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YOU just ENJOY them!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-24_03:05:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4597101, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4599820": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "this is too funny.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_20:08:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4596201, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4587025": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "OOPS!  ERROR.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_05:34:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 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}, "4597779": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "But are they? I don't know enough about the guy's district to know how it breaks down around racial lines.<br><br>Keep in mind, though, that I'm not completely in favor of this one. I don't think it's that smart.<br><br>On Bristol: well, knowing how one of the Obama daughters would be treated if they were in this situation, is turnabout fair play-or in that case, even justified?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_16:51:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4597623, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4594708": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "spirit:     :&gt;)        :&gt;)<br><br><b>MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR</b> to YOU & YOURS!<br><br>God Bless!!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_15:03:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4592462, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4593838": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "chenna:   GOT IT!!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>BUT, I re-iterate:  SHE DOES NOT SET THE AGENDA!<br><br>Annnnnd, it IS SERIOUS that HER PEA-BRAIN CONTINUES to TRY to BULLY -  <b>MR. PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA!</b><br><br>NOT gonna happen!  :&gt;)      :&gt;)<br><br>***calmly****", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_14:11:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4593375, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4596759": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Word, great question WRB!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_16:50:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4594946, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4601881": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Blksista,<br>I did not equate TheLaw to any deity. I asked could you be a Buddhist and not practice THE LAW? If not, how can anyone think they can be Christian and not practice the Christian tenets. Very simple question. Not complex at all.Not ignorant either. Instead, it is very enlightened unlike the replies to the query. Where you are obfuscating and misconstruing what was said to say whatEVER you like. Classic shotgun approach to see what will stick.  Not buying it.<br><br>I, personally am not saying homosexuals are living in sin. (even if I think so) The Christian faith says that and anyone who practices the Christian faith and says otherwise, is setting up a sham. The bible is not vague at all about it.  There are those who want to beleive it is not a sin, but then folks who steal, lie, cheat and committ adultery also FEEL the same. Doesn't make it true. It simply means they live in denial and choose not to be accountable under the tenets of Christianity. It does not mean it is not a sin in the Christian faith.<br><br>What makes you think I squeeze my legs shut EVER?  Just because I have a discussion with you doesn't mean you know my personal sexual conduct. For the record, I think sex is wonderful and have no problem consumating my relationship with utter joy and uncounted frequency..<br><br>So it is not my interpretation, it is the bible. It is not some silly made up religious denomination creed that says you can't dance or wear red ...it is stated in the bible. If it is stated in the bible, it is clear and not some person's whim. Those who disregard the bible and attempt to assert otherwise are lieing. Folks, do not get to have their own version of Christianity. It is not multiple choice. There is one creed, and it is written in the bible. I take no ownership for it.<br><br>I am quite liberated spiritually and unoppressed by any faith. Nor am I in denial about what Christianity means and what the sins are.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_23:06:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4601019, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4595534": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "NMP writes:<br>\"Apparently b/c the media told them they were Obama's base, they believe it. \"<br><br>Just like the fields of art and theatre the media is predominately gay. They write the biases and project them into the mainstream of political thought. So, of course gays beleive they are indispensible becasuse primarily gay newsreporters told them so!<br><br>Let's look at just how disproportionate their population is in terms of not just newscasts but entertainment and how that results in shaping and molding American opinions of how prevalent homosexuality is due to the mainstreaming of the deviant sexual conduct by journalists and network executives.<br><br>First, according to the most reliable data, homosexuals make up LES THAN ONE PERCENT of the total population.The 2000 census sheds even more light on the subject.  The overall statistics from the 2000 Census Bureau revealed:<br><br>    * The total population of the U.S. is 285,230,516.<br>    * The total number of households in the U.S. is 106,741,426.<br>    * The total number of unmarried same-sex households is 601,209.<br><br>Thus, out of a population of 106,741,426 households, homosexuals represent 0.42% of those households. <br><br> That is less than one half of one percent!<br><br>But since most people are not mathematicians, I would like to make this point in a way that most individuals will be able to better comprehend.  If we were to start a new television sitcom, and wanted to accurately portray homosexual ratios in society, we would need 199 heterosexual actors before we finally introduced one homosexual actor.<br><br>And yet modern television casts of three or four often include one or more homosexual actor(s).  The statistics from the 2000 census are not figures grabbed from the air and placed on a political sign or Web site to promote a particular agenda.  These were census data that were carefully collected from the entire United States population,<br><br>And given that you know that homosexuals represent less than one half of one percent of the population.  It is not difficult to discern how extremely disproportinate it is to have not ONE but TWO cable network anchors who are gay in primetime, <br><br>And that is not even considering the predominace of gays in the print media.<br>Which is what accounts for Time allowing a writer to call Obama a bigot!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_15:47:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4590947, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4594216": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If gays are going to blame Black people for their ills, that might be the reason why they're being told to drink cans of STFU.<br><br>Blacks are going to be silent because gays automatically believe because we led the charge on civil rights, we should automatically get behind them when they haven't taken the pains to educate people as to why they shouldn't be homophobic.<br><br>They didn't do that.  And rather than accept responsibility for their failure to do research, outreach and education, it's easier to blame POC for their failure to make inroads in obtaining and protecting their civil rights.<br><br>They want Blacks to do the heavy lifting while they ascend and shut US out of those same gains.  We said NO, THANK YOU, and unless they invite us to the table, we'll keep saying NO, THANK YOU.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_14:34:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 19, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4593467, "depth": 3, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4593193": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "nichwah22:  Gotta be one o' dem!!  :&gt;)  THANK YOU!  :&gt;)<br><br><b>MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!!</b> to YOU & YOURS!!:&gt;)    :&gt;)  God Bless!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_13:40:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4588474, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4591658": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I couldn't help myself!   LOL!<br><br>Living Colour: Cephus and Reesie Christmas Album<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXscFeF9hf4\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXscFeF9hf4</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_12:18:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 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}, "4595243": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "BAB,<br><br>It is being reported on HuffPo that  Rick Warren has scrubbed a previous page on his website that denied membership to Gays at his church.....now of course, this doesn't mean his heart has changed, but I think it is significant  because  of the heat being placed on leader like him.  Warren is realizing that there is passion about Gay rights...and people are willing to raise hell about it.  That's important.  You know the saying \"A closed mouth does not get fed.\" <br><br> The dialogue is opening up across the country and whether we agree with each other or not, the topic is being discussed.  So maybe there is a bright side...and the fight is finally being brought to the forefront, instead of only being reactionary.  There may actually be a bright spot from this after all.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_15:31:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Monie", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4590239, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4602207": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>I did not equate TheLaw to any deity. I asked could you be a Buddhist and not practice THE LAW?</i><br><br>Again, your ignorance is showing.<br><br>You don't even know what The Law is.  <br><br><i>I, personally am not saying homosexuals are living in sin. </i><br><br>So you say...<br><br><i>What makes you think I squeeze my legs shut EVER? Just because I have a discussion with you doesn't mean you know my personal sexual conduct....</i><br><br>Boy, you really don't get it, do you?<br><br>(Shakes head.)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_23:35:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4601881, "depth": 11, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4596796": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "CPL, say that AGAIN, AND AGAIN, AND AGAIN!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_16:52:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4594216, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4592701": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "News of the Weird:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/labruzzo_sterilization_plan_fi.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">LaBruzzo considering plan to pay poor women $1,000 to have tubes tied</a><br><br><i>Worried that welfare costs are rising as the number of taxpayers declines, state Rep. John LaBruzzo, R-Metairie, said Tuesday he is studying a plan to pay poor women $1,000 to have their Fallopian tubes tied.</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_13:14:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 17, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4588094": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/23/california-broke-state-co_n_153022.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">California going broke.</a><br><br><a href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/22/PL4G14TF4V.DTL&type=news&tsp=1\" rel=\"nofollow\">More here.</a><br><br>And if they think unions will go along mutely with this shyt, <a href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/12/22/state/n135709S36.DTL\" rel=\"nofollow\">think again.</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_08:26:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 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}, "4592192": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Here are some links to protests against The Vatican<br><br><a href=\"http://www.dignityusa.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.dignityusa.org/</a><br><br><a href=\"http://www.365gay.com/news/protest-denounces-vatican-policy-on-gays/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.365gay.com/news/protest-denounces-va...</a><br><br><a href=\"http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2008/12/gays-protest-outside-vatican-in-support.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2008/12/ga...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_12:46:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "d8ba2b0b29836b2e779d25f29e6b86ea", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4590947, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4615746": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yep...white entitlement is a bytch.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-24_18:18:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4604675, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4605005": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "whiterosebuddy:  Co-sign!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-24_03:20:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4598477, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4593235": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Could you please post the link to Jasmyne Cannick's remarks??  I missed them.  Thanks in advance! :)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_13:42:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "BlackAmericanPrincess", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4590947, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4598868": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "OK can we arrest him now? Didn't GW Sr. say outing an agent was treason? Let's do a two-fer and swing by and pick up Karl while he's at Fox News too.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_19:01:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef6b300676d1702a1666b17cc6a7403f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4596398, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4594263": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yep, because when the LGBT community can explain why Clinton got a free pass with that \"Don't Ask, Don't Tell\" bullshyt, they will have a valid reason to go after Obama.<br><br>And they wonder why they're being told to drink cans of STHU. &lt;&lt;&lt;eye roll&gt;&gt;&gt;", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_14:36:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4590730, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4595292": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Actually CPL, Clinton didn't get a free pass. As a matter of fact, it was that very issue which derailed the Clinton administration and cause WJC to use up too much political capitol, right out the gate.<br><br>The result was a conservative backlash as both the military and most reasonable Americans were put out at the very idea!   That outrage fueled the moral majority and galvanized them into action so that Gingrich and Delay were able to gain a GOP majority for the first time in FOURTY years.<br><br>Obama does not need to listen to the GLBT group.  In fact, he needs to take a page out of the GOP book and create a LoG Cabin group for these individuals and not pay them any mind. Let them stew in the closet. Just like they do for the Republicans.<br><br>Why should Democrats accede to the demands of what is clearly a unwarranted protest for rights based on  sexual conduct the majority of society deems repulsive and repugnant..if not plain downright deviant?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_15:34:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4594263, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4595295": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I sympathize with that man's family, I really do...but how do you get to the point you would take your life over this? Yeah, its a billion dollars that his investors no longer have and he was responsible....whatever, it wasn't worth his life.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_15:33:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4595198, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4598373": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Byeeee!! Enjoy Miranda...happy happy holidays!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_18:29:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4597034, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4599398": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Bash none of them. I agree with that.<br><br>Start here.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_18:36:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4599287, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4605031": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "D: I remarked about this B4.  --The dissonance Btween the TITLE & the STORY!! <br><br>VERY DISTURBING!!  AArrgg!<br><br>Topic #2:<br><br>YOU & YOURS have a <b>VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS & a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!</b><br><br>***CALMLY***    :&gt;)      :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-24_03:24:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4592843, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4599916": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>Does it ever occur to any of you the following?<br><br><u>Blacks can be gay.<br><br>People of color can be gay.</u>  <br><br>For both of these groups <b><i>it is not always about color and race politics.</i></b><br><br>Not a few of them are getting effing sick and tired of finding little connection with other gays and little connection with blacks.  You're either one of those or none of those.  Not both.<br><br>Make a distinction about <i>which gays</i> you mean when you are criticizing.  Because even in San Francisco, the conscious know that the shop-til-you drop gays who vacation in Aruba are miles away from gays who are trying to make the rent and are raising Takesha's kids alone because Grandmoms is in the nursing home, Moms is living in another state and won't take them, and Takesha is nowhere to be found.<br><br>To be frank, there is that kind of white queers or queens around that you speak of.  But to say that <i>all of them</i> are like that is really pushing the boat out, and is extremely offputting.  Don't use the same game that racist whites love to pull on us: stereotyping.</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_20:16:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4596796, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4594800": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "what she said!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_15:08:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "isonprize", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4590730, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4594296": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Green Lady, what I remember about this is one of the reasons that Morris Brown is having problems was a series of College Presidents who acted like the budget was their own personal ATM.  I need to Google the article where I read that, and I'll post it when I find it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_14:38:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4587432, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4595325": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I so agree. Remember what happened in North Carolina?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_15:34:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4594150, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4592917": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:   Gotta \"bring THIS\":<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaxDGfA7evA\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Christmas Song sung by <b>Nat King Cole</b></a><br><br><b>ENJOY!!</b><br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEyR8LOv8Bg\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas</b> - Kenny G</a><br><br>Annnnnnnnd a <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcLMH8pwusw\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Happy New Year (ABBA)</b></a><br><br>GOD BLESS YOU Annnnnd YOURS!!     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_13:24:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 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}, "4594821": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>JJPers:</b><br><br>OOPS!   Just saw this on MSNBC  - - 11:00pm PST.   <b>Madoff Investor commited suicide! </b>  Did this JUST HAPPEN??", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_15:08:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 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}, "4588681": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "A vigilante team punishes someone for the double crime of being Queer and Black. An extreme manifestation of the hatred, fear and misunderstanding GLBT folks of every color face every day. <br><br>So wrong. So wrong. Thanks for reporting.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_09:23:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "d8ba2b0b29836b2e779d25f29e6b86ea", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4587952, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4590730": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Bull.<br><br> Obama is not manuering through no damn summer camp of political adolescence. Obama has told THE WORLD his political stance on gay issues and it is far more pro-gay than any President to occupy the WH.<br><br>Fierstein, is the coward and he needs to STFU about his yellowbellied action that he now wants to project onto Obama as some means of personal salvation. He better go to church, synaogue or mosque and work out those issues cause Obama ain't a reflection of his lack of moral conviction. Obama stood up when it was time to and he went to Saddleback church and stood up in front of evangelicals. Which is more than Fierstein ever can say.<br><br>Obama's  political stance has been shouted from pulpits and lecturns all over this nation. No one is unclear where he stands when it comes to gays and their political agenda. Cause he has stood UP.  Obama has NOt stood cowardly on the sidelines nor betrayed anyone.<br><br>Which is what makes the actions of those with a pro-gay agenda so reprehensible.<br><br>They are willing to tar and feather those who are their staunchest supporters knowing full well no other candidate running in 2008 was willing to repeal DOMA and who support civil unions. Neither Kerry, Clinton, Gore nor Edwards or Biden were as strong advocates for gay issues as Obama.<br><br>Yet, he is the one they choose to write endless stories of betrayal, cowardice and bigotry about?<br><br>Obama has turned his back on no one. Far more Americans voted for Obama than the gay&lesbian community and they have no more priorty than any other special interest groups. You think they would have learned from Blagoyevich,  Obama offers you his appreciation, for what your support. He is not beholden to your community and he will likely lose far more votes from mainstream America should he choose to kowtow to your demands.  <br><br><br><br>We know what time it is....RACE time!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_11:31:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 15, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4590239, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4595479": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I've seen this one on Law and Order.  Prosecutor Jack McCoy seeks an indictment against the swindler for reckless homicide.  Can't tell you the outcome.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_15:42:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "e1e14398c00f730e4f2f2710fcbfed5d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4595295, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4592270": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Nardwilly:  Thank you for this information on the \"origin\" of this college.  <br><br>It is true that some HBCU's, like other colleges/universities will not be able to maintain their existence.  <br><br>It's sad, but management MUST be a priority for survival.  **sigh***<br><br>Merry Christmas/Happy New Year/Happy Holidays.     :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_12:49:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4591760, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4591760": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Almost all HBCUs devloped during and because of segregation.  MOrris brown is owned by the AME church.  But the church in Georgia and the USA can not afford to rescue the school.  Some HBCUs will dissolve.  It is sad, but it is the cost of an open society.  I attended Michigan State and graduated from Howard.  I send money to Howard, but I care for the succes of both schools.<br><br>Rule of thumb, adapt or succumb.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_12:23:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "b1e8e18ba31ae1e4c8fe371561db8970", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4587432, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4590231": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "BLACK MAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE - GROOVE JUNKIES<br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH0FZkPZSDg\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH0FZkPZSDg</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_11:05:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 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}, "4593818": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "chenna:   HEY!  :&gt;)<br><br>O.K.  Here's my point - - \"WHYCOME! she always \"gotta B startin' somethin'?\"<br><br>JUST DO HER JOB that WAS/WILL B  assigned by HER <b>BOSS!</b> - - - <br><br><b>Mr. PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA!</b>    :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>****CALMLY***    :&gt;)      :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_14:11:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4593350, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4590239": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Harvey Fierstein on the Rick Warren brouhaha:<br><br><i>\"A couple of boys were calling my best friend a faggot one unhappy day at summer camp. Courses of action seemed slim to my adolescent mind. I could stand up for Jack branding myself a fag as well and insuring myself a miserable summer, or I could join in with the name callers, lose my closest friend, but assure my standing with the majority. I sacrificed my friend on the altar of popularity. I don\u2019t think I need to tell you that political expediency was a terrific short-term solution but a long-term nightmare. My summer concluded uneventfully but none of those boys became my friend or did me any favors. And forty years later I still feel the loss of Jack along with a piece of my self respect that I can never win back. Mine was an act of cowardice and betrayal.<br><br>\"It seems Obama is now maneuvering through the summer camp of his political adolescence and is about to make the same bad choice as I. He can call the placing of a hate monger like Rick Warren on the world dais political healing or inclusiveness or any other nicety he\u2019d like, but I call it pandering to the lowest instinct of the worst kind of politics.<br><br>\"President Elect Obama, your victory was made possible in no small part to the votes and wallets of the gay and lesbian community along with our supporters. Turning your back on us does not make you more mainstream American. It just makes you a coward.\" -</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_11:05:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "bigassbelle", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 51, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4596909": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh no you didnt...................Benson.....<br><br>BWA HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_16:58:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4596201, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4596398": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Report: Cheney Admits Crucial Role In Valerie Plame Leak<br>Exclusive: Cheney\u2019s admissions to the CIA leak prosecutor and FBI<br><a href=\"http://murraywaas.crooksandliars.com/2008/12/23/exclusive-cheneys-admissions-to-the-cia-leak-prosecutor-and-fbi/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://murraywaas.crooksandliars.com/2008/12/23...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_16:32:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 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}, "4588725": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That's a shame.  Richmond is my home town; I grew up there.  But in the late '70s, our family left because of the increase in crime.  How ironic.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_09:28:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4587952, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4621769": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "jon stewert brought up a good point when debating with mike huckabee about gay rights.  he said that the real tragedy is that anyone should have to \"make a case\" in order to qualify for equal rights.<br><br>i agree that the No on 8 campaign should have done more outreach, but does that excuse homophobia?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-24_22:19:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "e1b3155f9cf4abe9531b70e380ae7c60", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4594216, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4601019": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The world according to WRB:<br><br><i>WRONG. Can you be a Buddhist and not practice THE LAW?</i><br><br>WRB, don't make the mistake of equating the Law with god, Jesus or the trinity.  <i>It is not the same.</i>  You tried this before, and it just shows your ignorance (and intolerance) about other religions and what they offer.<br><br><i>How the can anyone claim they are Christian and live in sin.</i><br><br>Again, I say, you equate them choosing to have sex--or making love--with another gay person as a sin.  I don't think of it as a sin, and neither does my religious organization, which seeks to bless gay marriages in California.<br><br><i>That is against the Christian faith it is real simple.</i><br><br>YOUR interpretation of Christian faith, that is.<br><br>The United Church of Christ, the Unitarians--they certainly don't think so, either.<br><br><i>For everyone that is except homosexuals who want to insist they get to fornicate in sin in perpetuity without repenting.</i><br><br>Oh, <i>yick</i>!  Straight from out of <i>Elmer Gantry</i> or <i>Carrie</i> or something.  <br><br>Tell me something.  How many times do you squeeze your legs shut per day?  It's a wonder you're not knock-kneed.<br><br>As I said before, I am soooooo glad to be liberated from this kind of oppressive faith and spirituality.  I just wonder why some gays, especially blacks and gays of color, would want to go through such self-abnegation and abuse to be a part of such churches.  But people have their own needs, so...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_21:57:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4600715, "depth": 9, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4593350": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah, please calm down.  it's not that serious", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_13:47:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "488e8a8c93b64d13788705482d773f70", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4592469, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4592843": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/23/exclusive-obama-wants-bush-war-team-stay/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Obama wants Bush war team to stay</a><br><br>The more interesting thing here isn't the story-which makes sense-but the title used for it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_13:21:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 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}, "4598477": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Verrry nice, GLH<br><br>that young brother ain't got nothin on Barack, though with his fine self, lol lol<br><br>I was impressed that Chris did his video with everyday folks in homes like most people have ...that was a very nice touch....instead of the blink blink thugged out stuff", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_18:35:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4593368, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4592851": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The LGBT Community want to <b>bully</b> him because he's a black man! From jump street, the reason they voted for him is because they thought he'd be a push over.  <br><br>This issue was put on the ballot because they knew it was going to be a heavy turnout of African American voters. When prop 8 didn't pass, blame was laid at the feet of black people because the turnout was there...so, in their mind, it had to be black folks that killed prop 8.