beliefs (facts)are shown to be inconsistent and irrational based on facts and reasoning. unessential ..thus they become obdurate and unwilling to engage productively to reach what would be new conclusions that do not necessarily uphold their 'belief' system.<br><br>Belief (ideology) system thinkers typically cannot handle an academic environment as it creates tremendous self-doubts and the individual is unable to function without their fixed ideology to guide them.<br><br>In other words...ideology is the antithesis of diversity of thought.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:27:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12634912, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12652086": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "When life begins is far from concrete.<br>That is a scientific fact. Only religion doubts that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_17:07:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12644604, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12634681": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "didn't realize I hit the button twice.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:01:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Angelar", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12634214, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12652091": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Michelle's father was buried at the macabre cemetery??...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_17:07:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12636732": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You know whats insulting?Teaching that the Earth is 6000 years old.Now if you want to go thru life stupid,dont force my child to have a case of the stupid.When conservatives deny global warming, biology, geology evolution I wouldnt want to be taught by self proclaim know nothings.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:57:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 17, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12636271, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12637245": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Obsidian Wings Blogger Hilzoy, retiring from blogging effective Friday.  I liked her writings, but sometimes ya gotta move on  to continue your own path.<br><br><a href=\"http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2009/07/barefaced-goaway-bird.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_11:09:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "lamh", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12637761": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Not facts. Facts are absolute. Established theories exist only until they are disproven or proven definitively. Who will challenge, transform or reform if constructive criticism and intellectual examination are disallowed in order for an institution to continue to exist purely for its own sake?<br><br>The Earth was flat until it was not.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_11:23:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "Conserv1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12637218, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12635745": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I wholeheartedly agree! The negative identity of ones skin color and race MUST be overcome for true justice to prevail in these racist United States.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:28:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12635329, "depth": 2, "points": 5, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12637256": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "deleted", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_11:09:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12636591, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12634697": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yesterday I read the GOP leaders tried to do an intervention with her to help her succeed in her current job, that didn't work.   You need a decoder ring to listen to anything she says and now she miraculously flings out printable op-eds?   Who are her ghostwriters?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:01:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Angelar", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12634214, "depth": 1, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12633162": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090714/D99DSUG00.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Budget deficit tops $1 trillion for first time</a> - <i>The federal deficit has topped $1 trillion for the first time ever and could grow to nearly $2 trillion by this fall, intensifying fears about higher interest rates, inflation and the strength of the dollar.</i><br><br>Here\u2019s a chart - <a href=\"http://apnews.myway.com/image/20090713/BUDGET_DEFICIT.sff_GFX436_20090713152022.html?date=20090714&docid=D99DSUG00\" rel=\"nofollow\">Deficit nosedives</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_09:06:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Karmi", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12633699": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yeah, he is feeling the stress. But his family helps him escape some of it but the presidency  is a real non-stop pressure cooker.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_09:28:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12630862, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12637269": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "deleted", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_11:09:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12636591, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12643417": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "lol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_13:46:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12635039, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12638812": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Let's hear it for Command Sgt. Maj. Teresa King y'all!<br><br>1st female drill sgt. school commandant named<br><br>COLUMBIA, S.C. \u2014 The first woman chosen by the Army to lead its school for drill sergeants said Thursday she does not expect any trouble commanding the service\u2019s toughest instructors.<br><br>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter if you are male or female,\u201d Command Sgt. Maj. Teresa King said in a telephone interview. \u201cI have always found that if you enforce your standards, people will respect you.\u201d<br><br>King, 47, said she hopes her selection will inspire other women in the military.<br><br>\u201cIf I can do it, other female soldiers can,\u201d she said.<br><br>Full Story:<br><a href=\"http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/07/ap_army_drillsergeant_woman_070909w/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/07/ap_army_d...</a><br><br>Do I hear Aretha and Annie Lenox singing in the background?? <br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0EDX07Kgj0\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0EDX07Kgj0</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_11:44:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12641377": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I do not believe it begins at conception either.<br><br>If you disagree with that,  that IS where the argument begins in the context of what the original 'discussion' you posed", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_12:56:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12640881, "depth": 13, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12637794": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Until he grows up and becomes conservative.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_11:24:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "Conserv1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12636798, "depth": 4, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12650595": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If you say that abortion stops life from developing then that concedes it is not life.<br><br>If you say that murder is the deliberate and wilful taking of a human life, then you have to concede that manslaughter, self-defense, and soldiers killing is not defined as DELIBRATE and WILFIL but rather not deliberate ( manslaughter), self-defense ( not wilful) and soldiers at war ...deliberate and willful but nevertheless not considered murder.<br><br>Which means, even if the death of the fetus is deliberate and wilful under the law it can be classified as NOT MURDER just as soldiers killing is.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_16:30:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12643769, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12642406": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Not at all. Serious academics and scientists must always question, re-test, re-examine, as you suggest...and they must also be prepared to be proven wrong. <br><br>What is so extreme about believing that God is the creator of all life. That God is responsible for creating the conditions that allow life to evolve and adapt?<br><br>What is so extreme about believing that man cannot control the forces of nature, or force the planet to adapt and conform to our actions in a way that man chooses? <br><br>To be sure, life evolves and adapts. And equally as true is that climate change is a part of the history of our planet. But the source of life and nature, the how and why are still yet to be determined and questions that man will continue to explore long after you and I leave this Earth.<br><br>Political partisans seek to exploit knowledge and science for their advantage. It is the academic who strays into partisanship that poses a threat to higher education.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_13:21:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Conserv1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12640190, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12634214": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Now for something really funny.Sarah Palin can write even though what she is talking about I have no idea.<br>The 'Cap And Tax' Dead End <br>By Sarah Palin<br>Tuesday, July 14, 2009 <br><a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/13/AR2009071302852.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_09:45:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12634216": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "For me, there are no surprises learning that <i><b>new virus</i></b> resembles 1918 virus. I have been following mishaps with 1918 virus for awhile. Are you surprised learning that the 1918 virus is like the <b>new</b> virus and that a familiar newsmaker stands to make a fortune ?<br></P><br><P><A HREF=\"http://www.uchc.edu/ocomm/newsarchive/news05/oct05/fluvirus.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"><B>Flashback:Scientists Resurrect Deadly Flu Virus</B></A></P><br><BLOCKQUOTE>(Oct 6, 2005) <B>Scientists have resurrected one of the world's great killers</B> in the laboratory, hoping that the genetic secrets within the 1918  influenza virus will help them predict and combat the next major microbial threat to  mankind. In a contained laboratory at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, scientists used reverse genetics to re-create the 1918 flu virus that killed 20 million to 50 million people, according to studies released Wednesday. Scientists say that although the 1918 strain probably does not represent a significant human health threat today, <B>it can provide insight into dangerous types of contemporary influenza, such as the highly lethal avian strain now circulating among birds,</B> which some scientists fear could evolve into the next catastrophic pandemic. &quot;This is truly a spectacular event,&quot; Dr. John Shanley, professor of medicine and director of infectious diseases at the University of Connecticut Health Center, said of the studies published in the journals Nature and Science. &quot;To resurrect a virus and gain useful scientific information from it is remarkable.&quot; An analysis of the genetic structure of the 1918 strain, also known as Spanish flu, reveals that it was an <B>avian influenza</B>, like the current H5N1 strain that has infected poultry and migratory birds in Asia and caused scores of human deaths. </BLOCKQUOTE><br><P><A HREF=\"http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&amp;aid=1169\" rel=\"nofollow\"><B>Rumsfeld stands to make a fortune on royalties </B></A></P><br><BLOCKQUOTE>(Oct 30, 2005) Rumsfeld stands to make a fortune as a panicked world population scrambles to buy <B>a drug worthless in curing effects</B> of alleged Avian Flu. Tamiflu was developed and patented in 1996 by a California biotech firm, Gilead Sciences Inc. Gilead is a NASDAQ (GILD) listed stock company which prefers to maintain a low profile in the current rush to Tamiflu. That might be because of who is tied to Gilead. In 1997, before he became US Secretary of Defense, Donald H. Rumsfeld was named Chairman of the Board of Gilead Sciences, where he remained until early 2001 when he became Defense Secretary. Rumsfeld had been on the board of Gilead since 1988 according to a January 3 1997 company press release</BLOCKQUOTE><br><P><A HREF=\"http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE56C3K120090713\" rel=\"nofollow\"><B>New flu resembles feared 1918 virus: study</B></A></P><br><BLOCKQUOTE>(July 14, 2009) The new <B>H1N1 influenza virus bears a disturbing resemblance to the virus strain that caused the 1918 flu pandemic,</B> with a greater ability to infect the lungs than common seasonal flu viruses, researchers reported on Monday. Tests in several animals confirmed other studies that have shown the new swine flu strain can spread beyond the upper respiratory tract to go deep into the lungs -- making it more likely to cause pneumonia, the international team said. In addition, they found that people who survived the 1918 pandemic seem to have extra immune protection against the virus, again confirming the work of other researchers.<br>&quot;When we conducted the experiments in ferrets and monkeys, the seasonal virus did not replicate in the lungs,&quot; said Yoshihiro Kawaoka of the University of Wisconsin, who led the study.</BLOCKQUOTE><br><P><A HREF=\"http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE56C60820090714\" rel=\"nofollow\"><B>WHO says new flu &quot;unstoppable&quot;, calls for vaccine</B></A></P><br><BLOCKQUOTE>(July 14, 2009) Saying the new H1N1 virus is &quot;unstoppable&quot;, the World Health Organization gave drug makers a full go-ahead to manufacture vaccines against the pandemic influenza strain on Monday and said healthcare workers should be the first to get one.</BLOCKQUOTE><br><BLOCKQUOTE>Every country will need to vaccinate citizens against the swine flu virus and must choose who else would get priority after nurses, doctors and technicians, said Dr. Marie-Paule Kieny, WHO director of the Initiative for Vaccine Research.</BLOCKQUOTE><br><BLOCKQUOTE>Several reports showed the new virus attacks people differently than seasonal flu -- affecting younger people, the severely obese and seemingly healthy adults, and causing disease deep in the lungs.</BLOCKQUOTE>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_09:46:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "morphusBfly", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12640933": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Thanks for your links.  Your blog always gives me a lot to think about.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_12:43:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12638501, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12636271": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That is very insulting and not at all true. Diversity is not merely about color and gender. True diversity is found in an environment where no opinion is suppressed or too dominant. <br><br>In many of today's colleges and universities student are oppressed, forced to simply recite that which already exists. Student must adapt, conform, rather than grow and create.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:44:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Conserv1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 27, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12635039, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12640881": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I don't think life begins at conception....but you can disagree with that<br>and still have the argument, I think.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_12:41:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12640435, "depth": 12, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12638842": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Duplication", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_11:45:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12638843": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Embarrassed Republicans and Ignorant Libertarians=Libertardians<br><br>Please bear with this dude as he explains the above equation. LOL!<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8dYkXgZ5Tc\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8dYkXgZ5Tc</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_11:45:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12633725": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_top_stories/20090714_Creative_Steps_rejects_offer_to_return.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_top_stories...</a><br><br>The decision is made Creative Steps will not go back and will proceed w/ lawsuit.<br>As I wrote yesterday I think a negotiated outcome is better as the money will go to the lawyers, whom I would rather see at the bottom of the pool. The only result will be one more closed pool because Philly can't keep their own pools open(I can't ignore that Mayor Nutter just summarily shut them all and was forced to backtrack. It was doen w/ public/private partnerships which is the route he should have taken to begin w/. As someone w/ a rep for forging public/private partnerships, I have never gotten over this move). So the following is where we are now.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20090714_Protest_set_to_demand_opening_of_all_city_pools.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/2009...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_09:29:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12636798": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Be careful for what you wish for.Your son will be a progressive democrat.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:59:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12636591, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12635776": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The judge's ability to 'put oneself in another shoes' is essential when make decisions which will impact society as a whole.  We are a country of laws, because we believe that there will be justice under the law.The laws are there to create an orderly society and thus their impact on society must always be considered in making decisions. As the law is what prevents tyranny.<br><br>Identity need not be overcome for justice to prevail.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:30:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12635329, "depth": 2, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12635779": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I like how you start the morning off with...Truthtelling! :)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:30:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12635039, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12636292": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I don't think it's a problem. I'm actually glad that very few of my teachers or fellow students agree with what I have to say. <br><br>I'm more at ease in the face of outright opposition (and occasional hostility) than I am talking to an amen corner. Force me to defend what I believe, I'll do the same to you, and everyone benefits from the exchange of ideas.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:45:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 14, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12634912, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12635329": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "No one should deny 'the fact of identity' but identity MUST be overcome for true justice to prevail. \"Empathy\" is an emotion but to quote Aristotle, \"The law is reason free from desire.\" Empathy is a desire to share another's feelings and emotions, to put oneself in another's shoes. Empathy is a desirable trait for a legislator, but not a judge.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:19:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Conserv1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12634416, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12635272": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Mornin'", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:17:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12634550, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12635276": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:17:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12635114, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12640397": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yup!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_12:27:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12637546, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12635278": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Mornin'", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:17:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12634550, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12635283": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Mornin'", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:18:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12634550, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12634776": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Beck is playing to his audience, giving exactly what they want.    That is the truly sad part, that he actually has an audience.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:03:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Angelar", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12634422, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12635289": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Mornin'", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:18:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12634550, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12645018": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ok, in that case I believe my premise that 2+2=5 should be taught in all the schools. <br><br>The Earth was considered flat until it was <strong>scientifically proven</strong> it was round. Its not a theory.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_14:29:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "eclecticbrotha", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12637761, "depth": 5, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12637861": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What's the quote about being a liberal at 20 and a conservative at 40?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_11:26:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12637794, "depth": 5, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12635310": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "He is soooo nauseating!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:18:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12635114, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12640435": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "No, that's the problem, religion is not left at the door.<br><br>If we oppose it based on 'inalienable right to life'<br><br>The core question is when does life begin?<br><br>Religions say one thing, but they are not backed by fact.<br><br>As we all know, individuals may be breathing on support system but is that life?  If the fetus is not viable outside the womb is it life?<br><br>Who determines when life begins?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_12:29:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12640282, "depth": 11, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12641972": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well if religion trumping science is not ignorance..what is it?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_13:12:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12638565, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12642997": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Did anybody read this?<br><a href=\"http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/naacp-and-the-betrayal-of-black-america/#more-13119\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/naac...</a><br>Do you remember this part?<br>I\u2019ve seen the following happen:<br><br>They hired a bunch of white, mostly male consultants to help re-launch their website in time for the convention. Which, btw, so far, it\u2019s not looking so re-launched just yet. (Full disclosure, my company bid for this work and was not selected.) #FAIL <br>Several people at the small Bay Area meeting, including me, mentioned that we had signed up online as dues-paying members once at <a href=\"http://NAACP.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">NAACP.org</a> only to never receive a message. Not even one to renew membership. All the NAACP staff nodded and mentioned they\u2019d heard that too. To date, I still have yet to receive a single membership email. This was MONTHS ago. I can\u2019t understand an organization that is uninterested in communicating with and retaining paying members online. #FAIL <br>I have emailed the NAACP\u2019s new director of IT and Ben Jealous (after being rejected for the web work) personally to let them know I\u2019m willing to help and to offer further discussion on guest blogging on JJP. No response. Rinku Sen of ARC, Van Jones (formerly of Green for All), James Rucker of Color of Change AND um, Michael Blake, Director of African-American Outreach at the White House have all guest-blogged on JJP but I guess the NAACP ain\u2019t interested in talking to you. Sorry! #FAIL <br>The NAACP failed to sponsor or even show up to the premier (and only) conference of black bloggers \u2014 Blogging While Brown, despite having a large staff and doubtless, representatives in Chicago who could have been tapped to reach out to this powerful and influential group of emerging African-American leaders who collectively reach millions of the target audience on subjects ranging from entertainment to fashion to IT to politics. All the bloggers surveyed said that they are interested in and blog about political and social issues. Better believe that Color of Change with a staff of around 5 or 6 people sent a representative to join us. #FAIL <br>The NAACP managed to take credit for the Jena 6 victory as if it happened because of them. Yet, in fact Color of Change and black bloggers did the heavy lifting here while the NAACP Legal Defense Fund was asleep at the wheel. They spent more than half the money they raised for Jena 6 on themselves and raised 10 times LESS than Color of Change. Pitiful. #FAIL <br>Despite national attention around its historic convention, the NAACP blog has not been updated (as of today) since June 26, 2009. #FAIL <br>The NAACP twitter account, owned by someone connected with the NAACP at a high level, still has yet to follow anyone and has released zero tweets as of today. Yet the corporate-sponsored @NAACPwebcast twitter account is somewhat lively. There are tons of influential black people on twitter. I talk to them daily. Ugh. #FAIL <br>The @NAACPWebcast twitter account is lively as mentioned but it\u2019s following twice as many people as are following it. This means that people are largely declining to follow it in return. And the people powering this account have yet to tweet and respond to anyone \u2014 it\u2019s a one-way conversation. The NAACP is not interested in helping you with the webcast or engaging in any form of dialogue with black people online. #FAIL <br>A few people are using the #naacp hashtag but few of them are black bloggers or black online influentials. Certainly no media seems to be using it as far as I can tell. #FAIL <br>The NAACP Facebook Fan Page has over 3000 fans, but the organization has yet to post one thing on its own wall. #FAIL <br>The NAACP Group Page on Facebook has over 4000 members, tons of wall posts \u2014 including most from racists and white supremacists. There appears to be no official NAACP spokesperson active there. There was however this poignant and desperate wall post (no response = #FAIL): <br>Duane G. Davis Sr. 1402 Lochner Rd.Apt A Baltimore Md. 21239 Dear Ms. Lisa Madigan Concerning our recent correspondence dated 1-16-09 (08 IG 00094):regarding the issue of my request for your office to investigate my charges of political and judicial miss-conduct does needs to be addressed through your office. We seem to have a failure in our communications. During my illegal incarceration Ms. Shirl Nelson and my family members called your office and informed you that I was being illegally detained. Her phone records and my letters to Mr. Griffin is proof of my attempts to receive Due Process and Equal Protection. The Whistle Blowers Act is designed to Snitch on corrupt public official and bring them in front of the courts to have them held accountable. I have sent you information ever since 3-3-08. And every time I request your help or attention you give me reasons why you can not h<br><br>The new NAACP has yet to lead a successful campaign on behalf of African-Americans. Instead, they\u2019ve jumped on board several campaigns already established by other organizations such as Troy Davis (led by Amnesty International), Oscar Grant (led by Color of Change), the New Yorker cover with Michelle and Barack Obama (led by black bloggers and you) are a few that come to mind. Even the Philly pool incident elicited only a statement from the NAACP but no call to action such as you\u2019ve seen here and on other black blogs and videos. Supporting others\u2019 campaigns is a good strategy to repair frayed alliances and create new ones. But it ain\u2019t the same as actual leadership. #FAIL <br>The NAACP recently advertised for a social media specialist but only as a contract worker and only for 6 months. I spoke to someone - a smart, standup guy - at Blogging While Brown who had been interested until he realized they weren\u2019t serious. We both had to roll our eyes. #FAIL <br>The NAACP has done zero black blogger outreach (as far as I can tell) for their big convention. Guess they must think we\u2019re going to write about it anyway. Word: we\u2019re less interested than you might think. #FAIL <br>Ben Jealous recently wrote an article on the NAACP blog and published on CNN all about how the NAACP is still \u201cradical\u201d \u2014 an concept he borrowed in part from conversation with me. Yet, this same organization who couldn\u2019t manage to acknowledge Blogging While Brown (which was attendedn by folks like WordPress/Automattic, ATT, <a href=\"http://EbonyJet.