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It was just a general statement, not directed at you personally.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_14:21:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4965340, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4965899": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Against Race Politics:  As I have stated, I will bring the GOSSIP [-er, -ummm FACTS] about that \"FAMILY FROM ALASKA!\"<br><br>  \"The Gov.\" INJECTED herself into the news, especially, in a  VERY <b>NEGATIVE/SMARMY/SNARKY/SARCASTIC manner</b>  <br><br>Annnnnd, she ENJOYED herself in that mode!!  She even picked up a \"dumb\" ally - - Joe along the way.  <br><br>IFFFF she only had a brain,*** she would have \"thunk\" to herself - - -<br><br>\"WHAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN!\"  [Except you age!]  :&gt;)<br><br>Wedding???  Haven't received that invitation - - YET!!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>RE:    <i>Somebody must have dropped the shotgun!</i>   LOL!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>***<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hAg_k69a4M&feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\">If I Only Had a Brain</a>   ENJOY!!<br><br>Then I found this:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B8Zria5mZM&feature=related\" rel=\"nofollow\">If I Only Had a Brain</a>     ENJOY!  :&gt;)      :&gt;)      :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_14:50:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4965006, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4963585": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hmmm.....this first year is gonna be quite fun. Looks like quite a few people gonna be getting some reality checks on what's what in 2009....starting with some democratic leaders.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_12:49:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4961730, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4965901": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You must be talking about that other moronic shill David Gregory. It's easy to get the two confused these days. Chuckie has David's old job and he's going to be just as bad at it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_14:50:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4962916, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4966414": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D even though in the past I went over the line I really respect and enjoy our debates I had with you.Please tell me what do Republicans stand for?Is going more right wing and batsh@t crazy really their game plan?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_15:17:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4966279, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4961709": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/01/jesse-white-ive-been-made-the-fall-guy.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/01/jess...</a><br><br>Jesse White is complaining that he's been made the fall guy.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_11:22:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "762246008fd5965fa3dba32ab0e0d6f6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4960157, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4964370": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You read my mind!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_13:28:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4964075, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4966934": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "OK I know it's old and I should be tired of saying it BUT since I'm not.......<br><br>SAY IT AINT SO JOE!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_15:47:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4966790, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962841": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "He's out of his league in every way. He looks uncomfortable, and he's not used to being \"handled\" by a Black man. In short, he's a punk. Y'all can pardon my candor, but he needs to be bent over.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_12:33:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4962603, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4965916": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Looking at that photo with the Presidents I keep hearing that Sesame Street song in my head:<br><br><i>One of these things is not like the others, <br>One of these things just doesn't belong, <br>Can you tell which thing is not like the others <br>By the time I finish my song?</i><br><br>Of course Obama belongs there, but I can't shake the song nonetheless LOL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_14:53:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4965440, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4966430": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well if its true that they accepted in the neighborhood of $300k for the baby photos, that would mean they want to be public figures, so a certain amount of criticism about things like oh...being GIVEN a job without the proper qualifications, would be fair game.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_15:20:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4965047, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4966917": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hey, I just tried to vote for the 2008 weblog awards and realized that I only recognized a small handful of blogs. I guess I'm not as up on what's out there as I thought? Are these awards based on user nominations or some kind of stats?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_15:46:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "claudia_m", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962848": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh no Ronnie, there is no more racial profiling. Haven't you heard we have a Nigra President- A NIGRA!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_12:31:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4961379, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4970533": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Justice58:  Awwwww - - shucks!!  **blushing***       Oh!  Wait. . . . .  . . . <br><br>***looking in the mirror****   NOPE!!!  I still CAIN'T!  :&gt;)      :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_18:52:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4968650, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4967345": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Justice58:  CO-sign!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>I looked up those songs to MATCH your post!!   :&gt;)      :&gt;)  VIRTUAL \"DAP\"!!!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_16:09:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4967192, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4971560": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He didn't even have a GED.  People with GEDs can work their way to opportunities.  Many have done it.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_20:01:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4967903, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4967980": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Obama:  I'll see you Sanjay Gupta!<br><br>McCain:  I'll raise you Bobby Jindal!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_16:40:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4966527, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4970033": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Why is Lynn Sweet on my TV making sense? Just when you think things can't get any stranger, Miss Entitled gets religion.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_18:25:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4960306": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "peaking out of the burban is priceless", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_10:28:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "6f21477cd31ad0aa8686c7469257d8e9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4961843": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "How the hell you shoot a man in his OWN damn driveway, without asking for the vehicle registration?<br><br>What the hay?<br><br>Now this is some crazy shyt:<br><br>\" Tolan and his cousin were ordered to lie on the ground in front of the family's home.