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"", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11637762": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Thanks ....<br><br>...how about this one?<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5PtSJEfajw&NR=1\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5PtSJEfajw&NR=1</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_14:55:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11633049, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11629579": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hey, don't go anywhere!  This was shaping up to be a very boring day at the office for me, and thanks to you there's some excitement.  All that's missing for me to truly enjoy the fireworks is a bowl of Orville Redenbacher's...then again it is lunchtime, hmmm (LOL).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:58:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11624532, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11622924": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "She can't be serious.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:46:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11622594, "depth": 3, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11634189": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I hear you, Liza and Town.<br><br>I agree that it wasn't a good idea to come in here calling people liars, especially when she turned out to be wrong about what she thought was being attributed to her.<br><br>But I also think some of the backlash toward BWBTT is because she has expressed opinions that many feel are in line with what the Coward Anonymous Vineyard folks said. <br><br>Let's face it: 99% of us absolutely adore Michelle Obama (I just registered to comment today by happenstance, but I've been lurking here for at year and a half). A lot of us, and not just JJP posters but black folks in general, get real sensitive about any slights real or perceived against Michelle and Barack.<br><br>Now that we got this all ironed out, maybe we can have the discussion we were supposed to have about classism in the black community (one of my favorite topics!).<br><br>Speaking of which, are Jill and Jack going to finish that series on black folks attending Sidwell Friends?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_13:30:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Areba", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11630098, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11706895": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yep!  Just got back.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-24_19:59:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11648950, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11648016": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree, PT.  Mr. and Mrs. Robinson are the epitome of a well-rounded, working class American family.   They didn't come from old money and sacrificed so their children could live in this world and not expect anyone to hand them anything on a silver plater.  They like other black parents deserve our respect.<br><br>My dad and mom both had an 8th grade education and 11 children. <br><br>He was a farmer and butcher. My mom stayed at home and occassionally went out to clean white folks homes. She died 4 years ago.<br><br>Dad's 85 and he still butchers half of us went on to college.    My dad is the smartest, dearest, and gracious man I know.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_18:12:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11643760, "depth": 3, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11630098": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "No one is \"misunderstanding anything.\"<br><br>A quick \"Cliff Notes\" recap for those just tuning in:<br><br>The quotes from the Martha's Vineyard article were posted on the Tuesday Open Thread, where \"Anonymous Source\" claimed that Michelle was just a ghetto girl.<br><br>One of the comments on the Martha's Vineyard article (from whichever site the MV article came from) said that a certain blog with a musical instrument name had similar sentiments.<br><br>Rikyrah wanted to know which blog the commenter was referring to.<br><br>A JJP Poster (wordsmith) said the blog was BWBTT.<br><br>BWBTT got mad for being called out and tried to put smoke into the situation by claiming she never made the Martha's Vineyard comments.<br><br>Nobody said she did.<br><br>So nobody's confused, but there's been a great attempt to make everyone confused.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_13:10:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11629643, "depth": 3, "points": 17, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11653010": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "There was nothing for you to apologize for WordSmith.  It was just a misunderstanding.  tickled me though :-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_20:22:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11652521, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11625049": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LOL!  Look Super NEGROS!  The Plane, the plane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:30:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11622571, "depth": 1, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11662874": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Read between the lines.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-24_03:48:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "AxelFoley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11635749, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11626011": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LMAO!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:37:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11625049, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11623964": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Why are you defensive? No one accused YOU of writing the comment. If someone did write it, does that make you responsible for it?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:10:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11623464, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11629317": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That's a Texas saying, Muzikal!  Here's another..<br><br>Never miss a good chance to shutup!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:51:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11626082, "depth": 2, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11629147": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I did read the post and so did many of the commnenters below.  <br><br>I'm done with you because it is more than obvious that we are dealing with someone who was called out for their comments and now they want to pretend as if they didn't write them.<br><br>YOU AREN'T FOOLING ANYONE BUT YOURSELF.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:47:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "blueberry", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11627844, "depth": 1, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11635749": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh...is <i>that</i> what they're saying?!!...thanks for illuminating us.<br><br>Now, I wonder why they didn't actually say what YOU said?<br><br>Ghetto black trash<br>Scrubbing White House kitchen<br>Fat black women who don't know their own minds...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_14:05:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11629251, "depth": 2, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11648551": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well said sir.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_18:28:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11643760, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11623464": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "@ Wordsmith<br><br>I am calling you what you are.<br><br>This quote did not come from my forum.<br><br>Many blacks from Oak Bluffs are elated that the Only One\u2013in\u2013Chief may be joining them. \u201cPeople are going to lose their minds!\u201d Tonya Lewis Lee says. At the same time, there\u2019s also a bit of wariness among the wealthiest ones, an uncertainty whether Obama will affirm them. \u201cObama is more a man of the people,\u201d says a Vineyarder who\u2019s part of black high society. \u201cHe doesn\u2019t seem to identify with affluent black people. His wife definitely doesn\u2019t; she is basically a ghetto girl. That\u2019s what she says\u2014I\u2019m just being sociological. She grew up in the same place Jennifer Hudson did. She hasn\u2019t reached out to the social community of Washington, and people are waiting to see what they\u2019ll do about that.\u201d<br><br>Your incinuation that it DID is a bunch of malarkey.<br><br>I don't mind pointing it out.<br><br>Anyone who wants to view what is discussed at my forum can do so for themselves.  Associating MY forum with the quote that is provided in this post is a crock.<br><br>I don't mind pointing it out.  Nice try of slandering my think tank but it won't work. I have no problems discussing and analyzing the class landscape at my forum.  I do have issues with being misquoted by those with an agenda of slandering my forum, however...<br><br>As I said, the readers can visit my think tank and investigate for themselves!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:59:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "facebook-1314242676", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 34, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11621933": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What bothers me the most is that these people don't even have the courage to put their names to these awful comments.<br><br>What cowards and they are not to be admired.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:22:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "blueberry", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11621758, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11623470": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "HA!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:59:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11622850, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11635037": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "* dead *<br><br>This whole thread is a rip-roaring, hot mess.  <br><br>\"Our Kind of People\" sound like folks that need something real to do.  You got young folks dying in Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan, atrocities in Darfur, and some self-serving, self-appointed knee-grows who think they decide who can represent the best of black folk?  They better GTFOH with that dumb shyt.  Any black person - hell, any human being worth the name is not talking this kind of trivial bullshit in these times.<br><br>Miranda, if you keep killing us with the truth, folks gonna charge you with mass murder!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_13:47:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "sagittarius", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11630010, "depth": 6, "points": 6, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11622960": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm SNARKING, big time here.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:47:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11622751, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11621425": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm sure the President of the United States of America and the First Lady are losing sleep over what these snooty snoots think of them...not!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:09:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 6, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11654707": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That is awesome, where can I go to see pictures?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_20:55:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "malletgirl02", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11622182, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11650884": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh noesss....<br><br>I can't get in; I'm blocked!  I mean - 'comon, I don't even have parking tickets and someone is actually blocking ME from their website.<br><br>Now that could be a real shame because there might've been something very much worthwhile there.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_19:36:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11650723, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11628090": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LOL - Okay, well I guess I don't know enough about Toure then. Should we be questioning his motives and/or his approach to the issue? Would Graham have given us a fuller or more complex picture?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:44:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "claudia_m", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11625253, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11635260": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "ewww...that plan took a sharp left about 3 hours ago.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_13:53:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11634460, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11652521": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Val - I AM  a rebel.  However, I am not a criminal!  :))<br><br>Seriously though - I would've apologized if it was hashed out properly.  I have no intent when it comes to blogs, sharing information, etc.  I don't visit the wingnutter blogs because I just don't give a shit what they're saying; other people can if they like.  I don't have an agenda.  I'm not practicing ploys or trying to get over on someone/anyone.  I'm just reading stuff that interests me and sharing You Tube videos.<br><br>I should never respond to stuff that flashes me into irritation that quickly.  For whatever reason, it pissed me - especially in dealing with Michelle Obama - and, seriously, Val - it took me 5 minutes to find exactly what I was looking for.  I just know what to ask The Google is all.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_20:10:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11651896, "depth": 5, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11622923": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "@ WordSmith<br><br>You are a complete liar and that quote that was referenced DID NOT come from my site.  Nice try in slandering my forum but it won't work/<br><br>@ Sepia<br><br>Don't believe everything you read. Investigate for yourself.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:46:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "facebook-1314242676", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11641414": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The only thing thought after visiting that \"think tank\" was \"this site sucks\".  To each their own I guess.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_16:24:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11630371, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11624521": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "As disgusted as I am by the quotes in this article, I wonder if we might take a moment to talk about the motives involved in writing, publishing, and calling attention to this topic. <br><br>I have a lot of respect for Toure (he's great to follow on Twitter). Still, I don't think it's out of line to question who or what inspired him or <i>New York Magazine</i> to bring this particular story to our attention. Just because it's summer vacation time? Hmm.... We all know that these \"Anonymous Vineyarders\" have a range of opinions on the Obamas, the unconventional path they took to success and power, and the extent to which they would or would not \"fit in\" with their crowd. So are we learning anything new from this piece other than the fact that black folks are still capable of hating on each other. It's sad to see these people try to maintain this ridiculous class warfare by claiming that their club is so exclusive <i>even the President and his wife can't get in</i> but I suspect we sorta knew that already. On the other hand, there are many media outlets who love this kind of in-fighting. So who's really benefiting here, I wonder.<br><br>I'm as irritated by this as the rest of you (how dare anyone talk about Michelle that way!) but there are other issues at work here I think.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:21:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "claudia_m", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11640907": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Personally, I'd like the President and The First Lady to vacation there.<br><br>Let the skinnin' and grinnin' begin!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_16:13:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11623631, "depth": 5, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11629154": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I suggest Union Pier in Michigan. Just a quick ride helicopter ride across the Lake.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:47:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11624706, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11629648": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Call  911<br><br>*dying*<br><br>LMAO!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:59:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11629448, "depth": 3, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11660688": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Whew....cooler heads have prevailed - again.<br><br>It's 11:00 pm and no one to call to tell I'm a \"great woman.\"  The cats already know it 'cuz I just fed them.<br><br>It's true, Val.  The learning something new is I swear the reason I love 'The Internets.'  The connection between women especially is enthralling and there have been so many different women and different 'takes' on issues I'm interested in. <br><br>Truly - this is one of the few places where I've found the level of intellectual stimulation at a level I feel comfortable.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-24_01:05:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11651750, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11624532": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm changing my name....<br><br>....and I just about promise I will never help rikyrah again......", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:21:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11623010": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well, I just went, and even worse than the actual POST are the comments talking about how they wholeheartedly agree.  Crabs in a barrel.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:49:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11622728, "depth": 4, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11629142": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LOL!!! \"We're here Bitches\" Hahaha! Love to see that. And with that, I'm going to sign off, eat lunch, and watch the rest of this presser.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:47:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "claudia_m", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11627885, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11952729": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Who's Francis?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-30_19:43:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11662565, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11623695": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That's not the quote she attributed to your site. Keep up. The quote he said DID come from YOUR site is:<br><br><blockquote>I wrote a post several months ago and I mentioned that Michelle Obama is not the epitome of black women. There were black women who were shocked and offended to hear a black woman say that. They thought that all black women were supposed to worship at the altar of Michelleism.<br><br>Michelle is from the working class. Plenty of black women in this nation come from more distinguished and more accomplished families than Michelle's. There are black women who are Michelle's age who are the fourth generation of degreed black professionals in their families. I am not impressed that her dad was a factory worker and she went to Harvard. Many black women have shared that path. I deeply respect the obstacles she had to confront in order to reach the place where she is. Michelle is beautiful and poised and accomplished and determined. She is not the best that America has to offer in the black race. Her husband isn't either. They are a lovely-looking couple. They have accomplished a great deal in their lives. I respect their discipline, perseverance and achievement.</blockquote><br><br>Go on and deny THIS quote.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:04:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 14, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11623464, "depth": 1, "points": 7, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11621468": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I need some help. A commenter over at The Black Snob, left this comment. Anyone have an idea as to which blog they're talking about?<br><br><i>LOL.<br><br>Oh honey you didn't know. <br><br>A blog that shall remain nameless often talks about how Michelle and Obama are not the best and the brightest the black community has to offer (I'm not saying they are either, but her reasons for saying it is what gets me) especially since they weren't born into affluence.<br><br>She regularly has something to say against Michelle's \"behaviour\" and when she does offer praise it is often back-handed. She's one of \"Our Kind of People.\"<br><br></i><br><br>When I asked the poster to spill, this was the only clue they left me:<br><br><i>Rikyrah<br><br>Well, like i said...I won't say. But if you're into musical instruments you should be able to guess:-)<br></i><br><br>It's not The Black Socialite, because that was the other part of their post and I knew it right off the bat. If anyone has a clue about the blog described here...tell me!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:10:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11640611": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Bowed legs as a sign of an absence of pedigree...THAT I find fascinating.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_16:06:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11639462, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11624031": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I made a similar comment a number of times about Condo Rice, which pissed conservatives off to no end, who were claiming her \"exceptionalism\". I was simply pointing out there a number of \"invisible black folks\" with academic and personal achievements which matched or exceeded Condo's.<br><br> I would argue that the black experience in America has been one of individuals rising from difficult circumstance to greatness. Class as such in the black community has been much more malleable than in the white community as a matter of the realities of race in America - even when such \"class\" was inflicted along our own self imposed color lines.<br><br>Are Michelle and Barack part of the old elites which developed in the Vineyard and other areas of the country during the era of legalized Jim Crow...<br><br>No.<br><br>But to be brutally honest...<br><br>That's not a bad thing.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:11:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "BTx", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11622594, "depth": 3, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11639393": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yeah Toure is not part of that class structure anyway, but Graham is and has written books about it. Either way Michelle gets the white racism treatment from being the daughter of the survivors or from other Blacks who think she's uncouth. Well...she's YOUR First Lady and you are free to leave the country!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_15:34:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11637293, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11626082": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Let me help you out: When you are in a hole stop digging.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:37:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11624698, "depth": 1, "points": 12, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11621989": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That's for sure, APeach.<br><br>BWA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I love the photo of the Queen's arm around First<br>Lady Michelle Obama's lower back.  You know the one I'm talking about.<br><br>The pic of that white arm around that tall lithe, beautiful, dark-skinned<br>First Lady's back.   HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:24:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11621768, "depth": 2, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11633811": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Break it down, Town.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_13:22:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11630098, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11623527": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Too bad Obama doesn't give a rat's ass what those people think. Honestly, if he didn't have Michelle or a woman LIKE HER, he wouldn't have gotten the AA support he got (I mean absent Bill Clinton's meltdown).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:01:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11623141, "depth": 4, "points": 5, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11644390": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree. I come from a working class family. My dad is a truck driver and my mom is a housewife, but has had to pick up part-time jobs a time or two for extra money. Out of four children, three are college graduates. There is nothing wrong with what my father does for a living- it doesn't take a college degree to be able to have successful children, but it does take sacrifice. That's where I believe BWBBTT missed the mark.<br><br>P.S. I don't give a flying fart if the whole article wasn't about Mrs. Obama, what was said still doesn't fly.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_17:46:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "CarolinagirlinGA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11643760, "depth": 3, "points": 6, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11624049": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Its understandable that the trumpet blower confused the quotes...it can be a traumatic experience when one is being called out like this.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:12:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11623695, "depth": 2, "points": 6, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11633778": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Where is whiterosebuddy? *snicker*<br><br>I still love ya girl, but this thread is right up your alley.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_13:22:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "CarolinagirlinGA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 7, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11689075": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What's between the lines is a tacit agreement between the bigot and the bigot's target.   They both agree on what's between the lines.   So, there is this constant dance.   Maybe you should stop agreeing, stop dancing,  and stop reading between the lines.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-24_13:18:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11662874, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11633780": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "1. I have read a few posts at your blog; the last one being about Chanequa Campbell. <br><br>2. I thought the links were pretty self explanatory:<br>a) the hat tip and article came from the Black Snob<br>b) the article in question came from New York Magazine. <br>c) I had a question about a comment left in the comments section over at The Black Snob. After 60 replies over at The Black Snob, nobody had tipped me off as to whom 'JJ' was referring, which is why I brought it over to JJP, because I wanted an answer to my question. <br>d) Wordsmith provided the reply to 'JJ' from Black Snob, and gave me a quote from an article at your blog for reference, complete with link. <br><br>I don't see anyplace where Wordsmith misquoted your blog.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_13:22:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11629868, "depth": 1, "points": 8, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11629685": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "GreenLady has been under the weather for a little bit, but she pops in now and then when she's up to it.  We've been steady with the good thoughts/prayers to get her back here on the regular.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_13:00:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11628460, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11622520": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Damn! Craig done told the tale, didn't he? WHITE SKIN TRUMPS ALL.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:37:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11621071, "depth": 1, "points": 5, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11623033": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I love that quote - little does Craig know what it really means - bless his heart...he was being as sincere as he could be too. He has no idea how insulting that was to the \"Only Ones\", but incredibly funny to ME! LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:49:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11622520, "depth": 2, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11625085": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Think tank?<br><br>Anyways, um, I don't like to call those that I don't know a few grapes short of a fruit salad but you in I'm willing to make an exception in your case.<br><br>Cut the crap.  The quote about not being impressed with Michelle's \"factory worker father\" and her \"Harvard degree\" exists on YOUR BLOG. This is not about people \"misquoting\" you or attributing quotes that others wrote to you. THIS IS ABOUT YOU WRITING A SCREED ON MICHELLE OBAMA AND NOW SOMEONE IS CALLING YOU OUT AND YOU ARE TRYING TO ACT LIKE WE ARE CRAZY.<br><br>Unbelievable. You made remarks that everyone has seen and now you don't want people calling you out on it so you try to pretend that folks are misquoting you. <br><br>As someone once said, \"you are entitled to your opinion but not the facts.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:30:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "blueberry", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11624698, "depth": 1, "points": 7, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11629182": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Actually I found this quote in one of the comments to be most telling:<br>\"One of my hopes is that people realize that the Obama family is not an anomaly.\"<br><br>Correct me if I'm wrong...but there have only been 44 Presidents of these United States.....44.......over 250 years...and just 44 men have been President of THESE UNITED STATES. FUCK THAT, The Obamas ARE an anomaly just like the other 43 families that resided in the White House (as much as it pains me about Dubya to say it, but it is what it is). Barack and Michelle Obama ARE EXCEPTIONAL...PERIOD. They're exceptional across the damn board and I'll be damned if some snooty ass knee-grows are gonna try and build themselves up by claiming the \"they just like us\" rallying cry. No sir, they are NOT just like us...they are one of 44 couples in the history of the country that have reached that point and dammit, its an exceptional feat and an exceptional couple did it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:48:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11624850, "depth": 3, "points": 15, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11623040": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I HOPE they vacation on the Vineyard and in Oak Bluffs.  Let's see how much grace and decorum these uppity negros can muster.  Because we already know the Obamas have it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:49:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11622212, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11647617": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What is this \"think tank\" you keep referencing?  I thought we were discussing your blog, a website.  I am so confused!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_17:59:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "parker404", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11641847, "depth": 1, "points": 6, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11625602": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "don't stop helping me..LOL<br><br>You know it can get heated over here sometimes...LOL<br><br>and, you know, everytime we bring up Blacks and Class, the replies are numerous.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:34:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11624532, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11629191": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Girl, you better keep bringing it.  rikyrah appreciates all our help!  :-))))", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:48:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11624532, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11636874": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You leave for a while, and it's HELLSAPOPPIN!<br><br>I didn't do it.<br><br>(runs)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_14:32:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11632482, "depth": 1, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11635735": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Aww, dayum! Please, Hammer! Don't Hurt 'Em!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_14:04:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11635141, "depth": 8, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11623053": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "First you have reading me words out loud - e.g., \"knee grow\" - 'cuz at first blush, I'm like what the ???? ' - and now the SMH.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:50:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11622815, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11635856": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ROFLMAO - Fantasy Island.