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">EbonyJet.com</a>, BlogHer, Free Press and many others) did manage to open the New York Stock Exchange on July 9th. No one who can be considered radical is opening the New York Stock Exchange. Ever. Some folks on Wall Street until recently, you might remember, enriched themselves at our expense in the subprime mortgage debacle. The NAACP is officially brought to you by The Man and The Powers That Be.<br><br>This is why there is a JackandJillpolitics, super spade, Mirror on America, Black Snob. You can galvanize all these blogs into making a point and having their posters/readers act.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_13:35:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12639530, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12634295": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yeah, from Moscow, to Italy to Ghana and back to USA...probably produces some SERIOUS Jet lag..traveling to 3 continents  even on AF1 is going to be exhausting.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_09:48:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12633640, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12636862": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"True diversity is found in an environment where no opinion is suppressed or too dominant. \"<br><br>False.<br> That is like saying there is no right or wrong.  Diversity of thought is about IDEAS...not ideology.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_11:01:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12636271, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12636352": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "No. The judge must interpret the law in accordance with our Constitution and apply the law as written. It is the role of the legislature to exercise empathy when creating and writing laws.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:46:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "Conserv1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12635776, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12639937": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You do realize that chosing enter into academia is an individual decision and if individuals who are Republican, or Libertarian or Conservative, Apolticial etc, that is their decison.  It isn't as if schools are denying individuals who are not Democrats (which encompasses a large range of views) the opportunity to attend graduate school, work to obtain a PhD, and apply for faculty positions.  Could it be that more often, individuals inclined to a life of the mind, are often not terribly motivated by financial renumeration, and such individuals are more likely to swing a bit more to the liberal side?  Also, if it is say a math class, or a science class, or a class on Victorian literature, who the hell cares what party they are in?  Even in some political science classes, it doesn't matter unless you are discussing lots of theory.  I even had a political science prof who REFUSED to tell us what party he was when we asked.  You are creating a pretty unfair arguement, and there are schools that have predominately conservative staffs, Pepperdine, Brigham Young, a number of Christian universities,  I could go on.  If it is that important to you then send your son to a school like that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_12:15:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Lisa_J", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12634912, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12635334": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Mornin'", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:19:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12634550, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12637897": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "True, but peer pressure is not the provenance of adolescents. Colleges and universities should create a welcoming and encouraging environment if they want to remain vibrant, relevant and have an impact on the future.<br><br>However, how many are more concerned with self preservation? <br><br>In college I watched a fascinating documentary titled, \"Why Man Creates\"  and it explored the often futile search involved in creative exploration. One man had spent his entire life exploring a problem and after years and years, he was proven wrong. Did he try to shut down those who proved him wrong? No. He simply started anew. He was more concerned with advancing human knowledge than he was in advancing himself. That should be the role of institutions, to be incubators and conduits for the expansion of human knowledge and creativity.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_11:27:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Conserv1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12637310, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12639163": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Of course...the Supreme Court will be trying to have dignified hearings and you just know she'll get all in the face of Mookie (Unca Clarence) and start going off just like Tina did in Do The Right Thing.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_11:54:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12638703, "depth": 5, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12639952": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think I spelled it wrong as well, it's delineate : )<br><br>I don't know necessarily that I would suppress or ignore, but I would engage it knowing that ultimately we are going to be countering religious views with facts, and that in and of itself may devolve into a ugly situation.<br><br>The goals are admirable. But when it comes to matters of faith. Facts seldom sway, they create doubt, insecurity and thus an overarching defensiveness which does not typically allow the individual to acknowledge the factual truths as it so rocks who and what they believe at their core.<br><br>In short, it is extremely difficult to moderate such a discussion in a meaningful and productive manner.<br><br>Faith does not allow for doubt.<br><br>The core issue to me, is which will we allow to prevail...the individual right to privacy or the right to religious freedom?<br><br>Because, if we view 'killing the unborn' as murder we are deferring to religious tenets..specifically Christianity as it is the ONLY religion that does NOT believe life begins at birth but rather at conception.<br><br>How do we balance that in our society which has religious freedoms  and individual freedoms i.e. the individual right to privacy?<br><br>To me the answer is easy, under our Constitution we cannot make any laws that abridge the right to religious freedom, thus the right to privacy prevails...as to do otherwise means that those who do not hold Christian beliefs are being legally prohibited from actions based on a religious belief.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_12:15:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12639774, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12636881": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "SONIA SOTOMAYOR CONFIRMATION HEARING OPEN THREAD IS UP!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_11:01:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12636371": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Holder Faces Avalanche Of Work, and Scrutiny<br>Attorney General Blasted From Left, Right<br><br>By Carrie Johnson and Krissah Thompson<br>Washington Post Staff Writers <br>Tuesday, July 14, 2009 <br>July cannot be counted as the warmest of months for Eric H. Holder Jr. The attorney general clashed with Congress over national security policy, fielded complaints from federal judges upset with bungled evidence and, in the most painful indignity, cracked his tooth. <br><br>Then came a bombshell three days ago that has sent Washington political circles reeling: Holder's inclination to appoint a prosecutor to examine whether interrogators tortured terrorism suspects during the Bush years. The disclosure has exposed him to new scrutiny even among colleagues in the Obama administration, where views about unearthing divisive episodes from the past are hardly uniform. <br>All of that took a back seat yesterday when Holder, 58, arrived in his home town of New York for a rousing speech to the NAACP, where he had served as an intern decades ago. Seated between civil rights icon Julian Bond and the group's president, Benjamin Todd Jealous, at a luncheon during the organization's centennial convention, Holder was lauded by the crowd as a symbol of pride and progress in his ascent to becoming the nation's first black attorney general. <br>Before he took the stage, a woman shouted, \"I got your back.\" <br>\"That's a good thing to hear today,\" Holder replied. <br><br><a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/13/AR2009071302787.html?wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:47:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12636884": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "he's got nothing to lose, everyone already knows he's an ignorant bigot & apparently his constituents don't have a problem with that. having him as the attack dog leaves other republicans a chance to try and appear slightly less hateful (in case some of their constituents haven't noticed their true feelings yet); and even if they don't quite manage, they'll come up smelling roses by comparison.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_11:01:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "moja31", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12635556, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12641493": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Exactly.  If we defend and support basic human rights and racial equality, there would be lower incidences of crime.... ya think?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_13:00:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12641237, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12634327": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Please, we know damn well Palin didn't write that.  If she did, the editors of the paper must havve lost their minds trying to construct coherent sentences.<br><br>Why didn't she write about her genuis solutions to cap and trade taxes white dubyah was shitting on America?  Go away BITCH, PLEASE!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_09:49:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12634214, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12636895": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Church!!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_11:01:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12636198, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12637923": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Exactly. And then a liberal again at 70.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_11:27:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "Conserv1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12637861, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12638958": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Holder and the Obama admin have to cleanup the mess left from the previous admin, a mess where the constitution was literally suspended. The previous admin effectively dismantled sections and changed sections mission within DOJ, like the civil rights division.  And, there are still B____ admin holdovers within the DOJ and other govt agencies generating discord. Yesterday, this article: <a href=\"http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/afternoon-open-thread-90/\" rel=\"nofollow\">GOP, Holder battle over New Black Panthers</a> posted here describe the GOP efforts to have Holder put the New Black Panthers under the spotlight..", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_11:49:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "morphusBfly", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12636371, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12637310": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "True, they should....<br><br>...but where there's a lack of that enoucragement, they should be thinking/speaking for themselves anyway.<br><br>Then again, I'm not a traditional student, so my outlook's a little different.<br><br>I think we as conservatives have allowed ourselves to be \"pushed\" out of these institutions, or made to think we've got to keep our beliefs quiet. That's <i>our</i> failure, and doesn't really have a lot to do with who the school hires.<br><br>Gotta stop running scared.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_11:11:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12636591, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12644604": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Why encourage discussion upon which there is no factual basis. What is there to discuss about 1 + 1 = 2. Nothing.<br><br>But when life begins is just as concrete. When a sperm meets an egg, events are set in motion that if left uninterrupted most likely will result in a new, viable human life. That is not a religious view but a scientific fact.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_14:17:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "Conserv1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12639532, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12624639": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Good Morning.Your Tuesday Jam.Enjoy<br>Breakwater - No Limit (1978)<br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_uF3npmqg4\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_uF3npmqg4</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_07:55:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12634880": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Good, For many reasons, I am happy Creative Steps decided not to go back to that pool.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:07:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "morphusBfly", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12633725, "depth": 1, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12641238": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_12:52:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12640933, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12634375": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Goldman executives sold $700m of stock<br>Goldman Unloaded Stock After Lehman<br>While benefiting from a $10 billion government payment, Goldman Sachs executives sold nearly $700 million of stock after Lehman Brohters collapsed last September. During a comparable period a year earlier, Goldman partners sold less than $450 million in stock. The sell-off comes at an awkward time for the leading financial firm\u2015executives were cashing in right as the U.S. government was providing assistance to the financial sector. The bank was expected to report strong second-quarter earnings Tuesday based on rebounding trading profits.<br><br>Read it at Financial Times<br>Posted at 6:12 AM, Jul 14, 2009 <br><br>By Greg Farrell in New York <br><br>Executives at Goldman Sachs sold almost $700m worth of stock following the collapse of Lehman Brothers last September, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. <br>Most of the sales occurred during the period in which the investment bank enjoyed the support of $10bn from the troubled asset relief programme.<br>Goldman rebounds from crisis of confidence - Jul-14<br>Record fundraising buoys banks\u2019 earnings - Jun-28<br>Ex-Goldman employee accused of cyber-theft - Jul-07<br>In depth: US banks - May-07<br><br><br><a href=\"http://www.ft.com/cms/s/01ca4732-6fed-11de-b835-00144feabdc0%2CAuthorised=false.html?_i_location=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.ft.com%252Fcms%252Fs%252F0%252F01ca4732-6fed-11de-b835-00144feabdc0.html%253Fnclick_check%253D1&_i_referer=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.thedailybeast.com%252Fcheat-sheet%252Fitem%252Fgoldman-unloaded-lehman-stock%252Fsell-outs%252F%253Fcid%253Dcs%253Aheadline4&nclick_check=1\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.ft.com/cms/s/01ca4732-6fed-11de-b835...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_09:51:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12641042": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The NAACP's effort to enter the 21th century is commendable.  I wonder how well this have been thought out, meaning, will there really be \"rapid response\", are there really resources available to respond? If they didn't, they will be slam for failing to respond to hundreds of requests for help with a staff of less say 5.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_12:46:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "morphusBfly", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12639530, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12634912": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "As my son prepares to leave for college next month, I challenge him to be an engaged student, responsible for his own learning. A person who thinks, challenges and reflects goes about creating him/herself from the inside out.<br><br>So I found this article to be of particular interest.<br><br>Nearly all my professors are Democrats. Isn't that a problem?<br><br>\"After I posed that question, two faculty railed against me. That's a sure sign that universities should address the lack of ideological diversity.\" <br><br><a href=\"http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0713/p09s02-coop.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0713/p09s02-coop....</a><br><br>Education that liberates the individual has to be a conscious act that allows for a relationship to exist between the student and the teacher that is bidirectional, NOT so one-sided. Students must become involved in the act of creating knowledge, not simply reproducing knowledge that already exists.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:08:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Conserv1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 64, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12637744": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LMAO!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_11:23:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12637668, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12637986": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That's not something to look forward to....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_11:29:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12637923, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12640036": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I don't remember any of my professors outside of the sociology department pushing any ideological views.  The only thing I remember my professors telling me is when the paper was due.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_12:18:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12635696, "depth": 2, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12638501": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Today's Conversation:<br>Consider This the Black Woman's Version of ACT UP! <br><a href=\"http://tinyurl.com/larav6\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://tinyurl.com/larav6</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_11:36:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12641575": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Agreed. But read the article. What is most revealing about this student's experience was the reaction of the two professors and the observation by the student that \"political partisanship can corrupt the elements of higher education that should be valued the most.\"<br><br>Partisanship should be differentiated from ideology. Partisanship is a hindrance to diversity of thought and opinion, be it from the left or the right.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_13:03:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "Conserv1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12639937, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12635944": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That's it! <br><br>He is totally ignoring her answers to his questions.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:35:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12635556, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12636457": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"He did\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:49:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12636056, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12639530": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "NEW YORK, Jul. 13, 2009 <br>NAACP To Use Latest Technology To Fight Racism<br>NAACP Marks Centennial In NYC; To Announce New Ways To Fight Racism With Texts, E-mail, Video<br><br>The NAACP may be 100 years old, but it's using the latest technology to fight racism.<br><br>The NAACP will officially launch the program to monitor incidents of police misconduct at its annual convention in New York City. Members are gathering there to mark NAACP's centennial; The civil rights group was founded in New York City in 1909.<br><br>The \"rapid response system\" would allow people to send texts, e-mails or video reports of police abuse to the association via cell phone.<br><br>Attorney General Eric Holder is scheduled to address the convention Monday afternoon. President Barack Obama is slated to speak on Thursday.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/13/ap/hightech/main5155388.shtml\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/13/ap/hi...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_12:04:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12633387": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Wow, did anyone know about this?<br><a href=\"http://www.drlaniac.com/Articles/view.asp?file=fascismcola.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.drlaniac.com/Articles/view.asp?file=...</a><br><br>It's a good thing I never was into energy drinks.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_09:16:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "Shazza", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12639532": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I hear you and see your point but then,<br>why  encourage discussion on something which has no factual basis? Abortion is a religious issue.<br><br>Religion vs. the right to privacy.<br><br>Individuals learn to think by using facts and evidence to process and analyze..when the 'facts' are simply beliefs and religion..then it is NOT a discussion of ideas but one that at it's core is about religious views.  Thus, the contentiousness of the discussion...who can challenge anyone's religious views without it turning into a divisive non productive argument?<br><br>Beliefs are not facts. In fact, most people would defer to respect for the religious views vs. offending the individual about their chosen religion beliefs. Afterall, it would be unAmerican to do otherwise..<br><br>I might allow the student to express their 'beliefs' but the discussion that ensued would clearly delieniate the difference between facts, evidence, and someone's belief system.<br><br>In short, what one would be encouraging is a discussion based on the law and the right to privacy and the right of an individual to believe as they chose based on their religion.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_12:04:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12639286, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12634416": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Whose Identity Politics?<br><br>By Eugene Robinson<br>Tuesday, July 14, 2009 <br><br>The only real suspense in the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is whether the Republican Party will persist in tying its fortunes to an anachronistic claim of white male exceptionalism and privilege<br>Republicans' outrage, both real and feigned, at Sotomayor's musings about how her identity as a \"wise Latina\" might affect her judicial decisions is based on a flawed assumption: that whiteness and maleness are not themselves facets of a distinct identity. Being white and male is seen instead as a neutral condition, the natural order of things. Any \"identity\" -- black, brown, female, gay, whatever -- has to be judged against this supposedly \"objective\" standard. <br><br>Thus it is irrelevant if Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. talks about the impact of his background as the son of Italian immigrants on his rulings -- as he did at his confirmation hearings -- but unforgivable for Sotomayor to mention that her Puerto Rican family history might be relevant to her work. <br><br>Thus it is possible for Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) to say with a straight face that heritage and experience can have no bearing on a judge's work, as he posited in his opening remarks yesterday, apparently believing that the white male justices he has voted to confirm were somehow devoid of heritage and bereft of experience. <br><br>The whole point of Sotomayor's much-maligned \"wise Latina\" speech was that everyone has a unique personal history -- and that this history has to be acknowledged before it can be overcome. Denying the fact of identity makes us vulnerable to its most pernicious effects. This seems self-evident. I don't see how a political party that refuses to accept this basic principle of diversity can hope to prosper, given that soon there will be no racial or ethnic majority in this country. <br><br>There is more.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/13/AR2009071302605.html?wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_09:52:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12641075": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Me too...this is another made-up distraction tactic by conservatives - painting colleges and universities as inherently unfair to their \"thinking.\".....since when has political debate been a part of Intro to Calculus II or Freshmen English 101?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_12:47:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12640036, "depth": 3, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12637494": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "So you agree with separate but equal,restrictions on women's rights,corporate rights over individual rights and the rights of white male's over everyone else.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_11:16:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12636352, "depth": 4, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12634937": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That was such a spot on editorial by Eugene.<br><br>I recommend it to all.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:08:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "blueberry", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12634416, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12639286": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Why? <br><br>The point's not to impose anyone's ideas, the point's to encourgage a discussion. A bunch of people sitting around saying \"yeah, abortion's wrong\" (just an example) isn't a discussion; they may as well be holding hands and singing.<br><br>I thought part of the point of education-<i>especially</i> higher education-was to get you to learn and think on your own. <br><br>So for me, if I was teaching a class and one of my students disagreed with me, I'd be more interested in what they based their opposition on than just the basic fact that they disagree. And that's what I'd grade them on.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_11:58:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12638742, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12644128": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Big Government is better than Big Business.<br><br>Nuclear power is bad for the environment.<br><br>Global warming is man-made.<br><br>Embryonic stem cell research is more effective than adult stem cell research.<br> <br>Evolution must negate the existence of God.<br><br>I do not know one conservative who does not believe that the sky is blue or that gravity exists.<br><br>But you must concede that there are many moral and ethical questions that allow for many opinions and theories to exist.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_14:05:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "Conserv1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12638761, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12634422": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ya know .....<br><br>Doesn't it just make you want to get in your car, drive to wherever this idiot lives and smack the SHIT right up & out of him.<br><br>Even the little bit I'd heard and read GAVE the time-line, and if I'm not mistaken - the chairman (Sen. Patrick Leahy) of the committee TOLD Judge Sotomayor what to expect this week.<br><br>Beck practices what I call \"deliberate stupidity.\"<br><br>.... oh wait ....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_09:52:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12634017, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12635975": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yes...I just keep repeating in my head what Graham said:<br><br>\"unless you have a complete meltdown, you will be confirmed'<br><br>It is going to be ugly...but the goal will be achieved..confirmation.<br><br>Poor Sotomayor having to endure this asshole.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:36:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12635551, "depth": 3, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12636300": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Not even listening! If she started reciting poetry he wouln't even no the difference.  She should just say \"Go to hell Sessions and call for the vote. Have y'all ordered my black robe yet?\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:45:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12635944, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12637514": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Right and wrong are often subjected to ideological standards.