<br><br>Family members said Tolan was shot when he questioned an officer who had reportedly pushed his mother against a wall. \"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_11:31:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4961724, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4967989": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Those two are on the Select Senate Intelligence committee. They have been briefed in detail about torture in a secure room where they sign a statement/pledge not to discuss anything in the room even to other members of the committee. They have every reason to be afraid because Panetta can expose them without leaking a single secret. <br>The more I watch the preinagural jockeying for PPM(power, prestige and money) it becomes clearer and clearer President Obama bigggest problem is going to be from the old bull committee chairs  in both houses whom are going to be under enormous pressure to STFU and pass the program without much reward. so they are throwing up as much chaff as possible to get Obama to slow down endangering the whole country in ways they can't even imagine and their own positions as well. With the exception of the Clintons for whom I want nothing but the worst under any and all situations, I do not think even many of the people in Washington realize Obama is willing to give them all the public credit in the world if they achieve his goals. so they should all be afraid.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_16:42:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4963545, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4967481": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If yo uask me the whole \"taint\" issue was simply spin used for anyone who would buy into it since they couldn't bluff Blago. You can't bluff a gansta! And Blago is straight gansta! As another poster said yesterday you can't give a gangsta a loaded gun and expect them not to use it! And As Roland Martin said today they had the opportunity to strip his authority to make the decision but oh nooooooo they chose to double dog dare him!!! How you gone double dog dare a gansta?! Blago is HOOD!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_16:14:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4967382, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4966844": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D:    <i>It's coming down to the Palinites vs. the Republicans with common sense.</i><br><br>RAOTFL!!   :&gt;)      :&gt;)    2 FUNNY!!!   :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>Annnnnnd, thank you for this UPDATE!  Really!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_15:43:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4966525, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4964927": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Pilgrimology 101: Rules? What Rules?<br><br>(CNN) \u2013 Levi Johnston, the father of Sarah Palin's grandchild Tripp and fiance of daughter Bristol, quit his job earlier this week after reports that his lack of a high school diploma made him ineligible for the apprentice position he'd held since fall.<br><br>Johnston's father Keith told the Anchorage Daily News that his son felt the move was \"the best thing to do to kind of calm the waters, so to speak,\" and that his son's missing educational qualification was \"just something that slipped through the cracks.\"<br><br>\"You guys are watching him so tightly,\" Johnston told the paper. \"He's being treated different than an average 18-year-old kid. He has to do everything by the book now.\"<br><br>Palin herself called the report a \"a political potshot taken at me,\" that could \"destroy a young man's opportunity for work.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_13:56:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 30, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4961344": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes!  I posted that goosebump moment...  I keep looking at the pics, and it is hard for me to process.  Everyday,  this will be the Obama girls' experience.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_10:59:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "bittersweet", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4970294": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It would not have come to this if Reid had'nt let it turn into a circus. I guess he will think twice before he tries to bluff a true gansta again!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_18:39:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4969802, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4961858": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>Breaking News</b><br><br><b>MSNBC Reporting:</b><br><br><b>Senate Democrats Plan To Accept Roland Burris In Senate</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_11:32:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4968516": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Happy New Year!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_17:07:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4968283, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962885": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Admiral, I saw this coming.  They didn't support Obama from the beginning.  That is why he was wise to continue contact with his grass roots constituency.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_12:35:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4962740, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5002987": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You want to keep the ones I want to get rid of...lol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_22:13:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5002569, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4971592": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's not near as bad as her calling PE Obama a terrorist.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_20:05:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4965162, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4973643": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The only way true bipartisanship can be achieved is for the Republicans with Common Sense to meet up with the Democrats with equal common sense.<br><br>That means we leave out Reid, Pelosi and Lieberman (Lieberman y'all can have BTW) and you leave out McConnell,  Hatch, and the other whackjobs,( even though Inohofe is borderline certifiable)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_21:56:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4966525, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962380": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Reid Spokesman: Burris-Seating Story Is Wrong<br><br>We just asked Harry Reid spokesman Jim Manley for comment on whether the story about Roland Burris being accepted as a Senator from Illinois was true.<br><br>\"It is wrong,\" Manley replied via e-mail.<br><br><a href=\"http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/01/reid_spokesman_burris-seating_story_is_wrong.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_12:05:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4964942": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Forgot to drop my two cents worth here earlier.<br><br><a href\"http://simplifythepositive.blogspot.com/2009/01/roland-burriss-next-senator-from.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Repeat After Me: \"Roland Burris Is A Senator\"</a><br><br>It should still be good reading, even though the tide has turned since I posted this in the wee hours of the A.M.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_13:58:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "BrownManATL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4967437": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I love that movie! I love when Direct TV runs it every once in a while.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_16:13:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4966726, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962385": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Katy most likely has it's racist bigots too. I don't doubt that at all.  After moving to Houston, I received a warning about the racist ass police in Bellaire. They'd be driving behind you, following you. And on some occasions, have told some people to keep it moving. So, this shooting doesn't surprise me at all!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_12:06:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4962221, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4961874": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh now all of a sudden Harry has a backbone after willingly grabbing his ankles and letting bushie have his way with him for 8 years.  What a putz.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_11:32:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4961730, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4969555": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "lol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_17:59:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4969048, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4966926": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Whom unfortunately looks the worse in all this? I wonder if Harry Reid will take a bullet for him.