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_13:20:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4590730, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4588758": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Since Morris Brown only has about 400 students, maybe Clark Atlanta, Morehouse and Spelman can absorb most or all of them.  (?)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_09:31:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4587432, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4594903": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You do not need to wonder what he will do. In our race conscious society, those white women will be given the checks withOUT tying their tubes! The rationale for that will be they need to keep reproducing so whites will have some hope to be the majority in 2012", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_15:12:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4594150, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4593368": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  **jammin'***   :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3hf1c_watch-chris-browns-this-christmas-m_shortfilms\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chris Brown\u2019s This Christmas Music Video</a><br><br><b>ENJOY!!!</b>    He is soooo TALENTED!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  Loved the movie 2!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_13:48:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 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}, "4598490": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I don't think it's as serious-or as racially motivated-as you're suggesting. I think it's a stupid idea...and would be no less stupid if a state representative from Montana suggested it.<br><br>Palin/Obama: so the argument is basically because it would happen to the Obamas, that makes Bristol fair game. What does that accomplish, besides being spiteful?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_17:36:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4598026, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4595420": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ahhhhh damn.........now I feel guilty too..........I'm about to go to my folks for the holidays.....DAGNABIT!! I REFUSE TO FEEL GUILTY FOR WHAT I'M GOING TO DO THERE!!! I'm GONNA EAT....A LOT! DAMMIT I'M GONNA EAT A LOT!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_15:40:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4591394, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4593375": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "sorry, comment should be directed at greenladyhere", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_13:48:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "488e8a8c93b64d13788705482d773f70", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4593350, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4590973": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You get better and better!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_11:44:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4590730, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4599540": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'll bet.<br><br>Chuck Todd, who I used to admire for astuteness, just said on <i>NBC Nightly News</i> that it looks like Obama was less 'hands off' than he initially said.  Plus he said that there's a smell around Valerie Jarrett, too.<br><br>WTF?<br><br>I guess his being promoted to NBC White House correspondent (taking over from the tainted Mrs. Alan Greenspan) must have gotten to him.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_19:44:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4598523, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4596470": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "whiterose, you are soooo on point.  Please REPEAT, REPEAT, REPEAT!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_16:35:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4595078, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4594217": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm halfway surprised that something like this is legal.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_13:34:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4594150, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4594938": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Jonathan Capeheart continues to parrot GOP talking points.<br><br>Jonathan Capeheart just told Andrea Mitchell that we should take the conclusions of the Obama report with a \"grain of salt\" because its \"only\" an internal investigation. No one else on MSNBC has been quite so dismissive today.  He also found it \"convenient\" that the report will be released at 4:00 p.m.  I'm not sure what he's insinuating with that comment.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_15:14:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "e1e14398c00f730e4f2f2710fcbfed5d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 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}, "4598523": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2008/12/obama-report-on-blagojevich-much-to-do.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Obama Report on Blagjevich, \"Much to do about nothing\"</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_18:36:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "icebergslim", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 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}, "4594429": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Why? Some winger a few years back was paying crackheads to get their tubes tied out in California. Those are your folks, D. You need to keep up ;-)<br><br>What I don't understand is where the Rethugs think they're going to get their housekeepers, auto mechanics, detailers, dry cleaners, gardeners, baristas, bank tellers, etc. if they eliminate the working class. There's a class war going on, but it's top down.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_14:46:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "bigassbelle", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4594217, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4594432": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Preach.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_14:47:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4594216, "depth": 4, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4596096": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thank you! I agree 100% with EVERYTHING you typed. This is our moment.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_16:16:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "91468ea483456b91c397cd5fbd99a9ad", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4590947, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4594946": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "chenna,<br><br>Please share how or why you thing this is more than a 'gay issue'. What does that mean?  In what way is it more than a 'gay issue'?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_15:15:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4593467, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4604675": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "As far as white gays are concerned WRB, Clinton isn't catching half the grief Obama is...and Obama hasn't even been sworn in yet.<br><br>Clinton unveiled his deviousness after he was sworn in.  He strung the LGBT community along until he was inaugurated.<br><br>I'm just sick of the LGBT crowd who thinks Obama is supposed to jump when they holler, but they tell US to STHU because they still got that \"privilege\" thang going on.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-24_02:24:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4595292, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4596489": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I tend to like the traditional christmas songs, so I made up a christmas cd that has a heavy rotation of Linda Eder's songs.<br><a href=\"http://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Stays-Same-Linda-Eder/dp/B00004YNGO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1230064183&sr=1-1\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Stays-Same-Lind...</a><br><br>You can have a small listen but you must hear her Do you Hear what I hear? which has the cast of The Lion King as the choir, her Silent Night invokes the sounds of angels and her Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas is downright heartelt. I am not a fan of the new songs but  others are.<br><br>This cd was an impulse buy and I loved it so much I wasted a lot of money trying her other cds, though her Somewhere Over the Rainbow is my absolute favorite rendition.<br><br>Beautiful voice.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_16:36:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "Lilytiger", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 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}, "4598026": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Come on, now.  Let's not play stupid. He says stuff like this:<br><br>\"We're on a train headed to the future and there's a bridge out, \" LaBruzzo said of what he suspects are dangerous demographic trends.\"<br><br>and this:<br><br>\"LaBruzzo said he worries that people receiving government aid such as food stamps and publicly subsidized housing are reproducing at a faster rate than more affluent, better-educated people who presumably pay more tax revenue to the government. He said he is gathering statistics now.\"<br><br>and this:<br><br>\"It also could include tax incentives for college-educated, higher-income people to have more children, he said.\"<br><br>We KNOW which demographic the article is talking about.  Otherwise they wouldn't have taken such pains in the article to point out that he was white and his district was David Duke's district.  He knows who he's targeting, otherwise he wouldn't have to cover his ass by claiming \"well more white people are on welfare than blacks\" and \"my proposal isn't racist.\"<br><br>The \"dangerous demographic trends\" homey is talking about is the DECLINE in the births of WHITE babies and the INCREASE in the births of black and latino (but especially LATINO) babies.<br><br>These 'DANGEROUS DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS\" mean the USA is getting less and less white, which doesn't bode well for the GOP.<br><br>Why do you think he's trying to get tax credits for \"college educated higher income (white) people\" to have MORE babies?<br><br>Why would he encourage MORE babies regardless of race to be born, when he claims that resources are dwindling?  Wouldn't more children = needing more resources?<br><br>As far as Bristol, Hypothetical Malia and Jamie Lynn are concerned,if you're going to treat Malia and Jamie Lynn like pieces of diarhea doo doo shit for being pregnant and unwed, then you need to treat Bristol the same way for making the same choices as Hypothetical Malia and Jamie Lynn.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_18:07:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4597779, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4596952": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "My prayers go out to the victim....this is a damn shame.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_17:00:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4587952, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4596501": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I thought the GOP types wanted women to choose life?<br><br>Funny how they want Bristol to choose life but urge Shenaynay to shut life down.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_16:36:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4592701, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4594455": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "CPL:  THANK YOU!  \"WHYCOME\" I'm not surprised!!  ***sigh***<br><br>Annnnnnnd, I'm believin' that the \"UN-WISE MEN\" (unless a woman was one of them) are feelin' no shame for what they did to their \"OWN PEOPLE!\" <br><br> SAD!!<br><br><b>MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR\"</b> to YOU & YOURS!!  :&gt;)<br><br>God Bless.    :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_14:48:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4594296, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4595588": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "No kidding!  WRB's a d#mn good debater!  And she/he doesn't resort to  personal name calling either. When one resort to name calling it's a sign of weakness that shows that person has no argument! Name calling is all they have.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_15:50:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4590973, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4600538": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh, barrrother...<br><br><i>Gays go to church and refuse to repent and claim their Christian too...so?</i><br><br>Repent of what?  Having sex with someone they love?  That's what it boils down to.<br><br><i>Folks say they are Buddhist and celebrate Christmas, too.</i><br><br>In Japan and other Asian countries where Buddhism is one of the dominant religions,  they also celebrate Christmas--as a winter holiday only.  There are holidays in which the solstice or the end of the year is celebrated, and Christmas is one of them.  Lots of people do here as well--without the baby Jesus.  They have the trees.  They have the eggnog,  They have the cards.<br><br><i>So, what is your point?</i><br><br>My point is for you--and others--to delineate between the behavior of gays you don't like from those who are trying to carry out their lives the best way they can, <i>whether or not they are Christian or even spiritual.</i><br><br><i>Quit all the whinning and kvetching.</i><br><br>Pot, meet kettle.  If I ever was.<br><br><i>And quite unbecoming for individuals who claim that their sexual desires make them such a unique breed of individuals they wanna demand rights no one else has, based on what they do with their genitals. Genital rights they want based on what they do with theirs. arrgh!!</i><br><br>The same can be said about how some people set standards about what blackness is, how proud they are to be black to the point of chest thumping and then making other black folks' lives miserable because they don't come up to their standards.  To be  proud of self,  and to enable others to be proud regardless of who they are, is enough.<br><br>I don't think gays are unique, just different.  Some may think their d@cks are magic wands or their vaginas are honeypots for the general  population; but they should not be considered speaking for the entire gay population.  Some are just celebrating being alive, others are just being idiots.   If they have their own equivalent of the amen corner, the same rules apply.  I once knew a co-worker who was raising his kids out in the suburbs and who was gay.  He had his own friends, but he was pretty adamant about not going to Castro Street, or Polk Street or gay resorts at all.  He did not entertain anyone overnight.  Should he come in for your...ahem?...criticism?<br><br><i>If you think we didn''t understand there are poor gays and rich gays, ugly gays and pretty gays, closet gays and flaming gays, bottom gays and topper gays..and bisexual gays and lesbians that love fisting while other gays like rimming to achieve a state of grace...you are WRONG.</i><br><br>Oh, you thought I meant you?  Oh, I am so sorry if it appeared that I included you in what I said.<br><br>Like I said before, I don't have a vested interest in finding out what holes which penises are entering 24 hours a day, seven days a week.<br><br>Furthermore, it's been proven through the centuries that one way to the divine has been through sexual union.  It's not the only way to me or to many other people, but for some, this is a way of self-expression.  I will say, <i>how  would anyone get anything done on earth if that's all they did.</i> In other words, gays are more than just their d*cks and vaginas.<br><br>Seems like you are making a hellalot of noise about ignoring them that is more about self-aggrandizement than attaining that state of <i>whatever</i> you are seeking.  And I don't think 'the gays' are keeping you from that attainment--or heaven--at all.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_21:16:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4600055, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4594465": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "EUR published it today.<br><a href=\"http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur49557.cfm\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur49557.cfm</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_14:48:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "ef6b300676d1702a1666b17cc6a7403f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4593235, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4591394": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://writeblack.com/?p=377\" rel=\"nofollow\">Why Barack Obama's abs make me feel guilty</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_12:06:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "WriteBlack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 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}, "4595481": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_15:43:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4595146, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4604710": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It's Gay POCs I'm thinking about, because the White Gay establishment has literally told y'all to put a sock in it, too, until they decide you're worth parading around as a point of \"inclusion\".<br><br>If they wanted POCs' support, who better to utilize to go into the churches, synagogues, temples and cathedrals to educate and marshall support than the gay POCs?  The white gays run thangs and want to blame POCs for THEIR screw-ups.  So, I'm not singling out or forgetting gay POCs, but it sure as hell looks like the white gays don't even think about y'all unless it's Jasmyne or Pam Spaulding getting in their grills.  I will make that distinction from here on in, because I tend to type ahead of my thoughts, and I meant no disparaging by not making that distinction.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-24_02:29:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4599916, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4597034": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "EVERYONE HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY WEEK!! I am now off to my folks where there is NO internet access so I will be bonding.....thank goodness I really like my family! LOL!! <br>Smooches!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_17:05:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 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}, "4594476": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Same to you, Green Lady - have a happy and blessed holiday season.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_14:49:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4594455, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4596531": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I've been focused on the war, so things like this catch me by surprise when they're said publically.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_15:38:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4594429, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4600122": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I could not have said this better. Thank you so much.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_20:33:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "faba19c60bc49948a7a5801b50c79fe1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4599916, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4593467": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Jasmyne does not speak for the Black community.  I'm actually disappointed in the level of silence that has come from non-gay corners.  Warren's selection is totally indefensible.  In this case, we need to separate the historical racism of the gay rights movement and pay attention to the defense offered of Warren's selection.  We really have to be careful here of only seeing it as a \"gay issue\" when it really is about more than that.<br><br>And I'm surprised at the number of people telling gays to STFU.  That alone tells me people are not serious about engaging in dialogue.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_13:53:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "488e8a8c93b64d13788705482d773f70", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 22, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4590947, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4590911": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://ybpguide.com/2008/12/22/whats-with-this-whole-black-thing/\" rel=\"nofollow\">What's With This Whole 'Black' Thing</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_11:41:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "ybpguide", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 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}, "4595021": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Here's more:<br><a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/23/thierry-de-la-villehuchet_n_153147.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/23/thierr...</a><br><br>Lord have mercy.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_15:19:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4594821, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4592462": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "GreenLady, hillarious!  ewwww, moose stew.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_13:01:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4587490, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4600656": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Town, white babies are worth saving. I thought you knew that!!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_21:27:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "islandgirl550", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4596501, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4600659": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Dont forget the voiceover that preceded Chuck Todd, which intoned that Obama was laying low in Hawaii and leaving Joe Biden to answer all the questions.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_21:28:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4599540, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4605070": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Miranda:  Just \"HOLD YOUR ABS IN while eatin' as much as you want!!  :&gt;)     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-24_03:29:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4595420, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4594518": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "CPL:  ***raisin' right hand***   I promise!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_14:52:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4594476, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4596569": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hers, you went there.  LOL!!!  PEO's got that winning smile, but he like Benson is no push over.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_16:40:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4596201, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4588379": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "On the TJMS it was said they owe the water company $380,000.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_08:56:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "jelana", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4587854, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4600158": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah,<br><br> it was a real lightbulb moment for me. I woke up realizing I had misunderSTOOD what Gay is the new black meant.  My experience as a POC and their constant attachment of their 'discrimination' to the struggle blacks had to achieve civil rights is how I took it.<br><br>When I understood,, that it was a racial solidarity call...I was like ..OMG...this is a dog whistle.<br><br>Then I had to sit back and reflect on that, y'know...to wrap my mind around it based on the other things I knew about racism in the gay community and it just CLICKED!!<br>bada BING!!<br>ding, ding ding!!<br><br>I already knew from other gays how they are very derisive and demeaning to blacks in the gay community. They have an entire structure of 'separate but equal' WITHIN the homosexual community. The gay network is racist as can be. So, is the ability to get jobs and in entertainment it seems the bar is that if you want a job, you have to at some point agree to get dressed up like a woman on TV if you are a black male. That is no coincidence.  It is deliberate, cuz the black male is suppose to be the ultimate sign of masculine virility and so he must agree to portray himself as a woman to be emasculated in front of the entire world, IF he wants to climb the entertainment ladder in film and TV.<br><br>Denzel refused to. Which is why it took so long for him to get an Oscar and it is also why Jamie Foxx had immediate entree...he did a lot of female roles on InLivingColor...for that he was beloved by the gay community.<br><br>And everrrry body and they momma know ...you can't get Oscar UNLESS the gays are backing you. The casting couch is not just for females in hollywood and TV.<br><br>Look how they did Eddie Murphy, even though he has been in a dress several times...they refuse to give him one cause they do like how he has made all this money as a fat caricature and so they dissed him for his excellent dramatic role in Dream Girls and gave it to that ol white man in that movie I can't even call the name of right now, something about Savannah or whatEVER.<br><br>And you do not even what me to get started on the racist involved in AIDS research and drug therapy treatments. Cause the gay white establishment are all in the upper eschelons of government and industry in the closet. They do not want a black face on AIDS but they want to scare the public into believeing it is transmitted by heterosexuality and it is not. The primary mode of transmission has been since the very first case was diagnosed ...anal receptive sex. If you ain't doin it ..your chances of getting AIDS are like less than one-half of one percent. But you not gone hear that cause gays want heteros scared to get funding. AIDS is funded at 6X the rate of heart disease and cancer, even though AIDS does kills far far less folks. Funding is disproportionate.<br><br>You just don't want to get me started.  Let me just sum this up.<br><br>Bottomline..the gay world is RACIST as the Jim Crow South in 1960.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_20:37:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4599781, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4599781": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This was deep when I first read it, and it still is.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_20:04:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4595078, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4590947": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What astounds me is the level of silence, absent Jasmyn Cannick, coming from the Black LGBT Community specifically and the African American Community generally in defense of PEO.  The white LGBT Community, like white liberals generally, have talked down to us, at us or simply patronized us.  And now they want to blame PEO and us by extension for their political failings.  They think PEO is an easy target b/c we aren't putting up much of a defense.  Just yesterday the Pope said we have to save humanity from homosexuality.  Do you see them going after the Pope and angering white catholics?  Hell no!<br><br>I guess in some respects it's better to ingnore them given their limited political influence, but it infuriates me to no end that they are disprespecting PEO in way they never did with white presidents who where far less vocal in their support of gay rights or outright indifferent.  <br><br>Apparently b/c the media told them they were Obama's base, they believe it.  Name me a state he won that he wouldn't have won without their support?  They damn sure didn't help him win VA, NC, FL, OH and IN.  He won in spite of them.<br><br>January 20th, a Black man will be taking the oath of office in front of the Capitol that our ancestors built.  For the first time in this country's history, a Black man will be walking through the front doors of the White House to run it not service it.   But let these white liberals tell it, that will all be dimished b/c some white preacher who opposes gay marriage, like vast of majority of Americans, will be speaking for 2 minutes.<br><br>I guess I could ignore them, but I'll be damned if I allow them to diminish what has been 400 years in the making, paid for by the worse human atrocity in the history of mankind.  Our ancestors gave their lives for this day, and I'll be damned if they ruin it!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_11:43:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 32, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4590239, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4595686": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "GreenLadyHere, right back atchooo!!!!  Holy guacamole!!!!  I love me some Alvin and The Chipmunks!!!!<br><br>Many Blessings to you, GreenLady and your family.  <br><br>Have the Merriest of Christmas' and the Happiest New Year!!!<br><br>With oodles of luv!!!!!  Spirit", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_15:55:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4592585, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4597101": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well Can I go with you? I don't like all my family so much! :-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_17:09:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4597034, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4596797": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Kinda off subject, but I've been meaning to ask.....<br><br>Why is the left so concerned with Bristol Palin? In the grand scheme of things, who cares who she marries, when she has her kid, what she names him, etc.? We're supposed to be celebrating the birth of Christ, yet people are drooling over the Palin birth.<br><br>Is it really that important to y'all?<br><br>But, to answer your question....the GOP is against abortion, which is the taking of a life already in existance. Technically speaking, this wouldn't be \"shutting life down;\" rather, the prevention of life. I don't see a conflict along those lines, as it's not the same argument.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_15:52:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4596501, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4597623": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "But why are we preventing life? And why are all these life prevention measures always aimed at black, brown and poor people?  Don't they deserve a chance to \"choose life?\"<br><br>The left isn't obsessed with Bristol Palin; she is merely a symbol of the hypocrisy of the right.  Pure, white, \"middle class\" Bristol Palin is 17, knocked up and unwed, and she is celebrated for \"choosing life.\"<br><br>Trailer park Jamie Lynn Spears is 17, knocked up and unwed, and she's just trash.<br><br>Sarah Palin is celebrated as a mom who's supporting her troubled daughter in these trying times.<br><br>Lynne Spears is blasted as a trifling, bad, poor excuse of a mother and Jamie Lynn getting knocked up is the proof in the pudding.<br><br>And let's not be stupid, here.  If Malia Obama were a 17 year old pregnant, unwed high school dropout whose baby daddy's momma was arrested for dealing crack, we wouldn't have heard about how great is was that Malia Obama \"chose life.\"  We'd be hearing about how typical and pathological Malia Obama was.  Shoot, as it was, Malia's mother who is and has been married to Malia's father for 16 years was castigated as a 'baby momma'.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_17:41:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4596797, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4600188": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks Shazza!<br><br>Peace & Love,  Tawra", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_19:41:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "BlackAmericanPrincess", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4594465, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4597117": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "that serpentine reptile needs to slither up under a rock and stay there", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_17:10:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4594938, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4587392": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  <b>TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2008, DAY -28 On His \"JOURNEY TO JANUARY!</b><br><br>1.  <b>WORD(s)</b> of the DAY:  <b>TRANSITION TRAIL (BLAGO RPT)/VACATION</b><br><br>2.  <b>HEADLINE(s)</b>:<br><br>     a)  <a href=\"http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/vice_president-elect_biden_to_lead_briefing_on_economic_recovery_package/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Vice President-elect Biden to lead briefing on Economic Recovery Package</a><br><br><i>Washington DC \u2013 Tomorrow, Tuesday December 23, 2008, Vice President-elect Joe Biden will be briefed by Larry Summers, Director of the National Economic Council, and other White House economic advisors on new economic developments and the upcoming economic recovery package that Congress is set to begin debating next month.