<br><br>What about such studies as medical ethics? Who is right and who is wrong when it comes to the issue of abortion? Science has clearly proved that life begins at conception, yet ideology justifies the taking of that life, even if we as a society believe that murder is wrong. <br><br>Or what do we say about a government run healthcare program that would choose to deny a hip replacement to an 80 year old who cannot afford to pay for the procedure, because it is too costly?<br><br>Ideas are not free to exist in society unaltered by society.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_11:16:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "Conserv1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12636862, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12630862": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The President looks tired as a mule.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_08:34:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12641759": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Agreed, however I don't think it is a 'made-up distraction' but a valid topic for discussion and debate. Calling it a 'made-up distraction' is in and of it self a statement designed to stifle discussion, proving the point that partisanship can corrupt the elements that are most valued in higher education: critical thinking, constructive criticism, and intellectual exploration.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_13:08:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "Conserv1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12641075, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12649529": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"What do you say about the science that tells us that stem cells from adults are proven to be more effective in advancing medicine than embryonic stem cells?\"<br><br>That is false. Embryonic stem cells are far more useful in advancing medicine than adult stem cells. They simply pose different challenges.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_16:03:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12642806, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12638556": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That's a reflection of not growing up.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_11:37:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12637861, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12638565": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Nonsense, I think conservatives make the mistake of letting their religion debunk proven science but to make a stereotypical statement like that is asinine.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_11:37:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "Guns3000", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12635039, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12637546": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Just goes to prove what an idiot he is.  What did Dean Wormer say in Animal House \"...fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life.\"  He may not be drunk (though he is allegedly a recovering alcholic) he is fat and stupid, and with all of the assinine things he says, it would probably be better if he was drunk or high or on something.  At least that would explain it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_11:17:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Lisa_J", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12634017, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12636526": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Obama Names Surgeon General<br>He Says Benjamin Would Be Voice in Health-Care Debate<br><br>By Alexi Mostrous and Michael D. Shear<br>Washington Post Staff Writers <br>Tuesday, July 14, 2009 <br><br>*Nice pic of Dr. the Prez and Sebilius<br><br>Regina M. Benjamin, an Alabama family physician who served for almost two decades as one of the few doctors in a shrimping village along the Gulf Coast, was nominated as U.S. surgeon general yesterday by President Obama. <br>Flanked by the president and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius at a Rose Garden ceremony, Benjamin, 52, promised to act as \"America's doctor\" if appointed. <br>Her nomination comes more than three months after Obama's first choice for surgeon general, CNN chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta, pulled out, leaving the administration without a top health official even as the H1N1 flu was reaching pandemic proportions worldwide. <br>Obama used the announcement to stress his commitment to passing health-care reform legislation, and he said Benjamin would be a crucial voice in the debate. \"For nearly two decades, Dr. Regina Benjamin has seen in a very personal way what is broken about our health-care system,\" he said. \" She represents what's best about health care in America: doctors and nurses who give and care and sacrifice for the sake of their patients.\" <br>Benjamin has garnered nationwide praise for founding a rural health clinic in Bayou La Batre, Ala. More than 40 percent of the town's 2,500 residents have no health insurance. <br>The physician, who in September received a \"genius award.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/13/AR2009071301817.html?wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:51:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12638067": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Of course eb.......all that science malarkey just confuses us anyway.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_11:30:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12637218, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12633472": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "fyi.....& there is a link in the article to <a href=\"http://presente.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">presente.org</a> which has a poster you can download with a picture of Sotomayor which says \"I stand with Sotomayor.\"   Yesterday, I noticed people protesting in D.C. were holding up some similar to this.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.americablog.com/2009/07/making-republicans-own-rushs-racism-on.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.americablog.com/2009/07/making-repub...</a><br><br>\"Making Republicans own Rush's racism on Spanish-language radio\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_09:20:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Angelar", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12637061": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "There are rigid ideologues on the left and right to be sure, but to not allow them a voice on college campuses, and deny students the experience of being exposed to the greatest diversity of thought and opinion will only retard a student's ability to grow as an individual.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_11:04:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "Conserv1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12636732, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12636561": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I am so impressed with Candy Crowley's makeover. She's my fav!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:52:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12638615": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "How so?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_11:39:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12638556, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12636056": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Thank you. We are so proud. He grew so much throughout High School, transforming from a good student to an exceptional student. To see him mature and take responsibility, and to become a disciplined student who learned to balance academics, sports and service was a joy to behold and we look forward to helping him achieve his goals for the future.<br><br>As to your question. He did. We told him that he could attend any college he could get in to. We counseled him about what type of school would be best for him (choice of majors,size, location, student body, etc). He checked out large public universities as well as small, private ones. He quickly ruled out the larger campuses because he enjoys a smaller setting where he can get to know his teachers and have access to them. He wanted to go to a school where he felt he could be the most successful academically, while still allowing him to have a well-rounded college experience.<br><br>I was pleased when we attended orientation as listened to the Provost speak of the university's philosophy which placed great emphasis on encouraging students to become 'engaged students', inviting the to talk to their teachers at every opportunity in the hopes that together student and professors would learn from each other to create knowledge. The Provost referenced Paolo Freire's \"Pedagogy of the Oppressed\" and his talk sparked a very lengthy discussion between me and my son about the value of developing relationships with your teachers.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:37:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "Conserv1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12635142, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12638618": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I know, but it is not inevitable! My mom was still a staunch conservative at 73 while my Dad constantly ribs me about looking forward to all the 'free stuff' the government's gonna give him. Then I quickly remind him that it's not free, I, my husband, and my kids will be working hard to give that 'free stuff' to him!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_11:39:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "Conserv1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12637986, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12649372": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"What is so extreme about believing that God is the creator of all life. \"<br><br>While 'extreme' is not an apt characterization..I can say that it is a factless assertion.<br><br>\"What is so extreme about believing that man cannot control the forces of nature\"<br><br>Um, no one believe man could fly..until the Wright brothers<br><br><br>,\" or force the planet to adapt and conform to our actions in a way that man chooses?\"<br><br>Um, we have changed the eco system with our use of fossil fuels and petrol.<br><br>\"Political partisans seek to exploit knowledge and science for their advantage.\"<br><br>And so conservatives that use religion and values to exploit the masses to their advantage are somehow better?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_15:58:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12642406, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12635039": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You know why educators,scientists are Democrats?Its because they value learning ,while republicans value ignorance.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:11:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 34, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12634912, "depth": 1, "points": 8, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12634528": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes, he does look tired.  It's probably Jet lag and the pressure and stress of having to come back and get congress to help pass that healthcare bill.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_09:56:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12630862, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12634017": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>Glenn beck Slams Softball Questioning of Sotomayer...But There Were No Questions Today (Video)</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/13/glenn-beck-slams-softball_n_231088.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/13/glenn-...</a><br><br><b>Glenn Beck is very upset with the softball questions that the Senators offered up to Judge Sonia Sotomayor during her first day of confirmation hearings. To prove his point, Beck played a video montage of Democratic senators praising Sotomayor, notably in statements and not questions.</b> <br><br><b>Unfortunately for Beck, there were no questions today. The first day of the hearings is when Senators and the nominee make opening statements.</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_09:38:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12635556": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Jeff Sessions, the Rethug from Alabama, is the designated Sotomayor Attack Dog!<br><br>He is not really asking relevant questions, just rambling about his opinion. He is not even listening to her, just spewing venom.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:24:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12635046": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "There was a story here about the owners of energy drink (Savage's wife and son ??) who were distancing themselves from Savage to protect their product.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:11:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "morphusBfly", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12633387, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12636591": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Sure D, but student should be encouraged to think and speak for themselves. This student journalist should be commended for his bravery, but for every one such student, how many 'go along to get along' to get the higher grade, and in turn do not grow, do not make their mark on an institution, but rather adapt, conform to the ideological demands of that institution and merely preserve a status quo.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:53:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "Conserv1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 13, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12636292, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12637617": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That's the point Conserv's making though, though....your child should be able to question that, without being made to feel stupid, supressed, or failing their class.<br><br>If they disagree and can make their case based on more than the talking points of the day, they <i>should</i> be on an equal footing with the rest of their class.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_11:19:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 13, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12636732, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12634550": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "As my Grandmother would say...He takes the cake! lol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_09:56:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12634422, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12636745": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Not true. Look at how the Left value ideology over diversity of thought when it comes to global warming and evolution. Where does the Left allow for science to determine the truth of those theories? \"Consensus of opinion\" is good enough for them to consider these theories now fact, when they have still yet to be definitively proven.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:58:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Conserv1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12635696, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12643769": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You make valid points, but you cannot categorically say that you are right and I am wrong, which is what the political partisans on the left and the right attempt to do in order to dominate and control debate, public opinion and policy.<br><br>As to the question of abortion, there is no denying that if left to develop without interference, life inside the womb will in due time become viable outside the womb. That is a fact. <br><br>So, what is murder. Murder is the deliberate and willful taking of a human life. <br><br>Abortion is a procedure created by man to interfere, stop life from developing, protecting a woman and a man from the consequences of their actions. Making abortion safe, legal and rare does not change the fact that abortion stops the natural process of life. So what you deem NOT to be murder can also be seen clearly by others as murder. As citizens they have a right to express how they would like to see their government act in response to the issue of abortion, climate change, health care, etc.<br><br>And so we debate, engage, hone our opinions, change or solidify our beliefs. We grow as individuals and revel in our freedom.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_13:55:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "Conserv1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12638674, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12632506": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090714/bs_nm/us_usa_budget_6\" rel=\"nofollow\">June budget gap $94.32 billion, record for June</a> - <i>The U.S. government rang up a $94.32 billion budget deficit in June, a record for the month \u2026 The Treasury Department said on Monday that June marked the ninth straight month in which the government had run a deficit. <b>In June 2008, the budget enjoyed a $33.55 billion surplus</b> \u2026 Through the first nine months of fiscal 2009, the government has racked up a $1.086 trillion deficit. That compares with a shortfall of only $285.85 billion in the comparable year-ago period.</i><br><br>Obama continues to break old records whilst setting new ones\u2026", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_08:43:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "Karmi", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12635551": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Here we go.....<br><br>He's talking about the New Haven Lawsuit!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:24:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12635310, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12640190": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That isn't true.  Global warming and evolution weren't even considered political issues until a handful of right wing religious exteremists with limited scientific background got involved.  Also, generally for a scientific idea to be considered a theory it must be thouroughly examined and be subjected to numerous experiments and peer review studies before it gets the title of theory.  There is a great deal of evidence to show that there is some sort of climate change going on, and there have been numerous revisions to the view of how that is taking place.  At one point, in the 70's and 60's they thought it would be global cooling, then global warming, now scientists are begining to think an era of warming could eventually lead to cooling.  Also, global warming has not been given the moniker of a theory and it has taken years of study, argument and proofs for evolution to reach the level of being considered theory.  Scientists do not throw around the term theory lightly.  <br><br>I think you are seriously giving academics, particualarly scientists, who constantly question, re-test, quantify, and re-examine ideas, a very very short shrift and grossly underestimating them.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_12:22:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "Lisa_J", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12636745, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12623264": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "aaaawwww they look good and tired", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_07:17:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "danadevin74", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12641226": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "One of the more interesting things I found out LONG ago was that most insurance companies would not insure infants until the 14th day of life.  This was in relation to LIFE insurance.  And - it could be different now; I don't know that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_12:52:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12640881, "depth": 13, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12638674": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"Right and wrong are often subjected to ideological standards.\"<br><br>Wrong. Right and wrong are based on FACTS not ideology. That is the core difference between principles, beliefs and values. One is based on FACTS, proven with evidence. The other is about subjective views, and beliefs.<br><br>\"ideology justifies the taking of that life, even if we as a society believe that murder is wrong. \"<br><br>The law alone decides when an act is murder. When soldiers killed it is not murder, when individuals commit manslaughter it is not deemed murder and in cases of assault it is called self-defense.  Murder is defined  on the circumstances UNDER the LAW.<br><br>\"Who is right and who is wrong when it comes to the issue of abortion? \"<br><br>The individual's privacy is the law. Abortion is not the issue, the issue is privacy. Individuals who want to create another category of murder, based on religious beliefs calling them the unborn have no factual or legally grounds to make their case. Thus the law is based on the right to privacy. Not subject to individual religious beliefs. Individuals who do not have those religious views, rightfully based on evidence, consider life not viable outside the womb as not a human being. Thus not murder.<br><br>If we have laws about murder that do not deem it murder in all circumstances, than the right to privacy is such a circumstance where one's actions are not murder, given the fetus is not viable outside the womb.<br><br><br>Ideas are what make us an open society. Not ideology. There is freedom of religion, and the right to pursue liberty and happiness under the law.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_11:40:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12637514, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12641237": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Be great to see the NAACP fight racism in public school re-districting, or media management, or other areas not related to crime.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_12:52:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12639530, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12637142": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "oh i'd love to hear her take on how the cap & trade plan that she & mccain campaigned on, is suddenly going to bring about the end of the world...oh wait, we're not supposed to remember that once again she was \"for it, before she was against it.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_11:06:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "moja31", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12634214, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12639705": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "AFTERNOON OPEN THREAD IS UP!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_12:09:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12643291": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "and he deserves it for a lifetime of hard work.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_13:43:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12638618, "depth": 9, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12636639": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yeah I figured you would agree with that whole \"3/5ths\" thing.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:54:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12636352, "depth": 4, "points": 6, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12637668": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Unca Clarence melted down like the Wicked Witch of the West! \"She's gonna get choo my pretty\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_11:21:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mythe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12636198, "depth": 5, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12635114": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Jeff Sessions......<b>Saaaaaaaaaaaaa&gt;&gt;&gt;lap</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_10:13:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12637163": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's alright...she's going to be confirmed, so he's just pi**ing in the wind:).", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_11:07:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "Plantsmantx", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12636300, "depth": 3, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12638703": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I was listening to the local AM radio talk show host state that Hispanic women are unable to control their emotions and are known for being hot tempered and he's just not sure Sotomayor will be able to control her emotions when makign a ruling.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_11:41:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12635975, "depth": 4, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12638197": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Don't you just *love* how easily *Sarah Palin\" was published in the august pages of the Washington Post? They fire Dan Froomkin but hire the likes of Bill Kristol (fully demonstrating the advantage of nepotism especially when intelligence is in short supply)? Pay for play \"salons\"?<br><br>Then again, I think I know how \"Sarah Palin\" was published.<br><br>The Post just gets sorrier and sorrier every year.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_11:32:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "APeach", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12634214, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12642806": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What 'proven' science do you speak of? <br><br>Evolution is not proven science but a theory. Same is true for 'global warming.'<br><br>What do you have to say about the science that tell us that human life is created when the sperm meets the egg, and left to develop will create a viable human being? <br><br>What do you say about the science that tells us that stem cells from adults are proven to be more effective in advancing medicine than embryonic stem cells?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_13:31:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "Conserv1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12638565, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12641787": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Great commenatry, WRB.<br><br>Life begins with BREATH.<br><br>That's my story and I'm sticking to it, until BREATH ceases.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_13:08:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12640435, "depth": 12, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12641789": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Uncle Clarence, who hates anything to do with race. Who was a definite EEO and AffAct hire/admitee...played the race card HARD during his hearings..when after being asked about LONGDONG SIlver video rentals said:<br><br>'this is a high-tech lynching'<br><br>O he knew how to play race politics when it came to his ass, but he won't lift a finger now, despite having endured the same racism.<br><br>can't stand that man.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_13:08:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12637668, "depth": 6, "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": "25371586", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": -4164514464444704851}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "tuesday_open_thread_27", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 145, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 25371586, "queued": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": true, "use_fb_connect": true, "forum_facebook_key": "bd6a8bc56f8eb204984f34b6fefe228d", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": true, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
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 */
Dsq.Strings = new function() {
	this.ADD_NEW_COMMENT = "Add New Comment";
	this.LOG_INTO_DISQUS = "Log into DISQUS";
	this.USE_MEDIA = "Use Media";
	this.LOGOUT = "Logout";
	this.SHARING_OPTIONS = "Sharing options";
	this.SHARE_ON = "Share on";
	this.TWEET_THIS_COMMENT = "Tweet this comment";
	this.SHARE_ON_NEWSFEED = "Share on news feed";
	this.SEND_UPDATE_TO_YAHOO = "Send update to Yahoo!";
	this.REBLOG_ON = "Reblog on";
	this.CONFIGURE_OPTIONS = "Configure options";
	this.POST_AS = "Post as";
	this.SORT_BY = "Sort by";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_BY_EMAIL = "Subscribe by email";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_BY_RSS = "Subscribe by RSS";
	this.POPULAR_NOW = "Popular now";
	this.BEST_RATING = "Best Rating";
	this.NEWEST_FIRST = "Newest first";
	this.OLDEST_FIRST = "Oldest first";
	this.HIGHLIGHTED = "Highlighted";
	this.UNSUBSCRIBE = "Unsubscribe";
	this.REQUIRED = "Required";
	this.OPTIONAL = "Optional";
	this.YOU_ARE_COMMENTING_AS_A = "You are commenting as a";
	this.LOGIN_BELOW = "Login below";
	this.PLEASE_LOGIN_BELOW_TO_COMMENT = "Please login below to comment.";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_TO_ALL_COMMENTS_BY_EMAIL = "Subscribe to all comments by email";
	this.DO_NOT_SUBSCRIBE_TO_COMMENTS = "Do not subscribe to comments";
	this.REALTIME_UPDATING_IS = "Real-time updating is";
	this.ENABLED = "enabled";
	this.PAUSED = "paused";
	this.PAUSE = "Pause";
	this.RESUME = "Resume";
	this.SHOW = "Show";
	this.JUST_NOW = "Just now";
	this.REPLY = "Reply";
	this.EDIT = "Edit";
	this.FLAG = "Flag";
	this.MODERATE = "Moderate";
	this.CANCEL = "Cancel";
	this.REPLYING_TO = "Replying to";
	this.REPORT_MISSING_REACTIONS = "Report missing reactions";
	this.POST_A_COMMENT = "Post a comment";
	this.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT = "Flag inappropriate comment";
	this.FLAGGED = "Flagged";
	this.NO = "No";
	this.YES = "Yes";
	this.NEVER_MIND = "Never mind";
	this.ARE_YOU_SURE_YOU_WOULD_LIKE_TO_REPORT_THIS_COMMENT_TO_A_MODERATOR = "Are you sure you would like to report this comment to a moderator";
	this.THIS_WILL_FLAG_COMMENTS_FOR_MODERATORS_TO_TAKE_ACTION = "This will flag comments for moderators to take action";
	this.TO_RATE_PLEASE_LOG_IN = "To rate, please log in";
	this.JUST_A_MOMENT = "Just a moment...";
	this.GUEST = "Guest";
	this.NAME = "Name";
	this.EMAIL = "Email";
  this.WEBSITE = "Website";
  this.SETTINGS = "Settings";
  this.MODERATOR_OPTIONS = "Moderator options: ";
};
// Dsq.Strings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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