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_15:46:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4966736, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4966213": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Against Race Politics:   At least SOME people recognize the WISDOM of leaving oneself some \"WIGGLE ROOM!\"<br><br>What??  HE should BOX himself into a corner to please Chucky T!??<br><br>NO WAY!    NO HOW!    NO CORNER!!  for Mr. President-Elect Obama!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_15:09:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4965761, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4966329": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "MsKitty:   Heeeeeey!  :&gt;)  <b>HAPPY NEW YEAR!!</b><br><br>Hope you had a restful holiday!!  :&gt;)<br><br>It's true that some things just pop into one's head.   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_15:15:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4965916, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4969048": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"3. 2010 run?: Let me get my Senate legs under me. Annnnnd, find out where the bathrooms are. :&gt;) :&gt;) :&gt;)\"<br><br>Larry Craig will be happy to see you; if he reaches under your stall, it is NOT a Senatorial dap, OK?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_17:32:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4965695, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4964781": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I was thinking that but I'm actually on GLH's side so I couldn't say it! :-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_13:47:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4964256, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4969999": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Craig, say that again.  Chuck Todd couldn't find his way around a news room with out an election MAP.  <br><br>Map boy needs to go on a retreat until the next election cycle.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_18:22:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4962211, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4967098": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I so feel for you. I took a look at these guys seriously in the 80's. They could never get by their smug we so look down on everyone and  it was clear they would play  white against black in a heartbeat(undoubtedly the legacy of the Southern Strategy).  This isn't an endorsement of Democrats on the race issue either. so I have always voted and registered as an independent; It is the only way to go.<br>Try not to get to tied up over foreign  and military policy(even now we can't stop PIRATES??!!). This is still a capitalist society and economy. The Democrats just have a little Marxist thinking when it comes to heavy industry.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_15:56:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4966525, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4967518": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I was hoping I wasn't the only one that would get that! :-)<br><br>I'm just waiting for a chance to say WAY TO GO PAULA from An Officer and A Gentleman! :-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_16:18:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4967437, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4968293": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Sorry should read ..... afriad of us achieving power, taking revenge by acting like them....... and ..... by not denouncing people like Gov Palin", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_16:58:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4968209, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4961379": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>Houston-area White Cop Shoots Unarmed Son of Ex-Major Leaguer.</b><br><br>Robbie Tolan, the son of ex-major league baseball player Bobbie Tolan, was shot by police in his own driveway.  The underlying premise was that police thought that the SUV that Robbie Tolan was driving was stolen.  The SUV actually belonged to the Tolan family.<br><br>This sounds like a case that's tailor-made for Eric Holder's DOJ.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou090105_mh_bellaire_shooting_meeting.4059f425.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou0901...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_11:01:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "RonnieB", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962916": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I was under the impression that he already was.  I don't know who he is screwing, but he is the absolute worst choice imaginable for meet the press.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_12:37:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4962841, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4965989": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL<br><br>Hilarious", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_14:56:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4962299, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4961724": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "RonnieB,<br><br>Not surprising at all, coming out of racist Bellaire.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_11:23:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4961379, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962924": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:   Here they come -  Reid/Burris meeting:<br>Burris:  2 Ph.D's, 2 law degrees!<br><br>CHICAGO SOS signature in courts. Should be resolved quickly!<br><br>Burris will prepare a document of response tomorrow.<br><br>Burris has NOT made this a RACIAL ISSUE!  <br><br>Richard Durbin:  I have known him for over 22 years.  The Senate carefully scrutinized the PROCESS!  Burris told me that the issue was NOT RACIAL.  I called SOS & told them NOT to DELAY their decision. <i>[IMHO:  THIS IS BS!!  They should have gotten Jessie White's SIGNATURE!!]</i>  My state has gone through a beating in the media.  We have good people in Illinois!!  We have a P-E and a fine Senator TO BE!!<br><br>QUESTIONS for REID:<br><br>REID:  All of this has brought about TRANSPARENCY in the process.  [HAH!!]<br>The Senate makes the RULES NOT Durbin & I.  When you have a GOV. who is charged with some \"bad things\" you have to be careful/look at the rules.<br><br><b>CHUCKY T:   Did THEY speak using \"WIGGLE ROOM!!\"</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_12:38:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4966509": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Sepia:   <b>GREAT ANALYSIS!!</b>  :&gt;)    <br><br>CO-SIGN!!     :&gt;)     :&gt;)    They cain't fool YOU!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_15:23:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4966377, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4965224": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/01/todays-great-pictures.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Presidentilal Pictures Today</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_14:12:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "icebergslim", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4969747": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Just how far is this going to go with Joe the Plumber? Will the madness ever end?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_18:07:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4965717, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4966517": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "watching MSNBC - A Black General being chosen to head NASA?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_15:25:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4963945": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What Constitution????????", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_13:10:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4960557, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4966335": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Republicans should really go into late night comedy<br> Arlen Specter Attacks Choice for Attorney General <br><a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/us/politics/07holder.html?_r=2\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/us/politics/0...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_15:13:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4966525": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It's coming down to the Palinites vs. the Republicans with common sense.