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_14:08:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Webb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11625049, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11621522": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Michelle Obama doesn't have the complexion for the connection. <br><br>I think the Obamas should go to Martha's Vineyard and clown these fools on the sneak tip.  Both Barack and Michelle Obama are snarky as hell and little Malia's got some snark in her, too.  Sasha looks like she would straight up say, \"bitch please.\"<br><br>All the Obamas have more class and breeding in their toe jam than these fools will ever have.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:12:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 12, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11622547": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This comment on Snob's site made me do a church jog:<br><br><i>Why would Sasha and Malia want to be a part of their group when they grow up, where by being the presidents children they will be hanging out with the real deal big honchos like the Kennedy's, not the wanna bee's.<br>They are gonna hang out with the real movers and shakers, and not he decendants of their slave mistresses.</i>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:38:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11632792": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "*dead*", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_13:19:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "CarolinagirlinGA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11630010, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11626746": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "yeah - but - this is the first one I've seen.  it's graphic....DAMN.<br><br>And all i could think was WHERE IS GREENLADYHERE!!!!?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:39:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11625602, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11623579": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Eh, they don't deserve to breathe the same AIR as Michelle.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:02:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11623040, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11624474": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It's Harvard Community College, ya know.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:20:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11622728, "depth": 4, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11635141": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yeah but while they're dancing with the bald honky who owns a bicycle shop on an island, the Obama's are dancing with somebody who owns an actual island or two.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_13:50:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11634579, "depth": 7, "points": 8, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11639457": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "HA HA HA!!!  Perfect!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_15:36:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11637762, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11650723": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What's wrong with y'all?  Where's Greenlady with that bad chair when you need her.  LOLOLOLOL  See I go on vacation and y'all show out and start scaring the company.  :-)  lolol Time out for every body. :-)<br><br>I just love JJP.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_19:31:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11647978, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11639462": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Of course she isn't. She chews food with her mouth open, pops gum when she talks and has bowed legs. Ugh. Of course having to learn to hold a knife a certain way is a skill you can be taught, while being a decent human being is NOT.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_15:36:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11699825": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Too distracted by \"Malarkey\" to pay attention to anything else. . .", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-24_17:01:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Miss_Me", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11623464, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11634460": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>Now that we got this all ironed out, maybe we can have the discussion we were supposed to have about classism in the black community (one of my favorite topics!).</i><br><br>Um, that's what I thought this post was gonna turn into..LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_13:35:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11634189, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11622571": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I swear, just when you think people actually don't walk around with bowls of their own shit, calling out to people that it smells like roses--an anonymous Vineyarder reminds you how mistaken you can still be. <br>WTF!<br>Inbreeding will do this.  Get off the island!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:38:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "Leota2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 10, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11629682": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ROTFLMBAO reading this.<br>It's Bebe's kids", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_13:00:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11622574": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The only one I know of (as posted above) is Black Women Blow the Trumpet.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:38:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11622117, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11623600": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I am too :o)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:02:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11622960, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11637938": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I like the outline form, Rikyrah, too.  <br><br>And you know what?  I didn't even COMMENT on what I read!  Whew - good thing.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_14:59:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11633780, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11624051": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wow.<br><br>Whoever wrote that mess is so full of shit you can see the Tidy Bowl Man waving a white flag of surrender every time they smile.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:12:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "eclecticbrotha", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11623695, "depth": 2, "points": 11, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11652599": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "*stage wisper/nudge* She <i>thinks</i> it's a think tank", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_20:13:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11647617, "depth": 2, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11634804": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think she can handle it.  After all, she IS FLOTUS, and if she can't....then what exactly can she handle?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_13:42:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11629870, "depth": 1, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11625660": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Good Post, Claudia!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:35:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11624521, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11642049": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>Plenty of black women in this nation come from more distinguished and more accomplished families than Michelle's. There are black women who are Michelle's age who are the fourth generation of degreed black professionals in their families.</i><br><br>Wow! I am not an Obamaphile but these sentences and the ones that follow absolutely reek of resentment and pretentious airs. The degree of gaseous bile that produced these comments seems designed to chiefly inflate the bubble of self-importance that surrounds this person and those who share her views.  This sister is a Black Anglo Saxon <i>par excellence</i>.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_16:39:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "PTCruiser", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11623695, "depth": 2, "points": 8, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11622594": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yes - <br><br><a href=\"http://blackwomenblowthetrumpet.blogspot.com/2008/11/after-tearsamerica-facing-reality.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blackwomenblowthetrumpet.blogspot.com/20...</a><br><br>I wrote a post several months ago and I mentioned that Michelle Obama is not the epitome of black women. There were black women who were shocked and offended to hear a black woman say that. They thought that all black women were supposed to worship at the altar of Michelleism.<br><br><i>Michelle is from the working class. Plenty of black women in this nation come from more distinguished and more accomplished families than Michelle's. There are black women who are Michelle's age who are the fourth generation of degreed black professionals in their families. I am not impressed that her dad was a factory worker and she went to Harvard. Many black women have shared that path. I deeply respect the obstacles she had to confront in order to reach the place where she is. Michelle is beautiful and poised and accomplished and determined. She is not the best that America has to offer in the black race. Her husband isn't either. They are a lovely-looking couple. They have accomplished a great deal in their lives. I respect their discipline, perseverance and achievement.</i><br><br>(I saw at the very end of the comments at 'the black snob' - but I, too, rikyrah - know how to look shit up using the google.)  However, it is one of the blogs I check out from time to time.)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:39:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11622382, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11629251": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh, they're just using Our Kind of People to say what they can't, which is \"Michelle Obama is ghetto black trash and should be scrubbing the White House kitchen instead of giving tours of it.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:50:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11624521, "depth": 1, "points": 10, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11648198": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Co-sign.  Please, if these folks have all these generational degrees, what was stopping them from setting a HIGH GOAL like hooking up with their \"kind of people,\" and running for President of the United States.  <br><br>Too busy with their paper bag tests and exclusivity, huh?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_18:18:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11642049, "depth": 3, "points": 7, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11649735": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "No she hasn't addressed the specific passage becauase she thinks she is fooling someone. <br><br>She doesn't want to discuss her comments about Michelle because someone called her out. I've seen this game before and I'm tired of it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_19:00:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "blueberry", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11649525, "depth": 3, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11649225": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "go ahead Miranda.  lol I go on vacation and all hell breaks loose at JJP.  lololol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_18:45:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11629182, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11637116": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Nope. Not involved.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_14:38:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11635473, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11623631": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ugh! This is so infuriating. Irritating! I hope the Obamas bypass them all and make an unconventional vacation stop.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:03:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "claudia_m", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11622960, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11635491": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm kind of enjoying the bar brawl atmosphere myself.  Oh wait, I must be hanging out with the wrong crowd...the bougie only do \"lounges\" (LOL).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_13:58:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11635260, "depth": 7, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11623636": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "lol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:03:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11622960, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11626446": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "They can't, and they know it. I only hope this is a view from a petty few. It really doesn't make any sense.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:38:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "APeach", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11622182, "depth": 3, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11623639": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "No one said the posted quote came from your blog.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:03:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11623464, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11621071": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Actually....I think THIS quote is the money quote, just read it and tell me what it really says...LOL...these uppity knee-grows are funny:<br><br>Craig Hockmeyer, who owns a bicycle shop in nearby Vineyard Haven, says he spent many nights at Lola\u2019s, which was, until its recent closing, a central part of the Vineyard black universe. \u201cA bald white honky like me could go in there and feel totally comfortable and dance the night away with all the rich black folks, not a problem at all.\u201d<br><br>OK...Craig...you made my day with that one. How ya like your \"eliteness\" now Only Ones?? LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:00:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 8, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11641847": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "@ Town<br><br>For the record, the lie that is being told is about any comments that suggest that my forum has bashed Michelle Obama.  My forum has not had any posts AT ALL to bash Michelle Obama.<br><br><br>I provided the links to the posts that were about Michelle Obama. Anyone can search these two blog titles:<br><br>\"The Influential Black Woman and The Tightrope\"<br>\"The Michelle/Oprah Factor: How We Forge Powerful Alliances\"<br><br><br>The statements that I have made about Michelle in discussions at my forum are FACTUAL and CONSTRUCTIVE.<br><br><br>In the blogosphere, I have noticed that those who are not gushing over Michelle or expressing idolatry of the Obamas is labeled a \"hater\". Black people CAN AND SHOULD think and analyze public figures critically and constructively. My forum encourages that.<br><br><br>I stepped in to this conversation and called out WordSmith for linking to my think tank in ASSOCIATION with the quote to the news article. No post at my forum has anything to do with that quote! I believe that WordSmith was perpetuating that falsehood and I stated that plainly.<br><br>And THAT is the clarification that I made.<br><br><br><br>The \"snippet\" that WordSmith presented was intended to make the readers of this thread think that the post he linked to was about Michelle Obama - it was NOT about her at all.   The title of the post WordSmith linked to was \"After The Tears...America Faces Reality\" and it was NOT ABOUT Michelle Obama but about the steps that this nation must reckon with after the historic election.<br><br><br><br>I have no problems with people linking to my posts in other forums...and in this case, one post was linked to in a thread about Michelle Obama when the post was not about her at all.<br><br><br>And THAT is the clarification that I made.<br><br>_________________________________<br>@ Rikyrah<br><br><br>The commenter you mentioned from The Black Snob alluded to my blog in a thread that was about Michelle Obama. Well if she was so informed about my statements then she would have mentioned the two posts at my blog that are ACTUALLY about Michelle Obama! <br><br>Hmmmm.  In fact, all those who are mentioning my forum didn't seem to have the facts together to identify the posts that are actually ABOUT Michelle:<br><br>\"The Influential Black Woman and The Tightrope\"<br>\"The Michelle/Oprah Factor: How We Forge Powerful Alliances\"<br>___________________________________<br><br><br><br>@ Liza<br>You said:<br>\"I'm done with you because it is more than obvious that we are dealing with someone who was called out for their comments and now they want to pretend as if they didn't write them.\"<br><br><br>That's pure malarkey you've tossed in here!<br><br><br>Liza, if you actually READ what I have posted in this thread, then you will see that I have stated that I stand by the work presented at my forum.<br><br><br><br>__________________________________<br>@ Areba<br><br><br>You said:<br>\"I agree that it wasn't a good idea to come in here calling people liars, especially when she turned out to be wrong about what she thought was being attributed to her.\"<br><br><br>Allow me to clarify the facts.... I didn't come in here calling PEOPLE liars. I named ONE person. If you want to refer to my actions, that's fine but do so ACCURATELY. I named ONE person.<br><br><br>I stated that WordSmith was a liar because he was attempting to tie MY forum to the petty incinuation made by another blogger that was patently false.<br><br><br>You said:<br>\"As lovely as Michelle is, some people could care less about her. Everybody doesn't think she's so wonderful for whatever reasons and it may be true that if your family have been high achievers for generations, her accomplishments and credentials won't be a big deal. They are entitled to those opinions.\"<br><br>I absolutely agree with this statement.  <br><br>Thank you for clarifying that I have no problems with people quoting material from my think tank AS LONG AS they aren't attempting to present the post topic INACCURATELY. <br><br>The link provided in this thread by WordSmith was NOT a post about Michelle and he didn't link to the two posts at my forum that WERE about her. <br><br>And THAT is the deceptive ploy that I was calling him out for.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_16:35:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "facebook-1314242676", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 18, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11623645": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I went to the link Wordsmith provided and the passage that she quoted (re: Michelle Obama not being the epitome of black women....) did indeed come from your website.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:03:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11622923, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11662565": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Lighten up, Francis.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-24_03:34:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "AxelFoley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11636174, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11636454": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Nice,  LOL!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_14:22:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11626222, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11635432": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i><b>This is the comment referenced from The Black Snob:<br><br>\"Why would Sasha and Malia want to be a part of their group when they grow up, where by being the presidents children they will be hanging out with the real deal big honchos like the Kennedy's, not the wanna bee's.<br>They are gonna hang out with the real movers and shakers, and not he decendants of their slave mistresses.\"<br><br>THAT was the quote that I was stating was not made by me.</b></i><br><br>I posted the above comment and if you would have \"investigated\" you would see that I did not attributed that comment to neither you nor your blog. In fact, the only comment that was attributed to you was the one from your website when you said that Michelle was not the epitome of black women. <br><br>It seems to me like you're jumping around in your allegations about people lying to avoid admitting that YOU were wrong from the giddy-yup. <br><br>First, you said that your initial post was about defending yourself against Wordsmith lying on you and your blog, accusing her of saying that you wrote the piece about the anonymous Black Elite/Oak Bluffer calling Michelle a \"ghetto girl\". But now that people have pointed out that YOU were wrong and that NO ONE attributed that article to you, and that Wordsmith was referencing an article YOU wrote on YOUR blog about Michelle not being the \"epitome of black women\" blah, blah, blah, now you're trying to say that you were protesting against a comment I posted. But, surprise, surprise, I NEVER said YOU wrote that comment. In fact, I specifically said that I got the comment from a commenter on Black Snob's blog. <br><br>So, once again YOU ARE WRONG.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_13:57:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11624698, "depth": 1, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11649404": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I was thinking about you today! \"I know Val would surely love this thread!\"....LMAO", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_18:50:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11649225, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11624682": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Good points, Claudia!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:24:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11624521, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11623147": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Actually, you're lying because I CLICKED the link and it's on the \"Black women, Blow the trumpet\" site. I hope you don't try to delete it because it takes no time to do a screen capture. In fact, on that site, your line about Michelle not being the epitome of Black Women is in yellow font to highlight it. <br><br>and LOL@ you appearing after he posted that. Something isn't right here. . .", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:52:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11622923, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11626222": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "umm...., sorry to bring this up at this juncture; however. it's insinuation.....okay - carry on..... whispering....walking away amid all the eggshells......muttering - jezzus fucking-christtt- what was all that....<br><br>Oh! And BTW - the president is speaking....condemning Iran's action, appalled.....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:38:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11624698, "depth": 1, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11623549": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Pretty much. We're our own worst enemy.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:01:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11623010, "depth": 5, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11623154": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "No one accused YOU of writing the comment!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:52:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11622923, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11623668": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>I am calling you what you are.<br><br>This quote did not come from my forum.</i><br><br>Here's the link:<br><br><a href=\"http://blackwomenblowthetrumpet.blogspot.com/2008/11/after-tearsamerica-facing-reality.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blackwomenblowthetrumpet.blogspot.com/20...</a><br><br>What forum are YOU talking about?   <br><br>Whose trying to slander your \"think tank\" or forum?  It's (this article posted) on the \"Black Women, Blow The Trump\" website.<br><br>'Attacking' me won't matter - I could give a shit.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:04:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 14, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11623464, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11649731": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "No - not that I recall.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_19:00:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11649525, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11637033": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "And another thing dammit! (oh, lawd I think my grandmama is possessing me)....when Puffy or Diddy or whatever the hell he calls himself these days, started throwing shindigs up and around the vineyard at his home, I'd say all \"mystique' for any of it was GONE...Buh-BYE! Finished...KAPUT! Lil Kim and Karrine Steffans have been photographed there! But ya wanna cop a 'tude and say Michelle Obama is a \"ghetto girl\"?? What??<br><br>These numbnuts should be constructing a shrine to Michelle Obama instead of pretending like they are \"above\" her!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_14:36:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11635037, "depth": 7, "points": 7, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11629780": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes, where they pak their caz in the yad.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_13:02:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11624474, "depth": 5, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11624698": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "@ Miranda<br><br>I am not confused at all.  I am here because my blog forum has been mentioned in this conversation and is attached to a discussion about someone ELSE'S COMMENTS.  <br><br>My blog forum analyzes class issues and presents group dialogue about the class landscape.<br><br>@ Liza<br><br>You statement: <br>\"What is interesting(unfortunately I had to click because the blog owner is calling folks liars) is that not everyone agreed with everything that she said but no one actually called her out. It's as if they completely skipped over such controversial and nasty statements.\"<br><br>Ummmm...get your facts straight...I am not calling FOLKS liars. I named ONE person.<br><br>I stated that WordSmith's incinuation that the quote in the post was from MY FORUM is a lie.  Please get your facts straight. I named one person.<br><br>You said:<br>\"no one actually called her out.\"<br><br>Ummm... let's see... my blog forum was mentioned with a link. <br><br>@ Rikyah  <br><br>And for the record... I did NOT leave the comment that is being referenced over at The Black Snob.  See quote below that was referenced.<br><br>@ Muzikal203<br>I am referring to the quote in the post when I am stating that it didn't come from MY forum. <br><br>I am making that clarification for those reading this thread.<br><br>I am also referring to the OTHER quote referenced in the comment section over at The Black Snob when I am stating that it didn't come from my forum.<br>This is the comment referenced from The Black Snob:<br><br>\"Why would Sasha and Malia want to be a part of their group when they grow up, where by being the presidents children they will be hanging out with the real deal big honchos like the Kennedy's, not the wanna bee's.<br>They are gonna hang out with the real movers and shakers, and not he decendants of their slave mistresses.\"<br><br>THAT was the quote that I was stating was not made by me.<br><br>You said:<br>\"I hope you don't try to delete it because it takes no time to do a screen capture.\"<br><br>*LOL* Now that is truly hilarious. Deleting my work from my own site?  I stand by what I have written.  <br><br>Anyone can read the ENTIRE discussion for themselves...if they choose to...rather than relying on \"snippets\"!<br><br>\"The Offense of Black Privilege\" is a post to start with.<br><br>Those who have unresolved class resentments and class jealousies need not waste their time in discussions at my think tank that deal with the class landscape. Those who want to discuss class issues constructively are always welcome to offer their viewpoints. Differing views are what a THINK TANK is interested in presenting.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:24:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "facebook-1314242676", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 20, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11629819": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Know of a 65 Acre spot down there on the Eastern Shore of Virginia that the previous deal with Singer Michael Jackson fell through on! <br><br>Or a couple of 3-11 acre lots on the inter-coastal leading to deserted beaches, no boardwalk, no popcorn stands... And a great neighbor, if I do say so myself!<br><br>And the girls can see \"Misty of Chincoteague\", anytime they want! <br><br>And yeah Chris, you hit it dead center on the DC Bourgie scene!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_13:03:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "BTx", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11624706, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11624706": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "OK..I am about to piss EVERYBODY off. First, those negroes are no different from many others of this \"elite\" status. I live in DC. Nuff said about that. Second, they are always cordoning themselves off. Not so much from the ghettofab masses, but from other tribes of bourgies. The snobbery is more in the house, \"us vs. that other clique\" rather than \"us vs the negroes in SE DC/Queens NY/College Park Ga./West Side of Chi./Oakland who are getting pregnant at 16, shooting each other over rims/lionizing Chris Brown or emulating Rhianna. Third, the Obamas will likely be socializing with the WHITE power folks and yuppies, not the black Oak Bluffs crew. Sorry but that seems to be how they roll when the cameras are off. They are more the crunchy granola Takoma Park bourgie (folks in DC know what I mean) rather than the upper 16th Street NW elite (and that tribe is dying...broke ass kids moved out to ForeclosureLand in PG for the McMansions, leaving Mom and Dcotor Dad, now in their 70s, to deal with these big houses and now CHEZ WHITEY...or rather, CHEZ BERNSTEIN, in their 30s are snatching up the homes and wealth they once represented).<br><br>And Fourth, Barack and Michelle need to be some place other than the Vineyard. I know they had property in N. carolina near Wilmington-Cape Fear. That's where they should be. Or hell, the Jersey Shore. Or galveston. Or the pacific coast-N. Cali. Something about the Vineyard screams DETACHMENT, and that is the last thing this man needs as we march toward a very troubling midterm election.<br><br>Nat Turner has spoken...;-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:24:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "ChrisChambers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 11, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11633925": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL @ \"We see you Haters;. we SEE YOU\"<br><br>Yes we do, and we are noting your names and addresses...", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_13:24:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "ASmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11621209, "depth": 1, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11709703": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL. Yeah, I was being bad... but it wasn't with malice. :o)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-24_21:55:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "CarolinagirlinGA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11706849, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11622665": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://blackwomenblowthetrumpet.blogspot.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blackwomenblowthetrumpet.blogspot.com/</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:40:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11622382, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11637293": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yes, I think Graham would have given a more complex picture, especially since he's known the President and First Lady since Harvard Law School days.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_14:43:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11628090, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11629840": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I compeletely agee with you that she is entitled to her opinion but to come over here and blatantly lie and claim that she didn't in fact make those statements about the first lady is absurd.<br><br>She is entitled to say whatever she wants about Michelle--I don't have to agree with her and I certainly do not have to patronize her blog.  However, lying--which the blog owner is doing about actually posting her opinion is ridiculous. Calling those that point out that she said what she said  \"liars\" is offensive.<br><br>If the trumpet lady wants to further comment on her post if she feels that she needs to clarify--fine--but don't come over here trying to act like you didn't even write the piece when I have an effing screen capture.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_13:03:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "blueberry", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11629643, "depth": 3, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11635473": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Were you ever in Les Chaperones in Chicago or familiar w/ it? You loved to look into that organization.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_13:58:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11634460, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11621143": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>\u201cObama is more a man of the people,\u201d says a Vineyarder who\u2019s part of black high society. \u201cHe doesn\u2019t seem to identify with affluent black people. His wife definitely doesn\u2019t; she is basically a ghetto girl.