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



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

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

	this._lastHash = null;

	this._accumMsg = '';

	this._lastSeqno = 0;

	this.MAX_DATA_LEN	= 1024;

	this.WAIT_TIME		= 10;

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

};

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

FragmentPacket.prototype.log = function(msg) {



};

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

		hash = this.reader.name;
	} else {

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

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

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

		this._lastSeqno = seqno;

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

				this._accumMsg = '';

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

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

	if (packetNum === 0) {

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

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

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

	if (num_packets === packetNum) {

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

	this._lastSeqno++;

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

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

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

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

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

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


	this.receiverId = receiverId;
};

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

	var listener = function(e) {

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


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

		that.receiveCallback(data);
	};

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

PostMessagePacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {



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


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

	var packet;
	if (!msg) {

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

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

var JsonRpc = function() {

	this.ids = {};

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

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

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

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

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

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

				json = 'null';
				break;
		}

		return json;
	};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		send_func(this.objectToJSON(request));

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

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


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



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


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


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

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

	this.packetHandler = null;


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


	var _createReceiverForFragmentPacket = function() {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

			that._ready = true;
		};

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

		that.receiver.onload = receiver_onload;







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

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

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

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


	var _createReceiverForPostMessage = function() {

		var receiver_onload = function() {

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

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


		ParentMessenger['_receiver_onload_' + receiverId] = receiver_onload;

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	var sendFunc = function(msg) {