<br><br>There will be a pooled spray at the top of the meeting to cover opening remarks.  Jonathan Weisman of the Wall Street Journal will be the print pooler.  CNN will be the network pool.<br><br>WHO:<br>Vice President-Elect Joe Biden<br>Larry Summers, Director of the National Economic Council<br>Melody Barnes, White House Domestic Policy Council director<br>Carol Browner, Assistant to the President-elect for Energy and Climate Change<br>Phil Schiliro, Assistant to the President-elect for Legislative Affairs<br>Jared Bernstein, Chief Economist and Economic Advisor for the Vice President-elect<br><br>WHAT:<br>Briefing and discussion on the economy and upcoming economy recovery package<br><br>WHERE:<br>Presidential Transition Team Office - Washington, D.C.<br><br>WHEN:<br>Tuesday December 23, 2008 at 10:45 AM EST</i><br><br>     b)  <a href=\"http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16783.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Emanuel report out Tuesday</a><br><br><i><b>President-elect Barack Obama\u2019s aides plan to release a report Tuesday absolving incoming chief of staff Rahm Emanuel of any impropriety in his contacts with the disgraced Illinois governor\u2019s office, Democratic sources tell Politico.</b><br><br>The report has been delayed at the request of federal prosecutors but now will come out Tuesday, the sources say.<br><br>The complaint against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, whose conversations had been secretly taped by federal investigators, tested the smoothly running Obama transition, with some Democrats fretting that the case presents a distraction that could last into the new administration.<br><br>ABC\u2019s George Stephanopoulos, host of \u201cThis Week,\u201d said during the roundtable on his program Sunday that the Obama legal team's review of contacts with Blagojevich found that Emanuel had only one phone conversation with the governor, and it was a \u201cpro forma\u201d conversation.<br><br>\u201cI have been briefed on the review that Obama has done,\u201d Stephanopoulos said. \u201cThe sources I talked to say that what it will show is there were actually far less contacts than we had heard \u2014 that Rahm Emanuel only had one phone call with Gov. Blagojevich. It wasn\u2019t even really about the Senate seat.\u201d<br><br>Stephanopoulos elaborated in a blog posting: \u201cMost of the discussion concerned Emanuel's congressional seat (which had previously been held by Blagojevich), with only a \u2018passing reference\u2019 to the Senate vacancy, according to these sources. No deal for the Senate vacancy was discussed. \u2026<br><br>\u201c[T]he report will show Emanuel also had four phone calls with Blagojevich chief of staff John Harris. During those conversations, the Senate seat was discussed. The pros and cons of various candidates were reviewed, and the sources say that Emanuel repeatedly reminded Harris that Blagojevich should focus on the message the pick would send about the governor and his administration. Sources also confirm that Emanuel made the case for picking Obama confidante Valerie Jarrett during at least one of the conversations. In the course of that conversation, Harris asked if in return for picking Jarrett, 'all we get is appreciation, right?' 'Right,' Emanuel responded.\u201d</i><br><br>THERE IS MORE.<br><br>3.  <a href=\"http://www.newser.com/story/45976/obama-transition-breaks-speed-records.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"> Obama Transition Breaks Speed Records</a><br><br><i> (Newser) \u2013 Barack Obama has moved so fast to set up his administration that he\u2019s on a pace to blow past all previous presidents, reports the Wall Street Journal. By the eleventh week of their transitions, George HW Bush and Richard Nixon had made 26 and 25 appointments, respectively. As of week seven, Obama had made 69. The process has been hastened by a 2004 law that allowed the transition team to be pre-cleared for classified briefings, and unprecedented cooperation by the Bush White House.</i><br><br>THERE IS MORE, BUT I OMITTED IT[NOT 2 POSITIVE] hrmf!!<br><br>4.  <a href=\"http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16811.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hawaiians capitalize on Obama fame</a><br><br><i>HONOLULU \u2013 Hawaiians are peddling their native son the best way they know how \u2013 with bus tours, a Barack Obama-inspired ice cream flavor and a \u201cBarry Slept Here\u201d map.<br><br>But even the nation\u2019s first black president has trouble competing with Pearl Harbor and Waikiki Beach.<br><br>In fact, if the seven weeks after the election are any testament, there will be no Crawford-ization of Oahu, the island where Obama grew up and returns for vacation. Entire livelihoods were built on President George W. Bush vacationing at his ranch near Crawford, Texas, with stores selling trinkets and press hang-outs flourishing.<br><br>On Oahu, Obama is a niche market.<br><br>Air conditioned mini-buses full of tourists wind around the narrow streets of Makiki, his old Honolulu neighborhood. They breeze past the school Obama attended and the apartment building where his grandparents raised him. Some guides let tourists hop off to snap photographs in the lobby of the hospital where Obama was born.</i><br><br>THERE IS MORE.<br><br>THAT'S ALL FOR NOW!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_06:45:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 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}, "4593028": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "RonnieB:  THANK YOU for da DATA!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>This perspective is viable!  :&gt;)<br><br>Yes, there are other places to go.   It was a shock to me to read the HEADLINES.<br>Soooo, thanks for your \"calming\" statement!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br><b>MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!! to YOU & YOURS!!</b><br><br>God Bless!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_13:30:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4588758, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4595078": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yes, CPL<br>The glaring truth here is that the phrase 'gay is the new black' didn't resonate with me as a POC as the dog whistle that it was. You see, as a POC, I thought they meant ...the gay STRUGGLE was the new black.<br><br>It took a non-POC, to have the perspicacity to hear the real dog whistle.  It was not about gays demanding not to be mistreated so much as it was a call for white racial solidarity where they are being challenged, to not treat gays, who are white, AS BAD AS they treat blacks.<br><br>They are saying...you won't treat us like 'nig##s will you, when we are white....the same white entitlement that females had during the primaries for HRC.<br><br>So, blacks are not being asked to do the heavy lifing so much as the gay community is seeking solidarity on the basis of their WHITE skin to not be treated BLACK!! Which makes sense why they are so visciously attacking Obama.<br><br>You are not being asked to come to the table at all.  As a matter of fact they are telling the world they don't want to sit with your black gay or not self at all<br><br>It took a non-POC, though to break down what was REALLY being said.<br><br>Gay is the new black is the same as STATE's Rights and affirmative action and welfare...racist code words.to engender collectively racial solidarity vs. blacks.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_15:22:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4594216, "depth": 4, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4595082": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<b>JJPers:</b>  Back to my original post.    :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMz5oGc8s1Q&eurl=http://www.1800gospel.com/2008/12/ledisi-have-yourself-a-merry-little-christmas/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas</b> (Ledisi )</a><br><br>As we come to the close of 2008, I want to tell you what a PLEASURE it has been ta MEETCHA'LL!! [Thanks for my \"new\" language skills 2!   :&gt;)]<br><br>***extending my right hand to shake yours***    :&gt;)      :&gt;)<br><br>Gotta \"raise up\" for most of the day!  One thing that I have to do is to take gifts to the clients in a \"nursing facility.\"  This will be a JOY!!   :&gt;)<br><br>See ya when I return!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br><b>MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR</b> TO ALL!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>GOD BLESS!!  YOU & YOURS!!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_15:21:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 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}, "4600715": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "O please.<br>'Repent of what? Having sex with someone they love? That's what it boils down to.'<br><br>WRONG. Can you be a Buddhist and not practice THE LAW? How the  can anyone claim they are Christian and live in sin. That is against the Christian faith it is real simple. For everyone that is except homosexuals who want to insist they get to fornicate in sin in perpetuity without repenting. Well, they can do so, but they can't claim to be Christian.<br><br>\"In Japan and other Asian countries where Buddhism is one of the dominant religions, they also celebrate Christmas--as a winter holiday only.\"<br><br>In America, people who celebrate Christmas are celebrating the birth of Christ. Which means non-Christians have no reason to celebrate it.<br><br>\"The same can be said about how some people set standards about what blackness is, how proud they are to be black to the point of chest thumping and then making other black folks' lives miserable because they don't come up to their standards.\"<br><br>Totally false. Blacks demanded rights on the basis of being human beings. They want to have all the inalienable rights granted in the Constitution as human beings. NOT because of some SEXUAL conduct. Gays want rights based on what they do not who they are. It was completely different for blacks. It is not analogous.<br><br>\"I don't think gays are unique, just different\"<br><br>The world knows they are not unique. They are human beings like the rest of us. But homosexuals want to claim they are a special group based on what they do for sex.<br>That is what makes their entire argument baseless. No one is discriminating against them as human beings. But society does have the right to determine what behaviors create the most civil society and role model for developing human beings.<br><br>What has been proven through the ages is that the sexual union achieves divinity as the route of reproduction. There is no divinity without the possibility of reproduction because reproduction is in God's image and spirit. Which is why there is nothing whatsoever divine about homosexual sex acts...it leads to nothing but lascivious desire. It is an empty quest. Never can it create another human being which is the divinity of the union. That is why it is a state of grace. It is God's grace. Not man's deviant sexual desires.<br><br>No noise, just a rational response to how you have twisted the Christian tenets as being about rejection when it is gays who reject the Christian faith by insisting they can live lives of sin and be Christians. Just doesn't work that way...no self=aggrandizement about that at all.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_21:33:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4600538, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4599183": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "EVENING THREAD IS UP", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_19:22:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 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}, "4621712": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "thanks for posting this.  it seems as if a lot of posters here don't think that gays need to fight for equality.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-24_22:13:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "e1b3155f9cf4abe9531b70e380ae7c60", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4587952, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4586916": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  THANK YOU for the \"oldies!\"   They were , kinda, \"newies\" when I heard soma them!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_05:15:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 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}, "4587432": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  WOW!!  Does any JJPer have DETAILS about this situation?<br><br><a href=\"http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/12/22/as-debts-mount-morris-brown-college-will-not-reopen-next-semester/\" rel=\"nofollow\">As Debts Mount, Morris Brown College Will Not Reopen Next Semester</a><br><br><i>Well before city officials shut off the water at Atlanta\u2019s Morris Brown College last week, the 127-year-old college was already buckling under the weight of $32-million in debt.<br><br><b>Now, without the money to pay $380,000 in water bills dating back to 2004 \u2014 let alone faculty and staff salaries and other key operating expenses \u2014 <u>the historically black college will not reopen next semester and may soon close permanently,</u> officials told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution this weekend.</b><br><br>Campus officials were scheduled to meet with bankers today to negotiate short-term loans as Morris Brown tries to work out its financial situation, Rhonda Copenny, a trustee, told the newspaper. Without such bridge financing, she said, the college could shut its doors for good in three weeks.<br><br>This is only the latest struggle for Morris Brown, which in recent years has suffered from plummeting enrollment, financial corruption, and a revolving door for presidents.<br><br>In 2002 the college lost its accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools because of heavy debt and a criminal investigation into the financial dealings of a former president, Dolores E. Cross. Four years later, Ms. Cross (who resigned from the college in 2002) pleaded guilty to embezzlement, admitting that she had fraudulently obtained millions of dollars in federal student loans and grants to cover the college\u2019s expenses, which increased sharply during her tenure.<br><br>This week officials of Morris Brown pleaded for another chance to right its sinking financial ship. \u201cThe institution has been a major part of the landscape of this community,\u201d said the acting president, Stanley E. Pritchett. \u201cIt certainly deserves to remain a viable part of the community.\u201d<br><br>Libby Sander, Chronicle of Higher Education</i><br><br>THIS IS VERY SAD.<br><br>Please comment.  THANK YOU.  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_06:51:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 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}, "4599209": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He's a Handkerchief Head.<br><br>Plain and simple.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_19:23:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4594938, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4597164": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Because it is all hypocrisy on the part of the GOP 'values' crowd.  A woman parading her unmarried pregnant teen on the national stage just doesn't seem to match up with the moral majority values.<br><br>It was unseemly and immoral. Immorality paraded on the national stage by those who proclaim to hold morality dear and as their exclusive right to impose on the rest of the nation.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_17:12:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4596797, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4587952": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The hatred continues in a season of joy.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/21/BAV714SBA1.DTL\" rel=\"nofollow\">Lesbian viciously gang-raped in San Francisco Bay Area.</a><br><br>This happened in Richmond, CA.  One of my uncles lives in Richmond.  If it happened in Richmond, that victim may have been black or a woman of color.  This woman was left naked and for dead after being tortured (that's the word I would use) for 45 minutes; news of this has gone all over the grapevine there.  AP is making it national.<br><br>The perps--four of them--were described as black and Latino.  Police are offering a $10,000 reward for any information on their whereabouts.  From an earlier account:<br><br><blockquote>Detectives say the 28-year-old victim was attacked Dec. 13 after she got out of her car, which bore a rainbow gay pride sticker. The men, who ranged from their late teens to their 30s, made comments indicating they knew her sexual orientation, said Richmond police Lt. Mark Gagan.<br><br>\"It just pushes it beyond fathomable,\" he said. \"The level of trauma _ physical and emotional _ this victim has suffered is extreme.\"<br><br>Authorities are characterizing the attack as a hate crime but declined to reveal why they think the woman was singled out because of her sexual orientation. Gagan would say only that the victim lived openly with a female partner and had a rainbow flag sticker on her car.</blockquote>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_08:10:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 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}, "4604851": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That's funny...but it's not! So stop making me laugh!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-24_02:53:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4597101, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4619192": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>It's Gay POCs I'm thinking about, because the White Gay establishment has literally told y'all to put a sock in it, too...</i><br><br>Excuse me, but <i>y'all</i>?  I am not gay or bisexual; I am straight.<br><br>If I sound as if I am a \"fellow traveler,\" understand that my life has been a bit more eclectic than some typical black folks.  <br><br>And I am sure that gays of color would if they could come out to their fellow parishioners...if there wasn't <i>old homophobia</i> in the black, Latino and Asian communities already, starting with some of the denizens of this website whooping and hollering as I said before about so-called sin and repentance.<br><br>As I said before, <b>it is not always about race politics with black gays and gays of color.</b> That does not mean that they are waiting for orders from white massas either.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-24_21:05:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "blksista", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4604710, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4588474": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "They aren't bringing in enough money OR they're spending too much. That's the restructuring I was referring to. I know they reach out to the alumni but I guess its not enough.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_08:04:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "nickwah22", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4588379, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4599752": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You're so on point. I'm yelling PREACH IT as I read this.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_20:02:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4590947, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4592585": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "spirit:   LOL!!    :&gt;)<br><br>Do you know that I remember this clip soooo well!!  :&gt;)      :&gt;)  I \"rolled\" when I was watching it - - THEN!!   :&gt;)       :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>Thanks for da memories!!!   :&gt;)      :&gt;)<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dnrosVyamY&feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\">Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Christmas Song</a><br><br>ENJOY!!!  <b>MERRY CHRISTMAS/HAPPY NEW YEAR!</b>  :&gt;)     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_13:08:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4591658, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4595146": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "She. Did. That.<br><br>She really came with it, that needs to be put up on dkos with a pic of a middle finger as the title.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_15:26:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4594465, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4600055": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "AND?<br><br>Gays go to church and refuse to repent and claim their Christian too...so?<br><br>Folks say they are Buddhist and celebrate Christmas, too.<br><br>So, what is your point?<br><br>Women of color have to choose all the damn time. But we smart enough to know we black first.<br><br>I am sick and tired of gays playing the victim card for conduct they willingly indulge in to achieve, as you so eloquently put it ...'a state of grace'<br><br>Quit all the whinning and kvetching.<br><br>It is UNimpressive.<br><br>And quite unbecoming for individuals who claim that their sexual desires make them such a unique breed of individuals they wanna demand rights no one else has, based on what they do with their genitals. Genital rights they want based on what they do with theirs. arrgh!!<br><br>If you think we didn''t understand there are poor gays and rich gays, ugly gays and pretty gays, closet gays and flaming gays, bottom gays and topper gays..and bisexual gays and lesbians that love fisting while other gays like rimming to achieve a state of grace...you are WRONG.<br><br>We simply choose to ignore all that deviant sexual conduct so that we too can achieve a <br><br>State of GRACE!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_20:28:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4599916, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4596690": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "YEP!!!<br><br>Benson is exactly it!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_16:46:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4596201, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4587854": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I thought they were still closed from a few years ago.  Didn't they loose their accreditation a few years back?  Maybe they should take this time to revamp the structure of the college because the system they have now isn't working.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_07:54:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "nickwah22", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4587432, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4599771": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You're on point too.<br><br>Thank you.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_20:02:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4594216, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4587490": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:   IT'S getting closer:   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Look what <i>MUDFLATS</i> is doing:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.themudflats.net/2008/12/23/bedtime-in-alaska-11th-day-of-christmas/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bedtime in Alaska - 11th Day of Christmas!</a><br><br><i>On the eleventh day of Christmas,<br><br>My new Gov gave to me:<br><br> <br><br>11thday<br><br> <br><br>Eleven moose a-stewing,</i><br><br>You gotta love this!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Please see the other days!   :&gt;)       :&gt;)<br><br>P.S.  NO Little Grandchild Palin - - YET!!   Do ya think that they're waiting for DECEMBER 25??   Eewww!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_06:59:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 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}, "4595173": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Tell it. Tell it!<br><br>Folks need to be reminded that bullying is a hallmark of the so-called GLBT movement. That is the tactic they have used the most often to achieve their political goals. Lies, smears, defamation of character  etc....the leading gay activist group is not called ACT UP for no reason!!<br><br>This is their history.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_15:27:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4592851, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4594150": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I wonder what he will do with this ass-hat plan when more white women start showing up for the check.<br><br>We live in perilous economic times - there may be as many white women with their hands out as there are the women for which this is aimed at - SISTAS.<br><br>This plan was first tried out in Oakland, California - I know, because I'm from Oakland and I saw the billboards in mostly Black and Latino neighborhoods.  They were cheap, too - they only offered $200 as opposed to $1000.<br><br>Another way to sterlize Black women - and we're not reproducing at the same rate as white or Latino women, either.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_14:29:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4592701, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4604903": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Lilytiger:   HeeeeeeY!!!  :&gt;)     :&gt;)    :&gt;)  I like the \"traditional ones\" 2!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br><b>THANK YOU</b> for ALL your work on this \"special music!\"  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>U   R   A   \"jewel!\"  :&gt;)    <br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bAJ3icNrF8&eurl=http://video.aol.com/video-detail/mariah-carey-hark-the-herald-angels-sing-gloria-in-excelsis-deo-lyrics/2443992256/?icid=\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Gloria (In Excelsis Deo) + lyrics (Mariah Carey)</a><br><br><b>HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!</b>  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>God Bless YOU & YOURS!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-24_03:01:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4596489, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4596201": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Tell it! They want Barack to be their Benson", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_16:21:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "91468ea483456b91c397cd5fbd99a9ad", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4592851, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4594668": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "dj:  <b>WOW!!  GREAT ART/WORDS!!!</b>    :&gt;)<br><br>THANK YOU 4 \"bringin' this!\"   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br><b>MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR</b> to YOU & YOURS!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_15:00:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4590231, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4596718": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Monie, I agree the fight is being brought to the forefront.  <br><br>That is what Barack Obama has done from the time he stood in front of the podium at the 2004 DNC. <br><br>He's a powerful symbol to the USA and the World.  He's a big honking mirror for all us to take a real hard look at ourselves.  Some of us have got to dig a little deeper than others; and it's painful.<br><br>PEO didn't get where he is by taking on nobody's shyt.  Folks are going to have to do the inner work themselves, and stop reaching outward for validation by blamming and not taking responsibility for their choices.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_16:48:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4595243, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4621807": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "as a black gay man, i wholehearted agree with you.  when i express outrage at obama's pick of pastor warren, it is not about racial politics.  i just find it disturbing that he would pick such a divisive figure.  the president-elect is not above reproach.  <br><br>it also seems as if some are excusing homophobia.  that can't be the case, right?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-24_22:24:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "e1b3155f9cf4abe9531b70e380ae7c60", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4619192, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4596721": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "thanks Justice, that was really kind of you to say", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_16:48:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4595588, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4599287": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If you celebrate Bristol Palin \"choosing life,\" then you should also celebrate Jamie Lynn Spears or Hypothetical Malia Obama for also \"choosing life.\"<br><br>BUT, if you bash Jamie Lynn and Hypothetical Malia for making the same choice Bristol did (unprotected unmarried sex but choosing to bring the child to term), then YOUR motives need to be examined and brought into the light.<br><br>Bristol did the same thing Jamie Lynn did.  Neither girl will have to rely on welfare or will be living in a trailer park.  Both of them have the money and resources to raise their children --- yet Jamie Lynn was described as a piece of trash for getting knocked up while Bristol was the new face of \"choosing life.\"  Why?<br><br>Didn't Jamie Lynn also choose life?  Couldn't Jamie Lynn have EASILY gotten an abortion and continued her TV career?  Jamie Lynn Spears has many more opportunities to make it out of her situation than Bristol does because even though Jamie Lynn is also a HS dropout she has her own money and doesn't need to rely on welfare or even her parents for support.  Bristol does, but JAMIE LYNN'S the drag on the system?<br><br>We don't even need to discuss how Hypothetical Malia would have been treated because we all know that Hypothetical Malia and her baby would be described as typical black trash and drains on the system.  <br><br>The funny thing is if you're a welfare person only popping out kids for the money, it damn sure wouldn't be economically sensible to take a one-time $1000 sterilization payout when there's more money to be had by popping out kids.<br><br>I'll say it here:  if people are going to bash black teens for getting pregnant out of wedlock and bash lower class white teens like Jamie Lynn Spears for getting pregnant out of wedlock, then people SHOULD bash Bristol Palin all day, every day (as if Bristol was to the manor born, please!).  Damn straight.<br><br>But instead of bashing Bristol, Jamie Lynn or any other pregnant teen, how about NOT bashing any of them?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_19:28:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4598490, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4595198": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Miranda:  THANK YOU!   I thought that they were still doing a \"REVIEW of the EVENTS of 2008!\"   WOW!!<br><br><i>Reportedly, 3/4 of the money Villehuchet managed was in Madoff's fund.</i><br><br>REALLY, Lord have mercy! on this whole situation - including the investors he worked for/with!<br><br>***shakin' my head***", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-12-23_15:28:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4595021, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4592469": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rilyrah:     ****Saaaaaa-lap!!!****<br><br>Di'int SHE get the MEMO!!!    IT is Mr. President-Elect Obama's WORLD!  She ONLY lives in it.!!!<br><br><a href=\"http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/12/23/hillary-clinton-plans-a-more-powerful-state-dept-ny-times/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hillary Clinton plans a more powerful State Dept: NY Times</a><br><br><br><i>December 23, 2008 \u00b7<br><br>Hillary Rodham Clinton plans to build a more muscular US State Department, with a bigger budget, high-profile special envoys dispatched to trouble spots and an expanded role in dealing with the global economic crisis, the New York Times reported Tuesday.<br><br>The Times cited an unnamed Hillary Clinton adviser as saying her push for a more vigorous economic team stems from her belief that the State Department needs to play a part in the recovery from the global financial crisis, while economic issues also are at the heart of key diplomatic relationships, notably with China.<br><br>The former first lady also is reportedly likely to name several high-powered envoys to world hotspots.<br><br><b><u>The daily reported that Clinton and Obama have not yet settled on specific envoys or missions,</u> although the name of veteran diplomat Dennis Ross has come up as a possible Middle East envoy, along with diplomatic trouble-shooter Richard Holbrooke and Martin Indyk, a former United States ambassador to Israel.</b><br><br>The Times wrote that the New York senator \u2014 President-elect Barack Obama\u2019s pick for Secretary of State \u2014 is recruiting Jacob Lew, the budget director under her husband former president Bill Clinton \u2014 to be one of her two deputies. Lew would be tasked with handling economic matters, the report said.<br><br>Another Bill Clinton aide, former deputy national security adviser James Steinberg is to be Hillary Clinton\u2019s other chief lieutenant, subject to Senate confirmation.<br><br>AFP</i><br><br>DANG!!!  \"WHAT THE FLICK???!!\"   HRC - - please meet MS. HUMILITY at some point in your life!!   ***shakin' my head***   LAWD ---- HA'-----MERCY!!!    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	/* */ this.jsonData.cookie_messages = {"user_created": null, "post_has_profile": null, "post_twitter": null, "post_not_approved": null}; this.jsonData.session = {"url": null, "name": null, "email": null}; /* */