<br><br>The Palinites want to throw out all the \"RINOs\" and moderates and get back to hardcore conservatism....not realizing that since the country has a degree of center-rightness about itself, that puts them on the fringe.<br><br>Those of us Republicans/conservatives who have sense are trying to find the way to maintain our conservatism while not taking it to extremes.<br><br>A lot is going to be cleared up later in the month when the new RNC chairman is picked. That'll give the direction of the party, and give anyone who isn't completely down a chance to opt out early.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_15:24:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4966414, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4965503": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "OK cuz I was thinking huh I never say anything negative directed at you (or anyone) even though we have different politics cuz when a man is intelligent, well spoken (typed :-), and has a valid point, well a man is intelligent, well spoken (typed :-) and has a valid point! And I aint mad at that! :-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_14:29:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4965386, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4964480": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree, he is failing miserably at this new post.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_13:32:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "pjamma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4962211, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4969603": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yep. As sure as ever!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_18:04:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4966040, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4967558": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "AFTERNOON THREAD IS UP", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_16:18:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962440": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Reid is a weasel. And he needs to look in the mirror about his own racial bullshit. He can shout all he wants about how fair he is, but his bias is blatant.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_12:09:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4961648, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4970634": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm with you Craig. I have been saying that from the beginning!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_18:59:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4970227, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4967563": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ARP,<br><br>LOL!<br><br>You're killing me but sho you're right!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_16:20:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4967481, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4964546": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I can't be the only one here that watched MSNBC last night and saw not one, but two MSNBC hosts, Davis Shuster and Keith Olbermann, WRONGLY identify Kurt Schmoke, the fomer mayor of Baltimore and Dean of Howard's law school, as Scooter Libby's former defense attorney, Ted Wells.  Their inability to discern two Black men might be forgivable if Chris Matthews hadn't had both Schmoke and his co-counsel, Tim Wright, on his show one hour PRIOR to Shuster's show and three hours prior to Olbermann's show.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_13:35:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "4fd3ca416b455e03c3fa02c8bc744eb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4965006": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "He has to do everything by the book now? WELL JOIN THE CLUB! Maybe he has an inkling of what it's like to be Black. WHATEVER! And I thought Palin was SO slef righteous and by the book. Again WHATEVER!<br><br>When is that wedding supposed to take place anyway???????? Somebody must have dropped the shotgun!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_14:01:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4964927, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4961942": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "How Ronald Burris can get himself seated in the Senate:<br><a href=\"http://www.thetakeaway.org/stories/2009/jan/07/hey-roland-burris-wanna-get-senate-floor-heres-how/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.thetakeaway.org/stories/2009/jan/07/...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_11:34:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "d58cb25d59c592c7530ad5483c3f1efa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962455": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Reid: Give Stevens a Get-of-Jail Card<br><br>Some fascinating tidbits that didn't make the cut from Bresnahan's must-read sitdown with Harry Reid:<br><br>The Majority Leader thinks former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens shouldn't face jail time for his seven-count federal conviction last year, telling our Manu Raju, who was also in the room, \"My personal feeling, you guys, I don't know what good that [would do]... He was a real war hero too, you know. He's been punished enough.\"<br><br>Members of Congress, he added, had long been used to not disclosing gifts until the rules had been tightened. And he said the 85-year-old Stevens simply did not adapt to those changing rules.<br><br>\"It's a different world we live in, and Stevens did not understand that,\" Reid said.<br><br>Reid also said he was willing to have the FBI release transcripts of his chat with Rod Blagojevich about Obama succession.<br><br>\"I have no problem with that, let them release them. I don't care.\"<br><br><a href=\"http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0109/Reid_Give_Stevens_a_GetofJail_Card.html?showall\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0109/...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_12:08:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4966040": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The dumbing down of America continues.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_15:00:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4965717, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962460": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>You are a pitiful excuse for a Majority Leader.</i><br><br><br>I second that!  Reid is too weak  as Majority Leader. He need to go!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_12:10:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4962247, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4970142": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes. People were moved by the scene of Burris standing in the rain speaking of being turned away from the senate. That looked too much like the 60's.<br><br>Harry Reid made himself look terrible, so now he backs down from his adamant talk", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_18:29:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4969821, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4969120": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Gone over to the Dark Side, he has!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_17:35:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4967782, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4969840": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Co-sign ARP!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_18:12:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4967481, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4961954": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hi MsKitty,<br><br>Happy New Year! Glad to see you're back!<br><br>Harry Reid's a weak ass leader. Turning Burris away at the door was straight out of the 60's.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_11:37:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4961874, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962983": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You haven't lived until you get stopped \"walking while black\" TWICE.<br>WOOO HOOO!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_12:41:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4962848, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4965546": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Thanks. I've been all over the place since yesterday afternoon, so nothing coherent is coming out of my typing. :)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_14:32:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4965503, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4961964": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That pic is reminiscent of Little Rock circa 1957.