</i><br><br><br><br>What? Well I be damn? <br><br>I'm with you Snob, <b>\"Remove the stick from your ass and your mind will follow\".</b> <br><br><br>These snotty uppity sobs.<br><br><b>Saaaaaaaa&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;lap</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:02:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 8, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11635481": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thank you, carolinagirl!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_13:58:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11629380, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11625755": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Actually, that's NOT the comment that was attributed to or referring to you at the Black Snob.  This one is:<br><br>\"A blog that shall remain nameless often talks about how Michelle and Obama are not the best and the brightest the black community has to offer (I'm not saying they are either, but her reasons for saying it is what gets me) especially since they weren't born into affluence. She regularly has something to say against Michelle's \"behaviour\" and when she does offer praise it is often back-handed. She's one of \"Our Kind of People.\" So I'm not surprised at the comments...Not. At. All.\"", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:35:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "Areba", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11624698, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11623196": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "@ WordSmith<br><br>The quote that you just ADDED was not the quote in the post!! *LOL* <br><br>Nice try but no one is that stupid. <br><br>Anyone can see the subterfuge of trying to bring MY forum into this discussion with quotes out of context. <br><br>@ Miranda I would suggest that you investigate what you are reading so that you don't jump on the slander bandwagon. <br><br><br>@ spirit_55z I notice you have linked to my blog...and WHICH post are you referencing? Hmmmm... That ploy won't work. The readers of this forum know how to do their own investigation.  Feel free to quote me ACCURATELY.<br><br>Shadiness just won't pass for intellectual discourse however.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:53:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "facebook-1314242676", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 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}, "11651896": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I know it was just a misunderstanding.  :-)  But I had to laugh when I thought about someone actually blocking YOU from a blog.  :-)  Go ahead Wordsmith.  Admit it. . . . you did get a thrill to be considered a \"rebel\" didn't you.  LOLOLOL  <br><br>Seriously, I am sure it will all resolve itself.  But it was cute.  lol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_19:48:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11650884, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11623312": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't know what you're oh lording about - but I'm not working to caught in the middle of something when I have to work!  'Cuz you know what I'd rather do.   :::))))))", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:56:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11623222, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11629346": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Preach, Miranda!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:52:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11629182, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11630371": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm totally cracking up at that \"think tank\" moniker myself....LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_13:15:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11625085, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11625253": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well, you have respect for Toure....I'm not a fan, and haven't been for a long time. . They really should have had Lawrence Otis Graham write the article.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:32:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11624521, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11622182": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>Can someone please hip these fools that our President and First Lady are GLOBAL, OK? Who cares about Oak Bluffs when you can literally go anywhere in the world?</i><br><br>Seriously.  Sasha had a birthday party at the residence of the President of France.  Try and top that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:29:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11621768, "depth": 2, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11640881": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You may have been..but I think you're right, it is seen as <i>course</i>, a sign of poor breeding(a phrase I detest)...particularly in women.<br><br>Maybe it has to do with ideas about sexuality..", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_16:12:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11640744, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11633961": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "carolinagirl, you sure don't sound confused to me.  LOL!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_13:24:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11629380, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11629868": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "@ Areba<br><br>Anyone who truly wants to investigate the specific posts at my forum that are ACTUALLY about Michelle Obama will find that it doesn't take much effort to find them because my think tank doesn't focus on Michelle or the activities of the Obamas.<br><br>Oooops... I guess WordSmith couldn't locate them  *LOL*??<br><br>Well, here they are:<br><br>\"The Influential Black Woman and The Tightrope\"<br><a href=\"http://blackwomenblowthetrumpet.blogspot.com/2008/05/influential-black-woman-and-tightrope.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blackwomenblowthetrumpet.blogspot.com/20...</a><br><br>\"The Michelle/Oprah Factor: How We Forge Powerful Alliances\"<br><a href=\"http://blackwomenblowthetrumpet.blogspot.com/2008/09/oprahmichelle-factor-how-we-forge.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blackwomenblowthetrumpet.blogspot.com/20...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_13:04:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "facebook-1314242676", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11629870": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm just gonna jump up and down... cause I can't with this blatant disrespect for the FLOTUS anymore.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_13:04:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "ASmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11636527": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hmmm...well if all of this talk on this thread about the behavior of Our Kind of People is to believed, seems like those folks would not have been to thrilled about the Obamas vacationing with them.  In other words, it would seem more likely that any \"snub\" came a long time ago.  Begs the question why spend more time in the area if they presumably were treated so shabbily or better yet, why spend any time in the Hamptions i.e., the epitome of elitism.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_14:23:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mothsmoke", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11630027, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11629448": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LOL.....well they say a hit dog will holler.....and damn if you didn't have perfect aim. LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:54:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11626222, "depth": 2, "points": 7, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11623222": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh Lord!!!!!!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:54:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11623147, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11635593": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You betta stay right here or else Imma go Real Housewive of NJ on your arse! <br><br>*goes to get table to flip*", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_14:01:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11624532, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11648974": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "good point", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_18:41:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11634804, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11625273": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL!  All depends on what mood I'm in, WordSmith.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:32:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11623053, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11623738": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL @ Get off the island!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:05:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "claudia_m", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11622571, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11624850": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That front page post is unreal. They need to rename that bog \"selfloathingnegroesunite.com.\"<br><br>Barack and Michelle may not be the only well educated black couple in America but they are definitely more in touch and down to earth than the people who traffic that site.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:28:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "eclecticbrotha", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 13, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11623668, "depth": 2, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11629890": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "In the words of GreenLady...<br><br>You just speak, Miranda!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_13:05:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11629182, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11629380": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "?????????????????????<br><br>I'm a bit confused. Where did wordsmith say that this quote came from you:<br><br>\"Many blacks from Oak Bluffs are elated that the Only One\u2013in\u2013Chief may be joining them. \u201cPeople are going to lose their minds!\u201d Tonya Lewis Lee says. At the same time, there\u2019s also a bit of wariness among the wealthiest ones, an uncertainty whether Obama will affirm them. \u201cObama is more a man of the people,\u201d says a Vineyarder who\u2019s part of black high society. \u201cHe doesn\u2019t seem to identify with affluent black people. His wife definitely doesn\u2019t; she is basically a ghetto girl. That\u2019s what she says\u2014I\u2019m just being sociological. She grew up in the same place Jennifer Hudson did. She hasn\u2019t reached out to the social community of Washington, and people are waiting to see what they\u2019ll do about that.\"<br><br><br><br>I'm looking up and down this thread and didn't see her attribute that quote to your website.<br><br><br>As for this quote:<br><br>\"Why would Sasha and Malia want to be a part of their group when they grow up, where by being the presidents children they will be hanging out with the real deal big honchos like the Kennedy's, not the wanna bee's.<br>They are gonna hang out with the real movers and shakers, and not he decendants of their slave mistresses.\"<br><br><br>Sepia copied and pasted that from the comments on the Black Snob and said it came from there. Here are Sepia's words:<br><br><br>\"This comment on Snob's site made me do a church jog:<br><br>Why would Sasha and Malia want to be a part of their group when they grow up, where by being the presidents children they will be hanging out with the real deal big honchos like the Kennedy's, not the wanna bee's.<br>They are gonna hang out with the real movers and shakers, and not he decendants of their slave mistresses.\"<br><br><br>The question from rikyrah was:<br><br>\"I need some help. <b>A commenter over at The Black Snob, left this comment. Anyone have an idea as to which blog they're talking about?</b><br><br>LOL.<br><br>Oh honey you didn't know. <br><br>A blog that shall remain nameless often talks about how Michelle and Obama are not the best and the brightest the black community has to offer (I'm not saying they are either, but her reasons for saying it is what gets me) especially since they weren't born into affluence.<br><br>She regularly has something to say against Michelle's \"behaviour\" and when she does offer praise it is often back-handed. She's one of \"Our Kind of People.\"<br><br><br><br>When I asked the poster to spill, this was the only clue they left me:<br><br>Rikyrah<br><br>Well, like i said...I won't say. But if you're into musical instruments you should be able to guess:-)<br><br><br>It's not The Black Socialite, because that was the other part of their post and I knew it right off the bat. If anyone has a clue about the blog described here...tell me!!\"<br><br><br>Wordsmith gave her an answer which is your blog. Calm down. No one accused you of saying anything that WASN'T posted on your blog. Geez....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:53:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "CarolinagirlinGA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11624698, "depth": 1, "points": 10, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11635014": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah has spoken.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_13:47:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11633780, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11706849": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Nice to be thought of..but y'know you being bad.<br><br> it looks like God was looking out for me ( on vacation still yesterday)...cause yall would have sent me to the corner withOUT a chair!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-24_19:57:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11633778, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11622728": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh.my.god.<br><br>I had never heard of that blog until now and I'm happy to say that I will not be giving them traffic.<br><br>WTF?!?! Not going to Harvard is not \"impressive?\" Are you effing kidding me?  They act like she went to a junior college. GTFOH.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:42:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "blueberry", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11622594, "depth": 3, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11623243": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm a complete liar?  Complete. <br><br>Honey, I'm sitting on the site RIGHT NOW.  It's right up there - let's see, wherein the first comment is: <br><br><i>i can' even comment on anything because I agree so whole heartedly with everything.<br><br>let us all watch, wait and pray</i><br><br>I don't mind it being said I could be wrong  - but don't call me a liar.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:54:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11622923, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11648846": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Still digging......almost to Istanbul  NOT Constantinople", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_18:37:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11626082, "depth": 2, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11622541": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It's obvious these NEGROS haven't left the Vineyard in a while.<br>Nor have they been paying attention to the media headlines.  Barack Obama is a GLOBAL figure.<br><br>Barack Obama does not take any SHIT when it comes to folks going after his family and particularly his lovely wife Michelle.<br><br>These folks comments are both pathetic and laughable.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:38:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11622268, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11636024": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "AFTERNOON OPEN THREAD IS UP!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_14:11:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 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}, "11657031": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "wild day I see!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_22:26:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "thefriendraiser", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 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}, "11624278": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Don't make excuses for her. LOL, if you're going to come in calling people LIARS at least know what the hell you're talking about.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:16:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11624049, "depth": 3, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11621209": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LOL! We see you Haters; we SEE YOU.<br><br>The First Lady and POTUS aren't going to affirm folks who talk bullshit like these sorry ass negros.<br><br>I've been to Oak Bluffs several times. They've got lovely biking trails, great sailing, and great eaterys. I hope these \"Our kind of people\" just happen to be hanging out like the rest of the tourist....... LMBAO!!!<br><br>Tell it Snob: \"Remove the stick from your ass, and your mind will follow.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:04:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 6, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11629626": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ROTFLMBAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:59:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11629463, "depth": 4, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11622751": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You have to read between the lines \"Obama is more a man of the \"[little insignificant] people\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:43:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11621749, "depth": 2, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11628897": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm confused.  This isn't there first time they've vacationed in the Vineyard.  Why all of this talk about how they will be treated or others will treat them?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:46:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mothsmoke", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11623040, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11632482": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Sounds like it's time for somebody to make a new screen name.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_13:19:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11627844": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "@ Liza<br><br>You said:<br>\"Cut the crap. The quote about not being impressed with Michelle's \"factory worker father\" and her \"Harvard degree\" exists on YOUR BLOG. This is not about people \"misquoting\" you or attributing quotes that others wrote to you. THIS IS ABOUT YOU WRITING A SCREED ON MICHELLE OBAMA AND NOW SOMEONE IS CALLING YOU OUT AND YOU ARE TRYING TO ACT LIKE WE ARE CRAZY.\"<br><br>First of all, you didn't read the post because it's titled, \"After The Tears...America Faces Reality\".<br><br>It is NOT a post about Michelle Obama at all!<br><br>*LOL*<br><br>The post by Rikyah - which is referencing some one ELSE'S article and someone ELSE'S quote - has nothing at all to do with my discussion at my think tank on \"After The Tears...America Faces Reality\" (and THAT was the exact post that WordSmith linked to)!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:43:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "facebook-1314242676", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 13, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11636581": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "WordSmith, <br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vciEDI3dD8I\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vciEDI3dD8I</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_14:25:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11636116, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11629415": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "the trumpeter seems to the the only one confused about what quotes were attributed to whom. LOL", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:53:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11629147, "depth": 2, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11650408": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Word.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_19:22:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11643760, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11627885": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Chris I agree with \"Third, the Obamas will likely be socializing with the WHITE power folks and yuppies, not the black Oak Bluffs crew.\"<br><br>And thus the comment from the anonymous Vineyarder.  He/she was trying to set the stage for the non arrival of the Obamas.  Lessen the blow to their uppity attitude. <br><br>Bike shop owner Craig Hockmeyer summed it up nicely.  Those kind of people practically licks his white ass before they'd socialize with \"plain\" black folks.<br><br>I still love to see the Obamas breeze through Oak Bluffs.....  \"We're here Bitches\"...... They'd be climbing the fucking ferry to get at them.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:43:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11624706, "depth": 1, "points": 7, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11643760": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I need to add another post because I think that these insulting comments directed toward Mrs. Obama also demonstrate a deep and profound sense of contempt toward her parents, especially her father, and, more importantly, honest labor. Mrs. Obama's father and countless men and women like him literally worked themselves to death in a sense to provide a better life and more opportunities for their children. Any person, especially one claiming to be a Black American, denigrating their toil and sacrifices reveals a degree of self-hatred that borders on the pathological, no matter how many college degrees they and their kind hold. In short, they don't like black people of any stripe. Not even ones who are presumably part of their social circles.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_17:25:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "PTCruiser", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11623695, "depth": 2, "points": 11, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11654219": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Danm.  Are you going to check again when you get home?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_20:35:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11652598, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11634579": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "BWA HA HA HA!!!!!!!  <br><br>\"a self proclaimed \"bald honky\" is dancing the night away with the so-called black elite in Oaks Bluff.....you tell me who's the anomaly?\"<br><br>Exactly, Miranda. These negros are jealous because they're afraid the Obamas are going to be dancing the night away with whitey now.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_13:38:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11630010, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11621749": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Thank you.  What the fuck?  \"Obama is a more a man of the \"people\"  Who the fuck are they, ALIENS?  <br><br>As if Barack or Michelle would stoop to their madness, selfish Ignoramuses.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:18:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11621522, "depth": 1, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11623913": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Okay - rikyrah.<br><br>ooooo - I am REALLY sorry for this. <br><br>(Dang!  That blew in & up FAST.)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:09:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 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}, "11622268": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Black Women Blow the Trumpet", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:32:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 20, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11621758": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I. JUST. CAN'T.<br>I mean...<br>Did they just...<br>The POTUS and the First Lady tho???<br>She said what...?<br>\"Anonymous Vineyarder\": PLEASE. KILL.YO.SELF.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:18:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "MyzDevyneOne", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 10, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11623808": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh wait a second....<br><br><i>Many blacks from Oak Bluffs are elated that the Only One\u2013in\u2013Chief may be joining them. \u201cPeople are going to lose their minds!\u201d Tonya Lewis Lee says. At the same time, there\u2019s also a bit of wariness among the wealthiest ones, an uncertainty whether Obama will affirm them. \u201cObama is more a man of the people,\u201d says a Vineyarder who\u2019s part of black high society. \u201cHe doesn\u2019t seem to identify with affluent black people. His wife definitely doesn\u2019t; she is basically a ghetto girl. That\u2019s what she says\u2014I\u2019m just being sociological. She grew up in the same place Jennifer Hudson did. She hasn\u2019t reached out to the social community of Washington, and people are waiting to see what they\u2019ll do about that.\u201d</i><br><br>I know I didn't say the above quote came from your site nor did I use it to make a point of any kind.  (Unless my short-term memory really isn't working.)  I'm thinking there's the confusion.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:07:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11623464, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11635073": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL; you're absolutely right.<br><br>Meanwhile, I'll keep jumping up and down because I can't handle it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_13:48:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "ASmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11634804, "depth": 2, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11655043": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "lol Muzikal203 - you are hereby sentenced to two minutes in the bad chair.  lolol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_21:07:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11652599, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11621768": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And they are definitely seeking affirmation, even as they try to pretend they are so much better than the Obamas. Please.<br><br>Can someone please hip these fools that our President and First Lady are GLOBAL, OK? Who cares about Oak Bluffs when you can literally go anywhere in the world? Miss me with that provincial stuff. When they leave office in 8 years they will have a Rolodex to die twice for.<br><br>They are simply mad that one of their \"types\" didn't make it first. As my grandmother would say, \"Ain't nobody studyin' them.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:18:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "APeach", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11621209, "depth": 1, "points": 7, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11627913": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh my typos!!! Yikes!<br><br>I'm steamed folks by this nonsense.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:43:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "blueberry", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11625085, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11649418": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Indeed.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_18:51:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11643760, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11640727": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh, I do believe that will leave a mark.<br><br>I'm glad I'm on your side.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_16:09:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11622850, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11623823": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Dayum", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:07:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11622850, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11636112": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Anybody who wants to understand why the Preacher's Wife is often more gossiped about than the Preacher, need only read this thread.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_14:13:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "Webb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11624338": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Tip Toeing on egg shells....Oops!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:17:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11624049, "depth": 3, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11622117": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hmmm....<br><br><i>But if you're into musical instruments you should be able to guess:-)</i><br><br>So, would the name of a musical instrument be in the title of the blog? <br><br>I gosh....I need to know!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:27:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "Texas_Girl_in_LA", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11621468, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11636116": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "oh pfftt... I'm not going anywhere.  <br><br>And who - WHO - gave my name to the church of scientology?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_14:14:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11635593, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11624862": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes, I linked to your blog after I got the  postecd blog title.  There's no ploy or shadiness here.  I checked out your entire blog site, and it is well done.<br><br>I did read the quote and even if you didn't post it, it did come from your site.<br><br>Actually, this is hilarious, accusing me of shadiness and unintelligent discourse.<br><br>Whatever makes you feel superior, my dear.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:28:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11623196, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11629463": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"Bebe's kids\" ROTFLMBAO", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:55:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11623849, "depth": 3, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11622212": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I hope they vacation in Chicago or Hawaii. I don't think they need to reach out to those stuck up negros.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:30:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11623325": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Crabs in a barrel indeed.<br><br>What is interesting(unfortunately I had to click because the blog owner is calling folks liars) is that not everyone agreed with everything that she said but no one actually called her out.  It's as if they completely skipped over such controversial and nasty statements.<br><br>Look, I'm young but the pride that I feel --knowing that even today I have to work twice as hard just as hard--with the Obamas in the WH is palpable. <br><br>Screw the trumpet lady and the horse she rode on.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:56:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "blueberry", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11623010, "depth": 5, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11635102": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Tell it!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_13:49:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11633780, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11622815": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yes, to these simple ass negros, white skin trumps all.  SMH", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:44:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11622520, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11629474": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL! PERFECT.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:55:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11629317, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11623847": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thank you!  That's what I just realized.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:08:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11623695, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11640744": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I was exaggerating to prove a point.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_16:09:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11640611, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11623849": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "They wouldn't let Sasha and Malia in anyway, they came from the same \"ghetto\" as Michelle.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:08:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11623380, "depth": 2, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11634091": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "BWA HA HA HA!!!!!!!<br><br>I know, right; it brings to mind this:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/freethinking/2007/assets/content/playback/cartoons/think-tank.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/freethinking/2007/a...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_13:27:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11630371, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11628460": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yeah, where is GreenLady? I've been out of the loop for a while.