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


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


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

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

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

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

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

		if (msg.username) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	this.url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY +
		'?' + (new Date()).getTime() +
		'&f=jackandjillpolitics' +
		'&t=tuesday_open_thread_27' +
		'&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/tuesday_open_thread_27/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='	+ 'tuesday_open_thread_27'
			+ '&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/tuesday_open_thread_27/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">145</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/tuesday_open_thread_27/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/tuesday_open_thread_27/">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:25371586" 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/tuesday_open_thread_27/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:25371586" 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:25371586" 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'				: 'tuesday_open_thread_27',
			// 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/tuesday_open_thread_27/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='	+ 'tuesday_open_thread_27'
			+ '&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='	+ 'tuesday_open_thread_27'
			+ '&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='		+ 'tuesday_open_thread_27'
				+ '&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/25371586/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;
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Dsq.container.className = "clearfix";
Dsq.container.innerHTML = ' \
<ul id="dsq-comments">\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12634416">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12634416" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12634416" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12634416">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12634416" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12634416" class="dsq-comment-message">Whose Identity Politics?<br><br>By Eugene Robinson<br>Tuesday, July 14, 2009 <br><br>The only real suspense in the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is whether the Republican Party will persist in tying its fortunes to an anachronistic claim of white male exceptionalism and privilege<br>Republicans\' outrage, both real and feigned, at Sotomayor\'s musings about how her identity as a "wise Latina" might affect her judicial decisions is based on a flawed assumption: that whiteness and maleness are not themselves facets of a distinct identity. Being white and male is seen instead as a neutral condition, the natural order of things. Any "identity" -- black, brown, female, gay, whatever -- has to be judged against this supposedly "objective" standard. <br><br>Thus it is irrelevant if Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. talks about the impact of his background as the son of Italian immigrants on his rulings -- as he did at his confirmation hearings -- but unforgivable for Sotomayor to mention that her Puerto Rican family history might be relevant to her work. <br><br>Thus it is possible for Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) to say with a straight face that heritage and experience can have no bearing on a judge\'s work, as he posited in his opening remarks yesterday, apparently believing that the white male justices he has voted to confirm were somehow devoid of heritage and bereft of experience. <br><br>The whole point of Sotomayor\'s much-maligned "wise Latina" speech was that everyone has a unique personal history -- and that this history has to be acknowledged before it can be overcome. Denying the fact of identity makes us vulnerable to its most pernicious effects. This seems self-evident. I don\'t see how a political party that refuses to accept this basic principle of diversity can hope to prosper, given that soon there will be no racial or ethnic majority in this country. <br><br>There is more.<br><br><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/13/AR2009071302605.html?wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12634937">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12634937" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12634937" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12634937">Liza</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12634937" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12634937" class="dsq-comment-message">That was such a spot on editorial by Eugene.<br><br>I recommend it to all.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12635329">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12635329" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12635329" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12635329">Conserv1</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12635329" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12635329" class="dsq-comment-message">No one should deny \'the fact of identity\' but identity MUST be overcome for true justice to prevail. "Empathy" is an emotion but to quote Aristotle, "The law is reason free from desire." Empathy is a desire to share another\'s feelings and emotions, to put oneself in another\'s shoes. Empathy is a desirable trait for a legislator, but not a judge.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12635745">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12635745" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12635745" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12635745">Myth</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12635745" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12635745" class="dsq-comment-message">I wholeheartedly agree! The negative identity of ones skin color and race MUST be overcome for true justice to prevail in these racist United States.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12635776">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12635776" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12635776" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12635776">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12635776" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12635776" class="dsq-comment-message">The judge\'s ability to \'put oneself in another shoes\' is essential when make decisions which will impact society as a whole.  We are a country of laws, because we believe that there will be justice under the law.The laws are there to create an orderly society and thus their impact on society must always be considered in making decisions. As the law is what prevents tyranny.<br><br>Identity need not be overcome for justice to prevail.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12636352">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12636352" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12636352" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12636352">Conserv1</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12636352" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12636352" class="dsq-comment-message">No. The judge must interpret the law in accordance with our Constitution and apply the law as written. It is the role of the legislature to exercise empathy when creating and writing laws.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12636639">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12636639" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12636639" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12636639">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12636639" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12636639" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah I figured you would agree with that whole "3/5ths" thing.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12637494">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12637494" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12637494" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12637494">djchefron</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12637494" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12637494" class="dsq-comment-message">So you agree with separate but equal,restrictions on women\'s rights,corporate rights over individual rights and the rights of white male\'s over everyone else.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12633725">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12633725" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12633725" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12633725">RobM</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12633725" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12633725" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_top_stories/20090714_Creative_Steps_rejects_offer_to_return.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_top_stories...</a><br><br>The decision is made Creative Steps will not go back and will proceed w/ lawsuit.<br>As I wrote yesterday I think a negotiated outcome is better as the money will go to the lawyers, whom I would rather see at the bottom of the pool. The only result will be one more closed pool because Philly can\'t keep their own pools open(I can\'t ignore that Mayor Nutter just summarily shut them all and was forced to backtrack. It was doen w/ public/private partnerships which is the route he should have taken to begin w/. As someone w/ a rep for forging public/private partnerships, I have never gotten over this move). So the following is where we are now.<br><br><a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20090714_Protest_set_to_demand_opening_of_all_city_pools.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/2009...</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12634880">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12634880" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12634880" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12634880">morphus</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12634880" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12634880" class="dsq-comment-message">Good, For many reasons, I am happy Creative Steps decided not to go back to that pool.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12634214">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12634214" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12634214" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12634214">djchefron</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12634214" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12634214" class="dsq-comment-message">Now for something really funny.Sarah Palin can write even though what she is talking about I have no idea.<br>The \'Cap And Tax\' Dead End <br>By Sarah Palin<br>Tuesday, July 14, 2009 <br><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/13/AR2009071302852.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12634697">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12634697" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12634697" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12634697">Angelar</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12634697" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12634697" class="dsq-comment-message">Yesterday I read the GOP leaders tried to do an intervention with her to help her succeed in her current job, that didn\'t work.   You need a decoder ring to listen to anything she says and now she miraculously flings out printable op-eds?   Who are her ghostwriters?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12638197">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12638197" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12638197" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12638197">APeach</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12638197" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12638197" class="dsq-comment-message">Don\'t you just *love* how easily *Sarah Palin" was published in the august pages of the Washington Post? They fire Dan Froomkin but hire the likes of Bill Kristol (fully demonstrating the advantage of nepotism especially when intelligence is in short supply)? Pay for play "salons"?<br><br>Then again, I think I know how "Sarah Palin" was published.<br><br>The Post just gets sorrier and sorrier every year.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12634327">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12634327" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12634327" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12634327">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12634327" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12634327" class="dsq-comment-message">Please, we know damn well Palin didn\'t write that.  If she did, the editors of the paper must havve lost their minds trying to construct coherent sentences.<br><br>Why didn\'t she write about her genuis solutions to cap and trade taxes white dubyah was shitting on America?  Go away BITCH, PLEASE!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12637142">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12637142" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12637142" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12637142">moja31</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12637142" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12637142" class="dsq-comment-message">oh i\'d love to hear her take on how the cap & trade plan that she & mccain campaigned on, is suddenly going to bring about the end of the world...oh wait, we\'re not supposed to remember that once again she was "for it, before she was against it."</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12634681">Angelar</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12634681" class="dsq-comment-message">didn\'t realize I hit the button twice.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12634216">morphus</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12634216" class="dsq-comment-message">For me, there are no surprises learning that <i><b>new virus</i></b> resembles 1918 virus. I have been following mishaps with 1918 virus for awhile. Are you surprised learning that the 1918 virus is like the <b>new</b> virus and that a familiar newsmaker stands to make a fortune ?<br></P><br><P><A HREF="http://www.uchc.edu/ocomm/newsarchive/news05/oct05/fluvirus.html" rel="nofollow"><B>Flashback:Scientists Resurrect Deadly Flu Virus</B></A></P><br><BLOCKQUOTE>(Oct 6, 2005) <B>Scientists have resurrected one of the world\'s great killers</B> in the laboratory, hoping that the genetic secrets within the 1918  influenza virus will help them predict and combat the next major microbial threat to  mankind. In a contained laboratory at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, scientists used reverse genetics to re-create the 1918 flu virus that killed 20 million to 50 million people, according to studies released Wednesday. Scientists say that although the 1918 strain probably does not represent a significant human health threat today, <B>it can provide insight into dangerous types of contemporary influenza, such as the highly lethal avian strain now circulating among birds,</B> which some scientists fear could evolve into the next catastrophic pandemic. &quot;This is truly a spectacular event,&quot; Dr. John Shanley, professor of medicine and director of infectious diseases at the University of Connecticut Health Center, said of the studies published in the journals Nature and Science. &quot;To resurrect a virus and gain useful scientific information from it is remarkable.&quot; An analysis of the genetic structure of the 1918 strain, also known as Spanish flu, reveals that it was an <B>avian influenza</B>, like the current H5N1 strain that has infected poultry and migratory birds in Asia and caused scores of human deaths. </BLOCKQUOTE><br><P><A HREF="http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&amp;aid=1169" rel="nofollow"><B>Rumsfeld stands to make a fortune on royalties </B></A></P><br><BLOCKQUOTE>(Oct 30, 2005) Rumsfeld stands to make a fortune as a panicked world population scrambles to buy <B>a drug worthless in curing effects</B> of alleged Avian Flu. Tamiflu was developed and patented in 1996 by a California biotech firm, Gilead Sciences Inc. Gilead is a NASDAQ (GILD) listed stock company which prefers to maintain a low profile in the current rush to Tamiflu. That might be because of who is tied to Gilead. In 1997, before he became US Secretary of Defense, Donald H. Rumsfeld was named Chairman of the Board of Gilead Sciences, where he remained until early 2001 when he became Defense Secretary. Rumsfeld had been on the board of Gilead since 1988 according to a January 3 1997 company press release</BLOCKQUOTE><br><P><A HREF="http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE56C3K120090713" rel="nofollow"><B>New flu resembles feared 1918 virus: study</B></A></P><br><BLOCKQUOTE>(July 14, 2009) The new <B>H1N1 influenza virus bears a disturbing resemblance to the virus strain that caused the 1918 flu pandemic,</B> with a greater ability to infect the lungs than common seasonal flu viruses, researchers reported on Monday. Tests in several animals confirmed other studies that have shown the new swine flu strain can spread beyond the upper respiratory tract to go deep into the lungs -- making it more likely to cause pneumonia, the international team said. In addition, they found that people who survived the 1918 pandemic seem to have extra immune protection against the virus, again confirming the work of other researchers.<br>&quot;When we conducted the experiments in ferrets and monkeys, the seasonal virus did not replicate in the lungs,&quot; said Yoshihiro Kawaoka of the University of Wisconsin, who led the study.</BLOCKQUOTE><br><P><A HREF="http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE56C60820090714" rel="nofollow"><B>WHO says new flu &quot;unstoppable&quot;, calls for vaccine</B></A></P><br><BLOCKQUOTE>(July 14, 2009) Saying the new H1N1 virus is &quot;unstoppable&quot;, the World Health Organization gave drug makers a full go-ahead to manufacture vaccines against the pandemic influenza strain on Monday and said healthcare workers should be the first to get one.</BLOCKQUOTE><br><BLOCKQUOTE>Every country will need to vaccinate citizens against the swine flu virus and must choose who else would get priority after nurses, doctors and technicians, said Dr. Marie-Paule Kieny, WHO director of the Initiative for Vaccine Research.</BLOCKQUOTE><br><BLOCKQUOTE>Several reports showed the new virus attacks people differently than seasonal flu -- affecting younger people, the severely obese and seemingly healthy adults, and causing disease deep in the lungs.</BLOCKQUOTE></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12630862" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12630862" class="dsq-comment-message">The President looks tired as a mule.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12633699">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12633699" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah, he is feeling the stress. But his family helps him escape some of it but the presidency  is a real non-stop pressure cooker.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12634528">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12634528" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, he does look tired.  It\'s probably Jet lag and the pressure and stress of having to come back and get congress to help pass that healthcare bill.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12623264">danadevin74</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12623264" class="dsq-comment-message">aaaawwww they look good and tired</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12623885" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12623885" class="dsq-comment-message">I love that dress!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12624639">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12624639" class="dsq-comment-message">Good Morning.Your Tuesday Jam.Enjoy<br>Breakwater - No Limit (1978)<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_uF3npmqg4" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_uF3npmqg4</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12632506" href="http://swamphermit.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Karmi</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12632506" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090714/bs_nm/us_usa_budget_6" rel="nofollow">June budget gap $94.32 billion, record for June</a> - <i>The U.S. government rang up a $94.32 billion budget deficit in June, a record for the month … The Treasury Department said on Monday that June marked the ninth straight month in which the government had run a deficit. <b>In June 2008, the budget enjoyed a $33.55 billion surplus</b> … Through the first nine months of fiscal 2009, the government has racked up a $1.086 trillion deficit. That compares with a shortfall of only $285.85 billion in the comparable year-ago period.</i><br><br>Obama continues to break old records whilst setting new ones…</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12633162" href="http://swamphermit.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Karmi</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12633162" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090714/D99DSUG00.html" rel="nofollow">Budget deficit tops $1 trillion for first time</a> - <i>The federal deficit has topped $1 trillion for the first time ever and could grow to nearly $2 trillion by this fall, intensifying fears about higher interest rates, inflation and the strength of the dollar.</i><br><br>Here’s a chart - <a href="http://apnews.myway.com/image/20090713/BUDGET_DEFICIT.sff_GFX436_20090713152022.html?date=20090714&docid=D99DSUG00" rel="nofollow">Deficit nosedives</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12633387">Shazza</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12633387" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow, did anyone know about this?<br><a href="http://www.drlaniac.com/Articles/view.asp?file=fascismcola.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.drlaniac.com/Articles/view.asp?file=...</a><br><br>It\'s a good thing I never was into energy drinks.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12635046">morphus</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12635046" class="dsq-comment-message">There was a story here about the owners of energy drink (Savage\'s wife and son ??) who were distancing themselves from Savage to protect their product.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12633472">Angelar</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12633472" class="dsq-comment-message">fyi.....& there is a link in the article to <a href="http://presente.org" rel="nofollow">presente.org</a> which has a poster you can download with a picture of Sotomayor which says "I stand with Sotomayor."   Yesterday, I noticed people protesting in D.C. were holding up some similar to this.<br><br><a href="http://www.americablog.com/2009/07/making-republicans-own-rushs-racism-on.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.americablog.com/2009/07/making-repub...</a><br><br>"Making Republicans own Rush\'s racism on Spanish-language radio"</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12633640" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12633640">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12633640" class="dsq-comment-message">The Obama Family looks tired!