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_11:36:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "Rhondacoca", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4963505": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hee Hee", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_12:45:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4962299, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4961970": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Exactly!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_11:38:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4961765, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4963507": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rorysmomma:  You got it!!  What's done in the DARK WILL come to LIGHT!<br><br>Mr. President-Elect Obama <b>KNEW!!!</b>  <br><br>That's why I am content to let him make these/HIS decisions.  The internal \"stuff\" that we will \"neva' get to KNOW is what HE KNOWS!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_12:45:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4962885, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4964533": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "D:   O.K.    :&gt;)     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_13:35:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4964256, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4966582": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "iceberslim:  I took my \"Field Trip!\"  Kodak paper!   CHECK!!  Hit PRINT KEY!  CHECK!<br><br>THANK YOU!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_15:29:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4965224, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4965047": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "While there's a fair amount of criticism/controversy that the Palins/Johnstons have brought on themselves....people really just need to leave them alone, at this point.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_14:01:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 16, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4964927, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4963001": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Admiral:  Ya mean that they have FOUND THEIR \"JEWELS\"??   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>LANGUAGE?:  VERY APPROPRIATE!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  <br><br>THANK YOU!! [for the sentiment] :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_12:42:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4962740, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962490": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh now all of a suden he has a backbone when he doesn't have a leg to stand on!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_12:12:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4961874, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4963515": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "We all knew this is a kabuki theater.  IMHO, both sides had contributed to this unnecessary drama.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_12:44:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "faba19c60bc49948a7a5801b50c79fe1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4962748, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4970357": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I liked Chuck Todd during the primaries because he laid it down. But now it seems just as Admiral stated....he's gone to the dark side.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_18:42:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4970070, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4966082": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Craig:  Thanks!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_15:02:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4965806, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962501": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I can understand that. It would only take about 6 for me! LOL!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_12:12:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4962062, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4965062": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Roland Burris Is A Senator!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_14:04:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4964942, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4971724": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wow.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_20:12:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4966517, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4968650": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "GreenLady,<br><br>Thanks. You're so good at what you do!  We appreciate you!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_17:16:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4964077, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4967627": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "D<br>You are so wrong here. Gov Palin's daughter is now a\"WHITE\" single non working mother in her teens w/ an illegitimate child. AfricanAmericans are dogged like escaped slaves over this issue. That skank Palin wasn't above throwing it in everyone's face during her campaign; \"my good daughter and son in law to be.\" Now we find out he has pedaled white skin priviledge into a job he was unqualified for  and forced to leave  in the light of day but be African American and no matter your qualifications you obtained the job fraudulently(affirmative action baby). <br>According to you we are looking for blood. You're damn right. We have no problem pointing out your hypocrisy and calling you for it. It goes to that meme AfricanAmericans have to be so morally pure to make our points.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_16:21:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4965162, "depth": 4, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4970070": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Justice58:  He was GIVEN a TITLE annnnnnd he thought that that MADE him a creditable/qualified REPORTER/COMMENTATOR!<br><br>He DIDN'T GET that he had ta have SKILLS!!  :&gt;)  ***shakin' my head***  Whew!!<br><br>I'm just sayin'  . . . . . .", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_18:27:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4967782, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4967202": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Happy New Year!<br><br>It was a very restful holiday, especially once I got to St. Maarten.  A whole week of relaxing on the beach reading trashy novels, it doesn't get any better than that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_16:02:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4966329, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4966097": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "D:   You just B  \"daddy-in-waiting!\"   :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>Annnnd, take it easy!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_15:02:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4965079, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4981970": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Justice58:  YEP!   Annnnnd, I'm believin' that he NOW thinks he's \"ALL THAT\"  and a \"bag of chips\" with \"hot sauce!\"  :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>BUT the P-EO shut him down!! YES HE DID!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_00:41:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4970357, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4967635": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Why won't he take the GED and be done with it. It was one test. Unless...he thought he might not pass it!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_16:23:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "heartsandflowers", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4964927, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962995": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If ever a situation begged for Big Mama to come in and take over, its this one. Ridiculous.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_12:41:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4962748, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962006": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "White is more than ain't right.<br><br>He has signed other legislation from the 'tainted' Blagojevich including pardons as well as some legislative order to hold a special election.<br><br>White is cherry-picking what he will sign.  I hope he gets his comeuppance.<br><br>Cause he is dead wrong.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_11:40:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4961610, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4965079": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm not in too confrontational of a mood today.