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:45:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "claudia_m", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11626746, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11623141": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "In a way, I'm not surprised. When we were discussing Robin Givhan's article about Michelle, I said that quiet as kept, there are some black folk who don't think Michelle should be by Obama's side. And looky here.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:52:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11622594, "depth": 3, "points": 11, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11622325": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm glad you posted this here, rikyrah because I was trying to figure it out myself.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:33:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11621468, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11648950": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "she is probably still on vacation", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_18:40:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11633778, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11648441": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "teeheehee", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_18:25:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11647617, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11630010": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I have been bothered by that attitude for awhile now Spirit! Yeah there are many accomplished people just like Valerie Jarrett, or Desiree Rodgers or Vernon Jordan or any other black person these \"Our Kind Of People\" folk want to claim...but hell to the naw on claiming that about the Obamas....they are exceptional to the HEIGHT of exceptionalism. Hell, its only been 43 WHITE MEN (who had a freaking 400 year head start as far as this country is concerned) to get to the presidency and we're supposed to let these pseudo aristocrats downplay it??  Kiss my ass on that one, Barack and Michelle are in another stratosphere - they're not even in the same galaxy as these fools. Michelle Obama had tea with the freaking Queen, meanwhile a self proclaimed \"bald honky\" is dancing the night away with the so-called black elite in Oaks Bluff.....you tell me who's the anomaly?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_13:07:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11629346, "depth": 5, "points": 13, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11650644": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "lol...Blacktrumpetlady...whatever happened to the links you posted?<br><br>Sup with the warnings and all on ur website:)....can we all blog in peace without the other watching and dictating our posts for us...lool<br><br>Any wayz....nice topic/issue to get us all thinking/worked out....funny ... as an African I heard of the word boogie(sp) and its meaning last summer when a friend(African America...I hate to insert that clarification there) tried to explain it to me why she tried to stay the hell away from her family because they all act boogie(sp). I have to admit her explanation did not make sense till now...after reading the Vineyard article and some comments I get to understand some of the reasoning on this issue....<br><br>I was also privileged  this past spring to be schooled on the \"paper-bag\" sorority stuff...i used to boast that I knew much about our history considering my decade plus stay in America but these past two years (tanx to the racists coming out to play this past election) really opened my eyes<br><br>I am with the majority on the view that the so called elites shd get over their damn selves and do something for the black community instead of kissing asses and answering miser miser!....BSnob said it best....they shd \"remove the stick from [their] ass and [their] mind will follow.\"<br><br>That said...I need excerpts/links/brief summary on the so called Jack and Jill  society that was mentioned in the article...links please:)...I doubt I will waste my time on reading LOB book....no tanx...but I get the idea", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_19:29:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Luxuriate", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 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}, "11629505": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LMAO!<br><br>Claudia, that's my girl Spirit! She has a way with words.LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:56:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11629142, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11622850": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hmph.....sounds like that trumpet isn't the only thing she blows.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:45:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11622268, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11624267": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Sounds like blowing BS through that trumpet blew her lips out.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:16:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "Town", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11624049, "depth": 3, "points": 7, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11622853": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ya know - I guess it doesn't matter, Spirit.  I think what matters is what matters to me and how I relate to it all.<br><br>As far as I'm concerned \"these people\"  like other people (too many to name, plus there's that short-term memory deficit) have little to no affect on what has restored my hope that this country as well as US - the people - can 'rise again.'  The Obamas - specifically Michelle (in my book) - play a vital role.<br><br>I gotta get to work or I'd put more depth into it....sorry.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:45:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11622541, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11630027": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It will be their first time vacationing in the Vineyard as the First Family.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_13:08:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11628897, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11623885": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://lh3.ggpht.com/shaileshdoke/R6z08IfiyoI/AAAAAAAAAPs/EnBzbyQh_9o/funny-pictures-driving-cat-hits-dog%255B9%255D\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://lh3.ggpht.com/shaileshdoke/R6z08IfiyoI/A...</a>", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:08:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "Mirandalynn", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11623196, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11636174": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "No.  I don't think Sasha would say \"bitch please\".    She is a child.   Also, \"bitch please\" is not some profundity that any adult, let alone any child should be proud of.  It is what the scum of the earth say, when they have exhausted their limited vocabulary.<br><br>Exactly who do you think these children are?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_14:15:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sombody_took_my_username", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11621522, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11651750": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I read this thread (extremely fascinating Rikyrah btw) and it certainly is a conversation starter.  Let's step back a bit.  Hi Blackwomen blowthe trumpet.  Welcome to JJP. Hope you continue to stop by.  JJP has the best minds in the country and we come from all walks of life.  We have a tendency to weed through the \"noise\" to extract the core points of an issue.  We will poke at statements if it seems to have holes and we will call someone out if appropriate.  At times we agree to disagree but we always speak truth as we see it based on facts.  We can get \"heated\" here at times but those contentious debates are always done with respect.    None of us walk lock step on any issue or topic and we all respect that.  That is what makes this blog so great.  <br><br>That said. . . . I followed your conversation on this thread and want to jump in to say I think we are probably overreacting on your discussion with Wordsmith.  <br><br>My take -- Rikyrah posted this hot topic issue and it generated MASSIVE responses here at JJP.  Rikyrah had a question and Wordsmith provided a summary and the link to an article she found on what seems to be your website.  (We always give credit via link to the source of a quote).  The misunderstanding seems to be when you thought Wordsmith misquoted you and linked your blog post to the one that initiated this conversation.  After you read Black Snob\u2019s article and the responses and saw your link . . .   one thing probably led to another and the whole thing got blown out of proportion.<br><br>You must realize that when you post commentary on the web it is expected that you are going to get a response.  Some positive and some not.  Especially when the topic is written by women about other women, your log in name is blackwomen blow the trumpet but your comments regarding the First Lady is as shown in the excerpt provided by WordSmith directly below.  You have to admit that you set yourself up by using words like \u201cmy think tank\u201d, by calling Wordsmith a \u201cliar\u201d and for making statements like \u201cMichelle is beautiful and poised and accomplished and determined BUT She is not the best that America has to offer in the black race AND her husband isn't either.\u201d  <br>(I added the words but/and to show you how the statement reads to the public).<br><br>Anyway.  It is always good to see new folks visiting JJP.  I personally love this blog and believe you would like it too.  So, I hope we can stop here because we all have something valuable to offer to a conversation and I hope you continue to participate in future conversations here at JJP.  Maybe I will check out your blog once in a while now that I know where you are and maybe you will unblock  Wordsmith because not only is she a great woman but she also could provide valuable input to your site. You never know when you will learn something new.:-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_19:43:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11641847, "depth": 1, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11629643": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well, in all honesty, I enjoy reading BWBTT because I think she has some interesting things to say.<br><br>But I also know that she is a stickler for people being accurate and quoting what she said DIRECTLY (with links provided). A lot of folks take things away from her blog that she didn't actually say and then this happens. LOL<br><br>I just think this is a big misunderstanding. Someone mentioned on the Black Snob that a \"certain blog\" thinks XYZ about Michelle regarding her class, background, education, etc. Rikyrah posted asking if someone could tell her what the blog was so she could read more and then confusion regarding who said what happened.<br><br>I don't agree with her opinions about Michelle (because I am an admitted Michelle groupie and proud of it), but I think she is absolutely entitled to have them. As lovely as Michelle is, some people could care less about her. Everybody doesn't think she's so wonderful for whatever reasons and it may be true that if your family have been high achievers for generations, her accomplishments and credentials won't be a big deal. They are entitled to those opinions.<br><br>But she is still the First Black First Lady and Barack is still the first Black President and I am personally GLAD they didn't come from an upper class background. Like someone else said, Sasha Obama had a birthday party at the residence of the President of France! The Obamas are global; they're FAR above and beyond these people and they've accomplished more in 2 years than most of these people have in GENERATIONS.<br><br>I'm sure they aren't losing any sleep over these old fuddy duddies so I won't either.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:59:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "Areba", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11629147, "depth": 2, "points": 5, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11623380": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LMAO @ church job.  So true!  Sasha and Malia are not being raised to be part of bs.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:58:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "parker404", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11622547, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11641301": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The Obama Presidency is bringing out teh stupid in both white AND black people. *smh*", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_16:22:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "HopeOverFear", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 6, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11622649": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "DAMN! So THAT'S who the Snob commentator was talking about? Wow.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:40:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11622268, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11635674": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ROFLMAO...you can't have me laughing out loud like this today.  A HIT DOG WILL HOLLER.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_14:03:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Webb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11629448, "depth": 3, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11622365": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "No, no, I'm sure they are HEARTBROKEN. I mean the only reason he wanted to be President was so the rich black folk (who are probably republicans anyway) would FINALLY accept him as their equal. SMH<br><br>I'm sure if they DO go up there, those same two-faced black folk will be all up in their faces. I like the fact that they'd rather be around middle/lower class people in D.C., they see enough of the elites through their \"jobs\"", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:34:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11621425, "depth": 1, "points": 4, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11624926": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks, Sepia. It's nice to be heard!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:29:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "claudia_m", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11624682, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11630049": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thank You!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_13:08:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11629380, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11635682": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Indeed, and oh how SWEET it is!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_14:03:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11635141, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11635451": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks Town for the cliffnotes, I'm just getting back from lunch and I see y'all are approaching 200 comments.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_13:57:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "Webb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11630098, "depth": 4, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11624421": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This is the quote I originally posted, and <a href=\"http://blackwomenblowthetrumpet.blogspot.com/2008/11/after-tearsamerica-facing-reality.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">here's the link. </a>  Now - I did <b>not </b> italicize the first paragraph or put in the html code incorrectly.  However, THIS is what I was referencing.  If you - YOU - are the 'owner' , whatever of 'Black Women, Blow The Trumpet!' then this article is what I drew off that website.<br><br><i>I wrote a post several months ago and I mentioned that Michelle Obama is not the epitome of black women. There were black women who were shocked and offended to hear a black woman say that. They thought that all black women were supposed to worship at the altar of Michelleism.<br><br>Michelle is from the working class. Plenty of black women in this nation come from more distinguished and more accomplished families than Michelle's. There are black women who are Michelle's age who are the fourth generation of degreed black professionals in their families. I am not impressed that her dad was a factory worker and she went to Harvard. Many black women have shared that path. I deeply respect the obstacles she had to confront in order to reach the place where she is. Michelle is beautiful and poised and accomplished and determined. She is not the best that America has to offer in the black race. Her husband isn't either. They are a lovely-looking couple. They have accomplished a great deal in their lives. I respect their discipline, perseverance and achievement.</i><br><br><br>And, of course - there's more previous to the above paragraphs and more following. <br><br>1.  <a href=\"http://blackwomenblowthetrumpet.blogspot.com/2008/11/after-tearsamerica-facing-reality.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blackwomenblowthetrumpet.blogspot.com/20...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:19:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 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}, "11624934": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "True, but didya haveta go there with \"Foreclosure Land\"? Ouch! :) But unfortunately, very true. I guess the Gold Coast isn't what it used to be. Still, they sound silly.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:29:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "APeach", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11624706, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11625961": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree that they shouldn't go to the Vineyard. I say go back to Hawaii so the GOP idiots can complain about him leaving the country like they did the LAST time he went to Hawaii. LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:36:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "Muzikal203", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11624706, "depth": 1, "points": 7, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11647978": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So the <b>POST</b> wasn't about Michelle Obama.  I see.  I don't recall saying the post itself was about Michelle Obama.  Those sentences within the post specifically related to Michelle Obama and,  in this case, served to illustrate what was originally called into question at The Black Snob.  The link provided is simply a map back to where I found it.<br><br><i>I wrote a post several months ago and I mentioned that Michelle Obama is not the epitome of black women. There were black women who were shocked and offended to hear a black woman say that. They thought that all black women were supposed to worship at the altar of Michelleism.<br><br>Michelle is from the working class. Plenty of black women in this nation come from more distinguished and more accomplished families than Michelle's. There are black women who are Michelle's age who are the fourth generation of degreed black professionals in their families. I am not impressed that her dad was a factory worker and she went to Harvard. Many black women have shared that path. I deeply respect the obstacles she had to confront in order to reach the place where she is. Michelle is beautiful and poised and accomplished and determined. She is not the best that America has to offer in the black race. Her husband isn't either. They are a lovely-looking couple. They have accomplished a great deal in their lives. I respect their discipline, perseverance and achievement.</i><br><br>There wasn't any \"deceptive ploy\" on my part.  That requires the inclination, time, and energy and I simply am not interested.<br><br>Oh yeah - I am not 'he.'<br><br>And JHC - it's insinuation.......<br><br>I stated that WordSmith was a liar because he was attempting to tie MY forum to the petty incinuation made by another blogger that was patently false.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_18:11:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11641847, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11652450": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Seriously, WordSmith, you've been blocked from BWBT?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_20:07:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11650884, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11622382": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "is that the answer to my question?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:34:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11622268, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11629554": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I have to say WordSmith is NOT a liar.  She ALWAYS post links to support her comments.    For me, the links are more often than not truthful and add value to our discussions.  If some of the links don't provide accuracy and truth it's certainly not her fault.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_12:57:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "spirit_55z", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11622923, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11649525": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"So the POST wasn't about Michelle Obama.\"<br><br>Yes, I was puzzled for a while there too, but...yeah. She just keeps on saying the <i>post</i> wasn't about Michelle Obama, and ignores references to the passage that people keep pasting here. At least, I think she's ignored it. I haven't looked at all the comments. Has she ever addressed the specific passage you and others have pasted here?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_18:54:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "Plantsmantx", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11647978, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11652598": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Seriously.  I went to look at one of the articles and it says something like - this: <br><br>Error<br><br>    Not Found<br>    The requested URL /_3kG1gR22CZI/R7M6yzhPCJI/AAAAAAAAArA was not found on this server. <br><br>Course - I'm at work (yuck, yuck), but I have this feeling the state of Idaho is blocked from BWBT right now.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_20:13:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "IWordsmith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11652450, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11657719": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I've read through all the comments and i dont understand why this is so contraversial from what i've read the Obamas have visited Oaks Bluff with Valerie Jarett before this just would be his first time going since he became the president", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_22:53:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "divineempress", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11621881": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I feel the same way!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-23_11:21:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11621758, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 4, "reply_position": true, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "22727865", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": -4670080169329187787}, "thread": {"total_posts": 0, "paginate": false, "per_page": 0, "slug": "um8230folks82308217our_kind_of_people8217_are_speaking_again8230", "num_pages": 1, "days_alive": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 22727865, "num_posts": 233, "closed": false, "queued": false, "killed": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": true, "use_fb_connect": true, "forum_facebook_key": "bd6a8bc56f8eb204984f34b6fefe228d", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": true, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
	/* */ this.jsonData.cookie_messages = {"user_created": null, "post_has_profile": null, "post_twitter": null, "post_not_approved": null}; this.jsonData.session = {"url": null, "name": null, "email": null}; /* */

	
	this.curPageId = 'dsq-comments';

	this.frames = {};
};

var disqus_popup_reference = null;

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



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

  // Thread moderator actions
  this.CLOSE_THREAD = "Close thread";
  this.OPEN_THREAD = "Open thread";
  this.REMOVE_THREAD = "Remove thread";
  this.RESTORE_THREAD = "Restore thread";
  this.ACTIONS = "Actions";
};
// 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=um8230folks82308217our_kind_of_people8217_are_speaking_again8230' +
		'&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/um8230folks82308217our_kind_of_people8217_are_speaking_again8230/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>';
		html += '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.showModeratorActions(); return false;">' + Dsq.Strings.MODERATE + '</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 <a href="' + reaction.source_url + '">' + (reaction.source == 'backtype' ? 'BackType' : '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='	+ 'um8230folks82308217our_kind_of_people8217_are_speaking_again8230'
			+ '&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/um8230folks82308217our_kind_of_people8217_are_speaking_again8230/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">233</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/um8230folks82308217our_kind_of_people8217_are_speaking_again8230/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/um8230folks82308217our_kind_of_people8217_are_speaking_again8230/">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:22727865" 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/um8230folks82308217our_kind_of_people8217_are_speaking_again8230/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 <a href="' + reaction.source_url + '">' + (reaction.source == 'backtype' ? 'BackType' : '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:22727865" 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:22727865" 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'				: 'um8230folks82308217our_kind_of_people8217_are_speaking_again8230',
			// 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/um8230folks82308217our_kind_of_people8217_are_speaking_again8230/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='	+ 'um8230folks82308217our_kind_of_people8217_are_speaking_again8230'
			+ '&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='	+ 'um8230folks82308217our_kind_of_people8217_are_speaking_again8230'
			+ '&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='		+ 'um8230folks82308217our_kind_of_people8217_are_speaking_again8230'
				+ '&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.showModeratorActions = function() {
      if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) {
          return;
      }

      var html = '<div class="dsq-moderate-options"><table><tr>' +
                 '<td>' + Dsq.Strings.ACTIONS + '</td><td><ul>';
      html += '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.toggleClosed(); return false;">' +
              (Dsq.jsonData.thread.closed ? Dsq.Strings.OPEN_THREAD : Dsq.Strings.CLOSE_THREAD) +
              '</a></li>';
      html += '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.toggleKilled(); return false;">' +
              (Dsq.jsonData.thread.killed ? Dsq.Strings.RESTORE_THREAD : Dsq.Strings.REMOVE_THREAD) +
              '</a></li>';
      html += '</ul></td></tr></table></div>' +
              '<p>Go to the full <a href="http://disqus.com/comments/moderate-threads/" target="_blank">moderate panel</a> for more options.</p>';
      Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, Dsq.Strings.MODERATE_OPTIONS);
  };

	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);
	};

  this.toggleClosed = function() {
      Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/toggle_thread_closed.js', {thread:Dsq.jsonData.thread.id});
      window.setTimeout(function() { window.location.reload(); }, 500);
  };

  this.toggleKilled = function() {
      Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/toggle_thread_killed.js', {thread:Dsq.jsonData.thread.id});
      window.setTimeout(function() { window.location.reload(); }, 500);
  };
};
// 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/22727865/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-11621522">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11621522" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11621522" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11621522">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11621522" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11621522" class="dsq-comment-message">Michelle Obama doesn\'t have the complexion for the connection. <br><br>I think the Obamas should go to Martha\'s Vineyard and clown these fools on the sneak tip.  Both Barack and Michelle Obama are snarky as hell and little Malia\'s got some snark in her, too.  Sasha looks like she would straight up say, "bitch please."<br><br>All the Obamas have more class and breeding in their toe jam than these fools will ever have.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-11621749">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11621749" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11621749" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11621749">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11621749" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11621749" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you.  What the fuck?  "Obama is a more a man of the "people"  Who the fuck are they, ALIENS?  <br><br>As if Barack or Michelle would stoop to their madness, selfish Ignoramuses.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-11622751">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11622751" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11622751" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11622751" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11622751" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11622751" class="dsq-comment-message">You have to read between the lines "Obama is more a man of the "[little insignificant] people"</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11622960" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11622960" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11622960">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11622960" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11622960" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m SNARKING, big time here.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11623600" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11623600" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11623600" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11623600" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11623600" class="dsq-comment-message">I am too :o)</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11623631">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11623631" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11623631" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11623631" href="http://www.thebottomofheaven.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">claudia_m</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11623631" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11623631" class="dsq-comment-message">Ugh! This is so infuriating. Irritating! I hope the Obamas bypass them all and make an unconventional vacation stop.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11640907" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11640907" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11640907">Admiral_Komack</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11640907" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11640907" class="dsq-comment-message">Personally, I\'d like the President and The First Lady to vacation there.<br><br>Let the skinnin\' and grinnin\' begin!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11623636">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11623636" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11623636" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11623636">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11623636" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11623636" class="dsq-comment-message">lol</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11636174" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11636174" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11636174">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11636174" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11636174" class="dsq-comment-message">No.  I don\'t think Sasha would say "bitch please".    She is a child.   Also, "bitch please" is not some profundity that any adult, let alone any child should be proud of.  It is what the scum of the earth say, when they have exhausted their limited vocabulary.<br><br>Exactly who do you think these children are?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11662565">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11662565" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11662565" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11662565">AxelFoley</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11662565" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11662565" class="dsq-comment-message">Lighten up, Francis.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11952729">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11952729" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11952729" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11952729">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11952729" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11952729" class="dsq-comment-message">Who\'s Francis?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11624706" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11624706" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11624706">ChrisChambers</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11624706" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11624706" class="dsq-comment-message">OK..I am about to piss EVERYBODY off. First, those negroes are no different from many others of this "elite" status. I live in DC. Nuff said about that. Second, they are always cordoning themselves off. Not so much from the ghettofab masses, but from other tribes of bourgies. The snobbery is more in the house, "us vs. that other clique" rather than "us vs the negroes in SE DC/Queens NY/College Park Ga./West Side of Chi./Oakland who are getting pregnant at 16, shooting each other over rims/lionizing Chris Brown or emulating Rhianna. Third, the Obamas will likely be socializing with the WHITE power folks and yuppies, not the black Oak Bluffs crew. Sorry but that seems to be how they roll when the cameras are off. They are more the crunchy granola Takoma Park bourgie (folks in DC know what I mean) rather than the upper 16th Street NW elite (and that tribe is dying...broke ass kids moved out to ForeclosureLand in PG for the McMansions, leaving Mom and Dcotor Dad, now in their 70s, to deal with these big houses and now CHEZ WHITEY...or rather, CHEZ BERNSTEIN, in their 30s are snatching up the homes and wealth they once represented).