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12634295">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12634295" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah, from Moscow, to Italy to Ghana and back to USA...probably produces some SERIOUS Jet lag..traveling to 3 continents  even on AF1 is going to be exhausting.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12634017" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12634017">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12634017" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>Glenn beck Slams Softball Questioning of Sotomayer...But There Were No Questions Today (Video)</b><br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/13/glenn-beck-slams-softball_n_231088.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/13/glenn-...</a><br><br><b>Glenn Beck is very upset with the softball questions that the Senators offered up to Judge Sonia Sotomayor during her first day of confirmation hearings. To prove his point, Beck played a video montage of Democratic senators praising Sotomayor, notably in statements and not questions.</b> <br><br><b>Unfortunately for Beck, there were no questions today. The first day of the hearings is when Senators and the nominee make opening statements.</b></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12637546">Lisa_J</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12637546" class="dsq-comment-message">Just goes to prove what an idiot he is.  What did Dean Wormer say in Animal House "...fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life."  He may not be drunk (though he is allegedly a recovering alcholic) he is fat and stupid, and with all of the assinine things he says, it would probably be better if he was drunk or high or on something.  At least that would explain it.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12640397">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12640397" class="dsq-comment-message">Yup!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12634422" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12634422" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12634422" class="dsq-comment-message">Ya know .....<br><br>Doesn\'t it just make you want to get in your car, drive to wherever this idiot lives and smack the SHIT right up & out of him.<br><br>Even the little bit I\'d heard and read GAVE the time-line, and if I\'m not mistaken - the chairman (Sen. Patrick Leahy) of the committee TOLD Judge Sotomayor what to expect this week.<br><br>Beck practices what I call "deliberate stupidity."<br><br>.... oh wait ....</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12634550">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12634550" class="dsq-comment-message">As my Grandmother would say...He takes the cake! lol</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12635272">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12635272" class="dsq-comment-message">Mornin\'</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12635278">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12635278" class="dsq-comment-message">Mornin\'</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12635283">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12635283" class="dsq-comment-message">Mornin\'</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12635289">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12635289" class="dsq-comment-message">Mornin\'</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12635334">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12635334" class="dsq-comment-message">Mornin\'</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12635690" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12635690">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12635690" class="dsq-comment-message">Good Morning, Myth! :)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12634776">Angelar</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12634776" class="dsq-comment-message">Beck is playing to his audience, giving exactly what they want.    That is the truly sad part, that he actually has an audience.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12634375">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12634375" class="dsq-comment-message">Goldman executives sold $700m of stock<br>Goldman Unloaded Stock After Lehman<br>While benefiting from a $10 billion government payment, Goldman Sachs executives sold nearly $700 million of stock after Lehman Brohters collapsed last September. During a comparable period a year earlier, Goldman partners sold less than $450 million in stock. The sell-off comes at an awkward time for the leading financial firm―executives were cashing in right as the U.S. government was providing assistance to the financial sector. The bank was expected to report strong second-quarter earnings Tuesday based on rebounding trading profits.<br><br>Read it at Financial Times<br>Posted at 6:12 AM, Jul 14, 2009 <br><br>By Greg Farrell in New York <br><br>Executives at Goldman Sachs sold almost $700m worth of stock following the collapse of Lehman Brothers last September, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. <br>Most of the sales occurred during the period in which the investment bank enjoyed the support of $10bn from the troubled asset relief programme.<br>Goldman rebounds from crisis of confidence - Jul-14<br>Record fundraising buoys banks’ earnings - Jun-28<br>Ex-Goldman employee accused of cyber-theft - Jul-07<br>In depth: US banks - May-07<br><br><br><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/01ca4732-6fed-11de-b835-00144feabdc0%2CAuthorised=false.html?_i_location=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.ft.com%252Fcms%252Fs%252F0%252F01ca4732-6fed-11de-b835-00144feabdc0.html%253Fnclick_check%253D1&_i_referer=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.thedailybeast.com%252Fcheat-sheet%252Fitem%252Fgoldman-unloaded-lehman-stock%252Fsell-outs%252F%253Fcid%253Dcs%253Aheadline4&nclick_check=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.ft.com/cms/s/01ca4732-6fed-11de-b835...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12634912">Conserv1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12634912" class="dsq-comment-message">As my son prepares to leave for college next month, I challenge him to be an engaged student, responsible for his own learning. A person who thinks, challenges and reflects goes about creating him/herself from the inside out.<br><br>So I found this article to be of particular interest.<br><br>Nearly all my professors are Democrats. Isn\'t that a problem?<br><br>"After I posed that question, two faculty railed against me. That\'s a sure sign that universities should address the lack of ideological diversity." <br><br><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0713/p09s02-coop.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0713/p09s02-coop....</a><br><br>Education that liberates the individual has to be a conscious act that allows for a relationship to exist between the student and the teacher that is bidirectional, NOT so one-sided. Students must become involved in the act of creating knowledge, not simply reproducing knowledge that already exists.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12635039">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12635039" class="dsq-comment-message">You know why educators,scientists are Democrats?Its because they value learning ,while republicans value ignorance.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12635779">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12635779" class="dsq-comment-message">I like how you start the morning off with...Truthtelling! :)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12636271">Conserv1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12636271" class="dsq-comment-message">That is very insulting and not at all true. Diversity is not merely about color and gender. True diversity is found in an environment where no opinion is suppressed or too dominant. <br><br>In many of today\'s colleges and universities student are oppressed, forced to simply recite that which already exists. Student must adapt, conform, rather than grow and create.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12637218">eclecticbrotha</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12637218" class="dsq-comment-message"><blockquote><strong>In many of today\'s colleges and universities student are oppressed, forced to simply recite that which already exists. Student must adapt, conform, rather than grow and create.</strong></blockquote><br><br>Huh? So, are you suggesting things like facts, established theory and known variables are oppressive ideas forced upon students to stunt their growth?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12637761">Conserv1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12637761" class="dsq-comment-message">Not facts. Facts are absolute. Established theories exist only until they are disproven or proven definitively. Who will challenge, transform or reform if constructive criticism and intellectual examination are disallowed in order for an institution to continue to exist purely for its own sake?<br><br>The Earth was flat until it was not.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12645018">eclecticbrotha</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12645018" class="dsq-comment-message">Ok, in that case I believe my premise that 2+2=5 should be taught in all the schools. <br><br>The Earth was considered flat until it was <strong>scientifically proven</strong> it was round. Its not a theory.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12638067">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12638067" class="dsq-comment-message">Of course eb.......all that science malarkey just confuses us anyway.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12636732">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12636732" class="dsq-comment-message">You know whats insulting?Teaching that the Earth is 6000 years old.Now if you want to go thru life stupid,dont force my child to have a case of the stupid.When conservatives deny global warming, biology, geology evolution I wouldnt want to be taught by self proclaim know nothings.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12637061">Conserv1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12637061" class="dsq-comment-message">There are rigid ideologues on the left and right to be sure, but to not allow them a voice on college campuses, and deny students the experience of being exposed to the greatest diversity of thought and opinion will only retard a student\'s ability to grow as an individual.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12638761">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12638761" class="dsq-comment-message">Name a rigid ideology on the left, please. Individuals who choose to adhere to ideological beliefs limit their own growth as an individual which is why they can\'t tolerate diversity.<br><br>Saying the sky is not blue or there is no such thing as gravity is NOT diversity of thought..it is ignorance based on the ignoring reality of fact.<br><br>It shatters their core ideological beliefs on the basis of sound reasoning and facts.<br><br>Their development is retarded by their own obtuseness and WILFUL ignorance of the facts.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12644128">Conserv1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12644128" class="dsq-comment-message">Big Government is better than Big Business.<br><br>Nuclear power is bad for the environment.<br><br>Global warming is man-made.<br><br>Embryonic stem cell research is more effective than adult stem cell research.<br> <br>Evolution must negate the existence of God.<br><br>I do not know one conservative who does not believe that the sky is blue or that gravity exists.<br><br>But you must concede that there are many moral and ethical questions that allow for many opinions and theories to exist.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12637617" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12637617" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s the point Conserv\'s making though, though....your child should be able to question that, without being made to feel stupid, supressed, or failing their class.<br><br>If they disagree and can make their case based on more than the talking points of the day, they <i>should</i> be on an equal footing with the rest of their class.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12638742">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12638742" class="dsq-comment-message">Naw, individuals who base their views on religiousbeliefs are  unsubstantiated by the facts, must demonstrate a non-religious factual basis for their beliefs or they can not be imposed on others, nor do others have to countenance their stupidity ..when it has no rational factual basis.<br><br>They can\'t make their case on any factual grounds which is why they are NOt on equal footing.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12639286" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12639286" class="dsq-comment-message">Why? <br><br>The point\'s not to impose anyone\'s ideas, the point\'s to encourgage a discussion. A bunch of people sitting around saying "yeah, abortion\'s wrong" (just an example) isn\'t a discussion; they may as well be holding hands and singing.<br><br>I thought part of the point of education-<i>especially</i> higher education-was to get you to learn and think on your own. <br><br>So for me, if I was teaching a class and one of my students disagreed with me, I\'d be more interested in what they based their opposition on than just the basic fact that they disagree. And that\'s what I\'d grade them on.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12639532">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12639532" class="dsq-comment-message">I hear you and see your point but then,<br>why  encourage discussion on something which has no factual basis? Abortion is a religious issue.<br><br>Religion vs. the right to privacy.<br><br>Individuals learn to think by using facts and evidence to process and analyze..when the \'facts\' are simply beliefs and religion..then it is NOT a discussion of ideas but one that at it\'s core is about religious views.  Thus, the contentiousness of the discussion...who can challenge anyone\'s religious views without it turning into a divisive non productive argument?<br><br>Beliefs are not facts. In fact, most people would defer to respect for the religious views vs. offending the individual about their chosen religion beliefs. Afterall, it would be unAmerican to do otherwise..<br><br>I might allow the student to express their \'beliefs\' but the discussion that ensued would clearly delieniate the difference between facts, evidence, and someone\'s belief system.<br><br>In short, what one would be encouraging is a discussion based on the law and the right to privacy and the right of an individual to believe as they chose based on their religion.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12639774" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12639774" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12639774" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>Why would anyone want to encourage discussion on something which has no factual basis?</i><br><br>to....<i>delieniate the difference between facts, evidence, and someone\'s belief system.</i><br><br>That doesn\'t mean, though, that the argument shouldn\'t be supressed or ignored. How is that productive? What if someone takes an opposing belief, researches it, and forms their own opinion from that?<br><br>Isn\'t that the overall goal...the experience of learning vice the ability to regurgitate?<br><br>(and yeah, I may have spelled that wrong)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12639952">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12639952" class="dsq-comment-message">I think I spelled it wrong as well, it\'s delineate : )<br><br>I don\'t know necessarily that I would suppress or ignore, but I would engage it knowing that ultimately we are going to be countering religious views with facts, and that in and of itself may devolve into a ugly situation.<br><br>The goals are admirable. But when it comes to matters of faith. Facts seldom sway, they create doubt, insecurity and thus an overarching defensiveness which does not typically allow the individual to acknowledge the factual truths as it so rocks who and what they believe at their core.<br><br>In short, it is extremely difficult to moderate such a discussion in a meaningful and productive manner.<br><br>Faith does not allow for doubt.<br><br>The core issue to me, is which will we allow to prevail...the individual right to privacy or the right to religious freedom?<br><br>Because, if we view \'killing the unborn\' as murder we are deferring to religious tenets..specifically Christianity as it is the ONLY religion that does NOT believe life begins at birth but rather at conception.<br><br>How do we balance that in our society which has religious freedoms  and individual freedoms i.e. the individual right to privacy?<br><br>To me the answer is easy, under our Constitution we cannot make any laws that abridge the right to religious freedom, thus the right to privacy prevails...as to do otherwise means that those who do not hold Christian beliefs are being legally prohibited from actions based on a religious belief.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12640282" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12640282" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12640282" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh, yeah...there comes a point when the discussion becomes preaching. And that\'s where it should be stopped.<br><br>Take abortion and put it in the context of healthcare. I\'ve <i>heard</i> (and I\'ve got next to no time to look on my own) that a government-sponsored healthcare system would pay for abortions. <i><b>IF</i></b> that\'s true, then I\'d oppose it, because the Declaration says that life is an inalienable right that the Constitution says government can\'t take without due process.<br><br>On that argument, religion\'s left at the door.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12640435">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12640435" class="dsq-comment-message">No, that\'s the problem, religion is not left at the door.<br><br>If we oppose it based on \'inalienable right to life\'<br><br>The core question is when does life begin?<br><br>Religions say one thing, but they are not backed by fact.<br><br>As we all know, individuals may be breathing on support system but is that life?  If the fetus is not viable outside the womb is it life?<br><br>Who determines when life begins?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12641787">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12641787" class="dsq-comment-message">Great commenatry, WRB.<br><br>Life begins with BREATH.<br><br>That\'s my story and I\'m sticking to it, until BREATH ceases.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12640881" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12640881" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t think life begins at conception....but you can disagree with that<br>and still have the argument, I think.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12641226" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12641226" class="dsq-comment-message">One of the more interesting things I found out LONG ago was that most insurance companies would not insure infants until the 14th day of life.  This was in relation to LIFE insurance.  And - it could be different now; I don\'t know that.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12641377">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12641377" class="dsq-comment-message">I do not believe it begins at conception either.<br><br>If you disagree with that,  that IS where the argument begins in the context of what the original \'discussion\' you posed</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12644604">Conserv1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12644604" class="dsq-comment-message">Why encourage discussion upon which there is no factual basis. What is there to discuss about 1 + 1 = 2. Nothing.<br><br>But when life begins is just as concrete. When a sperm meets an egg, events are set in motion that if left uninterrupted most likely will result in a new, viable human life. That is not a religious view but a scientific fact.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12652086">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12652086" class="dsq-comment-message">When life begins is far from concrete.<br>That is a scientific fact. Only religion doubts that.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12636862">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12636862" class="dsq-comment-message">"True diversity is found in an environment where no opinion is suppressed or too dominant. "<br><br>False.<br> That is like saying there is no right or wrong.  Diversity of thought is about IDEAS...not ideology.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12637514">Conserv1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12637514" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12637514" class="dsq-comment-message">Right and wrong are often subjected to ideological standards.<br><br>What about such studies as medical ethics? Who is right and who is wrong when it comes to the issue of abortion? Science has clearly proved that life begins at conception, yet ideology justifies the taking of that life, even if we as a society believe that murder is wrong. <br><br>Or what do we say about a government run healthcare program that would choose to deny a hip replacement to an 80 year old who cannot afford to pay for the procedure, because it is too costly?<br><br>Ideas are not free to exist in society unaltered by society.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12638674" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12638674" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12638674">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12638674" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12638674" class="dsq-comment-message">"Right and wrong are often subjected to ideological standards."<br><br>Wrong. Right and wrong are based on FACTS not ideology. That is the core difference between principles, beliefs and values. One is based on FACTS, proven with evidence. The other is about subjective views, and beliefs.<br><br>"ideology justifies the taking of that life, even if we as a society believe that murder is wrong. "<br><br>The law alone decides when an act is murder. When soldiers killed it is not murder, when individuals commit manslaughter it is not deemed murder and in cases of assault it is called self-defense.  Murder is defined  on the circumstances UNDER the LAW.<br><br>"Who is right and who is wrong when it comes to the issue of abortion? "<br><br>The individual\'s privacy is the law. Abortion is not the issue, the issue is privacy. Individuals who want to create another category of murder, based on religious beliefs calling them the unborn have no factual or legally grounds to make their case. Thus the law is based on the right to privacy. Not subject to individual religious beliefs. Individuals who do not have those religious views, rightfully based on evidence, consider life not viable outside the womb as not a human being. Thus not murder.<br><br>If we have laws about murder that do not deem it murder in all circumstances, than the right to privacy is such a circumstance where one\'s actions are not murder, given the fetus is not viable outside the womb.<br><br><br>Ideas are what make us an open society. Not ideology. There is freedom of religion, and the right to pursue liberty and happiness under the law.