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_14:05:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4964781, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4963545": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-dantoni/the-bad-democrats-begin-t_b_155738.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Bad Democrats Begin to Surface</a><br><br>A lot of people have done a lot of complaining about Congressional Democrats, especially Senate Democrats. Were they briefed about torture and illegal wiretapping? Did they know and do nothing? Are they complicit?<br><br>And who are they? Things have changed. They are under scrutiny. Ours, and Obama's<br><br>Today we know of two who do not deserve trust. Dianne Feinstein and Jay Rockefeller came out of the closet and showed their true Blue Dog colors by opposing Leon Panetta, or at least opposing the manner in which his appointment was announced (or leaked).<br><br>We're going to be seeing more of this. And when some Democrats oppose people like Panetta, who was a strong opponent of torture and wiretapping, they identify themselves as the same people who secretly pushed the Bush agenda along in Congress, giving in at every turn.<br><br>President Obama is bound to piss off a lot of people, even those who support him. Rick Warren is a good example. I'll take a dozen Rick Warrens bellowing to God in public in exchange for Obama appointees Dawn Johansen, David Ogden, Elena Kagan and Tom Perrelli who will help rehabilitate the Justice Department.<br><br>Progressives cannot behave like right-wingers and begin to jump ship when Obama does something that steps on their own personal agenda. Your agenda is yours and Obama's is his.<br><br>So far he is living up to his campaign promises, pretty much.<br><br>The next time you find yourself getting pissed off at Obama, say these words out loud,\"George Bush.\"<br><br>But Blue Dog Democrats be warned. We're watching you very carefully. Your butts are at stake.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_12:48:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4966618": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If Levi has any sense he will take $150K and run for the hills!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_15:32:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4966425, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4974031": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Keep Reid, only because I like McConnell. <br><br>Can I have Burris, since y'all don't really seem to want him?<br><br>And, for God's sake, drop Murtha and the ENTIRE CBC. Figure out what you want in trade.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_21:26:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4973643, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4971742": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Craig!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_20:11:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "msmartin", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4962841, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4981986": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "spirit:  Nice concept!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_00:43:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4968174, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4965093": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If your girl, Sarah Palin leaves society alone I will let it go! LOL Until then as long as there are stories out there about them I will probably always have a smart comment prepared and ready to aim!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_14:05:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 14, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4965047, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962535": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well, well, well! Look who had a big ol' bowl of Gangsta Flakes for breakfast.<br><br>I believe a JJPer said that PEO will have more trouble from Dems than Repugs and it's starting already:<br><br>1. Blago<br>2. Pelosi<br>3. Feinstein<br>4. Reid", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_12:15:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4961730, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4964075": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yep: <a href=\"http://www.shopdoublemdesign.com/catalog/images/Z0020_black_leather_belt_with_silver_ring_300x300.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.shopdoublemdesign.com/catalog/images...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_13:17:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4963582, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4964077": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Justice58:   TWO thoughts on this situation:<br><br>1.  <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5znh58WITU8&eurl=http://noolmusic.com/youtube_videos/the_games_people_play_-_joe_south_-_1969.php\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>\"Games People Play\" </b></a><br><br><br>2.  <a href=\"http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1079210/boondocks_nothin_but_lies_chamillionaire/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Nothin But Lies </b><br>[I hadn't seen this vid B4.]  :&gt;)</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_13:17:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4961858, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4968174": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "GreenLady,  Enough of the foolishness.  PEO had to correct the naughty little children and bring them in step with the plan.    <br><br>He pulled the rope before the idiots hung themselves!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_16:50:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4966509, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4966128": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Against Race Politics:     LOL!    :&gt;)   ***shakin' my head***", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_15:03:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4964781, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962033": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/01/get-ready-for-senator-roland-burris.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Get Ready for Senator Roland Burris (Audio)</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_11:42:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "icebergslim", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4970227": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It could, but I think it would be wrong. Burris strikes me as a man who believes this is his destiny. If anything, he's using Blago.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_18:33:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4962677, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4960502": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "hmmmmmmmm", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_10:37:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4960157, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4966425": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Against Race Politics:  Several thoughts:<br><br>1.  With ALL of this NEGATIVE BAGGAGE ALL up in their faces, how could they try to CONVINCE anybody of the \"HAPPINESS\" that exists in their lives?<br><br>2.  The further down the road they get away from the \"birth\", the less compelled they are to \"jump the moose!\"  IMHO<br><br>Otherwise,   I 'on't know!!    :&gt;)     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_15:20:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4966150, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4966527": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'd be interested in seeing who he recruits... Is it safe to say, that Sarah Palin is not on the roster even though she's so mavericky?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_15:25:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4966279, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962045": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I lived in Houston for 8 years. It wasn't too far from Bellaire. Bellaire has some racist ass bigots!  I know people that have had encounters with Bellaire Police!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_11:43:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4961843, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4960510": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes it is! <br><br>Hmmm  Wah! lol", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_10:39:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4960306, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4961537": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The Illinois SoS is full of shit.