<br><br>And Fourth, Barack and Michelle need to be some place other than the Vineyard. I know they had property in N. carolina near Wilmington-Cape Fear. That\'s where they should be. Or hell, the Jersey Shore. Or galveston. Or the pacific coast-N. Cali. Something about the Vineyard screams DETACHMENT, and that is the last thing this man needs as we march toward a very troubling midterm election.<br><br>Nat Turner has spoken...;-)</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11625961">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11625961" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11625961" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11625961" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11625961" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11625961" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree that they shouldn\'t go to the Vineyard. I say go back to Hawaii so the GOP idiots can complain about him leaving the country like they did the LAST time he went to Hawaii. LOL</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11627885" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11627885" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11627885">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11627885" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11627885" class="dsq-comment-message">Chris I agree with "Third, the Obamas will likely be socializing with the WHITE power folks and yuppies, not the black Oak Bluffs crew."<br><br>And thus the comment from the anonymous Vineyarder.  He/she was trying to set the stage for the non arrival of the Obamas.  Lessen the blow to their uppity attitude. <br><br>Bike shop owner Craig Hockmeyer summed it up nicely.  Those kind of people practically licks his white ass before they\'d socialize with "plain" black folks.<br><br>I still love to see the Obamas breeze through Oak Bluffs.....  "We\'re here Bitches"...... They\'d be climbing the fucking ferry to get at them.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11629142" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11629142" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11629142" href="http://www.thebottomofheaven.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">claudia_m</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11629142" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11629142" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!!! "We\'re here Bitches" Hahaha! Love to see that. And with that, I\'m going to sign off, eat lunch, and watch the rest of this presser.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11629505" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11629505" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11629505">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11629505" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11629505" class="dsq-comment-message">LMAO!<br><br>Claudia, that\'s my girl Spirit! She has a way with words.LOL</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11629819" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11629819" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11629819" href="http://btx3.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">BTx</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11629819" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11629819" class="dsq-comment-message">Know of a 65 Acre spot down there on the Eastern Shore of Virginia that the previous deal with Singer Michael Jackson fell through on! <br><br>Or a couple of 3-11 acre lots on the inter-coastal leading to deserted beaches, no boardwalk, no popcorn stands... And a great neighbor, if I do say so myself!<br><br>And the girls can see "Misty of Chincoteague", anytime they want! <br><br>And yeah Chris, you hit it dead center on the DC Bourgie scene!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11624934" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11624934" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11624934">APeach</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11624934" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11624934" class="dsq-comment-message">True, but didya haveta go there with "Foreclosure Land"? Ouch! :) But unfortunately, very true. I guess the Gold Coast isn\'t what it used to be. Still, they sound silly.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11629154" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11629154" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11629154">RobM</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11629154" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11629154" class="dsq-comment-message">I suggest Union Pier in Michigan. Just a quick ride helicopter ride across the Lake.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11622571" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11622571" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11622571">Leota2</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11622571" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11622571" class="dsq-comment-message">I swear, just when you think people actually don\'t walk around with bowls of their own shit, calling out to people that it smells like roses--an anonymous Vineyarder reminds you how mistaken you can still be. <br>WTF!<br>Inbreeding will do this.  Get off the island!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11625049" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11625049" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11625049">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11625049" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11625049" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!  Look Super NEGROS!  The Plane, the plane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11635856" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11635856" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11635856" href="http://www.WEESeeYou.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Webb</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11635856" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11635856" class="dsq-comment-message">ROFLMAO - Fantasy Island.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11626011">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11626011" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11626011" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11626011">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11626011" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11626011" class="dsq-comment-message">LMAO!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11623738">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11623738" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11623738" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11623738" href="http://www.thebottomofheaven.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">claudia_m</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11623738" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11623738" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL @ Get off the island!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11621758">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11621758" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11621758" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11621758">MyzDevyneOne</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11621758" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11621758" class="dsq-comment-message">I. JUST. CAN\'T.<br>I mean...<br>Did they just...<br>The POTUS and the First Lady tho???<br>She said what...?<br>"Anonymous Vineyarder": PLEASE. KILL.YO.SELF.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11621881">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11621881" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11621881" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11621881">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11621881" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11621881" class="dsq-comment-message">I feel the same way!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11621933">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11621933" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11621933" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11621933">Liza</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11621933" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11621933" class="dsq-comment-message">What bothers me the most is that these people don\'t even have the courage to put their names to these awful comments.<br><br>What cowards and they are not to be admired.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11621071">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11621071" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11621071" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11621071">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11621071" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11621071" class="dsq-comment-message">Actually....I think THIS quote is the money quote, just read it and tell me what it really says...LOL...these uppity knee-grows are funny:<br><br>Craig Hockmeyer, who owns a bicycle shop in nearby Vineyard Haven, says he spent many nights at Lola’s, which was, until its recent closing, a central part of the Vineyard black universe. “A bald white honky like me could go in there and feel totally comfortable and dance the night away with all the rich black folks, not a problem at all.”<br><br>OK...Craig...you made my day with that one. How ya like your "eliteness" now Only Ones?? LOL</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11622520">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11622520" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11622520" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11622520">Sepia</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11622520" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11622520" class="dsq-comment-message">Damn! Craig done told the tale, didn\'t he? WHITE SKIN TRUMPS ALL.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11623033" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11623033" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11623033">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11623033" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11623033" class="dsq-comment-message">I love that quote - little does Craig know what it really means - bless his heart...he was being as sincere as he could be too. He has no idea how insulting that was to the "Only Ones", but incredibly funny to ME! LOL</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11622815">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11622815" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11622815" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11622815">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11622815" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11622815" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, to these simple ass negros, white skin trumps all.  SMH</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11623053">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11623053" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11623053" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11623053" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11623053" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11623053" class="dsq-comment-message">First you have reading me words out loud - e.g., "knee grow" - \'cuz at first blush, I\'m like what the ???? \' - and now the SMH.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11625273">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11625273" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11625273" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11625273">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11625273" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11625273" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!  All depends on what mood I\'m in, WordSmith.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11621143">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11621143" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11621143" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11621143">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11621143" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11621143" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>“Obama is more a man of the people,” says a Vineyarder who’s part of black high society. “He doesn’t seem to identify with affluent black people. His wife definitely doesn’t; she is basically a ghetto girl.</i><br><br><br><br>What? Well I be damn? <br><br>I\'m with you Snob, <b>"Remove the stick from your ass and your mind will follow".</b> <br><br><br>These snotty uppity sobs.<br><br><b>Saaaaaaaa&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;lap</b></div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11633778">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11633778" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11633778" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11633778">carolinagirl</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11633778" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11633778" class="dsq-comment-message">Where is whiterosebuddy? *snicker*<br><br>I still love ya girl, but this thread is right up your alley.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11648950">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11648950" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11648950" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11648950">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11648950" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11648950" class="dsq-comment-message">she is probably still on vacation</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11706895" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11706895" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11706895">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11706895" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11706895" class="dsq-comment-message">Yep!  Just got back.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11706849">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11706849" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11706849" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11706849">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11706849" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11706849" class="dsq-comment-message">Nice to be thought of..but y\'know you being bad.<br><br> it looks like God was looking out for me ( on vacation still yesterday)...cause yall would have sent me to the corner withOUT a chair!!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11709703">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11709703" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11709703" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11709703">carolinagirl</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11709703" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11709703" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL. Yeah, I was being bad... but it wasn\'t with malice. :o)</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11641301">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11641301" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11641301" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11641301" href="muttlikme.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Mutt Like Me</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11641301" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11641301" class="dsq-comment-message">The Obama Presidency is bringing out teh stupid in both white AND black people. *smh*</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11621209">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11621209" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11621209" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11621209">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11621209" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11621209" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL! We see you Haters; we SEE YOU.<br><br>The First Lady and POTUS aren\'t going to affirm folks who talk bullshit like these sorry ass negros.<br><br>I\'ve been to Oak Bluffs several times. They\'ve got lovely biking trails, great sailing, and great eaterys. I hope these "Our kind of people" just happen to be hanging out like the rest of the tourist....... LMBAO!!!<br><br>Tell it Snob: "Remove the stick from your ass, and your mind will follow."</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11621768">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11621768" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11621768" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11621768">APeach</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11621768" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11621768" class="dsq-comment-message">And they are definitely seeking affirmation, even as they try to pretend they are so much better than the Obamas. Please.<br><br>Can someone please hip these fools that our President and First Lady are GLOBAL, OK? Who cares about Oak Bluffs when you can literally go anywhere in the world? Miss me with that provincial stuff. When they leave office in 8 years they will have a Rolodex to die twice for.<br><br>They are simply mad that one of their "types" didn\'t make it first. As my grandmother would say, "Ain\'t nobody studyin\' them."</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11622182" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11622182" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11622182">MsKitty</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11622182" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11622182" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>Can someone please hip these fools that our President and First Lady are GLOBAL, OK? Who cares about Oak Bluffs when you can literally go anywhere in the world?</i><br><br>Seriously.  Sasha had a birthday party at the residence of the President of France.  Try and top that.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11626446">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11626446" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11626446" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11626446">APeach</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11626446" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11626446" class="dsq-comment-message">They can\'t, and they know it. I only hope this is a view from a petty few. It really doesn\'t make any sense.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11654707">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11654707" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11654707" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11654707">malletgirl02</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11654707" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11654707" class="dsq-comment-message">That is awesome, where can I go to see pictures?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11621989">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11621989" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11621989" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11621989">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11621989" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11621989" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s for sure, APeach.<br><br>BWA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I love the photo of the Queen\'s arm around First<br>Lady Michelle Obama\'s lower back.  You know the one I\'m talking about.<br><br>The pic of that white arm around that tall lithe, beautiful, dark-skinned<br>First Lady\'s back.   HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11633925">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11633925" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11633925" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11633925" href="http://blackdiamond2008.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ASmith</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11633925" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11633925" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL @ "We see you Haters;. we SEE YOU"<br><br>Yes we do, and we are noting your names and addresses...</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11621425">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11621425" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11621425" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11621425">MsKitty</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11621425" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11621425" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m sure the President of the United States of America and the First Lady are losing sleep over what these snooty snoots think of them...not!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11622365">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11622365" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11622365" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11622365" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11622365" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11622365" class="dsq-comment-message">No, no, I\'m sure they are HEARTBROKEN. I mean the only reason he wanted to be President was so the rich black folk (who are probably republicans anyway) would FINALLY accept him as their equal. SMH<br><br>I\'m sure if they DO go up there, those same two-faced black folk will be all up in their faces. I like the fact that they\'d rather be around middle/lower class people in D.C., they see enough of the elites through their "jobs"</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-11622212">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11622212" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11622212" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11622212" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11622212" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11622212" class="dsq-comment-message">I hope they vacation in Chicago or Hawaii. I don\'t think they need to reach out to those stuck up negros.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11623040">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11623040" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11623040" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11623040">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11623040" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11623040" class="dsq-comment-message">I HOPE they vacation on the Vineyard and in Oak Bluffs.  Let\'s see how much grace and decorum these uppity negros can muster.  Because we already know the Obamas have it.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11623579">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11623579" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11623579" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11623579" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11623579" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11623579" class="dsq-comment-message">Eh, they don\'t deserve to breathe the same AIR as Michelle.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11628897">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11628897" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11628897" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11628897">Mothsmoke</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11628897" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11628897" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m confused.  This isn\'t there first time they\'ve vacationed in the Vineyard.  Why all of this talk about how they will be treated or others will treat them?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11630027">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11630027" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11630027" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11630027">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11630027" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11630027" class="dsq-comment-message">It will be their first time vacationing in the Vineyard as the First Family.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11636527">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11636527" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11636527" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11636527">Mothsmoke</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11636527" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11636527" class="dsq-comment-message">Hmmm...well if all of this talk on this thread about the behavior of Our Kind of People is to believed, seems like those folks would not have been to thrilled about the Obamas vacationing with them.  In other words, it would seem more likely that any "snub" came a long time ago.  Begs the question why spend more time in the area if they presumably were treated so shabbily or better yet, why spend any time in the Hamptions i.e., the epitome of elitism.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11636112">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11636112" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11636112" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11636112" href="http://www.WEESeeYou.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Webb</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11636112" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11636112" class="dsq-comment-message">Anybody who wants to understand why the Preacher\'s Wife is often more gossiped about than the Preacher, need only read this thread.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11632482" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11632482" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11632482">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11632482" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11632482" class="dsq-comment-message">Sounds like it\'s time for somebody to make a new screen name.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11636874">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11636874" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11636874" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11636874">Admiral_Komack</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11636874" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11636874" class="dsq-comment-message">You leave for a while, and it\'s HELLSAPOPPIN!<br><br>I didn\'t do it.<br><br>(runs)</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11622547">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11622547" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11622547" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11622547">Sepia</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11622547" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11622547" class="dsq-comment-message">This comment on Snob\'s site made me do a church jog:<br><br><i>Why would Sasha and Malia want to be a part of their group when they grow up, where by being the presidents children they will be hanging out with the real deal big honchos like the Kennedy\'s, not the wanna bee\'s.<br>They are gonna hang out with the real movers and shakers, and not he decendants of their slave mistresses.</i></div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11623380">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11623380" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11623380" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11623380">parker404</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11623380" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11623380" class="dsq-comment-message">LMAO @ church job.  So true!  Sasha and Malia are not being raised to be part of bs.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11623849">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11623849" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11623849" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11623849" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11623849" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11623849" class="dsq-comment-message">They wouldn\'t let Sasha and Malia in anyway, they came from the same "ghetto" as Michelle.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11629463">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11629463" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11629463" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11629463">RobM</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11629463" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11629463" class="dsq-comment-message">"Bebe\'s kids" ROTFLMBAO</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11629626">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11629626" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11629626" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11629626">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11629626" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11629626" class="dsq-comment-message">ROTFLMBAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1</div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11629682">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11629682" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11629682" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11629682">RobM</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11629682" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11629682" class="dsq-comment-message">ROTFLMBAO reading this.<br>It\'s Bebe\'s kids</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-11624521">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11624521" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11624521" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11624521" href="http://www.thebottomofheaven.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">claudia_m</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11624521" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11624521" class="dsq-comment-message">As disgusted as I am by the quotes in this article, I wonder if we might take a moment to talk about the motives involved in writing, publishing, and calling attention to this topic. <br><br>I have a lot of respect for Toure (he\'s great to follow on Twitter). Still, I don\'t think it\'s out of line to question who or what inspired him or <i>New York Magazine</i> to bring this particular story to our attention. Just because it\'s summer vacation time? Hmm.... We all know that these "Anonymous Vineyarders" have a range of opinions on the Obamas, the unconventional path they took to success and power, and the extent to which they would or would not "fit in" with their crowd. So are we learning anything new from this piece other than the fact that black folks are still capable of hating on each other. It\'s sad to see these people try to maintain this ridiculous class warfare by claiming that their club is so exclusive <i>even the President and his wife can\'t get in</i> but I suspect we sorta knew that already. On the other hand, there are many media outlets who love this kind of in-fighting. So who\'s really benefiting here, I wonder.<br><br>I\'m as irritated by this as the rest of you (how dare anyone talk about Michelle that way!) but there are other issues at work here I think.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11629251">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11629251" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11629251" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11629251">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11629251" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11629251" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh, they\'re just using Our Kind of People to say what they can\'t, which is "Michelle Obama is ghetto black trash and should be scrubbing the White House kitchen instead of giving tours of it."</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11635749">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11635749" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11635749" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11635749">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11635749" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11635749" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh...is <i>that</i> what they\'re saying?!!...thanks for illuminating us.<br><br>Now, I wonder why they didn\'t actually say what YOU said?<br><br>Ghetto black trash<br>Scrubbing White House kitchen<br>Fat black women who don\'t know their own minds...</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-11662874">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11662874" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11662874" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11662874">AxelFoley</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11662874" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11662874" class="dsq-comment-message">Read between the lines.</div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11689075">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11689075" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11689075" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11689075">TruthSeeker</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11689075" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11689075" class="dsq-comment-message">What\'s between the lines is a tacit agreement between the bigot and the bigot\'s target.   They both agree on what\'s between the lines.   So, there is this constant dance.   Maybe you should stop agreeing, stop dancing,  and stop reading between the lines.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11624682">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11624682" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11624682" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11624682">Sepia</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11624682" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11624682" class="dsq-comment-message">Good points, Claudia!</div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11624926">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11624926" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11624926" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11624926" href="http://www.thebottomofheaven.