	
	this.curPageId = 'dsq-comments';

	this.frames = {};
};

var disqus_popup_reference = null;

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



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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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





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



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

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

	this._lastHash = null;

	this._accumMsg = '';

	this._lastSeqno = 0;

	this.MAX_DATA_LEN	= 1024;

	this.WAIT_TIME		= 10;

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

};

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

FragmentPacket.prototype.log = function(msg) {



};

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

		hash = this.reader.name;
	} else {

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

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

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

		this._lastSeqno = seqno;

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

				this._accumMsg = '';

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

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

	if (packetNum === 0) {

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

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

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

	if (num_packets === packetNum) {

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

	this._lastSeqno++;

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

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

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

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

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

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


	this.receiverId = receiverId;
};

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

	var listener = function(e) {

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


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

		that.receiveCallback(data);
	};

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

PostMessagePacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {



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


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

	var packet;
	if (!msg) {

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

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

var JsonRpc = function() {

	this.ids = {};

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

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

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

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

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

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

				json = 'null';
				break;
		}

		return json;
	};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		send_func(this.objectToJSON(request));

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

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


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



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


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


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

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

	this.packetHandler = null;


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


	var _createReceiverForFragmentPacket = function() {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

			that._ready = true;
		};

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

		that.receiver.onload = receiver_onload;







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

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

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

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


	var _createReceiverForPostMessage = function() {

		var receiver_onload = function() {

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

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


		ParentMessenger['_receiver_onload_' + receiverId] = receiver_onload;

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	var sendFunc = function(msg) {

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


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


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

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

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

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

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

		if (msg.username) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	this.url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY +
		'?' + (new Date()).getTime() +
		'&f=jackandjillpolitics' +
		'&t=tuesday_open_thread_35' +
		'&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_35/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_35'
			+ '&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_35/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">137</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/tuesday_open_thread_35/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_35/">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:8762206" 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_35/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:8762206" 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:8762206" 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_35',
			// 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_35/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_35'
			+ '&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_35'
			+ '&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_35'
				+ '&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/8762206/realtime.js?timestamp=' + last_checked);
		}
	};

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

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

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

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

}();

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		if (isblank(openid_url)) {
			return;
		}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();


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





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

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

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

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

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

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





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

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

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

})();