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_11:09:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4960157, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962563": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yep. Chris Matthews stated on MSNBC that Dems lost the PR on the Burris situation. <br><br>Harry Reid trying to play hardball in keeping his all white boy club....white!  (MY Opinion)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_12:17:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4962440, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4970454": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'll do the best I can.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_18:46:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4968437, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4966150": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "GreenLadyHere:<br><br>I'm serious. What happened? I thought they were so in love? All meth making aside, can't they get granny Sarah to keep the baby on her lunch hour one day so they can run to the court house? They can have a big shebang with the $300K from the wedding pictures later!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_15:06:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4965899, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4965761": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "well well!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_14:43:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4965695, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962062": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Thanks and Happy New Year to you!  I actually came back from Christmas break on Monday, but it took me that long to catch up on my work. Had 600 e-mails waiting for me in my inbox, almost made me feel like turning around and going back home LOL.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_11:42:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "MsKitty", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4961954, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4968209": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What purpose does hammering us serve? Why should we turn the other cheek? This goes to the idea that we have to prove ourselves the morally superior? When we want equal opportunity it means both sides of any issue.<br>It is white and Jewish people whom are afraid of us acheiving power and taking revenge and acting like them but they refuse to acknowledge that they are the ones perpetuating those feelings by denouncing people like Gov Palin, Sen McCain, Hilliary Clinton, Jay Rockefeller, Chuck Schumer, Richard Daley, Stenny Hoyer, et al. this is the same problem you have w/ your political party and hope for a positive resolution but have flung back in your face constantly. when are you going to realize it's piss not rain.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_16:53:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4967841, "depth": 6, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962579": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He definitely belongs on the Smart Board and not talking to people.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_12:16:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "evita", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4962211, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4969749": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "OK save 75K for child support and stay as far away from them as he can..oh you're right...I forgot about Sarah's brother in law. If you can't play ball you can't work and probably can't even see your kids. You got me!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_18:09:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4969366, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962582": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Its also interesting reading the comments from obviously mostle white people!<br><br>Rhonda, funny you said that. Earlier this morning I was reading an article on <a href=\"http://CNN.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">CNN.com</a> regarding a women that sued after a knife was left inside her head ( I believe) from a 2002 violent act against her and the comments surprised me and I could tell they were white. One commenter said something to the affect of what was she doing to be attacked in the first place and how people were always looking for a hand out or come up. She sued b/c she was having headaches due to lazy doctors who apparently took the same approach as the commentor..surely this VICTIM wasn't worth a $50 X-ray to make sure she was treated properly before being discharged the very next day!  Oh and the commentor much have be a genius b/c she also figured out from the brief article alone that the headaches were NOT caused by a freakin KNIFE being left in someone's head!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_12:18:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4962158, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4967192": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "GreenLady,<br><br>That's exactly what I posted this morning when I first heard the news. They knew. Just playing #-ing games. <b>Harry Reid need to go.</b>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_16:00:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4966736, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4967301": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That's why I told him earlier you just can't be mad with a man with good sense. An idiot on the other hand.....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_16:07:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4966844, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4964129": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "whiterosebuddy:   TA-RUE DAT!!  :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_13:20:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4962006, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4966178": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Even corrupt incumbent senators are tough to beat. See Stevens and Coleman. <br><br>I'm sure you folks are affected. But next November is almost two years away and a lot can happen between now and then.<br><br>I have faith that he'll be re-elected.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_15:07:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4964662, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4966695": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Priceless.....simply....priceless", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_15:34:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4966377, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4965162": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I've only got one girl, and Sarah ain't her name.....<br><br>Sometimes it's cool, sometimes it's funny, and sometimes.....it's just, well, out for blood just for the sake of blood. This falls into the latter.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_14:09:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 13, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4965093, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962603": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "ITA Craig.<br><br>Did you see his comments after the presser? Truly pathetic. Claiming PEO has a knack for giving himself  \"wiggle room\", which is nothing more that code for: \"That Negro is slick!\". GMAB!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_12:17:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4962211, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4960557": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yep!<br><br>Illnois SoS says he's being used by the Senate as the fall guy!  These mofos have no shame. And they swore to uphold the Constitution?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_10:41:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4960502, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4969263": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"But doesn't it get old after a while? \"<br><br>Nope.<br><br>Not when the evangelicals criticize Black and Latino out of wedlock births but gush over Bristol and Levi:<br>\"They Chose Life!\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_17:44:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4967841, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4965684": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You know that the majority of those folks are used to calling black people boys...... I may just put hail to the chief on my ipod.