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">claudia_m</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11624926" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11624926" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks, Sepia. It\'s nice to be heard!</div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11625253">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11625253" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, you have respect for Toure....I\'m not a fan, and haven\'t been for a long time. . They really should have had Lawrence Otis Graham write the article.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11628090" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11628090" href="http://www.thebottomofheaven.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">claudia_m</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11628090" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL - Okay, well I guess I don\'t know enough about Toure then. Should we be questioning his motives and/or his approach to the issue? Would Graham have given us a fuller or more complex picture?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11637293">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11637293" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, I think Graham would have given a more complex picture, especially since he\'s known the President and First Lady since Harvard Law School days.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11639393" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11639393" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11639393" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah Toure is not part of that class structure anyway, but Graham is and has written books about it. Either way Michelle gets the white racism treatment from being the daughter of the survivors or from other Blacks who think she\'s uncouth. Well...she\'s YOUR First Lady and you are free to leave the country!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11625660">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11625660" class="dsq-comment-message">Good Post, Claudia!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11657719">a-boogie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11657719" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ve read through all the comments and i dont understand why this is so contraversial from what i\'ve read the Obamas have visited Oaks Bluff with Valerie Jarett before this just would be his first time going since he became the president</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11624698" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11624698" href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Blackwomen-Blowthetrumpet/1314242676" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Blackwomen Blowthetrumpet</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11624698" class="dsq-comment-message">@ Miranda<br><br>I am not confused at all.  I am here because my blog forum has been mentioned in this conversation and is attached to a discussion about someone ELSE\'S COMMENTS.  <br><br>My blog forum analyzes class issues and presents group dialogue about the class landscape.<br><br>@ Liza<br><br>You statement: <br>"What is interesting(unfortunately I had to click because the blog owner is calling folks liars) is that not everyone agreed with everything that she said but no one actually called her out. It\'s as if they completely skipped over such controversial and nasty statements."<br><br>Ummmm...get your facts straight...I am not calling FOLKS liars. I named ONE person.<br><br>I stated that WordSmith\'s incinuation that the quote in the post was from MY FORUM is a lie.  Please get your facts straight. I named one person.<br><br>You said:<br>"no one actually called her out."<br><br>Ummm... let\'s see... my blog forum was mentioned with a link. <br><br>@ Rikyah  <br><br>And for the record... I did NOT leave the comment that is being referenced over at The Black Snob.  See quote below that was referenced.<br><br>@ Muzikal203<br>I am referring to the quote in the post when I am stating that it didn\'t come from MY forum. <br><br>I am making that clarification for those reading this thread.<br><br>I am also referring to the OTHER quote referenced in the comment section over at The Black Snob when I am stating that it didn\'t come from my forum.<br>This is the comment referenced from The Black Snob:<br><br>"Why would Sasha and Malia want to be a part of their group when they grow up, where by being the presidents children they will be hanging out with the real deal big honchos like the Kennedy\'s, not the wanna bee\'s.<br>They are gonna hang out with the real movers and shakers, and not he decendants of their slave mistresses."<br><br>THAT was the quote that I was stating was not made by me.<br><br>You said:<br>"I hope you don\'t try to delete it because it takes no time to do a screen capture."<br><br>*LOL* Now that is truly hilarious. Deleting my work from my own site?  I stand by what I have written.  <br><br>Anyone can read the ENTIRE discussion for themselves...if they choose to...rather than relying on "snippets"!<br><br>"The Offense of Black Privilege" is a post to start with.<br><br>Those who have unresolved class resentments and class jealousies need not waste their time in discussions at my think tank that deal with the class landscape. Those who want to discuss class issues constructively are always welcome to offer their viewpoints. Differing views are what a THINK TANK is interested in presenting.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11626082" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11626082" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11626082" class="dsq-comment-message">Let me help you out: When you are in a hole stop digging.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11629317">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11629317" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s a Texas saying, Muzikal!  Here\'s another..<br><br>Never miss a good chance to shutup!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11629474">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11629474" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL! PERFECT.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11648846" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11648846" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11648846" class="dsq-comment-message">Still digging......almost to Istanbul  NOT Constantinople</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11629380">carolinagirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11629380" class="dsq-comment-message">?????????????????????<br><br>I\'m a bit confused. Where did wordsmith say that this quote came from you:<br><br>"Many blacks from Oak Bluffs are elated that the Only One–in–Chief may be joining them. “People are going to lose their minds!” Tonya Lewis Lee says. At the same time, there’s also a bit of wariness among the wealthiest ones, an uncertainty whether Obama will affirm them. “Obama is more a man of the people,” says a Vineyarder who’s part of black high society. “He doesn’t seem to identify with affluent black people. His wife definitely doesn’t; she is basically a ghetto girl. That’s what she says—I’m just being sociological. She grew up in the same place Jennifer Hudson did. She hasn’t reached out to the social community of Washington, and people are waiting to see what they’ll do about that."<br><br><br><br>I\'m looking up and down this thread and didn\'t see her attribute that quote to your website.<br><br><br>As for this quote:<br><br>"Why would Sasha and Malia want to be a part of their group when they grow up, where by being the presidents children they will be hanging out with the real deal big honchos like the Kennedy\'s, not the wanna bee\'s.<br>They are gonna hang out with the real movers and shakers, and not he decendants of their slave mistresses."<br><br><br>Sepia copied and pasted that from the comments on the Black Snob and said it came from there. Here are Sepia\'s words:<br><br><br>"This comment on Snob\'s site made me do a church jog:<br><br>Why would Sasha and Malia want to be a part of their group when they grow up, where by being the presidents children they will be hanging out with the real deal big honchos like the Kennedy\'s, not the wanna bee\'s.<br>They are gonna hang out with the real movers and shakers, and not he decendants of their slave mistresses."<br><br><br>The question from rikyrah was:<br><br>"I need some help. <b>A commenter over at The Black Snob, left this comment. Anyone have an idea as to which blog they\'re talking about?</b><br><br>LOL.<br><br>Oh honey you didn\'t know. <br><br>A blog that shall remain nameless often talks about how Michelle and Obama are not the best and the brightest the black community has to offer (I\'m not saying they are either, but her reasons for saying it is what gets me) especially since they weren\'t born into affluence.<br><br>She regularly has something to say against Michelle\'s "behaviour" and when she does offer praise it is often back-handed. She\'s one of "Our Kind of People."<br><br><br><br>When I asked the poster to spill, this was the only clue they left me:<br><br>Rikyrah<br><br>Well, like i said...I won\'t say. But if you\'re into musical instruments you should be able to guess:-)<br><br><br>It\'s not The Black Socialite, because that was the other part of their post and I knew it right off the bat. If anyone has a clue about the blog described here...tell me!!"<br><br><br>Wordsmith gave her an answer which is your blog. Calm down. No one accused you of saying anything that WASN\'T posted on your blog. Geez....</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11630049">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11630049" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank You!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11633961">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11633961" class="dsq-comment-message">carolinagirl, you sure don\'t sound confused to me.  LOL!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11635481">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11635481" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you, carolinagirl!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11625085">Liza</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11625085" class="dsq-comment-message">Think tank?<br><br>Anyways, um, I don\'t like to call those that I don\'t know a few grapes short of a fruit salad but you in I\'m willing to make an exception in your case.<br><br>Cut the crap.  The quote about not being impressed with Michelle\'s "factory worker father" and her "Harvard degree" exists on YOUR BLOG. This is not about people "misquoting" you or attributing quotes that others wrote to you. THIS IS ABOUT YOU WRITING A SCREED ON MICHELLE OBAMA AND NOW SOMEONE IS CALLING YOU OUT AND YOU ARE TRYING TO ACT LIKE WE ARE CRAZY.<br><br>Unbelievable. You made remarks that everyone has seen and now you don\'t want people calling you out on it so you try to pretend that folks are misquoting you. <br><br>As someone once said, "you are entitled to your opinion but not the facts."</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11627913">Liza</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11627913" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh my typos!!! Yikes!<br><br>I\'m steamed folks by this nonsense.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11630371">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11630371" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m totally cracking up at that "think tank" moniker myself....LOL</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11634091">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11634091" class="dsq-comment-message">BWA HA HA HA!!!!!!!<br><br>I know, right; it brings to mind this:<br><br><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/freethinking/2007/assets/content/playback/cartoons/think-tank.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/freethinking/2007/a...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11641414">pjamma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11641414" class="dsq-comment-message">The only thing thought after visiting that "think tank" was "this site sucks".  To each their own I guess.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11635432">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11635432" class="dsq-comment-message"><i><b>This is the comment referenced from The Black Snob:<br><br>"Why would Sasha and Malia want to be a part of their group when they grow up, where by being the presidents children they will be hanging out with the real deal big honchos like the Kennedy\'s, not the wanna bee\'s.<br>They are gonna hang out with the real movers and shakers, and not he decendants of their slave mistresses."<br><br>THAT was the quote that I was stating was not made by me.</b></i><br><br>I posted the above comment and if you would have "investigated" you would see that I did not attributed that comment to neither you nor your blog. In fact, the only comment that was attributed to you was the one from your website when you said that Michelle was not the epitome of black women. <br><br>It seems to me like you\'re jumping around in your allegations about people lying to avoid admitting that YOU were wrong from the giddy-yup. <br><br>First, you said that your initial post was about defending yourself against Wordsmith lying on you and your blog, accusing her of saying that you wrote the piece about the anonymous Black Elite/Oak Bluffer calling Michelle a "ghetto girl". But now that people have pointed out that YOU were wrong and that NO ONE attributed that article to you, and that Wordsmith was referencing an article YOU wrote on YOUR blog about Michelle not being the "epitome of black women" blah, blah, blah, now you\'re trying to say that you were protesting against a comment I posted. But, surprise, surprise, I NEVER said YOU wrote that comment. In fact, I specifically said that I got the comment from a commenter on Black Snob\'s blog. <br><br>So, once again YOU ARE WRONG.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11626222" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11626222" class="dsq-comment-message">umm...., sorry to bring this up at this juncture; however. it\'s insinuation.....okay - carry on..... whispering....walking away amid all the eggshells......muttering - jezzus fucking-christtt- what was all that....<br><br>Oh! And BTW - the president is speaking....condemning Iran\'s action, appalled.....</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11629448">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11629448" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL.....well they say a hit dog will holler.....and damn if you didn\'t have perfect aim. LOL</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11629648">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11629648" class="dsq-comment-message">Call  911<br><br>*dying*<br><br>LMAO!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11635674" href="http://www.WEESeeYou.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Webb</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11635674" class="dsq-comment-message">ROFLMAO...you can\'t have me laughing out loud like this today.  A HIT DOG WILL HOLLER.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11636454">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11636454" class="dsq-comment-message">Nice,  LOL!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11625755">Areba</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11625755" class="dsq-comment-message">Actually, that\'s NOT the comment that was attributed to or referring to you at the Black Snob.  This one is:<br><br>"A blog that shall remain nameless often talks about how Michelle and Obama are not the best and the brightest the black community has to offer (I\'m not saying they are either, but her reasons for saying it is what gets me) especially since they weren\'t born into affluence. She regularly has something to say against Michelle\'s "behaviour" and when she does offer praise it is often back-handed. She\'s one of "Our Kind of People." So I\'m not surprised at the comments...Not. At. All."</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11629868" href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Blackwomen-Blowthetrumpet/1314242676" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Blackwomen Blowthetrumpet</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11629868" class="dsq-comment-message">@ Areba<br><br>Anyone who truly wants to investigate the specific posts at my forum that are ACTUALLY about Michelle Obama will find that it doesn\'t take much effort to find them because my think tank doesn\'t focus on Michelle or the activities of the Obamas.<br><br>Oooops... I guess WordSmith couldn\'t locate them  *LOL*??<br><br>Well, here they are:<br><br>"The Influential Black Woman and The Tightrope"<br><a href="http://blackwomenblowthetrumpet.blogspot.com/2008/05/influential-black-woman-and-tightrope.html" rel="nofollow">http://blackwomenblowthetrumpet.blogspot.com/20...</a><br><br>"The Michelle/Oprah Factor: How We Forge Powerful Alliances"<br><a href="http://blackwomenblowthetrumpet.blogspot.com/2008/09/oprahmichelle-factor-how-we-forge.html" rel="nofollow">http://blackwomenblowthetrumpet.blogspot.com/20...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11633780" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11633780" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11633780">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11633780" class="dsq-comment-message">1. I have read a few posts at your blog; the last one being about Chanequa Campbell. <br><br>2. I thought the links were pretty self explanatory:<br>a) the hat tip and article came from the Black Snob<br>b) the article in question came from New York Magazine. <br>c) I had a question about a comment left in the comments section over at The Black Snob. After 60 replies over at The Black Snob, nobody had tipped me off as to whom \'JJ\' was referring, which is why I brought it over to JJP, because I wanted an answer to my question. <br>d) Wordsmith provided the reply to \'JJ\' from Black Snob, and gave me a quote from an article at your blog for reference, complete with link. <br><br>I don\'t see anyplace where Wordsmith misquoted your blog.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11637938" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11637938" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11637938" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11637938" class="dsq-comment-message">I like the outline form, Rikyrah, too.  <br><br>And you know what?  I didn\'t even COMMENT on what I read!  Whew - good thing.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11635014" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11635014" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11635014">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11635014" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11635014" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah has spoken.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11635102" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11635102" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11635102">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11635102" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11635102" class="dsq-comment-message">Tell it!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11633049" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11633049" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11633049">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11633049" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11633049" class="dsq-comment-message">WordSmith, this one\'s for you! <br><br> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vciEDI3dD8I" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vciEDI3dD8I</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11637762" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11637762" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11637762" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11637762" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11637762" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks ....<br><br>...how about this one?<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5PtSJEfajw&NR=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5PtSJEfajw&NR=1</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11639457" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11639457" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11639457">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11639457" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11639457" class="dsq-comment-message">HA HA HA!!!  Perfect!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11624532" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11624532" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11624532" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11624532" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11624532" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m changing my name....<br><br>....and I just about promise I will never help rikyrah again......</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11635593" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11635593" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11635593">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11635593" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11635593" class="dsq-comment-message">You betta stay right here or else Imma go Real Housewive of NJ on your arse! <br><br>*goes to get table to flip*</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11636116" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11636116" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11636116" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11636116" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11636116" class="dsq-comment-message">oh pfftt... I\'m not going anywhere.  <br><br>And who - WHO - gave my name to the church of scientology?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11636581" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11636581" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11636581">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11636581" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11636581" class="dsq-comment-message">WordSmith, <br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vciEDI3dD8I" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vciEDI3dD8I</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11625602" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11625602" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11625602">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11625602" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11625602" class="dsq-comment-message">don\'t stop helping me..LOL<br><br>You know it can get heated over here sometimes...LOL<br><br>and, you know, everytime we bring up Blacks and Class, the replies are numerous.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11626746" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11626746" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11626746" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11626746" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11626746" class="dsq-comment-message">yeah - but - this is the first one I\'ve seen.  it\'s graphic....DAMN.<br><br>And all i could think was WHERE IS GREENLADYHERE!!!!?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11628460" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11628460" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11628460" href="http://www.thebottomofheaven.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">claudia_m</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11628460" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11628460" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah, where is GreenLady? I\'ve been out of the loop for a while.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11629685" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11629685" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11629685">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11629685" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11629685" class="dsq-comment-message">GreenLady has been under the weather for a little bit, but she pops in now and then when she\'s up to it.  We\'ve been steady with the good thoughts/prayers to get her back here on the regular.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11629579" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11629579">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11629579" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11629579" class="dsq-comment-message">Hey, don\'t go anywhere!  This was shaping up to be a very boring day at the office for me, and thanks to you there\'s some excitement.  All that\'s missing for me to truly enjoy the fireworks is a bowl of Orville Redenbacher\'s...then again it is lunchtime, hmmm (LOL).</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11629191" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11629191" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11629191">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11629191" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11629191" class="dsq-comment-message">Girl, you better keep bringing it.  rikyrah appreciates all our help!  :-))))</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11621468" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11621468" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11621468">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11621468" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11621468" class="dsq-comment-message">I need some help. A commenter over at The Black Snob, left this comment. Anyone have an idea as to which blog they\'re talking about?<br><br><i>LOL.<br><br>Oh honey you didn\'t know. <br><br>A blog that shall remain nameless often talks about how Michelle and Obama are not the best and the brightest the black community has to offer (I\'m not saying they are either, but her reasons for saying it is what gets me) especially since they weren\'t born into affluence.<br><br>She regularly has something to say against Michelle\'s "behaviour" and when she does offer praise it is often back-handed. She\'s one of "Our Kind of People."<br><br></i><br><br>When I asked the poster to spill, this was the only clue they left me:<br><br><i>Rikyrah<br><br>Well, like i said...I won\'t say. But if you\'re into musical instruments you should be able to guess:-)<br></i><br><br>It\'s not The Black Socialite, because that was the other part of their post and I knew it right off the bat. If anyone has a clue about the blog described here...tell me!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11622117" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11622117" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11622117">Texas_Girl_in_LA</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11622117" class="dsq-comment-message">Hmmm....<br><br><i>But if you\'re into musical instruments you should be able to guess:-)</i><br><br>So, would the name of a musical instrument be in the title of the blog? <br><br>I gosh....I need to know!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11622574" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11622574" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11622574">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11622574" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11622574" class="dsq-comment-message">The only one I know of (as posted above) is Black Women Blow the Trumpet.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11622325" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11622325" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11622325">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11622325" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11622325" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m glad you posted this here, rikyrah because I was trying to figure it out myself.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11622268" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11622268" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11622268" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11622268" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11622268" class="dsq-comment-message">Black Women Blow the Trumpet</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11622541" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11622541" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11622541">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11622541" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s obvious these NEGROS haven\'t left the Vineyard in a while.<br>Nor have they been paying attention to the media headlines.  Barack Obama is a GLOBAL figure.<br><br>Barack Obama does not take any SHIT when it comes to folks going after his family and particularly his lovely wife Michelle.<br><br>These folks comments are both pathetic and laughable.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11622853" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11622853" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11622853" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11622853" class="dsq-comment-message">Ya know - I guess it doesn\'t matter, Spirit.  I think what matters is what matters to me and how I relate to it all.<br><br>As far as I\'m concerned "these people"  like other people (too many to name, plus there\'s that short-term memory deficit) have little to no affect on what has restored my hope that this country as well as US - the people - can \'rise again.\'  The Obamas - specifically Michelle (in my book) - play a vital role.<br><br>I gotta get to work or I\'d put more depth into it....sorry.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11622850" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11622850">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11622850" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11622850" class="dsq-comment-message">Hmph.....sounds like that trumpet isn\'t the only thing she blows.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11623470" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11623470" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11623470" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11623470" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11623470" class="dsq-comment-message">HA!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11623823" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11623823" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11623823">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11623823" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11623823" class="dsq-comment-message">Dayum</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11640727" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11640727" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11640727">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11640727" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11640727" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh, I do believe that will leave a mark.<br><br>I\'m glad I\'m on your side.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11622382" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11622382" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11622382">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11622382" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11622382" class="dsq-comment-message">is that the answer to my question?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11622594" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11622594" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11622594" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11622594" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11622594" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes - <br><br><a href="http://blackwomenblowthetrumpet.blogspot.com/2008/11/after-tearsamerica-facing-reality.html" rel="nofollow">http://blackwomenblowthetrumpet.blogspot.com/20...</a><br><br>I wrote a post several months ago and I mentioned that Michelle Obama is not the epitome of black women. There were black women who were shocked and offended to hear a black woman say that. They thought that all black women were supposed to worship at the altar of Michelleism.<br><br><i>Michelle is from the working class. Plenty of black women in this nation come from more distinguished and more accomplished families than Michelle\'s. There are black women who are Michelle\'s age who are the fourth generation of degreed black professionals in their families. I am not impressed that her dad was a factory worker and she went to Harvard. Many black women have shared that path. I deeply respect the obstacles she had to confront in order to reach the place where she is. Michelle is beautiful and poised and accomplished and determined. She is not the best that America has to offer in the black race. Her husband isn\'t either. They are a lovely-looking couple. They have accomplished a great deal in their lives. I respect their discipline, perseverance and achievement.</i><br><br>(I saw at the very end of the comments at \'the black snob\' - but I, too, rikyrah - know how to look shit up using the google.)  However, it is one of the blogs I check out from time to time.)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11623141" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11623141" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11623141">Sepia</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11623141" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11623141" class="dsq-comment-message">In a way, I\'m not surprised. When we were discussing Robin Givhan\'s article about Michelle, I said that quiet as kept, there are some black folk who don\'t think Michelle should be by Obama\'s side. And looky here.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11623527" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11623527" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11623527" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11623527" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11623527" class="dsq-comment-message">Too bad Obama doesn\'t give a rat\'s ass what those people think. Honestly, if he didn\'t have Michelle or a woman LIKE HER, he wouldn\'t have gotten the AA support he got (I mean absent Bill Clinton\'s meltdown).</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11622728" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11622728" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11622728">Liza</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11622728" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh.my.god.<br><br>I had never heard of that blog until now and I\'m happy to say that I will not be giving them traffic.<br><br>WTF?!?! Not going to Harvard is not "impressive?" Are you effing kidding me?  They act like she went to a junior college. GTFOH.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11624474" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11624474" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11624474">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11624474" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s Harvard Community College, ya know.