Dsq.container.className = "clearfix";
Dsq.container.innerHTML = ' \
<ul id="dsq-comments">\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4586916">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4586916" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4586916" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4586916">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4586916" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4586916" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  THANK YOU for the "oldies!"   They were , kinda, "newies" when I heard soma them!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4587025">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4587025" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4587025" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4587025">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4587025" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4587025" class="dsq-comment-message">OOPS!  ERROR.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4587392">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4587392" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4587392" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4587392">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4587392" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4587392" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  <b>TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2008, DAY -28 On His "JOURNEY TO JANUARY!</b><br><br>1.  <b>WORD(s)</b> of the DAY:  <b>TRANSITION TRAIL (BLAGO RPT)/VACATION</b><br><br>2.  <b>HEADLINE(s)</b>:<br><br>     a)  <a href="http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/vice_president-elect_biden_to_lead_briefing_on_economic_recovery_package/" rel="nofollow">Vice President-elect Biden to lead briefing on Economic Recovery Package</a><br><br><i>Washington DC – Tomorrow, Tuesday December 23, 2008, Vice President-elect Joe Biden will be briefed by Larry Summers, Director of the National Economic Council, and other White House economic advisors on new economic developments and the upcoming economic recovery package that Congress is set to begin debating next month.<br><br>There will be a pooled spray at the top of the meeting to cover opening remarks.  Jonathan Weisman of the Wall Street Journal will be the print pooler.  CNN will be the network pool.<br><br>WHO:<br>Vice President-Elect Joe Biden<br>Larry Summers, Director of the National Economic Council<br>Melody Barnes, White House Domestic Policy Council director<br>Carol Browner, Assistant to the President-elect for Energy and Climate Change<br>Phil Schiliro, Assistant to the President-elect for Legislative Affairs<br>Jared Bernstein, Chief Economist and Economic Advisor for the Vice President-elect<br><br>WHAT:<br>Briefing and discussion on the economy and upcoming economy recovery package<br><br>WHERE:<br>Presidential Transition Team Office - Washington, D.C.<br><br>WHEN:<br>Tuesday December 23, 2008 at 10:45 AM EST</i><br><br>     b)  <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16783.html" rel="nofollow">Emanuel report out Tuesday</a><br><br><i><b>President-elect Barack Obama’s aides plan to release a report Tuesday absolving incoming chief of staff Rahm Emanuel of any impropriety in his contacts with the disgraced Illinois governor’s office, Democratic sources tell Politico.</b><br><br>The report has been delayed at the request of federal prosecutors but now will come out Tuesday, the sources say.<br><br>The complaint against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, whose conversations had been secretly taped by federal investigators, tested the smoothly running Obama transition, with some Democrats fretting that the case presents a distraction that could last into the new administration.<br><br>ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, host of “This Week,” said during the roundtable on his program Sunday that the Obama legal team\'s review of contacts with Blagojevich found that Emanuel had only one phone conversation with the governor, and it was a “pro forma” conversation.<br><br>“I have been briefed on the review that Obama has done,” Stephanopoulos said. “The sources I talked to say that what it will show is there were actually far less contacts than we had heard — that Rahm Emanuel only had one phone call with Gov. Blagojevich. It wasn’t even really about the Senate seat.”<br><br>Stephanopoulos elaborated in a blog posting: “Most of the discussion concerned Emanuel\'s congressional seat (which had previously been held by Blagojevich), with only a ‘passing reference’ to the Senate vacancy, according to these sources. No deal for the Senate vacancy was discussed. …<br><br>“[T]he report will show Emanuel also had four phone calls with Blagojevich chief of staff John Harris. During those conversations, the Senate seat was discussed. The pros and cons of various candidates were reviewed, and the sources say that Emanuel repeatedly reminded Harris that Blagojevich should focus on the message the pick would send about the governor and his administration. Sources also confirm that Emanuel made the case for picking Obama confidante Valerie Jarrett during at least one of the conversations. In the course of that conversation, Harris asked if in return for picking Jarrett, \'all we get is appreciation, right?\' \'Right,\' Emanuel responded.”</i><br><br>THERE IS MORE.<br><br>3.  <a href="http://www.newser.com/story/45976/obama-transition-breaks-speed-records.html" rel="nofollow"> Obama Transition Breaks Speed Records</a><br><br><i> (Newser) – Barack Obama has moved so fast to set up his administration that he’s on a pace to blow past all previous presidents, reports the Wall Street Journal. By the eleventh week of their transitions, George HW Bush and Richard Nixon had made 26 and 25 appointments, respectively. As of week seven, Obama had made 69. The process has been hastened by a 2004 law that allowed the transition team to be pre-cleared for classified briefings, and unprecedented cooperation by the Bush White House.</i><br><br>THERE IS MORE, BUT I OMITTED IT[NOT 2 POSITIVE] hrmf!!<br><br>4.  <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16811.html" rel="nofollow">Hawaiians capitalize on Obama fame</a><br><br><i>HONOLULU – Hawaiians are peddling their native son the best way they know how – with bus tours, a Barack Obama-inspired ice cream flavor and a “Barry Slept Here” map.<br><br>But even the nation’s first black president has trouble competing with Pearl Harbor and Waikiki Beach.<br><br>In fact, if the seven weeks after the election are any testament, there will be no Crawford-ization of Oahu, the island where Obama grew up and returns for vacation. Entire livelihoods were built on President George W. Bush vacationing at his ranch near Crawford, Texas, with stores selling trinkets and press hang-outs flourishing.<br><br>On Oahu, Obama is a niche market.<br><br>Air conditioned mini-buses full of tourists wind around the narrow streets of Makiki, his old Honolulu neighborhood. They breeze past the school Obama attended and the apartment building where his grandparents raised him. Some guides let tourists hop off to snap photographs in the lobby of the hospital where Obama was born.</i><br><br>THERE IS MORE.<br><br>THAT\'S ALL FOR NOW!   :&gt;)</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4587432">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4587432" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4587432" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4587432">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4587432" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4587432" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  WOW!!  Does any JJPer have DETAILS about this situation?<br><br><a href="http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/12/22/as-debts-mount-morris-brown-college-will-not-reopen-next-semester/" rel="nofollow">As Debts Mount, Morris Brown College Will Not Reopen Next Semester</a><br><br><i>Well before city officials shut off the water at Atlanta’s Morris Brown College last week, the 127-year-old college was already buckling under the weight of $32-million in debt.<br><br><b>Now, without the money to pay $380,000 in water bills dating back to 2004 — let alone faculty and staff salaries and other key operating expenses — <u>the historically black college will not reopen next semester and may soon close permanently,</u> officials told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution this weekend.</b><br><br>Campus officials were scheduled to meet with bankers today to negotiate short-term loans as Morris Brown tries to work out its financial situation, Rhonda Copenny, a trustee, told the newspaper. Without such bridge financing, she said, the college could shut its doors for good in three weeks.<br><br>This is only the latest struggle for Morris Brown, which in recent years has suffered from plummeting enrollment, financial corruption, and a revolving door for presidents.<br><br>In 2002 the college lost its accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools because of heavy debt and a criminal investigation into the financial dealings of a former president, Dolores E. Cross. Four years later, Ms. Cross (who resigned from the college in 2002) pleaded guilty to embezzlement, admitting that she had fraudulently obtained millions of dollars in federal student loans and grants to cover the college’s expenses, which increased sharply during her tenure.<br><br>This week officials of Morris Brown pleaded for another chance to right its sinking financial ship. “The institution has been a major part of the landscape of this community,” said the acting president, Stanley E. Pritchett. “It certainly deserves to remain a viable part of the community.”<br><br>Libby Sander, Chronicle of Higher Education</i><br><br>THIS IS VERY SAD.<br><br>Please comment.  THANK YOU.  :&gt;)</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4587854">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4587854" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4587854" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4587854">nickwah22</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4587854" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4587854" class="dsq-comment-message">I thought they were still closed from a few years ago.  Didn\'t they loose their accreditation a few years back?  Maybe they should take this time to revamp the structure of the college because the system they have now isn\'t working.</div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4588379">jelana</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4588379" class="dsq-comment-message">On the TJMS it was said they owe the water company $380,000.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4588474">nickwah22</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4588474" class="dsq-comment-message">They aren\'t bringing in enough money OR they\'re spending too much. That\'s the restructuring I was referring to. I know they reach out to the alumni but I guess its not enough.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4593193">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4593193" class="dsq-comment-message">nichwah22:  Gotta be one o\' dem!!  :&gt;)  THANK YOU!  :&gt;)<br><br><b>MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!!</b> to YOU & YOURS!!:&gt;)    :&gt;)  God Bless!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4588758">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4588758" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4588758" class="dsq-comment-message">Since Morris Brown only has about 400 students, maybe Clark Atlanta, Morehouse and Spelman can absorb most or all of them.  (?)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4593028">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4593028" class="dsq-comment-message">RonnieB:  THANK YOU for da DATA!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>This perspective is viable!  :&gt;)<br><br>Yes, there are other places to go.   It was a shock to me to read the HEADLINES.<br>Soooo, thanks for your "calming" statement!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br><b>MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!! to YOU & YOURS!!</b><br><br>God Bless!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4591760">Nardwilly</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4591760" class="dsq-comment-message">Almost all HBCUs devloped during and because of segregation.  MOrris brown is owned by the AME church.  But the church in Georgia and the USA can not afford to rescue the school.  Some HBCUs will dissolve.  It is sad, but it is the cost of an open society.  I attended Michigan State and graduated from Howard.  I send money to Howard, but I care for the succes of both schools.<br><br>Rule of thumb, adapt or succumb.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4592270">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4592270" class="dsq-comment-message">Nardwilly:  Thank you for this information on the "origin" of this college.  <br><br>It is true that some HBCU\'s, like other colleges/universities will not be able to maintain their existence.  <br><br>It\'s sad, but management MUST be a priority for survival.  **sigh***<br><br>Merry Christmas/Happy New Year/Happy Holidays.     :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4594296" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4594296" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4594296" class="dsq-comment-message">Green Lady, what I remember about this is one of the reasons that Morris Brown is having problems was a series of College Presidents who acted like the budget was their own personal ATM.  I need to Google the article where I read that, and I\'ll post it when I find it.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4594455">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4594455" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL:  THANK YOU!  "WHYCOME" I\'m not surprised!!  ***sigh***<br><br>Annnnnnnd, I\'m believin\' that the "UN-WISE MEN" (unless a woman was one of them) are feelin\' no shame for what they did to their "OWN PEOPLE!" <br><br> SAD!!<br><br><b>MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR"</b> to YOU & YOURS!!  :&gt;)<br><br>God Bless.    :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4594476" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4594476" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4594476" class="dsq-comment-message">Same to you, Green Lady - have a happy and blessed holiday season.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4594518">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4594518" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL:  ***raisin\' right hand***   I promise!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4587490" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4587490">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4587490" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:   IT\'S getting closer:   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Look what <i>MUDFLATS</i> is doing:<br><br><a href="http://www.themudflats.net/2008/12/23/bedtime-in-alaska-11th-day-of-christmas/" rel="nofollow">Bedtime in Alaska - 11th Day of Christmas!</a><br><br><i>On the eleventh day of Christmas,<br><br>My new Gov gave to me:<br><br> <br><br>11thday<br><br> <br><br>Eleven moose a-stewing,</i><br><br>You gotta love this!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>Please see the other days!   :&gt;)       :&gt;)<br><br>P.S.  NO Little Grandchild Palin - - YET!!   Do ya think that they\'re waiting for DECEMBER 25??   Eewww!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4592462" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4592462">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4592462" class="dsq-comment-message">GreenLady, hillarious!  ewwww, moose stew.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4594708">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4594708" class="dsq-comment-message">spirit:     :&gt;)        :&gt;)<br><br><b>MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR</b> to YOU & YOURS!<br><br>God Bless!!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4587952" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4587952" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4587952" class="dsq-comment-message">The hatred continues in a season of joy.<br><br><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/21/BAV714SBA1.DTL" rel="nofollow">Lesbian viciously gang-raped in San Francisco Bay Area.</a><br><br>This happened in Richmond, CA.  One of my uncles lives in Richmond.  If it happened in Richmond, that victim may have been black or a woman of color.  This woman was left naked and for dead after being tortured (that\'s the word I would use) for 45 minutes; news of this has gone all over the grapevine there.  AP is making it national.<br><br>The perps--four of them--were described as black and Latino.  Police are offering a $10,000 reward for any information on their whereabouts.  From an earlier account:<br><br><blockquote>Detectives say the 28-year-old victim was attacked Dec. 13 after she got out of her car, which bore a rainbow gay pride sticker. The men, who ranged from their late teens to their 30s, made comments indicating they knew her sexual orientation, said Richmond police Lt. Mark Gagan.<br><br>"It just pushes it beyond fathomable," he said. "The level of trauma _ physical and emotional _ this victim has suffered is extreme."<br><br>Authorities are characterizing the attack as a hate crime but declined to reveal why they think the woman was singled out because of her sexual orientation. Gagan would say only that the victim lived openly with a female partner and had a rainbow flag sticker on her car.</blockquote></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4588725">RonnieB</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4588725" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s a shame.  Richmond is my home town; I grew up there.  But in the late \'70s, our family left because of the increase in crime.  How ironic.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4596952">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4596952" class="dsq-comment-message">My prayers go out to the victim....this is a damn shame.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4621712">lennyhate</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4621712" class="dsq-comment-message">thanks for posting this.  it seems as if a lot of posters here don\'t think that gays need to fight for equality.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4588681" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4588681">Lavender</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4588681" class="dsq-comment-message">A vigilante team punishes someone for the double crime of being Queer and Black. An extreme manifestation of the hatred, fear and misunderstanding GLBT folks of every color face every day. <br><br>So wrong. So wrong. Thanks for reporting.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4588094" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4588094" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4588094" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4588094" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/23/california-broke-state-co_n_153022.html" rel="nofollow">California going broke.</a><br><br><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/22/PL4G14TF4V.DTL&type=news&tsp=1" rel="nofollow">More here.</a><br><br>And if they think unions will go along mutely with this shyt, <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/12/22/state/n135709S36.DTL" rel="nofollow">think again.</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4590231" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4590231">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4590231" class="dsq-comment-message">BLACK MAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE - GROOVE JUNKIES<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH0FZkPZSDg" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH0FZkPZSDg</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4594668">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4594668" class="dsq-comment-message">dj:  <b>WOW!!  GREAT ART/WORDS!!!</b>    :&gt;)<br><br>THANK YOU 4 "bringin\' this!"   :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br><b>MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR</b> to YOU & YOURS!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4590911" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4590911" href="http://ybpguide.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ybpguide</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4590911" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4590911" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://ybpguide.com/2008/12/22/whats-with-this-whole-black-thing/" rel="nofollow">What\'s With This Whole \'Black\' Thing</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4591394" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4591394" href="http://writeblack.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WriteBlack</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4591394" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://writeblack.com/?p=377" rel="nofollow">Why Barack Obama\'s abs make me feel guilty</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4595420">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4595420" class="dsq-comment-message">Ahhhhh damn.........now I feel guilty too..........I\'m about to go to my folks for the holidays.....DAGNABIT!! I REFUSE TO FEEL GUILTY FOR WHAT I\'M GOING TO DO THERE!!! I\'m GONNA EAT....A LOT! DAMMIT I\'M GONNA EAT A LOT!!!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4605070" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4605070">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4605070" class="dsq-comment-message">Miranda:  Just "HOLD YOUR ABS IN while eatin\' as much as you want!!  :&gt;)     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4591658">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4591658" class="dsq-comment-message">I couldn\'t help myself!   LOL!<br><br>Living Colour: Cephus and Reesie Christmas Album<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXscFeF9hf4" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXscFeF9hf4</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4592585">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4592585" class="dsq-comment-message">spirit:   LOL!!    :&gt;)<br><br>Do you know that I remember this clip soooo well!!  :&gt;)      :&gt;)  I "rolled" when I was watching it - - THEN!!   :&gt;)       :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>Thanks for da memories!!!   :&gt;)      :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dnrosVyamY&feature=related" rel="nofollow">Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Christmas Song</a><br><br>ENJOY!!!  <b>MERRY CHRISTMAS/HAPPY NEW YEAR!</b>  :&gt;)     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4595686">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4595686" class="dsq-comment-message">GreenLadyHere, right back atchooo!!!!  Holy guacamole!!!!  I love me some Alvin and The Chipmunks!!!!<br><br>Many Blessings to you, GreenLady and your family.  <br><br>Have the Merriest of Christmas\' and the Happiest New Year!!!<br><br>With oodles of luv!!!!!  Spirit</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4592469">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4592469" class="dsq-comment-message">rilyrah:     ****Saaaaaa-lap!!!****<br><br>Di\'int SHE get the MEMO!!!    IT is Mr. President-Elect Obama\'s WORLD!  She ONLY lives in it.!!!<br><br><a href="http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/12/23/hillary-clinton-plans-a-more-powerful-state-dept-ny-times/" rel="nofollow">Hillary Clinton plans a more powerful State Dept: NY Times</a><br><br><br><i>December 23, 2008 ·<br><br>Hillary Rodham Clinton plans to build a more muscular US State Department, with a bigger budget, high-profile special envoys dispatched to trouble spots and an expanded role in dealing with the global economic crisis, the New York Times reported Tuesday.<br><br>The Times cited an unnamed Hillary Clinton adviser as saying her push for a more vigorous economic team stems from her belief that the State Department needs to play a part in the recovery from the global financial crisis, while economic issues also are at the heart of key diplomatic relationships, notably with China.<br><br>The former first lady also is reportedly likely to name several high-powered envoys to world hotspots.