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12643769" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12643769" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12643769">Conserv1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12643769" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12643769" class="dsq-comment-message">You make valid points, but you cannot categorically say that you are right and I am wrong, which is what the political partisans on the left and the right attempt to do in order to dominate and control debate, public opinion and policy.<br><br>As to the question of abortion, there is no denying that if left to develop without interference, life inside the womb will in due time become viable outside the womb. That is a fact. <br><br>So, what is murder. Murder is the deliberate and willful taking of a human life. <br><br>Abortion is a procedure created by man to interfere, stop life from developing, protecting a woman and a man from the consequences of their actions. Making abortion safe, legal and rare does not change the fact that abortion stops the natural process of life. So what you deem NOT to be murder can also be seen clearly by others as murder. As citizens they have a right to express how they would like to see their government act in response to the issue of abortion, climate change, health care, etc.<br><br>And so we debate, engage, hone our opinions, change or solidify our beliefs. We grow as individuals and revel in our freedom.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12650595" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12650595">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12650595" class="dsq-comment-message">If you say that abortion stops life from developing then that concedes it is not life.<br><br>If you say that murder is the deliberate and wilful taking of a human life, then you have to concede that manslaughter, self-defense, and soldiers killing is not defined as DELIBRATE and WILFIL but rather not deliberate ( manslaughter), self-defense ( not wilful) and soldiers at war ...deliberate and willful but nevertheless not considered murder.<br><br>Which means, even if the death of the fetus is deliberate and wilful under the law it can be classified as NOT MURDER just as soldiers killing is.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12638565" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12638565" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12638565">Guns3000</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12638565" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12638565" class="dsq-comment-message">Nonsense, I think conservatives make the mistake of letting their religion debunk proven science but to make a stereotypical statement like that is asinine.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12641972" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12641972" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12641972">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12641972" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12641972" class="dsq-comment-message">Well if religion trumping science is not ignorance..what is it?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12642806" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12642806">Conserv1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12642806" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12642806" class="dsq-comment-message">What \'proven\' science do you speak of? <br><br>Evolution is not proven science but a theory. Same is true for \'global warming.\'<br><br>What do you have to say about the science that tell us that human life is created when the sperm meets the egg, and left to develop will create a viable human being? <br><br>What do you say about the science that tells us that stem cells from adults are proven to be more effective in advancing medicine than embryonic stem cells?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12649529" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12649529">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12649529" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12649529" class="dsq-comment-message">"What do you say about the science that tells us that stem cells from adults are proven to be more effective in advancing medicine than embryonic stem cells?"<br><br>That is false. Embryonic stem cells are far more useful in advancing medicine than adult stem cells. They simply pose different challenges.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12643417" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12643417">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12643417" class="dsq-comment-message">lol</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12639937" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12639937">Lisa_J</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12639937" class="dsq-comment-message">You do realize that chosing enter into academia is an individual decision and if individuals who are Republican, or Libertarian or Conservative, Apolticial etc, that is their decison.  It isn\'t as if schools are denying individuals who are not Democrats (which encompasses a large range of views) the opportunity to attend graduate school, work to obtain a PhD, and apply for faculty positions.  Could it be that more often, individuals inclined to a life of the mind, are often not terribly motivated by financial renumeration, and such individuals are more likely to swing a bit more to the liberal side?  Also, if it is say a math class, or a science class, or a class on Victorian literature, who the hell cares what party they are in?  Even in some political science classes, it doesn\'t matter unless you are discussing lots of theory.  I even had a political science prof who REFUSED to tell us what party he was when we asked.  You are creating a pretty unfair arguement, and there are schools that have predominately conservative staffs, Pepperdine, Brigham Young, a number of Christian universities,  I could go on.  If it is that important to you then send your son to a school like that.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12641575" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12641575">Conserv1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12641575" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12641575" class="dsq-comment-message">Agreed. But read the article. What is most revealing about this student\'s experience was the reaction of the two professors and the observation by the student that "political partisanship can corrupt the elements of higher education that should be valued the most."<br><br>Partisanship should be differentiated from ideology. Partisanship is a hindrance to diversity of thought and opinion, be it from the left or the right.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12641827" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12641827">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12641827" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12641827" class="dsq-comment-message">Well stated Lisa!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12635142" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12635142">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12635142" class="dsq-comment-message">Best of luck to you and yours as your son goes to college. That has to make you proud to have gotten him thia far. I only have one question that does not require a response. Who picked the college?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12636056" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12636056" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12636056">Conserv1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12636056" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you. We are so proud. He grew so much throughout High School, transforming from a good student to an exceptional student. To see him mature and take responsibility, and to become a disciplined student who learned to balance academics, sports and service was a joy to behold and we look forward to helping him achieve his goals for the future.<br><br>As to your question. He did. We told him that he could attend any college he could get in to. We counseled him about what type of school would be best for him (choice of majors,size, location, student body, etc). He checked out large public universities as well as small, private ones. He quickly ruled out the larger campuses because he enjoys a smaller setting where he can get to know his teachers and have access to them. He wanted to go to a school where he felt he could be the most successful academically, while still allowing him to have a well-rounded college experience.<br><br>I was pleased when we attended orientation as listened to the Provost speak of the university\'s philosophy which placed great emphasis on encouraging students to become \'engaged students\', inviting the to talk to their teachers at every opportunity in the hopes that together student and professors would learn from each other to create knowledge. The Provost referenced Paolo Freire\'s "Pedagogy of the Oppressed" and his talk sparked a very lengthy discussion between me and my son about the value of developing relationships with your teachers.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12636457" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12636457" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12636457">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12636457" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12636457" class="dsq-comment-message">"He did"</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12635696" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12635696" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12635696">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12635696" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12635696" class="dsq-comment-message">"that\'s a sure sign that universities should address the lack of ideological diversity." <br><br>political views are not necessarily ideology. Rather, it is a philosophy concerning policy and not a fixed ideology. Wherein the ideology drives all means to the ends. In contrast, Democrats are willing to take into account all new variables and points to create a policy that is encompassing of the whole rather than a narrow  fixed ideologic view.<br><br>In order, to have that type of open, flexible mind with a fluid intellectual requires confidence and assurance about one\'s own cognitive abilities to comprehend the complexities and variances that are espoused in the process. On the other hand fixed views, which are typically expressed by GOPrs espouse minds lacking in the ability to critical think through new ideas and variables, such that the very differneces  the ideas pose challenge a core ideology and leaves the individual bereft and vulnerable now that  their core beliefs (facts)are shown to be inconsistent and irrational based on facts and reasoning. unessential ..thus they become obdurate and unwilling to engage productively to reach what would be new conclusions that do not necessarily uphold their \'belief\' system.<br><br>Belief (ideology) system thinkers typically cannot handle an academic environment as it creates tremendous self-doubts and the individual is unable to function without their fixed ideology to guide them.<br><br>In other words...ideology is the antithesis of diversity of thought.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12640036">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12640036" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12640036" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12640036">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12640036" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12640036" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t remember any of my professors outside of the sociology department pushing any ideological views.  The only thing I remember my professors telling me is when the paper was due.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12641075" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12641075" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12641075">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12641075" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12641075" class="dsq-comment-message">Me too...this is another made-up distraction tactic by conservatives - painting colleges and universities as inherently unfair to their "thinking.".....since when has political debate been a part of Intro to Calculus II or Freshmen English 101?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12641759" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12641759" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12641759">Conserv1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12641759" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12641759" class="dsq-comment-message">Agreed, however I don\'t think it is a \'made-up distraction\' but a valid topic for discussion and debate. Calling it a \'made-up distraction\' is in and of it self a statement designed to stifle discussion, proving the point that partisanship can corrupt the elements that are most valued in higher education: critical thinking, constructive criticism, and intellectual exploration.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12636745" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12636745" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12636745">Conserv1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12636745" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12636745" class="dsq-comment-message">Not true. Look at how the Left value ideology over diversity of thought when it comes to global warming and evolution. Where does the Left allow for science to determine the truth of those theories? "Consensus of opinion" is good enough for them to consider these theories now fact, when they have still yet to be definitively proven.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12640190" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12640190" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12640190">Lisa_J</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12640190" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12640190" class="dsq-comment-message">That isn\'t true.  Global warming and evolution weren\'t even considered political issues until a handful of right wing religious exteremists with limited scientific background got involved.  Also, generally for a scientific idea to be considered a theory it must be thouroughly examined and be subjected to numerous experiments and peer review studies before it gets the title of theory.  There is a great deal of evidence to show that there is some sort of climate change going on, and there have been numerous revisions to the view of how that is taking place.  At one point, in the 70\'s and 60\'s they thought it would be global cooling, then global warming, now scientists are begining to think an era of warming could eventually lead to cooling.  Also, global warming has not been given the moniker of a theory and it has taken years of study, argument and proofs for evolution to reach the level of being considered theory.  Scientists do not throw around the term theory lightly.  <br><br>I think you are seriously giving academics, particualarly scientists, who constantly question, re-test, quantify, and re-examine ideas, a very very short shrift and grossly underestimating them.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12642406" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12642406" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12642406">Conserv1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12642406" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12642406" class="dsq-comment-message">Not at all. Serious academics and scientists must always question, re-test, re-examine, as you suggest...and they must also be prepared to be proven wrong. <br><br>What is so extreme about believing that God is the creator of all life. That God is responsible for creating the conditions that allow life to evolve and adapt?<br><br>What is so extreme about believing that man cannot control the forces of nature, or force the planet to adapt and conform to our actions in a way that man chooses? <br><br>To be sure, life evolves and adapts. And equally as true is that climate change is a part of the history of our planet. But the source of life and nature, the how and why are still yet to be determined and questions that man will continue to explore long after you and I leave this Earth.<br><br>Political partisans seek to exploit knowledge and science for their advantage. It is the academic who strays into partisanship that poses a threat to higher education.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12649372" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12649372" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12649372">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12649372" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12649372" class="dsq-comment-message">"What is so extreme about believing that God is the creator of all life. "<br><br>While \'extreme\' is not an apt characterization..I can say that it is a factless assertion.<br><br>"What is so extreme about believing that man cannot control the forces of nature"<br><br>Um, no one believe man could fly..until the Wright brothers<br><br><br>," or force the planet to adapt and conform to our actions in a way that man chooses?"<br><br>Um, we have changed the eco system with our use of fossil fuels and petrol.<br><br>"Political partisans seek to exploit knowledge and science for their advantage."<br><br>And so conservatives that use religion and values to exploit the masses to their advantage are somehow better?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12636292" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12636292" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12636292" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12636292" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12636292" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t think it\'s a problem. I\'m actually glad that very few of my teachers or fellow students agree with what I have to say. <br><br>I\'m more at ease in the face of outright opposition (and occasional hostility) than I am talking to an amen corner. Force me to defend what I believe, I\'ll do the same to you, and everyone benefits from the exchange of ideas.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12636591" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12636591">Conserv1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12636591" class="dsq-comment-message">Sure D, but student should be encouraged to think and speak for themselves. This student journalist should be commended for his bravery, but for every one such student, how many \'go along to get along\' to get the higher grade, and in turn do not grow, do not make their mark on an institution, but rather adapt, conform to the ideological demands of that institution and merely preserve a status quo.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12636798" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12636798" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12636798">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12636798" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12636798" class="dsq-comment-message">Be careful for what you wish for.Your son will be a progressive democrat.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12637794" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12637794" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12637794">Conserv1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12637794" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12637794" class="dsq-comment-message">Until he grows up and becomes conservative.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12637861" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12637861" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12637861" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12637861" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12637861" class="dsq-comment-message">What\'s the quote about being a liberal at 20 and a conservative at 40?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12637923">Conserv1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12637923" class="dsq-comment-message">Exactly. And then a liberal again at 70.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12637986" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12637986" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s not something to look forward to....</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12638618">Conserv1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12638618" class="dsq-comment-message">I know, but it is not inevitable! My mom was still a staunch conservative at 73 while my Dad constantly ribs me about looking forward to all the \'free stuff\' the government\'s gonna give him. Then I quickly remind him that it\'s not free, I, my husband, and my kids will be working hard to give that \'free stuff\' to him!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12643291">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12643291" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12643291" class="dsq-comment-message">and he deserves it for a lifetime of hard work.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12638556">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12638556" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12638556" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s a reflection of not growing up.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12638615" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12638615" class="dsq-comment-message">How so?</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12637256" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12637256" class="dsq-comment-message">deleted</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12637269" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12637269" class="dsq-comment-message">deleted</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12637310" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12637310" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12637310" class="dsq-comment-message">True, they should....<br><br>...but where there\'s a lack of that enoucragement, they should be thinking/speaking for themselves anyway.<br><br>Then again, I\'m not a traditional student, so my outlook\'s a little different.<br><br>I think we as conservatives have allowed ourselves to be "pushed" out of these institutions, or made to think we\'ve got to keep our beliefs quiet. That\'s <i>our</i> failure, and doesn\'t really have a lot to do with who the school hires.<br><br>Gotta stop running scared.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12637897">Conserv1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12637897" class="dsq-comment-message">True, but peer pressure is not the provenance of adolescents. Colleges and universities should create a welcoming and encouraging environment if they want to remain vibrant, relevant and have an impact on the future.<br><br>However, how many are more concerned with self preservation? <br><br>In college I watched a fascinating documentary titled, "Why Man Creates"  and it explored the often futile search involved in creative exploration. One man had spent his entire life exploring a problem and after years and years, he was proven wrong. Did he try to shut down those who proved him wrong? No. He simply started anew. He was more concerned with advancing human knowledge than he was in advancing himself. That should be the role of institutions, to be incubators and conduits for the expansion of human knowledge and creativity.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12635114">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12635114" class="dsq-comment-message">Jeff Sessions......