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11629780" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11629780">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11629780" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, where they pak their caz in the yad.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11623010" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11623010" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11623010" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11623010" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11623010" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, I just went, and even worse than the actual POST are the comments talking about how they wholeheartedly agree.  Crabs in a barrel.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11623325" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11623325" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11623325">Liza</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11623325" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11623325" class="dsq-comment-message">Crabs in a barrel indeed.<br><br>What is interesting(unfortunately I had to click because the blog owner is calling folks liars) is that not everyone agreed with everything that she said but no one actually called her out.  It\'s as if they completely skipped over such controversial and nasty statements.<br><br>Look, I\'m young but the pride that I feel --knowing that even today I have to work twice as hard just as hard--with the Obamas in the WH is palpable. <br><br>Screw the trumpet lady and the horse she rode on.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11623549" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11623549">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11623549" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11623549" class="dsq-comment-message">Pretty much. We\'re our own worst enemy.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11624031" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11624031" href="http://btx3.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">BTx</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11624031" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11624031" class="dsq-comment-message">I made a similar comment a number of times about Condo Rice, which pissed conservatives off to no end, who were claiming her "exceptionalism". I was simply pointing out there a number of "invisible black folks" with academic and personal achievements which matched or exceeded Condo\'s.<br><br> I would argue that the black experience in America has been one of individuals rising from difficult circumstance to greatness. Class as such in the black community has been much more malleable than in the white community as a matter of the realities of race in America - even when such "class" was inflicted along our own self imposed color lines.<br><br>Are Michelle and Barack part of the old elites which developed in the Vineyard and other areas of the country during the era of legalized Jim Crow...<br><br>No.<br><br>But to be brutally honest...<br><br>That\'s not a bad thing.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11622924" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11622924" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11622924" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11622924" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11622924" class="dsq-comment-message">She can\'t be serious.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11622665" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11622665">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11622665" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://blackwomenblowthetrumpet.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://blackwomenblowthetrumpet.blogspot.com/</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11622649" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11622649">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11622649" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11622649" class="dsq-comment-message">DAMN! So THAT\'S who the Snob commentator was talking about? Wow.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11622923" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11622923" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11622923" href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Blackwomen-Blowthetrumpet/1314242676" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Blackwomen Blowthetrumpet</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11622923" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11622923" class="dsq-comment-message">@ WordSmith<br><br>You are a complete liar and that quote that was referenced DID NOT come from my site.  Nice try in slandering my forum but it won\'t work/<br><br>@ Sepia<br><br>Don\'t believe everything you read. Investigate for yourself.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11623147" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11623147" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11623147" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11623147" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11623147" class="dsq-comment-message">Actually, you\'re lying because I CLICKED the link and it\'s on the "Black women, Blow the trumpet" site. I hope you don\'t try to delete it because it takes no time to do a screen capture. In fact, on that site, your line about Michelle not being the epitome of Black Women is in yellow font to highlight it. <br><br>and LOL@ you appearing after he posted that. Something isn\'t right here. . .</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11623222" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11623222">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11623222" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11623222" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh Lord!!!!!!!!!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11623312" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11623312" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11623312" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11623312" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t know what you\'re oh lording about - but I\'m not working to caught in the middle of something when I have to work!  \'Cuz you know what I\'d rather do.   :::))))))</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11623243" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11623243" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11623243" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11623243" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m a complete liar?  Complete. <br><br>Honey, I\'m sitting on the site RIGHT NOW.  It\'s right up there - let\'s see, wherein the first comment is: <br><br><i>i can\' even comment on anything because I agree so whole heartedly with everything.<br><br>let us all watch, wait and pray</i><br><br>I don\'t mind it being said I could be wrong  - but don\'t call me a liar.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11623645" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11623645" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11623645">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11623645" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11623645" class="dsq-comment-message">I went to the link Wordsmith provided and the passage that she quoted (re: Michelle Obama not being the epitome of black women....) did indeed come from your website.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11629554" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11629554">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11629554" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11629554" class="dsq-comment-message">I have to say WordSmith is NOT a liar.  She ALWAYS post links to support her comments.    For me, the links are more often than not truthful and add value to our discussions.  If some of the links don\'t provide accuracy and truth it\'s certainly not her fault.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11623154" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11623154">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11623154" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11623154" class="dsq-comment-message">No one accused YOU of writing the comment!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11623196" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11623196" href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Blackwomen-Blowthetrumpet/1314242676" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Blackwomen Blowthetrumpet</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11623196" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11623196" class="dsq-comment-message">@ WordSmith<br><br>The quote that you just ADDED was not the quote in the post!! *LOL* <br><br>Nice try but no one is that stupid. <br><br>Anyone can see the subterfuge of trying to bring MY forum into this discussion with quotes out of context. <br><br>@ Miranda I would suggest that you investigate what you are reading so that you don\'t jump on the slander bandwagon. <br><br><br>@ spirit_55z I notice you have linked to my blog...and WHICH post are you referencing? Hmmmm... That ploy won\'t work. The readers of this forum know how to do their own investigation.  Feel free to quote me ACCURATELY.<br><br>Shadiness just won\'t pass for intellectual discourse however.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11624862" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11624862" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11624862">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11624862" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11624862" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, I linked to your blog after I got the  postecd blog title.  There\'s no ploy or shadiness here.  I checked out your entire blog site, and it is well done.<br><br>I did read the quote and even if you didn\'t post it, it did come from your site.<br><br>Actually, this is hilarious, accusing me of shadiness and unintelligent discourse.<br><br>Whatever makes you feel superior, my dear.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11623885">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11623885" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11623885" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/shaileshdoke/R6z08IfiyoI/AAAAAAAAAPs/EnBzbyQh_9o/funny-pictures-driving-cat-hits-dog%255B9%255D" rel="nofollow">http://lh3.ggpht.com/shaileshdoke/R6z08IfiyoI/A...</a></div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11623464" href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Blackwomen-Blowthetrumpet/1314242676" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Blackwomen Blowthetrumpet</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11623464" class="dsq-comment-message">@ Wordsmith<br><br>I am calling you what you are.<br><br>This quote did not come from my forum.<br><br>Many blacks from Oak Bluffs are elated that the Only One–in–Chief may be joining them. “People are going to lose their minds!” Tonya Lewis Lee says. At the same time, there’s also a bit of wariness among the wealthiest ones, an uncertainty whether Obama will affirm them. “Obama is more a man of the people,” says a Vineyarder who’s part of black high society. “He doesn’t seem to identify with affluent black people. His wife definitely doesn’t; she is basically a ghetto girl. That’s what she says—I’m just being sociological. She grew up in the same place Jennifer Hudson did. She hasn’t reached out to the social community of Washington, and people are waiting to see what they’ll do about that.”<br><br>Your incinuation that it DID is a bunch of malarkey.<br><br>I don\'t mind pointing it out.<br><br>Anyone who wants to view what is discussed at my forum can do so for themselves.  Associating MY forum with the quote that is provided in this post is a crock.<br><br>I don\'t mind pointing it out.  Nice try of slandering my think tank but it won\'t work. I have no problems discussing and analyzing the class landscape at my forum.  I do have issues with being misquoted by those with an agenda of slandering my forum, however...<br><br>As I said, the readers can visit my think tank and investigate for themselves!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11623695" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11623695" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11623695" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s not the quote she attributed to your site. Keep up. The quote he said DID come from YOUR site is:<br><br><blockquote>I wrote a post several months ago and I mentioned that Michelle Obama is not the epitome of black women. There were black women who were shocked and offended to hear a black woman say that. They thought that all black women were supposed to worship at the altar of Michelleism.<br><br>Michelle is from the working class. Plenty of black women in this nation come from more distinguished and more accomplished families than Michelle\'s. There are black women who are Michelle\'s age who are the fourth generation of degreed black professionals in their families. I am not impressed that her dad was a factory worker and she went to Harvard. Many black women have shared that path. I deeply respect the obstacles she had to confront in order to reach the place where she is. Michelle is beautiful and poised and accomplished and determined. She is not the best that America has to offer in the black race. Her husband isn\'t either. They are a lovely-looking couple. They have accomplished a great deal in their lives. I respect their discipline, perseverance and achievement.</blockquote><br><br>Go on and deny THIS quote.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11643760" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11643760">PTCruiser</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11643760" class="dsq-comment-message">I need to add another post because I think that these insulting comments directed toward Mrs. Obama also demonstrate a deep and profound sense of contempt toward her parents, especially her father, and, more importantly, honest labor. Mrs. Obama\'s father and countless men and women like him literally worked themselves to death in a sense to provide a better life and more opportunities for their children. Any person, especially one claiming to be a Black American, denigrating their toil and sacrifices reveals a degree of self-hatred that borders on the pathological, no matter how many college degrees they and their kind hold. In short, they don\'t like black people of any stripe. Not even ones who are presumably part of their social circles.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11644390" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11644390" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11644390">carolinagirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11644390" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11644390" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree. I come from a working class family. My dad is a truck driver and my mom is a housewife, but has had to pick up part-time jobs a time or two for extra money. Out of four children, three are college graduates. There is nothing wrong with what my father does for a living- it doesn\'t take a college degree to be able to have successful children, but it does take sacrifice. That\'s where I believe BWBBTT missed the mark.<br><br>P.S. I don\'t give a flying fart if the whole article wasn\'t about Mrs. Obama, what was said still doesn\'t fly.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11648016" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11648016" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11648016">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11648016" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree, PT.  Mr. and Mrs. Robinson are the epitome of a well-rounded, working class American family.   They didn\'t come from old money and sacrificed so their children could live in this world and not expect anyone to hand them anything on a silver plater.  They like other black parents deserve our respect.<br><br>My dad and mom both had an 8th grade education and 11 children. <br><br>He was a farmer and butcher. My mom stayed at home and occassionally went out to clean white folks homes. She died 4 years ago.<br><br>Dad\'s 85 and he still butchers half of us went on to college.    My dad is the smartest, dearest, and gracious man I know.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11648551">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11648551" class="dsq-comment-message">Well said sir.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11649418">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11649418" class="dsq-comment-message">Indeed.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11650408">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11650408" class="dsq-comment-message">Word.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11624051">eclecticbrotha</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11624051" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow.<br><br>Whoever wrote that mess is so full of shit you can see the Tidy Bowl Man waving a white flag of surrender every time they smile.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11642049" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11642049" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11642049">PTCruiser</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11642049" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11642049" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>Plenty of black women in this nation come from more distinguished and more accomplished families than Michelle\'s. There are black women who are Michelle\'s age who are the fourth generation of degreed black professionals in their families.</i><br><br>Wow! I am not an Obamaphile but these sentences and the ones that follow absolutely reek of resentment and pretentious airs. The degree of gaseous bile that produced these comments seems designed to chiefly inflate the bubble of self-importance that surrounds this person and those who share her views.  This sister is a Black Anglo Saxon <i>par excellence</i>.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11648198" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11648198" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11648198">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11648198" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11648198" class="dsq-comment-message">Co-sign.  Please, if these folks have all these generational degrees, what was stopping them from setting a HIGH GOAL like hooking up with their "kind of people," and running for President of the United States.  <br><br>Too busy with their paper bag tests and exclusivity, huh?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11624049" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11624049" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11624049">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11624049" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11624049" class="dsq-comment-message">Its understandable that the trumpet blower confused the quotes...it can be a traumatic experience when one is being called out like this.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11624267" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11624267" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11624267">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11624267" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11624267" class="dsq-comment-message">Sounds like blowing BS through that trumpet blew her lips out.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11624278" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11624278" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11624278" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11624278" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11624278" class="dsq-comment-message">Don\'t make excuses for her. LOL, if you\'re going to come in calling people LIARS at least know what the hell you\'re talking about.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11624338" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11624338" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11624338">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11624338" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11624338" class="dsq-comment-message">Tip Toeing on egg shells....Oops!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11623847" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11623847" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11623847" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11623847" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11623847" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you!  That\'s what I just realized.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11623639" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11623639" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11623639">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11623639" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11623639" class="dsq-comment-message">No one said the posted quote came from your blog.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11623668" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11623668" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11623668" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11623668" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11623668" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>I am calling you what you are.<br><br>This quote did not come from my forum.</i><br><br>Here\'s the link:<br><br><a href="http://blackwomenblowthetrumpet.blogspot.com/2008/11/after-tearsamerica-facing-reality.html" rel="nofollow">http://blackwomenblowthetrumpet.blogspot.com/20...</a><br><br>What forum are YOU talking about?   <br><br>Whose trying to slander your "think tank" or forum?  It\'s (this article posted) on the "Black Women, Blow The Trump" website.<br><br>\'Attacking\' me won\'t matter - I could give a shit.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11624850" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11624850" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11624850">eclecticbrotha</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11624850" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11624850" class="dsq-comment-message">That front page post is unreal. They need to rename that bog "selfloathingnegroesunite.com."<br><br>Barack and Michelle may not be the only well educated black couple in America but they are definitely more in touch and down to earth than the people who traffic that site.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11629182" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11629182" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11629182">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11629182" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11629182" class="dsq-comment-message">Actually I found this quote in one of the comments to be most telling:<br>"One of my hopes is that people realize that the Obama family is not an anomaly."<br><br>Correct me if I\'m wrong...but there have only been 44 Presidents of these United States.....44.......over 250 years...and just 44 men have been President of THESE UNITED STATES. FUCK THAT, The Obamas ARE an anomaly just like the other 43 families that resided in the White House (as much as it pains me about Dubya to say it, but it is what it is). Barack and Michelle Obama ARE EXCEPTIONAL...PERIOD. They\'re exceptional across the damn board and I\'ll be damned if some snooty ass knee-grows are gonna try and build themselves up by claiming the "they just like us" rallying cry. No sir, they are NOT just like us...they are one of 44 couples in the history of the country that have reached that point and dammit, its an exceptional feat and an exceptional couple did it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11629346" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11629346" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11629346">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11629346" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11629346" class="dsq-comment-message">Preach, Miranda!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11630010" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11630010">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11630010" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11630010" class="dsq-comment-message">I have been bothered by that attitude for awhile now Spirit! Yeah there are many accomplished people just like Valerie Jarrett, or Desiree Rodgers or Vernon Jordan or any other black person these "Our Kind Of People" folk want to claim...but hell to the naw on claiming that about the Obamas....they are exceptional to the HEIGHT of exceptionalism. Hell, its only been 43 WHITE MEN (who had a freaking 400 year head start as far as this country is concerned) to get to the presidency and we\'re supposed to let these pseudo aristocrats downplay it??  Kiss my ass on that one, Barack and Michelle are in another stratosphere - they\'re not even in the same galaxy as these fools. Michelle Obama had tea with the freaking Queen, meanwhile a self proclaimed "bald honky" is dancing the night away with the so-called black elite in Oaks Bluff.....you tell me who\'s the anomaly?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11635037" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11635037" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11635037">sagittarius</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11635037" class="dsq-comment-message">* dead *<br><br>This whole thread is a rip-roaring, hot mess.  <br><br>"Our Kind of People" sound like folks that need something real to do.  You got young folks dying in Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan, atrocities in Darfur, and some self-serving, self-appointed knee-grows who think they decide who can represent the best of black folk?  They better GTFOH with that dumb shyt.  Any black person - hell, any human being worth the name is not talking this kind of trivial bullshit in these times.<br><br>Miranda, if you keep killing us with the truth, folks gonna charge you with mass murder!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11637033" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11637033">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11637033" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11637033" class="dsq-comment-message">And another thing dammit! (oh, lawd I think my grandmama is possessing me)....when Puffy or Diddy or whatever the hell he calls himself these days, started throwing shindigs up and around the vineyard at his home, I\'d say all "mystique\' for any of it was GONE...Buh-BYE! Finished...KAPUT! Lil Kim and Karrine Steffans have been photographed there! But ya wanna cop a \'tude and say Michelle Obama is a "ghetto girl"?? What??<br><br>These numbnuts should be constructing a shrine to Michelle Obama instead of pretending like they are "above" her!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11632792" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11632792">carolinagirl</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11632792" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11632792" class="dsq-comment-message">*dead*</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11634579" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11634579">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11634579" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11634579" class="dsq-comment-message">BWA HA HA HA!!!!!!!  <br><br>"a self proclaimed "bald honky" is dancing the night away with the so-called black elite in Oaks Bluff.....you tell me who\'s the anomaly?"<br><br>Exactly, Miranda. These negros are jealous because they\'re afraid the Obamas are going to be dancing the night away with whitey now.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11635141" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11635141" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11635141">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11635141" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11635141" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah but while they\'re dancing with the bald honky who owns a bicycle shop on an island, the Obama\'s are dancing with somebody who owns an actual island or two.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11635735" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11635735">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11635735" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11635735" class="dsq-comment-message">Aww, dayum! Please, Hammer! Don\'t Hurt \'Em!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11635682" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11635682" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11635682">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11635682" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11635682" class="dsq-comment-message">Indeed, and oh how SWEET it is!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11629890" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11629890">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11629890" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11629890" class="dsq-comment-message">In the words of GreenLady...<br><br>You just speak, Miranda!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11649225" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11649225" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11649225">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11649225" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11649225" class="dsq-comment-message">go ahead Miranda.  lol I go on vacation and all hell breaks loose at JJP.  lololol</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11649404" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11649404" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11649404">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11649404" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11649404" class="dsq-comment-message">I was thinking about you today! "I know Val would surely love this thread!"....LMAO</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11623808" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11623808" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11623808" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11623808" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11623808" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh wait a second....<br><br><i>Many blacks from Oak Bluffs are elated that the Only One–in–Chief may be joining them. “People are going to lose their minds!” Tonya Lewis Lee says. At the same time, there’s also a bit of wariness among the wealthiest ones, an uncertainty whether Obama will affirm them. “Obama is more a man of the people,” says a Vineyarder who’s part of black high society. “He doesn’t seem to identify with affluent black people. His wife definitely doesn’t; she is basically a ghetto girl. That’s what she says—I’m just being sociological. She grew up in the same place Jennifer Hudson did. She hasn’t reached out to the social community of Washington, and people are waiting to see what they’ll do about that.”</i><br><br>I know I didn\'t say the above quote came from your site nor did I use it to make a point of any kind.  (Unless my short-term memory really isn\'t working.)  I\'m thinking there\'s the confusion.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11623964" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11623964" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11623964">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11623964" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11623964" class="dsq-comment-message">Why are you defensive? No one accused YOU of writing the comment. If someone did write it, does that make you responsible for it?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11699825" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11699825">Miss_Me</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11699825" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11699825" class="dsq-comment-message">Too distracted by "Malarkey" to pay attention to anything else. . .</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11623913" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11623913" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11623913" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11623913" class="dsq-comment-message">Okay - rikyrah.<br><br>ooooo - I am REALLY sorry for this. <br><br>(Dang!  That blew in & up FAST.)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11624421" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11624421" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11624421" class="dsq-comment-message">This is the quote I originally posted, and <a href="http://blackwomenblowthetrumpet.blogspot.com/2008/11/after-tearsamerica-facing-reality.html" rel="nofollow">here\'s the link. </a>  Now - I did <b>not </b> italicize the first paragraph or put in the html code incorrectly.  However, THIS is what I was referencing.  If you - YOU - are the \'owner\' , whatever of \'Black Women, Blow The Trumpet!\' then this article is what I drew off that website.<br><br><i>I wrote a post several months ago and I mentioned that Michelle Obama is not the epitome of black women. There were black women who were shocked and offended to hear a black woman say that. They thought that all black women were supposed to worship at the altar of Michelleism.<br><br>Michelle is from the working class. Plenty of black women in this nation come from more distinguished and more accomplished families than Michelle\'s. There are black women who are Michelle\'s age who are the fourth generation of degreed black professionals in their families. I am not impressed that her dad was a factory worker and she went to Harvard. Many black women have shared that path. I deeply respect the obstacles she had to confront in order to reach the place where she is. Michelle is beautiful and poised and accomplished and determined. She is not the best that America has to offer in the black race. Her husband isn\'t either. They are a lovely-looking couple. They have accomplished a great deal in their lives. I respect their discipline, perseverance and achievement.</i><br><br><br>And, of course - there\'s more previous to the above paragraphs and more following. <br><br>1.  <a href="http://blackwomenblowthetrumpet.blogspot.com/2008/11/after-tearsamerica-facing-reality.html" rel="nofollow">http://blackwomenblowthetrumpet.blogspot.com/20...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11627844" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11627844" href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Blackwomen-Blowthetrumpet/1314242676" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Blackwomen Blowthetrumpet</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11627844" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11627844" class="dsq-comment-message">@ Liza<br><br>You said:<br>"Cut the crap. The quote about not being impressed with Michelle\'s "factory worker father" and her "Harvard degree" exists on YOUR BLOG. This is not about people "misquoting" you or attributing quotes that others wrote to you. THIS IS ABOUT YOU WRITING A SCREED ON MICHELLE OBAMA AND NOW SOMEONE IS CALLING YOU OUT AND YOU ARE TRYING TO ACT LIKE WE ARE CRAZY."