<br><br><b><u>The daily reported that Clinton and Obama have not yet settled on specific envoys or missions,</u> although the name of veteran diplomat Dennis Ross has come up as a possible Middle East envoy, along with diplomatic trouble-shooter Richard Holbrooke and Martin Indyk, a former United States ambassador to Israel.</b><br><br>The Times wrote that the New York senator — President-elect Barack Obama’s pick for Secretary of State — is recruiting Jacob Lew, the budget director under her husband former president Bill Clinton — to be one of her two deputies. Lew would be tasked with handling economic matters, the report said.<br><br>Another Bill Clinton aide, former deputy national security adviser James Steinberg is to be Hillary Clinton’s other chief lieutenant, subject to Senate confirmation.<br><br>AFP</i><br><br>DANG!!!  "WHAT THE FLICK???!!"   HRC - - please meet MS. HUMILITY at some point in your life!!   ***shakin\' my head***   LAWD ---- HA\'-----MERCY!!!    WHEW!!!<br><br>O.K.  ima do this again - -    ***Saaaaa-lap!***  GET A GRIP!!!  **shakin\' HER shoulders***</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4593350">chenna</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4593350" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah, please calm down.  it\'s not that serious</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4593375">chenna</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4593375" class="dsq-comment-message">sorry, comment should be directed at greenladyhere</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4593838" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4593838" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4593838">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4593838" class="dsq-comment-message">chenna:   GOT IT!!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>BUT, I re-iterate:  SHE DOES NOT SET THE AGENDA!<br><br>Annnnnd, it IS SERIOUS that HER PEA-BRAIN CONTINUES to TRY to BULLY -  <b>MR. PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA!</b><br><br>NOT gonna happen!  :&gt;)      :&gt;)<br><br>***calmly****</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4593818" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4593818">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4593818" class="dsq-comment-message">chenna:   HEY!  :&gt;)<br><br>O.K.  Here\'s my point - - "WHYCOME! she always "gotta B startin\' somethin\'?"<br><br>JUST DO HER JOB that WAS/WILL B  assigned by HER <b>BOSS!</b> - - - <br><br><b>Mr. PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA!</b>    :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>****CALMLY***    :&gt;)      :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4592701" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4592701" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4592701" class="dsq-comment-message">News of the Weird:<br><br><a href="http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/labruzzo_sterilization_plan_fi.html" rel="nofollow">LaBruzzo considering plan to pay poor women $1,000 to have tubes tied</a><br><br><i>Worried that welfare costs are rising as the number of taxpayers declines, state Rep. John LaBruzzo, R-Metairie, said Tuesday he is studying a plan to pay poor women $1,000 to have their Fallopian tubes tied.</i></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4594150" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4594150" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4594150" class="dsq-comment-message">I wonder what he will do with this ass-hat plan when more white women start showing up for the check.<br><br>We live in perilous economic times - there may be as many white women with their hands out as there are the women for which this is aimed at - SISTAS.<br><br>This plan was first tried out in Oakland, California - I know, because I\'m from Oakland and I saw the billboards in mostly Black and Latino neighborhoods.  They were cheap, too - they only offered $200 as opposed to $1000.<br><br>Another way to sterlize Black women - and we\'re not reproducing at the same rate as white or Latino women, either.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4594217" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4594217" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m halfway surprised that something like this is legal.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4594429" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4594429" href="http://www.bigassbelle.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">bigassbelle</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4594429" class="dsq-comment-message">Why? Some winger a few years back was paying crackheads to get their tubes tied out in California. Those are your folks, D. You need to keep up ;-)<br><br>What I don\'t understand is where the Rethugs think they\'re going to get their housekeepers, auto mechanics, detailers, dry cleaners, gardeners, baristas, bank tellers, etc. if they eliminate the working class. There\'s a class war going on, but it\'s top down.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4596531" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4596531" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4596531" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ve been focused on the war, so things like this catch me by surprise when they\'re said publically.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4594903">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4594903" class="dsq-comment-message">You do not need to wonder what he will do. In our race conscious society, those white women will be given the checks withOUT tying their tubes! The rationale for that will be they need to keep reproducing so whites will have some hope to be the majority in 2012</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4596227" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4596227" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4596227" class="dsq-comment-message">Yup, and the POC women will get suckered into sterlization for a grand that will be spent by this time next week, with the economy the way it is.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4595325">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4595325" class="dsq-comment-message">I so agree. Remember what happened in North Carolina?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4596501">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4596501" class="dsq-comment-message">I thought the GOP types wanted women to choose life?<br><br>Funny how they want Bristol to choose life but urge Shenaynay to shut life down.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4596797" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4596797" class="dsq-comment-message">Kinda off subject, but I\'ve been meaning to ask.....<br><br>Why is the left so concerned with Bristol Palin? In the grand scheme of things, who cares who she marries, when she has her kid, what she names him, etc.? We\'re supposed to be celebrating the birth of Christ, yet people are drooling over the Palin birth.<br><br>Is it really that important to y\'all?<br><br>But, to answer your question....the GOP is against abortion, which is the taking of a life already in existance. Technically speaking, this wouldn\'t be "shutting life down;" rather, the prevention of life. I don\'t see a conflict along those lines, as it\'s not the same argument.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4597164">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4597164" class="dsq-comment-message">Because it is all hypocrisy on the part of the GOP \'values\' crowd.  A woman parading her unmarried pregnant teen on the national stage just doesn\'t seem to match up with the moral majority values.<br><br>It was unseemly and immoral. Immorality paraded on the national stage by those who proclaim to hold morality dear and as their exclusive right to impose on the rest of the nation.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4597623">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4597623" class="dsq-comment-message">But why are we preventing life? And why are all these life prevention measures always aimed at black, brown and poor people?  Don\'t they deserve a chance to "choose life?"<br><br>The left isn\'t obsessed with Bristol Palin; she is merely a symbol of the hypocrisy of the right.  Pure, white, "middle class" Bristol Palin is 17, knocked up and unwed, and she is celebrated for "choosing life."<br><br>Trailer park Jamie Lynn Spears is 17, knocked up and unwed, and she\'s just trash.<br><br>Sarah Palin is celebrated as a mom who\'s supporting her troubled daughter in these trying times.<br><br>Lynne Spears is blasted as a trifling, bad, poor excuse of a mother and Jamie Lynn getting knocked up is the proof in the pudding.<br><br>And let\'s not be stupid, here.  If Malia Obama were a 17 year old pregnant, unwed high school dropout whose baby daddy\'s momma was arrested for dealing crack, we wouldn\'t have heard about how great is was that Malia Obama "chose life."  We\'d be hearing about how typical and pathological Malia Obama was.  Shoot, as it was, Malia\'s mother who is and has been married to Malia\'s father for 16 years was castigated as a \'baby momma\'.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4597779" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4597779" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4597779" class="dsq-comment-message">But are they? I don\'t know enough about the guy\'s district to know how it breaks down around racial lines.<br><br>Keep in mind, though, that I\'m not completely in favor of this one. I don\'t think it\'s that smart.<br><br>On Bristol: well, knowing how one of the Obama daughters would be treated if they were in this situation, is turnabout fair play-or in that case, even justified?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4598026" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4598026">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4598026" class="dsq-comment-message">Come on, now.  Let\'s not play stupid. He says stuff like this:<br><br>"We\'re on a train headed to the future and there\'s a bridge out, " LaBruzzo said of what he suspects are dangerous demographic trends."<br><br>and this:<br><br>"LaBruzzo said he worries that people receiving government aid such as food stamps and publicly subsidized housing are reproducing at a faster rate than more affluent, better-educated people who presumably pay more tax revenue to the government. He said he is gathering statistics now."<br><br>and this:<br><br>"It also could include tax incentives for college-educated, higher-income people to have more children, he said."<br><br>We KNOW which demographic the article is talking about.  Otherwise they wouldn\'t have taken such pains in the article to point out that he was white and his district was David Duke\'s district.  He knows who he\'s targeting, otherwise he wouldn\'t have to cover his ass by claiming "well more white people are on welfare than blacks" and "my proposal isn\'t racist."<br><br>The "dangerous demographic trends" homey is talking about is the DECLINE in the births of WHITE babies and the INCREASE in the births of black and latino (but especially LATINO) babies.<br><br>These \'DANGEROUS DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS" mean the USA is getting less and less white, which doesn\'t bode well for the GOP.<br><br>Why do you think he\'s trying to get tax credits for "college educated higher income (white) people" to have MORE babies?<br><br>Why would he encourage MORE babies regardless of race to be born, when he claims that resources are dwindling?  Wouldn\'t more children = needing more resources?<br><br>As far as Bristol, Hypothetical Malia and Jamie Lynn are concerned,if you\'re going to treat Malia and Jamie Lynn like pieces of diarhea doo doo shit for being pregnant and unwed, then you need to treat Bristol the same way for making the same choices as Hypothetical Malia and Jamie Lynn.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4598490" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4598490" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4598490" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t think it\'s as serious-or as racially motivated-as you\'re suggesting. I think it\'s a stupid idea...and would be no less stupid if a state representative from Montana suggested it.<br><br>Palin/Obama: so the argument is basically because it would happen to the Obamas, that makes Bristol fair game. What does that accomplish, besides being spiteful?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4599287" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4599287">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4599287" class="dsq-comment-message">If you celebrate Bristol Palin "choosing life," then you should also celebrate Jamie Lynn Spears or Hypothetical Malia Obama for also "choosing life."<br><br>BUT, if you bash Jamie Lynn and Hypothetical Malia for making the same choice Bristol did (unprotected unmarried sex but choosing to bring the child to term), then YOUR motives need to be examined and brought into the light.<br><br>Bristol did the same thing Jamie Lynn did.  Neither girl will have to rely on welfare or will be living in a trailer park.  Both of them have the money and resources to raise their children --- yet Jamie Lynn was described as a piece of trash for getting knocked up while Bristol was the new face of "choosing life."  Why?<br><br>Didn\'t Jamie Lynn also choose life?  Couldn\'t Jamie Lynn have EASILY gotten an abortion and continued her TV career?  Jamie Lynn Spears has many more opportunities to make it out of her situation than Bristol does because even though Jamie Lynn is also a HS dropout she has her own money and doesn\'t need to rely on welfare or even her parents for support.  Bristol does, but JAMIE LYNN\'S the drag on the system?<br><br>We don\'t even need to discuss how Hypothetical Malia would have been treated because we all know that Hypothetical Malia and her baby would be described as typical black trash and drains on the system.  <br><br>The funny thing is if you\'re a welfare person only popping out kids for the money, it damn sure wouldn\'t be economically sensible to take a one-time $1000 sterilization payout when there\'s more money to be had by popping out kids.<br><br>I\'ll say it here:  if people are going to bash black teens for getting pregnant out of wedlock and bash lower class white teens like Jamie Lynn Spears for getting pregnant out of wedlock, then people SHOULD bash Bristol Palin all day, every day (as if Bristol was to the manor born, please!).  Damn straight.<br><br>But instead of bashing Bristol, Jamie Lynn or any other pregnant teen, how about NOT bashing any of them?</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4599398" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4599398" class="dsq-comment-message">Bash none of them. I agree with that.<br><br>Start here.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4600656" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4600656">islandgirl550</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4600656" class="dsq-comment-message">Town, white babies are worth saving. I thought you knew that!!!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4592843" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4592843" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/23/exclusive-obama-wants-bush-war-team-stay/" rel="nofollow">Obama wants Bush war team to stay</a><br><br>The more interesting thing here isn\'t the story-which makes sense-but the title used for it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4605031" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4605031">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4605031" class="dsq-comment-message">D: I remarked about this B4.  --The dissonance Btween the TITLE & the STORY!! <br><br>VERY DISTURBING!!  AArrgg!<br><br>Topic #2:<br><br>YOU & YOURS have a <b>VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS & a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!</b><br><br>***CALMLY***    :&gt;)      :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4592917">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4592917" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:   Gotta "bring THIS":<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaxDGfA7evA" rel="nofollow">The Christmas Song sung by <b>Nat King Cole</b></a><br><br><b>ENJOY!!</b><br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEyR8LOv8Bg" rel="nofollow"><b>Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas</b> - Kenny G</a><br><br>Annnnnnnnd a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcLMH8pwusw" rel="nofollow"><b>Happy New Year (ABBA)</b></a><br><br>GOD BLESS YOU Annnnnd YOURS!!     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4593368">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4593368" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  **jammin\'***   :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3hf1c_watch-chris-browns-this-christmas-m_shortfilms" rel="nofollow">Chris Brown’s This Christmas Music Video</a><br><br><b>ENJOY!!!</b>    He is soooo TALENTED!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  Loved the movie 2!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4598477">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4598477" class="dsq-comment-message">Verrry nice, GLH<br><br>that young brother ain\'t got nothin on Barack, though with his fine self, lol lol<br><br>I was impressed that Chris did his video with everyday folks in homes like most people have ...that was a very nice touch....instead of the blink blink thugged out stuff</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4605005" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4605005">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4605005" class="dsq-comment-message">whiterosebuddy:  Co-sign!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4594821" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4594821">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4594821" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>JJPers:</b><br><br>OOPS!   Just saw this on MSNBC  - - 11:00pm PST.   <b>Madoff Investor commited suicide! </b>  Did this JUST HAPPEN??</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4595021" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4595021">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4595021" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4595021" class="dsq-comment-message">Here\'s more:<br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/23/thierry-de-la-villehuchet_n_153147.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/23/thierr...</a><br><br>Lord have mercy.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4595198" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4595198">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4595198" class="dsq-comment-message">Miranda:  THANK YOU!   I thought that they were still doing a "REVIEW of the EVENTS of 2008!"   WOW!!<br><br><i>Reportedly, 3/4 of the money Villehuchet managed was in Madoff\'s fund.</i><br><br>REALLY, Lord have mercy! on this whole situation - including the investors he worked for/with!<br><br>***shakin\' my head***</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4595295" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4595295" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4595295">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4595295" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4595295" class="dsq-comment-message">I sympathize with that man\'s family, I really do...but how do you get to the point you would take your life over this? Yeah, its a billion dollars that his investors no longer have and he was responsible....whatever, it wasn\'t worth his life.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4595479" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4595479">Alexander</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4595479" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4595479" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ve seen this one on Law and Order.  Prosecutor Jack McCoy seeks an indictment against the swindler for reckless homicide.  Can\'t tell you the outcome.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4594938">Alexander</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4594938" class="dsq-comment-message">Jonathan Capeheart continues to parrot GOP talking points.<br><br>Jonathan Capeheart just told Andrea Mitchell that we should take the conclusions of the Obama report with a "grain of salt" because its "only" an internal investigation. No one else on MSNBC has been quite so dismissive today.  He also found it "convenient" that the report will be released at 4:00 p.m.  I\'m not sure what he\'s insinuating with that comment.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4597117">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4597117" class="dsq-comment-message">that serpentine reptile needs to slither up under a rock and stay there</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4599209">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4599209" class="dsq-comment-message">He\'s a Handkerchief Head.<br><br>Plain and simple.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4595082" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4595082">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4595082" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>JJPers:</b>  Back to my original post.    :&gt;)<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMz5oGc8s1Q&eurl=http://www.1800gospel.com/2008/12/ledisi-have-yourself-a-merry-little-christmas/" rel="nofollow"><b>Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas</b> (Ledisi )</a><br><br>As we come to the close of 2008, I want to tell you what a PLEASURE it has been ta MEETCHA\'LL!! [Thanks for my "new" language skills 2!   :&gt;)]<br><br>***extending my right hand to shake yours***    :&gt;)      :&gt;)<br><br>Gotta "raise up" for most of the day!  One thing that I have to do is to take gifts to the clients in a "nursing facility."  This will be a JOY!!   :&gt;)<br><br>See ya when I return!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br><b>MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR</b> TO ALL!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>GOD BLESS!!  YOU & YOURS!!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4596398">djchefron</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4596398" class="dsq-comment-message">Report: Cheney Admits Crucial Role In Valerie Plame Leak<br>Exclusive: Cheney’s admissions to the CIA leak prosecutor and FBI<br><a href="http://murraywaas.crooksandliars.com/2008/12/23/exclusive-cheneys-admissions-to-the-cia-leak-prosecutor-and-fbi/" rel="nofollow">http://murraywaas.crooksandliars.com/2008/12/23...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4598868" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4598868">Shazza</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4598868" class="dsq-comment-message">OK can we arrest him now? Didn\'t GW Sr. say outing an agent was treason? Let\'s do a two-fer and swing by and pick up Karl while he\'s at Fox News too.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4596489">Lilytiger</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4596489" class="dsq-comment-message">I tend to like the traditional christmas songs, so I made up a christmas cd that has a heavy rotation of Linda Eder\'s songs.<br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Stays-Same-Linda-Eder/dp/B00004YNGO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1230064183&sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Stays-Same-Lind...</a><br><br>You can have a small listen but you must hear her Do you Hear what I hear? which has the cast of The Lion King as the choir, her Silent Night invokes the sounds of angels and her Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas is downright heartelt. I am not a fan of the new songs but  others are.<br><br>This cd was an impulse buy and I loved it so much I wasted a lot of money trying her other cds, though her Somewhere Over the Rainbow is my absolute favorite rendition.<br><br>Beautiful voice.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4604903">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4604903" class="dsq-comment-message">Lilytiger:   HeeeeeeY!!!  :&gt;)     :&gt;)    :&gt;)  I like the "traditional ones" 2!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br><b>THANK YOU</b> for ALL your work on this "special music!"  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>U   R   A   "jewel!"  :&gt;)    <br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bAJ3icNrF8&eurl=http://video.aol.com/video-detail/mariah-carey-hark-the-herald-angels-sing-gloria-in-excelsis-deo-lyrics/2443992256/?icid=" rel="nofollow">Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Gloria (In Excelsis Deo) + lyrics (Mariah Carey)</a><br><br><b>HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!</b>  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>God Bless YOU & YOURS!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4597034">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4597034" class="dsq-comment-message">EVERYONE HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY WEEK!! I am now off to my folks where there is NO internet access so I will be bonding.....thank goodness I really like my family! LOL!! <br>Smooches!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4597101" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4597101">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4597101" class="dsq-comment-message">Well Can I go with you? I don\'t like all my family so much! :-)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4604851" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4604851" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4604851">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4604851" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4604851" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s funny...but it\'s not! So stop making me laugh!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4604932">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4604932" class="dsq-comment-message">ARP:   LOL!!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>**shakin\' my head!:&gt;)****<br><br><b>MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR</b> to you & yours!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)<br><br>C\'mon!  YOU just ENJOY them!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4598373" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4598373">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4598373" class="dsq-comment-message">Byeeee!! Enjoy Miranda...happy happy holidays!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4598523" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4598523" href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">icebergslim</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4598523" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2008/12/obama-report-on-blagojevich-much-to-do.html" rel="nofollow">Obama Report on Blagjevich, "Much to do about nothing"</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4599540" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4599540" href="http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">blksista</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4599540" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ll bet.<br><br>Chuck Todd, who I used to admire for astuteness, just said on <i>NBC Nightly News</i> that it looks like Obama was less \'hands off\' than he initially said.  Plus he said that there\'s a smell around Valerie Jarrett, too.<br><br>WTF?<br><br>I guess his being promoted to NBC White House correspondent (taking over from the tainted Mrs. Alan Greenspan) must have gotten to him.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4600659">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4600659" class="dsq-comment-message">Dont forget the voiceover that preceded Chuck Todd, which intoned that Obama was laying low in Hawaii and leaving Joe Biden to answer all the questions.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4599183">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4599183" class="dsq-comment-message">EVENING THREAD IS UP</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4590239" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4590239" href="http://www.bigassbelle.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">bigassbelle</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4590239" class="dsq-comment-message">Harvey Fierstein on the Rick Warren brouhaha:<br><br><i>"A couple of boys were calling my best friend a faggot one unhappy day at summer camp. Courses of action seemed slim to my adolescent mind. I could stand up for Jack branding myself a fag as well and insuring myself a miserable summer, or I could join in with the name callers, lose my closest friend, but assure my standing with the majority. I sacrificed my friend on the altar of popularity. I don’t think I need to tell you that political expediency was a terrific short-term solution but a long-term nightmare. My summer concluded uneventfully but none of those boys became my friend or did me any favors. And forty years later I still feel the loss of Jack along with a piece of my self respect that I can never win back. Mine was an act of cowardice and betrayal.<br><br>"It seems Obama is now maneuvering through the summer camp of his political adolescence and is about to make the same bad choice as I. He can call the placing of a hate monger like Rick Warren on the world dais political healing or inclusiveness or any other nicety he’d like, but I call it pandering to the lowest instinct of the worst kind of politics.<br><br>"President Elect Obama, your victory was made possible in no small part to the votes and wallets of the gay and lesbian community along with our supporters. Turning your back on us does not make you more mainstream American. It just makes you a coward." -</i></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4590730">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4590730" class="dsq-comment-message">Bull.<br><br> Obama is not manuering through no damn summer camp of political adolescence. Obama has told THE WORLD his political stance on gay issues and it is far more pro-gay than any President to occupy the WH.<br><br>Fierstein, is the coward and he needs to STFU about his yellowbellied action that he now wants to project onto Obama as some means of personal salvation. He better go to church, synaogue or mosque and work out those issues cause Obama ain\'t a reflection of his lack of moral conviction. Obama stood up when it was time to and he went to Saddleback church and stood up in front of evangelicals. Which is more than Fierstein ever can say.<br><br>Obama\'s  political stance has been shouted from pulpits and lecturns all over this nation. No one is unclear where he stands when it comes to gays and their political agenda. Cause he has stood UP.  Obama has NOt stood cowardly on the sidelines nor betrayed anyone.<br><br>Which is what makes the actions of those with a pro-gay agenda so reprehensible.<br><br>They are willing to tar and feather those who are their staunchest supporters knowing full well no other candidate running in 2008 was willing to repeal DOMA and who support civil unions. Neither Kerry, Clinton, Gore nor Edwards or Biden were as strong advocates for gay issues as Obama.<br><br>Yet, he is the one they choose to write endless stories of betrayal, cowardice and bigotry about?<br><br>Obama has turned his back on no one. Far more Americans voted for Obama than the gay&lesbian community and they have no more priorty than any other special interest groups. You think they would have learned from Blagoyevich,  Obama offers you his appreciation, for what your support. He is not beholden to your community and he will likely lose far more votes from mainstream America should he choose to kowtow to your demands.  <br><br><br><br>We know what time it is....RACE time!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4594263" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4594263" class="dsq-comment-message">Yep, because when the LGBT community can explain why Clinton got a free pass with that "Don\'t Ask, Don\'t Tell" bullshyt, they will have a valid reason to go after Obama.<br><br>And they wonder why they\'re being told to drink cans of STHU. &lt;&lt;&lt;eye roll&gt;&gt;&gt;</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4595292" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4595292" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4595292">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4595292" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4595292" class="dsq-comment-message">Actually CPL, Clinton didn\'t get a free pass. As a matter of fact, it was that very issue which derailed the Clinton administration and cause WJC to use up too much political capitol, right out the gate.<br><br>The result was a conservative backlash as both the military and most reasonable Americans were put out at the very idea!   That outrage fueled the moral majority and galvanized them into action so that Gingrich and Delay were able to gain a GOP majority for the first time in FOURTY years.<br><br>Obama does not need to listen to the GLBT group.  In fact, he needs to take a page out of the GOP book and create a LoG Cabin group for these individuals and not pay them any mind. Let them stew in the closet. Just like they do for the Republicans.<br><br>Why should Democrats accede to the demands of what is clearly a unwarranted protest for rights based on  sexual conduct the majority of society deems repulsive and repugnant..if not plain downright deviant?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4604675" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4604675" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4604675" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4604675" class="dsq-comment-message">As far as white gays are concerned WRB, Clinton isn\'t catching half the grief Obama is...and Obama hasn\'t even been sworn in yet.<br><br>Clinton unveiled his deviousness after he was sworn in.  He strung the LGBT community along until he was inaugurated.<br><br>I\'m just sick of the LGBT crowd who thinks Obama is supposed to jump when they holler, but they tell US to STHU because they still got that "privilege" thang going on.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4615746" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4615746" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4615746">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4615746" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4615746" class="dsq-comment-message">Yep...white entitlement is a bytch.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4592851" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4592851" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4592851">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4592851" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4592851" class="dsq-comment-message">The LGBT Community want to <b>bully</b> him because he\'s a black man! From jump street, the reason they voted for him is because they thought he\'d be a push over.  <br><br>This issue was put on the ballot because they knew it was going to be a heavy turnout of African American voters. When prop 8 didn\'t pass, blame was laid at the feet of black people because the turnout was there...so, in their mind, it had to be black folks that killed prop 8.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4595173" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4595173" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4595173">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4595173" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4595173" class="dsq-comment-message">Tell it. Tell it!<br><br>Folks need to be reminded that bullying is a hallmark of the so-called GLBT movement. That is the tactic they have used the most often to achieve their political goals. Lies, smears, defamation of character  etc....the leading gay activist group is not called ACT UP for no reason!!<br><br>This is their history.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4596201" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4596201" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4596201">Hers</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4596201" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4596201" class="dsq-comment-message">Tell it! They want Barack to be their Benson</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4596569" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4596569" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4596569">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4596569" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4596569" class="dsq-comment-message">Hers, you went there.  LOL!!!  PEO\'s got that winning smile, but he like Benson is no push over.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4596690" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4596690" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4596690">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4596690" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4596690" class="dsq-comment-message">YEP!!!<br><br>Benson is exactly it!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4596909" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4596909" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4596909">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4596909" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4596909" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh no you didnt...................Benson.....<br><br>BWA HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4599820" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4599820" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4599820">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4599820" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4599820" class="dsq-comment-message">this is too funny.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4590973" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4590973" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4590973">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4590973" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4590973" class="dsq-comment-message">You get better and better!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4595588" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4595588" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4595588">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4595588" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4595588" class="dsq-comment-message">No kidding!  WRB\'s a d#mn good debater!  And she/he doesn\'t resort to  personal name calling either. When one resort to name calling it\'s a sign of weakness that shows that person has no argument! Name calling is all they have.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4596721" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4596721" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4596721">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4596721" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4596721" class="dsq-comment-message">thanks Justice, that was really kind of you to say</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4594800" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4594800" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4594800">isonprize</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4594800" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4594800" class="dsq-comment-message">what she said!!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4590947" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4590947">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4590947" class="dsq-comment-message">What astounds me is the level of silence, absent Jasmyn Cannick, coming from the Black LGBT Community specifically and the African American Community generally in defense of PEO.  The white LGBT Community, like white liberals generally, have talked down to us, at us or simply patronized us.  And now they want to blame PEO and us by extension for their political failings.  They think PEO is an easy target b/c we aren\'t putting up much of a defense.  Just yesterday the Pope said we have to save humanity from homosexuality.  Do you see them going after the Pope and angering white catholics?  Hell no!<br><br>I guess in some respects it\'s better to ingnore them given their limited political influence, but it infuriates me to no end that they are disprespecting PEO in way they never did with white presidents who where far less vocal in their support of gay rights or outright indifferent.  <br><br>Apparently b/c the media told them they were Obama\'s base, they believe it.  Name me a state he won that he wouldn\'t have won without their support?  They damn sure didn\'t help him win VA, NC, FL, OH and IN.  He won in spite of them.<br><br>January 20th, a Black man will be taking the oath of office in front of the Capitol that our ancestors built.  For the first time in this country\'s history, a Black man will be walking through the front doors of the White House to run it not service it.   But let these white liberals tell it, that will all be dimished b/c some white preacher who opposes gay marriage, like vast of majority of Americans, will be speaking for 2 minutes.<br><br>I guess I could ignore them, but I\'ll be damned if I allow them to diminish what has been 400 years in the making, paid for by the worse human atrocity in the history of mankind.  Our ancestors gave their lives for this day, and I\'ll be damned if they ruin it!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4593235" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4593235" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4593235">BlackAmericanPrincess</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4593235" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4593235" class="dsq-comment-message">Could you please post the link to Jasmyne Cannick\'s remarks??  I missed them.  Thanks in advance! :)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4594465" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4594465" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4594465">Shazza</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4594465" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4594465" class="dsq-comment-message">EUR published it today.<br><a href="http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur49557.cfm" rel="nofollow">http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur49557.cfm</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4595146" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4595146" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4595146">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4595146" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4595146" class="dsq-comment-message">She. Did. That.<br><br>She really came with it, that needs to be put up on dkos with a pic of a middle finger as the title.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4595481" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4595481" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4595481">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4595481" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4595481" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4600188" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4600188">BlackAmericanPrincess</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4600188" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4600188" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks Shazza!<br><br>Peace & Love,  Tawra</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4595534" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4595534" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4595534">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4595534" class="dsq-comment-message">NMP writes:<br>"Apparently b/c the media told them they were Obama\'s base, they believe it. "<br><br>Just like the fields of art and theatre the media is predominately gay. They write the biases and project them into the mainstream of political thought. So, of course gays beleive they are indispensible becasuse primarily gay newsreporters told them so!<br><br>Let\'s look at just how disproportionate their population is in terms of not just newscasts but entertainment and how that results in shaping and molding American opinions of how prevalent homosexuality is due to the mainstreaming of the deviant sexual conduct by journalists and network executives.<br><br>First, according to the most reliable data, homosexuals make up LES THAN ONE PERCENT of the total population.The 2000 census sheds even more light on the subject.  The overall statistics from the 2000 Census Bureau revealed:<br><br>    * The total population of the U.S. is 285,230,516.<br>    * The total number of households in the U.S. is 106,741,426.<br>    * The total number of unmarried same-sex households is 601,209.<br><br>Thus, out of a population of 106,741,426 households, homosexuals represent 0.42% of those households. <br><br> That is less than one half of one percent!<br><br>But since most people are not mathematicians, I would like to make this point in a way that most individuals will be able to better comprehend.  If we were to start a new television sitcom, and wanted to accurately portray homosexual ratios in society, we would need 199 heterosexual actors before we finally introduced one homosexual actor.<br><br>And yet modern television casts of three or four often include one or more homosexual actor(s).  The statistics from the 2000 census are not figures grabbed from the air and placed on a political sign or Web site to promote a particular agenda.  These were census data that were carefully collected from the entire United States population,<br><br>And given that you know that homosexuals represent less than one half of one percent of the population.  It is not difficult to discern how extremely disproportinate it is to have not ONE but TWO cable network anchors who are gay in primetime, <br><br>And that is not even considering the predominace of gays in the print media.<br>Which is what accounts for Time allowing a writer to call Obama a bigot!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4596096" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4596096" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4596096">Hers</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4596096" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4596096" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you! I agree 100% with EVERYTHING you typed. This is our moment.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4599752" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4599752" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4599752">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4599752" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4599752" class="dsq-comment-message">You\'re so on point. I\'m yelling PREACH IT as I read this.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4592192" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4592192" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4592192">Lavender</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4592192" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4592192" class="dsq-comment-message">Here are some links to protests against The Vatican<br><br><a href="http://www.dignityusa.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.dignityusa.org/</a><br><br><a href="http://www.365gay.com/news/protest-denounces-vatican-policy-on-gays/" rel="nofollow">http://www.365gay.com/news/protest-denounces-va...</a><br><br><a href="http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2008/12/gays-protest-outside-vatican-in-support.html" rel="nofollow">http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2008/12/ga...</a></div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4593467">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4593467" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4593467" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4593467">chenna</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4593467" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4593467" class="dsq-comment-message">Jasmyne does not speak for the Black community.  I\'m actually disappointed in the level of silence that has come from non-gay corners.  Warren\'s selection is totally indefensible.  In this case, we need to separate the historical racism of the gay rights movement and pay attention to the defense offered of Warren\'s selection.  We really have to be careful here of only seeing it as a "gay issue" when it really is about more than that.<br><br>And I\'m surprised at the number of people telling gays to STFU.  That alone tells me people are not serious about engaging in dialogue.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4594216" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4594216" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4594216" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4594216" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4594216" class="dsq-comment-message">If gays are going to blame Black people for their ills, that might be the reason why they\'re being told to drink cans of STFU.