<b>Saaaaaaaaaaaaa&gt;&gt;&gt;lap</b></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12635276">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12635276" class="dsq-comment-message">!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12635310">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12635310" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12635310" class="dsq-comment-message">He is soooo nauseating!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12635551" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12635551">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12635551" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12635551" class="dsq-comment-message">Here we go.....<br><br>He\'s talking about the New Haven Lawsuit!!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12635975" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12635975">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12635975" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes...I just keep repeating in my head what Graham said:<br><br>"unless you have a complete meltdown, you will be confirmed\'<br><br>It is going to be ugly...but the goal will be achieved..confirmation.<br><br>Poor Sotomayor having to endure this asshole.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12638703" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12638703" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12638703">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12638703" class="dsq-comment-message">I was listening to the local AM radio talk show host state that Hispanic women are unable to control their emotions and are known for being hot tempered and he\'s just not sure Sotomayor will be able to control her emotions when makign a ruling.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12639163">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12639163" class="dsq-comment-message">Of course...the Supreme Court will be trying to have dignified hearings and you just know she\'ll get all in the face of Mookie (Unca Clarence) and start going off just like Tina did in Do The Right Thing.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12641711">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12641711" class="dsq-comment-message">Don\'t you just hate stereotypes? That is like how they couldn\'t handle how unperturbably cool Obama was during the primaries, they wanted to see the hot headed, intemperate NIGGA on display..o how the angry black male would have made their day.<br><br>Phuck them. Sotomayor knows full well, what they want to see and she is not going to hand a \'meltdown\' to them based on \'hot Latin\' blood.<br><br><br>ugh!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12636198" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12636198">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12636198" class="dsq-comment-message">Make NO MISTAKE about it, Sessions and the rest of his GOP ilk had the MELTDOWN after Barack Obama became the 44th POTUS, and the meltdown is overflowing since PBO nominated a Latina woman to sit on the old boys court.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12637668">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12637668" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12637668" class="dsq-comment-message">Unca Clarence melted down like the Wicked Witch of the West! "She\'s gonna get choo my pretty"</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12637744" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12637744">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12637744" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12637744" class="dsq-comment-message">LMAO!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12641789" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12641789">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12641789" class="dsq-comment-message">Uncle Clarence, who hates anything to do with race. Who was a definite EEO and AffAct hire/admitee...played the race card HARD during his hearings..when after being asked about LONGDONG SIlver video rentals said:<br><br>\'this is a high-tech lynching\'<br><br>O he knew how to play race politics when it came to his ass, but he won\'t lift a finger now, despite having endured the same racism.<br><br>can\'t stand that man.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12636895" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12636895">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12636895" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12636895" class="dsq-comment-message">Church!!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12635556" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12635556">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12635556" class="dsq-comment-message">Jeff Sessions, the Rethug from Alabama, is the designated Sotomayor Attack Dog!<br><br>He is not really asking relevant questions, just rambling about his opinion. He is not even listening to her, just spewing venom.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12636884" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12636884">moja31</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12636884" class="dsq-comment-message">he\'s got nothing to lose, everyone already knows he\'s an ignorant bigot & apparently his constituents don\'t have a problem with that. having him as the attack dog leaves other republicans a chance to try and appear slightly less hateful (in case some of their constituents haven\'t noticed their true feelings yet); and even if they don\'t quite manage, they\'ll come up smelling roses by comparison.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12635944" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12635944">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12635944" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s it! <br><br>He is totally ignoring her answers to his questions.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12636300" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12636300">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12636300" class="dsq-comment-message">Not even listening! If she started reciting poetry he wouln\'t even no the difference.  She should just say "Go to hell Sessions and call for the vote. Have y\'all ordered my black robe yet?"</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12637163" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12637163">Plantsmantx</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12637163" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s alright...she\'s going to be confirmed, so he\'s just pi**ing in the wind:).</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12636371">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12636371" class="dsq-comment-message">Holder Faces Avalanche Of Work, and Scrutiny<br>Attorney General Blasted From Left, Right<br><br>By Carrie Johnson and Krissah Thompson<br>Washington Post Staff Writers <br>Tuesday, July 14, 2009 <br>July cannot be counted as the warmest of months for Eric H. Holder Jr. The attorney general clashed with Congress over national security policy, fielded complaints from federal judges upset with bungled evidence and, in the most painful indignity, cracked his tooth. <br><br>Then came a bombshell three days ago that has sent Washington political circles reeling: Holder\'s inclination to appoint a prosecutor to examine whether interrogators tortured terrorism suspects during the Bush years. The disclosure has exposed him to new scrutiny even among colleagues in the Obama administration, where views about unearthing divisive episodes from the past are hardly uniform. <br>All of that took a back seat yesterday when Holder, 58, arrived in his home town of New York for a rousing speech to the NAACP, where he had served as an intern decades ago. Seated between civil rights icon Julian Bond and the group\'s president, Benjamin Todd Jealous, at a luncheon during the organization\'s centennial convention, Holder was lauded by the crowd as a symbol of pride and progress in his ascent to becoming the nation\'s first black attorney general. <br>Before he took the stage, a woman shouted, "I got your back." <br>"That\'s a good thing to hear today," Holder replied. <br><br><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/13/AR2009071302787.html?wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12638958">morphus</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12638958" class="dsq-comment-message">Holder and the Obama admin have to cleanup the mess left from the previous admin, a mess where the constitution was literally suspended. The previous admin effectively dismantled sections and changed sections mission within DOJ, like the civil rights division.  And, there are still B____ admin holdovers within the DOJ and other govt agencies generating discord. Yesterday, this article: <a href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/afternoon-open-thread-90/" rel="nofollow">GOP, Holder battle over New Black Panthers</a> posted here describe the GOP efforts to have Holder put the New Black Panthers under the spotlight..</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12636526">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12636526" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama Names Surgeon General<br>He Says Benjamin Would Be Voice in Health-Care Debate<br><br>By Alexi Mostrous and Michael D. Shear<br>Washington Post Staff Writers <br>Tuesday, July 14, 2009 <br><br>*Nice pic of Dr. the Prez and Sebilius<br><br>Regina M. Benjamin, an Alabama family physician who served for almost two decades as one of the few doctors in a shrimping village along the Gulf Coast, was nominated as U.S. surgeon general yesterday by President Obama. <br>Flanked by the president and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius at a Rose Garden ceremony, Benjamin, 52, promised to act as "America\'s doctor" if appointed. <br>Her nomination comes more than three months after Obama\'s first choice for surgeon general, CNN chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta, pulled out, leaving the administration without a top health official even as the H1N1 flu was reaching pandemic proportions worldwide. <br>Obama used the announcement to stress his commitment to passing health-care reform legislation, and he said Benjamin would be a crucial voice in the debate. "For nearly two decades, Dr. Regina Benjamin has seen in a very personal way what is broken about our health-care system," he said. " She represents what\'s best about health care in America: doctors and nurses who give and care and sacrifice for the sake of their patients." <br>Benjamin has garnered nationwide praise for founding a rural health clinic in Bayou La Batre, Ala. More than 40 percent of the town\'s 2,500 residents have no health insurance. <br>The physician, who in September received a "genius award.<br><br><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/13/AR2009071301817.html?wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12636561">Myth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12636561" class="dsq-comment-message">I am so impressed with Candy Crowley\'s makeover. She\'s my fav!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12636881">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12636881" class="dsq-comment-message">SONIA SOTOMAYOR CONFIRMATION HEARING OPEN THREAD IS UP!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12637245" class="dsq-comment-message">Obsidian Wings Blogger Hilzoy, retiring from blogging effective Friday.  I liked her writings, but sometimes ya gotta move on  to continue your own path.<br><br><a href="http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2009/07/barefaced-goaway-bird.html" rel="nofollow">http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2...</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12638501" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12638501" class="dsq-comment-message">Today\'s Conversation:<br>Consider This the Black Woman\'s Version of ACT UP! <br><a href="http://tinyurl.com/larav6" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/larav6</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12640933" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks for your links.  Your blog always gives me a lot to think about.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12641238" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12641238" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12638812">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12638812" class="dsq-comment-message">Let\'s hear it for Command Sgt. Maj. Teresa King y\'all!<br><br>1st female drill sgt. school commandant named<br><br>COLUMBIA, S.C. — The first woman chosen by the Army to lead its school for drill sergeants said Thursday she does not expect any trouble commanding the service’s toughest instructors.<br><br>“It doesn’t matter if you are male or female,” Command Sgt. Maj. Teresa King said in a telephone interview. “I have always found that if you enforce your standards, people will respect you.”<br><br>King, 47, said she hopes her selection will inspire other women in the military.<br><br>“If I can do it, other female soldiers can,” she said.<br><br>Full Story:<br><a href="http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/07/ap_army_drillsergeant_woman_070909w/" rel="nofollow">http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/07/ap_army_d...</a><br><br>Do I hear Aretha and Annie Lenox singing in the background?? <br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0EDX07Kgj0" rel="nofollow">www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0EDX07Kgj0</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12638842">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12638842" class="dsq-comment-message">Duplication</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12638843">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12638843" class="dsq-comment-message">Embarrassed Republicans and Ignorant Libertarians=Libertardians<br><br>Please bear with this dude as he explains the above equation. LOL!<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8dYkXgZ5Tc" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8dYkXgZ5Tc</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12639530" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12639530">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12639530" class="dsq-comment-message">NEW YORK, Jul. 13, 2009 <br>NAACP To Use Latest Technology To Fight Racism<br>NAACP Marks Centennial In NYC; To Announce New Ways To Fight Racism With Texts, E-mail, Video<br><br>The NAACP may be 100 years old, but it\'s using the latest technology to fight racism.<br><br>The NAACP will officially launch the program to monitor incidents of police misconduct at its annual convention in New York City. Members are gathering there to mark NAACP\'s centennial; The civil rights group was founded in New York City in 1909.<br><br>The "rapid response system" would allow people to send texts, e-mails or video reports of police abuse to the association via cell phone.<br><br>Attorney General Eric Holder is scheduled to address the convention Monday afternoon. President Barack Obama is slated to speak on Thursday.<br><br><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/13/ap/hightech/main5155388.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/13/ap/hi...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12641237">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12641237" class="dsq-comment-message">Be great to see the NAACP fight racism in public school re-districting, or media management, or other areas not related to crime.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12641493">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12641493" class="dsq-comment-message">Exactly.  If we defend and support basic human rights and racial equality, there would be lower incidences of crime.... ya think?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12641042">morphus</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12641042" class="dsq-comment-message">The NAACP\'s effort to enter the 21th century is commendable.  I wonder how well this have been thought out, meaning, will there really be "rapid response", are there really resources available to respond? If they didn\'t, they will be slam for failing to respond to hundreds of requests for help with a staff of less say 5.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12642997">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12642997" class="dsq-comment-message">Did anybody read this?<br><a href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/naacp-and-the-betrayal-of-black-america/#more-13119" rel="nofollow">http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2009/07/naac...</a><br>Do you remember this part?<br>I’ve seen the following happen:<br><br>They hired a bunch of white, mostly male consultants to help re-launch their website in time for the convention. Which, btw, so far, it’s not looking so re-launched just yet. (Full disclosure, my company bid for this work and was not selected.) #FAIL <br>Several people at the small Bay Area meeting, including me, mentioned that we had signed up online as dues-paying members once at <a href="http://NAACP.org" rel="nofollow">NAACP.org</a> only to never receive a message. Not even one to renew membership. All the NAACP staff nodded and mentioned they’d heard that too. To date, I still have yet to receive a single membership email. This was MONTHS ago. I can’t understand an organization that is uninterested in communicating with and retaining paying members online. #FAIL <br>I have emailed the NAACP’s new director of IT and Ben Jealous (after being rejected for the web work) personally to let them know I’m willing to help and to offer further discussion on guest blogging on JJP. No response. Rinku Sen of ARC, Van Jones (formerly of Green for All), James Rucker of Color of Change AND um, Michael Blake, Director of African-American Outreach at the White House have all guest-blogged on JJP but I guess the NAACP ain’t interested in talking to you. Sorry! #FAIL <br>The NAACP failed to sponsor or even show up to the premier (and only) conference of black bloggers — Blogging While Brown, despite having a large staff and doubtless, representatives in Chicago who could have been tapped to reach out to this powerful and influential group of emerging African-American leaders who collectively reach millions of the target audience on subjects ranging from entertainment to fashion to IT to politics. All the bloggers surveyed said that they are interested in and blog about political and social issues. Better believe that Color of Change with a staff of around 5 or 6 people sent a representative to join us. #FAIL <br>The NAACP managed to take credit for the Jena 6 victory as if it happened because of them. Yet, in fact Color of Change and black bloggers did the heavy lifting here while the NAACP Legal Defense Fund was asleep at the wheel. They spent more than half the money they raised for Jena 6 on themselves and raised 10 times LESS than Color of Change. Pitiful. #FAIL <br>Despite national attention around its historic convention, the NAACP blog has not been updated (as of today) since June 26, 2009. #FAIL <br>The NAACP twitter account, owned by someone connected with the NAACP at a high level, still has yet to follow anyone and has released zero tweets as of today. Yet the corporate-sponsored @NAACPwebcast twitter account is somewhat lively. There are tons of influential black people on twitter. I talk to them daily. Ugh. #FAIL <br>The @NAACPWebcast twitter account is lively as mentioned but it’s following twice as many people as are following it. This means that people are largely declining to follow it in return. And the people powering this account have yet to tweet and respond to anyone — it’s a one-way conversation. The NAACP is not interested in helping you with the webcast or engaging in any form of dialogue with black people online. #FAIL <br>A few people are using the #naacp hashtag but few of them are black bloggers or black online influentials. Certainly no media seems to be using it as far as I can tell. #FAIL <br>The NAACP Facebook Fan Page has over 3000 fans, but the organization has yet to post one thing on its own wall. #FAIL <br>The NAACP Group Page on Facebook has over 4000 members, tons of wall posts — including most from racists and white supremacists. There appears to be no official NAACP spokesperson active there. There was however this poignant and desperate wall post (no response = #FAIL): <br>Duane G. Davis Sr. 1402 Lochner Rd.Apt A Baltimore Md. 21239 Dear Ms. Lisa Madigan Concerning our recent correspondence dated 1-16-09 (08 IG 00094):regarding the issue of my request for your office to investigate my charges of political and judicial miss-conduct does needs to be addressed through your office. We seem to have a failure in our communications. During my illegal incarceration Ms. Shirl Nelson and my family members called your office and informed you that I was being illegally detained. Her phone records and my letters to Mr. Griffin is proof of my attempts to receive Due Process and Equal Protection. The Whistle Blowers Act is designed to Snitch on corrupt public official and bring them in front of the courts to have them held accountable. I have sent you information ever since 3-3-08. And every time I request your help or attention you give me reasons why you can not h<br><br>The new NAACP has yet to lead a successful campaign on behalf of African-Americans. Instead, they’ve jumped on board several campaigns already established by other organizations such as Troy Davis (led by Amnesty International), Oscar Grant (led by Color of Change), the New Yorker cover with Michelle and Barack Obama (led by black bloggers and you) are a few that come to mind. Even the Philly pool incident elicited only a statement from the NAACP but no call to action such as you’ve seen here and on other black blogs and videos. Supporting others’ campaigns is a good strategy to repair frayed alliances and create new ones. But it ain’t the same as actual leadership. #FAIL <br>The NAACP recently advertised for a social media specialist but only as a contract worker and only for 6 months. I spoke to someone - a smart, standup guy - at Blogging While Brown who had been interested until he realized they weren’t serious. We both had to roll our eyes. #FAIL <br>The NAACP has done zero black blogger outreach (as far as I can tell) for their big convention. Guess they must think we’re going to write about it anyway. Word: we’re less interested than you might think. #FAIL <br>Ben Jealous recently wrote an article on the NAACP blog and published on CNN all about how the NAACP is still “radical” — an concept he borrowed in part from conversation with me. Yet, this same organization who couldn’t manage to acknowledge Blogging While Brown (which was attendedn by folks like WordPress/Automattic, ATT, <a href="http://EbonyJet.com" rel="nofollow">EbonyJet.com</a>, BlogHer, Free Press and many others) did manage to open the New York Stock Exchange on July 9th. No one who can be considered radical is opening the New York Stock Exchange. Ever. Some folks on Wall Street until recently, you might remember, enriched themselves at our expense in the subprime mortgage debacle. The NAACP is officially brought to you by The Man and The Powers That Be.<br><br>This is why there is a JackandJillpolitics, super spade, Mirror on America, Black Snob. You can galvanize all these blogs into making a point and having their posters/readers act.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12639705" class="dsq-comment-message">AFTERNOON OPEN THREAD IS UP!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12652091" class="dsq-comment-message">Michelle\'s father was buried at the macabre cemetery??...</div>\
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