<br><br>First of all, you didn\'t read the post because it\'s titled, "After The Tears...America Faces Reality".<br><br>It is NOT a post about Michelle Obama at all!<br><br>*LOL*<br><br>The post by Rikyah - which is referencing some one ELSE\'S article and someone ELSE\'S quote - has nothing at all to do with my discussion at my think tank on "After The Tears...America Faces Reality" (and THAT was the exact post that WordSmith linked to)!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11629147" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11629147" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11629147">Liza</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11629147" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11629147" class="dsq-comment-message">I did read the post and so did many of the commnenters below.  <br><br>I\'m done with you because it is more than obvious that we are dealing with someone who was called out for their comments and now they want to pretend as if they didn\'t write them.<br><br>YOU AREN\'T FOOLING ANYONE BUT YOURSELF.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11629643" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11629643" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11629643">Areba</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11629643" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11629643" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, in all honesty, I enjoy reading BWBTT because I think she has some interesting things to say.<br><br>But I also know that she is a stickler for people being accurate and quoting what she said DIRECTLY (with links provided). A lot of folks take things away from her blog that she didn\'t actually say and then this happens. LOL<br><br>I just think this is a big misunderstanding. Someone mentioned on the Black Snob that a "certain blog" thinks XYZ about Michelle regarding her class, background, education, etc. Rikyrah posted asking if someone could tell her what the blog was so she could read more and then confusion regarding who said what happened.<br><br>I don\'t agree with her opinions about Michelle (because I am an admitted Michelle groupie and proud of it), but I think she is absolutely entitled to have them. As lovely as Michelle is, some people could care less about her. Everybody doesn\'t think she\'s so wonderful for whatever reasons and it may be true that if your family have been high achievers for generations, her accomplishments and credentials won\'t be a big deal. They are entitled to those opinions.<br><br>But she is still the First Black First Lady and Barack is still the first Black President and I am personally GLAD they didn\'t come from an upper class background. Like someone else said, Sasha Obama had a birthday party at the residence of the President of France! The Obamas are global; they\'re FAR above and beyond these people and they\'ve accomplished more in 2 years than most of these people have in GENERATIONS.<br><br>I\'m sure they aren\'t losing any sleep over these old fuddy duddies so I won\'t either.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11630098" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11630098" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11630098">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11630098" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11630098" class="dsq-comment-message">No one is "misunderstanding anything."<br><br>A quick "Cliff Notes" recap for those just tuning in:<br><br>The quotes from the Martha\'s Vineyard article were posted on the Tuesday Open Thread, where "Anonymous Source" claimed that Michelle was just a ghetto girl.<br><br>One of the comments on the Martha\'s Vineyard article (from whichever site the MV article came from) said that a certain blog with a musical instrument name had similar sentiments.<br><br>Rikyrah wanted to know which blog the commenter was referring to.<br><br>A JJP Poster (wordsmith) said the blog was BWBTT.<br><br>BWBTT got mad for being called out and tried to put smoke into the situation by claiming she never made the Martha\'s Vineyard comments.<br><br>Nobody said she did.<br><br>So nobody\'s confused, but there\'s been a great attempt to make everyone confused.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11635451" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11635451" href="http://www.WEESeeYou.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Webb</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11635451" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11635451" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks Town for the cliffnotes, I\'m just getting back from lunch and I see y\'all are approaching 200 comments.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11633811" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11633811">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11633811" class="dsq-comment-message">Break it down, Town.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11634189" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11634189" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11634189">Areba</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11634189" class="dsq-comment-message">I hear you, Liza and Town.<br><br>I agree that it wasn\'t a good idea to come in here calling people liars, especially when she turned out to be wrong about what she thought was being attributed to her.<br><br>But I also think some of the backlash toward BWBTT is because she has expressed opinions that many feel are in line with what the Coward Anonymous Vineyard folks said. <br><br>Let\'s face it: 99% of us absolutely adore Michelle Obama (I just registered to comment today by happenstance, but I\'ve been lurking here for at year and a half). A lot of us, and not just JJP posters but black folks in general, get real sensitive about any slights real or perceived against Michelle and Barack.<br><br>Now that we got this all ironed out, maybe we can have the discussion we were supposed to have about classism in the black community (one of my favorite topics!).<br><br>Speaking of which, are Jill and Jack going to finish that series on black folks attending Sidwell Friends?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11634460" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11634460">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11634460" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11634460" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>Now that we got this all ironed out, maybe we can have the discussion we were supposed to have about classism in the black community (one of my favorite topics!).</i><br><br>Um, that\'s what I thought this post was gonna turn into..LOL</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11635260" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11635260">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11635260" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11635260" class="dsq-comment-message">ewww...that plan took a sharp left about 3 hours ago.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11635491" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11635491" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11635491">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11635491" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11635491" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m kind of enjoying the bar brawl atmosphere myself.  Oh wait, I must be hanging out with the wrong crowd...the bougie only do "lounges" (LOL).</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11635473" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11635473" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11635473">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11635473" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11635473" class="dsq-comment-message">Were you ever in Les Chaperones in Chicago or familiar w/ it? You loved to look into that organization.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11637116" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11637116" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11637116">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11637116" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11637116" class="dsq-comment-message">Nope. Not involved.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11629840" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11629840" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11629840">Liza</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11629840" class="dsq-comment-message">I compeletely agee with you that she is entitled to her opinion but to come over here and blatantly lie and claim that she didn\'t in fact make those statements about the first lady is absurd.<br><br>She is entitled to say whatever she wants about Michelle--I don\'t have to agree with her and I certainly do not have to patronize her blog.  However, lying--which the blog owner is doing about actually posting her opinion is ridiculous. Calling those that point out that she said what she said  "liars" is offensive.<br><br>If the trumpet lady wants to further comment on her post if she feels that she needs to clarify--fine--but don\'t come over here trying to act like you didn\'t even write the piece when I have an effing screen capture.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11629415" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11629415" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11629415" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11629415" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11629415" class="dsq-comment-message">the trumpeter seems to the the only one confused about what quotes were attributed to whom. LOL</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11629870" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11629870" href="http://blackdiamond2008.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ASmith</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11629870" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m just gonna jump up and down... cause I can\'t with this blatant disrespect for the FLOTUS anymore.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11634804" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11634804" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11634804">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11634804" class="dsq-comment-message">I think she can handle it.  After all, she IS FLOTUS, and if she can\'t....then what exactly can she handle?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11635073" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11635073" href="http://blackdiamond2008.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ASmith</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11635073" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11635073" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL; you\'re absolutely right.<br><br>Meanwhile, I\'ll keep jumping up and down because I can\'t handle it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11648974" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11648974">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11648974" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11648974" class="dsq-comment-message">good point</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11636024" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11636024">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11636024" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11636024" class="dsq-comment-message">AFTERNOON OPEN THREAD IS UP!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11639462" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11639462" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11639462" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11639462" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11639462" class="dsq-comment-message">Of course she isn\'t. She chews food with her mouth open, pops gum when she talks and has bowed legs. Ugh. Of course having to learn to hold a knife a certain way is a skill you can be taught, while being a decent human being is NOT.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11640611" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11640611">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11640611" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11640611" class="dsq-comment-message">Bowed legs as a sign of an absence of pedigree...THAT I find fascinating.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11640744" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11640744" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11640744" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11640744" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11640744" class="dsq-comment-message">I was exaggerating to prove a point.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11640881" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11640881" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11640881">TruthSeeker</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11640881" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11640881" class="dsq-comment-message">You may have been..but I think you\'re right, it is seen as <i>course</i>, a sign of poor breeding(a phrase I detest)...particularly in women.<br><br>Maybe it has to do with ideas about sexuality..</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11641847" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11641847" href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Blackwomen-Blowthetrumpet/1314242676" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Blackwomen Blowthetrumpet</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11641847" class="dsq-comment-message">@ Town<br><br>For the record, the lie that is being told is about any comments that suggest that my forum has bashed Michelle Obama.  My forum has not had any posts AT ALL to bash Michelle Obama.<br><br><br>I provided the links to the posts that were about Michelle Obama. Anyone can search these two blog titles:<br><br>"The Influential Black Woman and The Tightrope"<br>"The Michelle/Oprah Factor: How We Forge Powerful Alliances"<br><br><br>The statements that I have made about Michelle in discussions at my forum are FACTUAL and CONSTRUCTIVE.<br><br><br>In the blogosphere, I have noticed that those who are not gushing over Michelle or expressing idolatry of the Obamas is labeled a "hater". Black people CAN AND SHOULD think and analyze public figures critically and constructively. My forum encourages that.<br><br><br>I stepped in to this conversation and called out WordSmith for linking to my think tank in ASSOCIATION with the quote to the news article. No post at my forum has anything to do with that quote! I believe that WordSmith was perpetuating that falsehood and I stated that plainly.<br><br>And THAT is the clarification that I made.<br><br><br><br>The "snippet" that WordSmith presented was intended to make the readers of this thread think that the post he linked to was about Michelle Obama - it was NOT about her at all.   The title of the post WordSmith linked to was "After The Tears...America Faces Reality" and it was NOT ABOUT Michelle Obama but about the steps that this nation must reckon with after the historic election.<br><br><br><br>I have no problems with people linking to my posts in other forums...and in this case, one post was linked to in a thread about Michelle Obama when the post was not about her at all.<br><br><br>And THAT is the clarification that I made.<br><br>_________________________________<br>@ Rikyrah<br><br><br>The commenter you mentioned from The Black Snob alluded to my blog in a thread that was about Michelle Obama. Well if she was so informed about my statements then she would have mentioned the two posts at my blog that are ACTUALLY about Michelle Obama! <br><br>Hmmmm.  In fact, all those who are mentioning my forum didn\'t seem to have the facts together to identify the posts that are actually ABOUT Michelle:<br><br>"The Influential Black Woman and The Tightrope"<br>"The Michelle/Oprah Factor: How We Forge Powerful Alliances"<br>___________________________________<br><br><br><br>@ Liza<br>You said:<br>"I\'m done with you because it is more than obvious that we are dealing with someone who was called out for their comments and now they want to pretend as if they didn\'t write them."<br><br><br>That\'s pure malarkey you\'ve tossed in here!<br><br><br>Liza, if you actually READ what I have posted in this thread, then you will see that I have stated that I stand by the work presented at my forum.<br><br><br><br>__________________________________<br>@ Areba<br><br><br>You said:<br>"I agree that it wasn\'t a good idea to come in here calling people liars, especially when she turned out to be wrong about what she thought was being attributed to her."<br><br><br>Allow me to clarify the facts.... I didn\'t come in here calling PEOPLE liars. I named ONE person. If you want to refer to my actions, that\'s fine but do so ACCURATELY. I named ONE person.<br><br><br>I stated that WordSmith was a liar because he was attempting to tie MY forum to the petty incinuation made by another blogger that was patently false.<br><br><br>You said:<br>"As lovely as Michelle is, some people could care less about her. Everybody doesn\'t think she\'s so wonderful for whatever reasons and it may be true that if your family have been high achievers for generations, her accomplishments and credentials won\'t be a big deal. They are entitled to those opinions."<br><br>I absolutely agree with this statement.  <br><br>Thank you for clarifying that I have no problems with people quoting material from my think tank AS LONG AS they aren\'t attempting to present the post topic INACCURATELY. <br><br>The link provided in this thread by WordSmith was NOT a post about Michelle and he didn\'t link to the two posts at my forum that WERE about her. <br><br>And THAT is the deceptive ploy that I was calling him out for.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11647617" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11647617">parker404</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11647617" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11647617" class="dsq-comment-message">What is this "think tank" you keep referencing?  I thought we were discussing your blog, a website.  I am so confused!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11652599" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11652599" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11652599" href="http://muzikalthoughts.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Muzikal203</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11652599" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11652599" class="dsq-comment-message">*stage wisper/nudge* She <i>thinks</i> it\'s a think tank</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11655043" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11655043" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11655043">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11655043" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11655043" class="dsq-comment-message">lol Muzikal203 - you are hereby sentenced to two minutes in the bad chair.  lolol</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11648441" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11648441">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11648441" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11648441" class="dsq-comment-message">teeheehee</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11651750" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11651750">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11651750" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11651750" class="dsq-comment-message">I read this thread (extremely fascinating Rikyrah btw) and it certainly is a conversation starter.  Let\'s step back a bit.  Hi Blackwomen blowthe trumpet.  Welcome to JJP. Hope you continue to stop by.  JJP has the best minds in the country and we come from all walks of life.  We have a tendency to weed through the "noise" to extract the core points of an issue.  We will poke at statements if it seems to have holes and we will call someone out if appropriate.  At times we agree to disagree but we always speak truth as we see it based on facts.  We can get "heated" here at times but those contentious debates are always done with respect.    None of us walk lock step on any issue or topic and we all respect that.  That is what makes this blog so great.  <br><br>That said. . . . I followed your conversation on this thread and want to jump in to say I think we are probably overreacting on your discussion with Wordsmith.  <br><br>My take -- Rikyrah posted this hot topic issue and it generated MASSIVE responses here at JJP.  Rikyrah had a question and Wordsmith provided a summary and the link to an article she found on what seems to be your website.  (We always give credit via link to the source of a quote).  The misunderstanding seems to be when you thought Wordsmith misquoted you and linked your blog post to the one that initiated this conversation.  After you read Black Snob’s article and the responses and saw your link . . .   one thing probably led to another and the whole thing got blown out of proportion.<br><br>You must realize that when you post commentary on the web it is expected that you are going to get a response.  Some positive and some not.  Especially when the topic is written by women about other women, your log in name is blackwomen blow the trumpet but your comments regarding the First Lady is as shown in the excerpt provided by WordSmith directly below.  You have to admit that you set yourself up by using words like “my think tank”, by calling Wordsmith a “liar” and for making statements like “Michelle is beautiful and poised and accomplished and determined BUT She is not the best that America has to offer in the black race AND her husband isn\'t either.”  <br>(I added the words but/and to show you how the statement reads to the public).<br><br>Anyway.  It is always good to see new folks visiting JJP.  I personally love this blog and believe you would like it too.  So, I hope we can stop here because we all have something valuable to offer to a conversation and I hope you continue to participate in future conversations here at JJP.  Maybe I will check out your blog once in a while now that I know where you are and maybe you will unblock  Wordsmith because not only is she a great woman but she also could provide valuable input to your site. You never know when you will learn something new.:-)</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11660688">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11660688" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11660688" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11660688" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11660688" class="dsq-comment-message">Whew....cooler heads have prevailed - again.<br><br>It\'s 11:00 pm and no one to call to tell I\'m a "great woman."  The cats already know it \'cuz I just fed them.<br><br>It\'s true, Val.  The learning something new is I swear the reason I love \'The Internets.\'  The connection between women especially is enthralling and there have been so many different women and different \'takes\' on issues I\'m interested in. <br><br>Truly - this is one of the few places where I\'ve found the level of intellectual stimulation at a level I feel comfortable.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11647978" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11647978" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11647978" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11647978" class="dsq-comment-message">So the <b>POST</b> wasn\'t about Michelle Obama.  I see.  I don\'t recall saying the post itself was about Michelle Obama.  Those sentences within the post specifically related to Michelle Obama and,  in this case, served to illustrate what was originally called into question at The Black Snob.  The link provided is simply a map back to where I found it.<br><br><i>I wrote a post several months ago and I mentioned that Michelle Obama is not the epitome of black women. There were black women who were shocked and offended to hear a black woman say that. They thought that all black women were supposed to worship at the altar of Michelleism.<br><br>Michelle is from the working class. Plenty of black women in this nation come from more distinguished and more accomplished families than Michelle\'s. There are black women who are Michelle\'s age who are the fourth generation of degreed black professionals in their families. I am not impressed that her dad was a factory worker and she went to Harvard. Many black women have shared that path. I deeply respect the obstacles she had to confront in order to reach the place where she is. Michelle is beautiful and poised and accomplished and determined. She is not the best that America has to offer in the black race. Her husband isn\'t either. They are a lovely-looking couple. They have accomplished a great deal in their lives. I respect their discipline, perseverance and achievement.</i><br><br>There wasn\'t any "deceptive ploy" on my part.  That requires the inclination, time, and energy and I simply am not interested.<br><br>Oh yeah - I am not \'he.\'<br><br>And JHC - it\'s insinuation.......<br><br>I stated that WordSmith was a liar because he was attempting to tie MY forum to the petty incinuation made by another blogger that was patently false.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11649525" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11649525" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11649525">Plantsmantx</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11649525" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11649525" class="dsq-comment-message">"So the POST wasn\'t about Michelle Obama."<br><br>Yes, I was puzzled for a while there too, but...yeah. She just keeps on saying the <i>post</i> wasn\'t about Michelle Obama, and ignores references to the passage that people keep pasting here. At least, I think she\'s ignored it. I haven\'t looked at all the comments. Has she ever addressed the specific passage you and others have pasted here?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11649735">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11649735" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11649735" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11649735">Liza</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11649735" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11649735" class="dsq-comment-message">No she hasn\'t addressed the specific passage becauase she thinks she is fooling someone. <br><br>She doesn\'t want to discuss her comments about Michelle because someone called her out. I\'ve seen this game before and I\'m tired of it.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11649731">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11649731" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11649731" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11649731" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11649731" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11649731" class="dsq-comment-message">No - not that I recall.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11650723" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11650723" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11650723">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11650723" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11650723" class="dsq-comment-message">What\'s wrong with y\'all?  Where\'s Greenlady with that bad chair when you need her.  LOLOLOLOL  See I go on vacation and y\'all show out and start scaring the company.  :-)  lolol Time out for every body. :-)<br><br>I just love JJP.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11650884">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11650884" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11650884" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11650884" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11650884" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11650884" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh noesss....<br><br>I can\'t get in; I\'m blocked!  I mean - \'comon, I don\'t even have parking tickets and someone is actually blocking ME from their website.<br><br>Now that could be a real shame because there might\'ve been something very much worthwhile there.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11651896">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11651896" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11651896" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11651896">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11651896" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11651896" class="dsq-comment-message">I know it was just a misunderstanding.  :-)  But I had to laugh when I thought about someone actually blocking YOU from a blog.  :-)  Go ahead Wordsmith.  Admit it. . . . you did get a thrill to be considered a "rebel" didn\'t you.  LOLOLOL  <br><br>Seriously, I am sure it will all resolve itself.  But it was cute.  lol</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11652521">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11652521" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11652521" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11652521" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11652521" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11652521" class="dsq-comment-message">Val - I AM  a rebel.  However, I am not a criminal!  :))<br><br>Seriously though - I would\'ve apologized if it was hashed out properly.  I have no intent when it comes to blogs, sharing information, etc.  I don\'t visit the wingnutter blogs because I just don\'t give a shit what they\'re saying; other people can if they like.  I don\'t have an agenda.  I\'m not practicing ploys or trying to get over on someone/anyone.  I\'m just reading stuff that interests me and sharing You Tube videos.<br><br>I should never respond to stuff that flashes me into irritation that quickly.  For whatever reason, it pissed me - especially in dealing with Michelle Obama - and, seriously, Val - it took me 5 minutes to find exactly what I was looking for.  I just know what to ask The Google is all.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11653010">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11653010" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11653010" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11653010">Val</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11653010" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11653010" class="dsq-comment-message">There was nothing for you to apologize for WordSmith.  It was just a misunderstanding.  tickled me though :-)</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-11652450">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11652450" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11652450" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11652450">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11652450" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11652450" class="dsq-comment-message">Seriously, WordSmith, you\'ve been blocked from BWBT?</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-11652598">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11652598" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11652598" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11652598" href="http://leftistmoon.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">WordSmith</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11652598" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11652598" class="dsq-comment-message">Seriously.  I went to look at one of the articles and it says something like - this: <br><br>Error<br><br>    Not Found<br>    The requested URL /_3kG1gR22CZI/R7M6yzhPCJI/AAAAAAAAArA was not found on this server. <br><br>Course - I\'m at work (yuck, yuck), but I have this feeling the state of Idaho is blocked from BWBT right now.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-11654219">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11654219" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11654219" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11654219">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11654219" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11654219" class="dsq-comment-message">Danm.  Are you going to check again when you get home?</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-11650644">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11650644" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11650644" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11650644" href="http://africathecontinent.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Luxuriate</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11650644" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11650644" class="dsq-comment-message">lol...Blacktrumpetlady...whatever happened to the links you posted?<br><br>Sup with the warnings and all on ur website:)....can we all blog in peace without the other watching and dictating our posts for us...lool<br><br>Any wayz....nice topic/issue to get us all thinking/worked out....funny ... as an African I heard of the word boogie(sp) and its meaning last summer when a friend(African America...I hate to insert that clarification there) tried to explain it to me why she tried to stay the hell away from her family because they all act boogie(sp). I have to admit her explanation did not make sense till now...after reading the Vineyard article and some comments I get to understand some of the reasoning on this issue....<br><br>I was also privileged  this past spring to be schooled on the "paper-bag" sorority stuff...i used to boast that I knew much about our history considering my decade plus stay in America but these past two years (tanx to the racists coming out to play this past election) really opened my eyes<br><br>I am with the majority on the view that the so called elites shd get over their damn selves and do something for the black community instead of kissing asses and answering miser miser!....BSnob said it best....they shd "remove the stick from [their] ass and [their] mind will follow."<br><br>That said...I need excerpts/links/brief summary on the so called Jack and Jill  society that was mentioned in the article...links please:)...I doubt I will waste my time on reading LOB book....no tanx...but I get the idea</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-11657031">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11657031" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11657031" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11657031">thefriendraiser</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11657031" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11657031" class="dsq-comment-message">wild day I see!</div>\
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