<br><br>Blacks are going to be silent because gays automatically believe because we led the charge on civil rights, we should automatically get behind them when they haven\'t taken the pains to educate people as to why they shouldn\'t be homophobic.<br><br>They didn\'t do that.  And rather than accept responsibility for their failure to do research, outreach and education, it\'s easier to blame POC for their failure to make inroads in obtaining and protecting their civil rights.<br><br>They want Blacks to do the heavy lifting while they ascend and shut US out of those same gains.  We said NO, THANK YOU, and unless they invite us to the table, we\'ll keep saying NO, THANK YOU.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4595078" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4595078" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4595078">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4595078" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4595078" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, CPL<br>The glaring truth here is that the phrase \'gay is the new black\' didn\'t resonate with me as a POC as the dog whistle that it was. You see, as a POC, I thought they meant ...the gay STRUGGLE was the new black.<br><br>It took a non-POC, to have the perspicacity to hear the real dog whistle.  It was not about gays demanding not to be mistreated so much as it was a call for white racial solidarity where they are being challenged, to not treat gays, who are white, AS BAD AS they treat blacks.<br><br>They are saying...you won\'t treat us like \'nig##s will you, when we are white....the same white entitlement that females had during the primaries for HRC.<br><br>So, blacks are not being asked to do the heavy lifing so much as the gay community is seeking solidarity on the basis of their WHITE skin to not be treated BLACK!! Which makes sense why they are so visciously attacking Obama.<br><br>You are not being asked to come to the table at all.  As a matter of fact they are telling the world they don\'t want to sit with your black gay or not self at all<br><br>It took a non-POC, though to break down what was REALLY being said.<br><br>Gay is the new black is the same as STATE\'s Rights and affirmative action and welfare...racist code words.to engender collectively racial solidarity vs. blacks.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4596470" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4596470" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4596470">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4596470" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4596470" class="dsq-comment-message">whiterose, you are soooo on point.  Please REPEAT, REPEAT, REPEAT!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4599781" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4599781" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4599781">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4599781" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4599781" class="dsq-comment-message">This was deep when I first read it, and it still is.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4600158" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4600158">whiterosebuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4600158" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah,<br><br> it was a real lightbulb moment for me. I woke up realizing I had misunderSTOOD what Gay is the new black meant.  My experience as a POC and their constant attachment of their \'discrimination\' to the struggle blacks had to achieve civil rights is how I took it.<br><br>When I understood,, that it was a racial solidarity call...I was like ..OMG...this is a dog whistle.<br><br>Then I had to sit back and reflect on that, y\'know...to wrap my mind around it based on the other things I knew about racism in the gay community and it just CLICKED!!<br>bada BING!!<br>ding, ding ding!!<br><br>I already knew from other gays how they are very derisive and demeaning to blacks in the gay community. They have an entire structure of \'separate but equal\' WITHIN the homosexual community. The gay network is racist as can be. So, is the ability to get jobs and in entertainment it seems the bar is that if you want a job, you have to at some point agree to get dressed up like a woman on TV if you are a black male. That is no coincidence.  It is deliberate, cuz the black male is suppose to be the ultimate sign of masculine virility and so he must agree to portray himself as a woman to be emasculated in front of the entire world, IF he wants to climb the entertainment ladder in film and TV.<br><br>Denzel refused to. Which is why it took so long for him to get an Oscar and it is also why Jamie Foxx had immediate entree...he did a lot of female roles on InLivingColor...for that he was beloved by the gay community.<br><br>And everrrry body and they momma know ...you can\'t get Oscar UNLESS the gays are backing you. The casting couch is not just for females in hollywood and TV.<br><br>Look how they did Eddie Murphy, even though he has been in a dress several times...they refuse to give him one cause they do like how he has made all this money as a fat caricature and so they dissed him for his excellent dramatic role in Dream Girls and gave it to that ol white man in that movie I can\'t even call the name of right now, something about Savannah or whatEVER.<br><br>And you do not even what me to get started on the racist involved in AIDS research and drug therapy treatments. Cause the gay white establishment are all in the upper eschelons of government and industry in the closet. They do not want a black face on AIDS but they want to scare the public into believeing it is transmitted by heterosexuality and it is not. The primary mode of transmission has been since the very first case was diagnosed ...anal receptive sex. If you ain\'t doin it ..your chances of getting AIDS are like less than one-half of one percent. But you not gone hear that cause gays want heteros scared to get funding. AIDS is funded at 6X the rate of heart disease and cancer, even though AIDS does kills far far less folks. Funding is disproportionate.<br><br>You just don\'t want to get me started.  Let me just sum this up.<br><br>Bottomline..the gay world is RACIST as the Jim Crow South in 1960.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4594432" class="dsq-comment-message">Preach.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4596796" class="dsq-comment-message">CPL, say that AGAIN, AND AGAIN, AND AGAIN!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4599916" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>Does it ever occur to any of you the following?<br><br><u>Blacks can be gay.<br><br>People of color can be gay.</u>  <br><br>For both of these groups <b><i>it is not always about color and race politics.</i></b><br><br>Not a few of them are getting effing sick and tired of finding little connection with other gays and little connection with blacks.  You\'re either one of those or none of those.  Not both.<br><br>Make a distinction about <i>which gays</i> you mean when you are criticizing.  Because even in San Francisco, the conscious know that the shop-til-you drop gays who vacation in Aruba are miles away from gays who are trying to make the rent and are raising Takesha\'s kids alone because Grandmoms is in the nursing home, Moms is living in another state and won\'t take them, and Takesha is nowhere to be found.<br><br>To be frank, there is that kind of white queers or queens around that you speak of.  But to say that <i>all of them</i> are like that is really pushing the boat out, and is extremely offputting.  Don\'t use the same game that racist whites love to pull on us: stereotyping.</b></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4600055" class="dsq-comment-message">AND?<br><br>Gays go to church and refuse to repent and claim their Christian too...so?<br><br>Folks say they are Buddhist and celebrate Christmas, too.<br><br>So, what is your point?<br><br>Women of color have to choose all the damn time. But we smart enough to know we black first.<br><br>I am sick and tired of gays playing the victim card for conduct they willingly indulge in to achieve, as you so eloquently put it ...\'a state of grace\'<br><br>Quit all the whinning and kvetching.<br><br>It is UNimpressive.<br><br>And quite unbecoming for individuals who claim that their sexual desires make them such a unique breed of individuals they wanna demand rights no one else has, based on what they do with their genitals. Genital rights they want based on what they do with theirs. arrgh!!<br><br>If you think we didn\'\'t understand there are poor gays and rich gays, ugly gays and pretty gays, closet gays and flaming gays, bottom gays and topper gays..and bisexual gays and lesbians that love fisting while other gays like rimming to achieve a state of grace...you are WRONG.<br><br>We simply choose to ignore all that deviant sexual conduct so that we too can achieve a <br><br>State of GRACE!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4600538" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh, barrrother...<br><br><i>Gays go to church and refuse to repent and claim their Christian too...so?</i><br><br>Repent of what?  Having sex with someone they love?  That\'s what it boils down to.<br><br><i>Folks say they are Buddhist and celebrate Christmas, too.</i><br><br>In Japan and other Asian countries where Buddhism is one of the dominant religions,  they also celebrate Christmas--as a winter holiday only.  There are holidays in which the solstice or the end of the year is celebrated, and Christmas is one of them.  Lots of people do here as well--without the baby Jesus.  They have the trees.  They have the eggnog,  They have the cards.<br><br><i>So, what is your point?</i><br><br>My point is for you--and others--to delineate between the behavior of gays you don\'t like from those who are trying to carry out their lives the best way they can, <i>whether or not they are Christian or even spiritual.</i><br><br><i>Quit all the whinning and kvetching.</i><br><br>Pot, meet kettle.  If I ever was.<br><br><i>And quite unbecoming for individuals who claim that their sexual desires make them such a unique breed of individuals they wanna demand rights no one else has, based on what they do with their genitals. Genital rights they want based on what they do with theirs. arrgh!!</i><br><br>The same can be said about how some people set standards about what blackness is, how proud they are to be black to the point of chest thumping and then making other black folks\' lives miserable because they don\'t come up to their standards.  To be  proud of self,  and to enable others to be proud regardless of who they are, is enough.<br><br>I don\'t think gays are unique, just different.  Some may think their d@cks are magic wands or their vaginas are honeypots for the general  population; but they should not be considered speaking for the entire gay population.  Some are just celebrating being alive, others are just being idiots.   If they have their own equivalent of the amen corner, the same rules apply.  I once knew a co-worker who was raising his kids out in the suburbs and who was gay.  He had his own friends, but he was pretty adamant about not going to Castro Street, or Polk Street or gay resorts at all.  He did not entertain anyone overnight.  Should he come in for your...ahem?...criticism?<br><br><i>If you think we didn\'\'t understand there are poor gays and rich gays, ugly gays and pretty gays, closet gays and flaming gays, bottom gays and topper gays..and bisexual gays and lesbians that love fisting while other gays like rimming to achieve a state of grace...you are WRONG.</i><br><br>Oh, you thought I meant you?  Oh, I am so sorry if it appeared that I included you in what I said.<br><br>Like I said before, I don\'t have a vested interest in finding out what holes which penises are entering 24 hours a day, seven days a week.<br><br>Furthermore, it\'s been proven through the centuries that one way to the divine has been through sexual union.  It\'s not the only way to me or to many other people, but for some, this is a way of self-expression.  I will say, <i>how  would anyone get anything done on earth if that\'s all they did.</i> In other words, gays are more than just their d*cks and vaginas.<br><br>Seems like you are making a hellalot of noise about ignoring them that is more about self-aggrandizement than attaining that state of <i>whatever</i> you are seeking.  And I don\'t think \'the gays\' are keeping you from that attainment--or heaven--at all.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4600715" class="dsq-comment-message">O please.<br>\'Repent of what? Having sex with someone they love? That\'s what it boils down to.\'<br><br>WRONG. Can you be a Buddhist and not practice THE LAW? How the  can anyone claim they are Christian and live in sin. That is against the Christian faith it is real simple. For everyone that is except homosexuals who want to insist they get to fornicate in sin in perpetuity without repenting. Well, they can do so, but they can\'t claim to be Christian.<br><br>"In Japan and other Asian countries where Buddhism is one of the dominant religions, they also celebrate Christmas--as a winter holiday only."<br><br>In America, people who celebrate Christmas are celebrating the birth of Christ. Which means non-Christians have no reason to celebrate it.<br><br>"The same can be said about how some people set standards about what blackness is, how proud they are to be black to the point of chest thumping and then making other black folks\' lives miserable because they don\'t come up to their standards."<br><br>Totally false. Blacks demanded rights on the basis of being human beings. They want to have all the inalienable rights granted in the Constitution as human beings. NOT because of some SEXUAL conduct. Gays want rights based on what they do not who they are. It was completely different for blacks. It is not analogous.<br><br>"I don\'t think gays are unique, just different"<br><br>The world knows they are not unique. They are human beings like the rest of us. But homosexuals want to claim they are a special group based on what they do for sex.<br>That is what makes their entire argument baseless. No one is discriminating against them as human beings. But society does have the right to determine what behaviors create the most civil society and role model for developing human beings.<br><br>What has been proven through the ages is that the sexual union achieves divinity as the route of reproduction. There is no divinity without the possibility of reproduction because reproduction is in God\'s image and spirit. Which is why there is nothing whatsoever divine about homosexual sex acts...it leads to nothing but lascivious desire. It is an empty quest. Never can it create another human being which is the divinity of the union. That is why it is a state of grace. It is God\'s grace. Not man\'s deviant sexual desires.<br><br>No noise, just a rational response to how you have twisted the Christian tenets as being about rejection when it is gays who reject the Christian faith by insisting they can live lives of sin and be Christians. Just doesn\'t work that way...no self=aggrandizement about that at all.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4601019" class="dsq-comment-message">The world according to WRB:<br><br><i>WRONG. Can you be a Buddhist and not practice THE LAW?</i><br><br>WRB, don\'t make the mistake of equating the Law with god, Jesus or the trinity.  <i>It is not the same.</i>  You tried this before, and it just shows your ignorance (and intolerance) about other religions and what they offer.<br><br><i>How the can anyone claim they are Christian and live in sin.</i><br><br>Again, I say, you equate them choosing to have sex--or making love--with another gay person as a sin.  I don\'t think of it as a sin, and neither does my religious organization, which seeks to bless gay marriages in California.<br><br><i>That is against the Christian faith it is real simple.</i><br><br>YOUR interpretation of Christian faith, that is.<br><br>The United Church of Christ, the Unitarians--they certainly don\'t think so, either.<br><br><i>For everyone that is except homosexuals who want to insist they get to fornicate in sin in perpetuity without repenting.</i><br><br>Oh, <i>yick</i>!  Straight from out of <i>Elmer Gantry</i> or <i>Carrie</i> or something.  <br><br>Tell me something.  How many times do you squeeze your legs shut per day?  It\'s a wonder you\'re not knock-kneed.<br><br>As I said before, I am soooooo glad to be liberated from this kind of oppressive faith and spirituality.  I just wonder why some gays, especially blacks and gays of color, would want to go through such self-abnegation and abuse to be a part of such churches.  But people have their own needs, so...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4601881" class="dsq-comment-message">Blksista,<br>I did not equate TheLaw to any deity. I asked could you be a Buddhist and not practice THE LAW? If not, how can anyone think they can be Christian and not practice the Christian tenets. Very simple question. Not complex at all.Not ignorant either. Instead, it is very enlightened unlike the replies to the query. Where you are obfuscating and misconstruing what was said to say whatEVER you like. Classic shotgun approach to see what will stick.  Not buying it.<br><br>I, personally am not saying homosexuals are living in sin. (even if I think so) The Christian faith says that and anyone who practices the Christian faith and says otherwise, is setting up a sham. The bible is not vague at all about it.  There are those who want to beleive it is not a sin, but then folks who steal, lie, cheat and committ adultery also FEEL the same. Doesn\'t make it true. It simply means they live in denial and choose not to be accountable under the tenets of Christianity. It does not mean it is not a sin in the Christian faith.<br><br>What makes you think I squeeze my legs shut EVER?  Just because I have a discussion with you doesn\'t mean you know my personal sexual conduct. For the record, I think sex is wonderful and have no problem consumating my relationship with utter joy and uncounted frequency..<br><br>So it is not my interpretation, it is the bible. It is not some silly made up religious denomination creed that says you can\'t dance or wear red ...it is stated in the bible. If it is stated in the bible, it is clear and not some person\'s whim. Those who disregard the bible and attempt to assert otherwise are lieing. Folks, do not get to have their own version of Christianity. It is not multiple choice. There is one creed, and it is written in the bible. I take no ownership for it.<br><br>I am quite liberated spiritually and unoppressed by any faith. Nor am I in denial about what Christianity means and what the sins are.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4602207" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>I did not equate TheLaw to any deity. I asked could you be a Buddhist and not practice THE LAW?</i><br><br>Again, your ignorance is showing.<br><br>You don\'t even know what The Law is.  <br><br><i>I, personally am not saying homosexuals are living in sin. </i><br><br>So you say...<br><br><i>What makes you think I squeeze my legs shut EVER? Just because I have a discussion with you doesn\'t mean you know my personal sexual conduct....</i><br><br>Boy, you really don\'t get it, do you?<br><br>(Shakes head.)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4600122" class="dsq-comment-message">I could not have said this better. Thank you so much.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4604710" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s Gay POCs I\'m thinking about, because the White Gay establishment has literally told y\'all to put a sock in it, too, until they decide you\'re worth parading around as a point of "inclusion".<br><br>If they wanted POCs\' support, who better to utilize to go into the churches, synagogues, temples and cathedrals to educate and marshall support than the gay POCs?  The white gays run thangs and want to blame POCs for THEIR screw-ups.  So, I\'m not singling out or forgetting gay POCs, but it sure as hell looks like the white gays don\'t even think about y\'all unless it\'s Jasmyne or Pam Spaulding getting in their grills.  I will make that distinction from here on in, because I tend to type ahead of my thoughts, and I meant no disparaging by not making that distinction.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4619192" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>It\'s Gay POCs I\'m thinking about, because the White Gay establishment has literally told y\'all to put a sock in it, too...</i><br><br>Excuse me, but <i>y\'all</i>?  I am not gay or bisexual; I am straight.<br><br>If I sound as if I am a "fellow traveler," understand that my life has been a bit more eclectic than some typical black folks.  <br><br>And I am sure that gays of color would if they could come out to their fellow parishioners...if there wasn\'t <i>old homophobia</i> in the black, Latino and Asian communities already, starting with some of the denizens of this website whooping and hollering as I said before about so-called sin and repentance.<br><br>As I said before, <b>it is not always about race politics with black gays and gays of color.</b> That does not mean that they are waiting for orders from white massas either.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4621807">lennyhate</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4621807" class="dsq-comment-message">as a black gay man, i wholehearted agree with you.  when i express outrage at obama\'s pick of pastor warren, it is not about racial politics.  i just find it disturbing that he would pick such a divisive figure.  the president-elect is not above reproach.  <br><br>it also seems as if some are excusing homophobia.  that can\'t be the case, right?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4599771">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4599771" class="dsq-comment-message">You\'re on point too.<br><br>Thank you.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4621769">lennyhate</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4621769" class="dsq-comment-message">jon stewert brought up a good point when debating with mike huckabee about gay rights.  he said that the real tragedy is that anyone should have to "make a case" in order to qualify for equal rights.<br><br>i agree that the No on 8 campaign should have done more outreach, but does that excuse homophobia?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4594946" class="dsq-comment-message">chenna,<br><br>Please share how or why you thing this is more than a \'gay issue\'. What does that mean?  In what way is it more than a \'gay issue\'?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4596759" class="dsq-comment-message">Word, great question WRB!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4595243" class="dsq-comment-message">BAB,<br><br>It is being reported on HuffPo that  Rick Warren has scrubbed a previous page on his website that denied membership to Gays at his church.....now of course, this doesn\'t mean his heart has changed, but I think it is significant  because  of the heat being placed on leader like him.  Warren is realizing that there is passion about Gay rights...and people are willing to raise hell about it.  That\'s important.  You know the saying "A closed mouth does not get fed." <br><br> The dialogue is opening up across the country and whether we agree with each other or not, the topic is being discussed.  So maybe there is a bright side...and the fight is finally being brought to the forefront, instead of only being reactionary.  There may actually be a bright spot from this after all.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4596718" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4596718">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4596718" class="dsq-comment-message">Monie, I agree the fight is being brought to the forefront.  <br><br>That is what Barack Obama has done from the time he stood in front of the podium at the 2004 DNC. <br><br>He\'s a powerful symbol to the USA and the World.  He\'s a big honking mirror for all us to take a real hard look at ourselves.  Some of us have got to dig a little deeper than others; and it\'s painful.<br><br>PEO didn\'t get where he is by taking on nobody\'s shyt.  Folks are going to have to do the inner work themselves, and stop reaching outward for validation by blamming and not taking responsibility for their choices.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 </ul>\
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