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_14:40:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4963585, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962614": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:   CHUCKY T.  JUST is NOT TRYING to \"GET IT!\"  <br><br><b>1. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN HANDLING INTERNATIONAL ISSUES</b><br><br>2.  I CAIN'T HELP HOW PEOPLE INTERPRET MY \"SILENCE!\"  ['cause, I have EXPLAINED my SILENCE!!  YOU JUST don't want to accept MY RESPONSE!!  2  BAD!!]<br><br>3.  I AM IN CHARGE UP IN HERE!!  GET OVER YOURSELF annnnnnnd YOUR PRESUMED IMPORTANCE!!   <b>YOU R NOT!!!</b>  I AM THE P-E!  YOU ARE A \"REPORTER!!\"<br><br>4.  WIGGLE ROOM!!???   That's what BRILLIANT PEOPLE DO!!<br><br>WHEW!!  ***shakin' my head***", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_12:19:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4967735": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I guess they didn't want people to hear when the racist talk starts.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_16:29:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4966804, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962100": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  <b>He SPEAKETH!</b><br><br>Chief Performance Officer=  Nancy Killifer.  [Economic]", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_11:46:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4965440": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  <b>WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2009 On His \"JOURNEY TO JANUARY 20, 2009!\"</b>   Yaaaaa!!   :&gt;)<br><br>1.  <b>HEADLINE(s):</b><br><br>     a)    <a href=\"http://www.politico.com/politico44/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b>Presidential portrait: </b></a><br><br><i>President-elect Barack Obama met Wednesday in the Oval Office with the only four people who truly know what he\u2019s about to face: President George W. Bush and three-ex presidents, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter. It was the first time since 1981 that all the living ex-presidents came together at the White House, then for Ronald Reagan.</i><br><br>     b)  <a href=\"http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2009/01/07/obamas-remarks-on-his-pick-for-chief-performance-officer/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Obama\u2019s Remarks on His Pick for Chief Performance Officer</a><br><br><i>The prepared remarks of President-elect Barack Obama in Washington on his pick for White House chief performance officer.<br><br>Good morning.<br><br>By now, we all know that we are facing a crisis in our economy, one that requires immediate and decisive action to spur the creation of new jobs as we lay the foundation for future growth. And with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan that Congress will soon be debating, we intend to deliver that change.<br><br>But we committed to more change than that. We committed to change the way our government in Washington does business so that we\u2019re no longer squandering billions of tax dollars on programs that have outlived their usefulness or exist solely because of the power of a lobbyist or interest group. We can no longer afford to sustain the old ways when we know there are new and more efficient ways of getting the job done.<br><br>Even in good times, Washington can\u2019t afford to continue these bad practices. In bad times, it\u2019s absolutely imperative that Washington stop them and restore confidence that our government is on the side of taxpayers and everyday Americans.<br><br>Just today, the Congressional Budget Office announced that the deficit we are inheriting for this budget year will be $1.2 trillion. And we know that our Recovery and Reinvestment plan will necessarily add more. My own economic and budget team projects that, unless we take decisive action, even after our economy pulls out of its slide, trillion dollar deficits will be a reality for years to come.<br><br>But as I said yesterday, our problem is not just a deficit of dollars. It\u2019s a deficit of accountability\u2026a deficit of trust.<br><br>So change and reform can\u2019t just be election-year slogans. They must become fundamental principles of government<br><br>That\u2019s why the appointment I\u2019m announcing today is among the most important I will make.<br><br>During the campaign, I said that we must scour this budget, line-by-line, eliminating what we don\u2019t need, or what doesn\u2019t work, and improving the things that do.<br><br>As the first Chief Performance Officer, working with Peter Orszag and Rob Nabors at the Office of Management and Budget, Nancy Killefer is uniquely qualified to lead that effort.<br><br>For nearly thirty years \u2013 as a leader at McKinsey & Company, and as Assistant Secretary for Management, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Operating Officer at Treasury under President Clinton \u2014 Nancy has built a career out of making major American corporations and public institutions more efficient, effective and transparent.<br><br>Nancy is an expert in streamlining processes and wringing out inefficiencies so that taxpayers and consumers get more for their money. And during her time at Treasury, she helped bring the Department into the twenty-first century, modernizing the IRS and preparing systems for Y2K.<br><br>But Nancy also understands that at the end of the day, government services are delivered by people. That\u2019s why she\u2019s always worked tirelessly to empower employees to take matters into their own hands: to rethink outmoded ways of doing things, to embrace new systems and technologies, and to take initiative in developing better practices.<br><br>When Nancy was offered her first position at Treasury, she responded, \u201cIf you\u2019re willing to embrace significant change, then you\u2019re looking at the right person. But if you just want to keep the trains running on time, don\u2019t ask me to do this job.\u201d<br><br>When I heard that, I knew I\u2019d chosen exactly the right person for the challenges we face. And I will be instructing members of my cabinet and key members of their staffs to meet with Nancy soon after we take office \u2013 and on a regular basis thereafter \u2013 to discuss how they can run their agencies with greater efficiency, transparency and accountability.<br><br>I will also see to it that we apply these principles of budget reform to the Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Plan. This plan will call for dramatic investments to revive our flagging economy; save or create three million new jobs, mostly in the private sector; and lay a solid foundation for future growth. In order to make these investments that we need, we\u2019ll have to cut the spending that we don\u2019t \u2013 and I\u2019ll be relying on Nancy to help guide that process.<br><br>In the end, though, meeting the challenges of rebuilding our economy and bringing a new sense of responsibility to Washington isn\u2019t just about rearranging numbers on a balance sheet \u2013 it\u2019s about renewing people\u2019s trust in their leadership. Because in order to restore confidence in our economy, we must restore the American people\u2019s confidence in their government \u2013 that it\u2019s on their side, spending their money wisely, to meet their families\u2019 needs. I am confident that with Nancy\u2019s leadership, and the efforts of leaders on both sides of the aisle, we will do just that.<br><br>Thank you.</i><br><br>     c)  <a href=\"http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/photo-presidents-past-president-and-future/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Photo: Presidents Past, President and Future</a><br><br><i>President-elect Barack Obama met in the Oval Office today with President Bush and three former occupants of the White House: former Presidents Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter.<br><br><b>Mr. Obama called the meeting an \u201cextraordinary gathering.\u201d</b></i><br><br><b>[LOOK AT HIM!!  Mr. President-Elect BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA!!]</b>  YES HE DID!!<br><br>     d)  <a href=\"http://thepage.time.com/2009/01/07/obama-to-sell-stimulus-in-major-economic-speech-thursday/?xid=rss-page\" rel=\"nofollow\">Obama to Sell Stimulus in Major Economic Speech Thursday</a><br><br><i>The president-elect will deliver remarks at 11 am ET at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.<br><br>He's set to make his case for urgent action on his American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan to help the ailing economy.<br><br>Plus: Obama will also hold a closed door-meeting with the Senate Finance Committee Thursday to hash out the details of his plan.</i><br><br>     e)  <a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/07/dem-aide-obama-wanted-sen_n_155909.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dem Aide: Obama Team Pushed To Seat Burris</a><br><br><i>The apparent decision to seat Roland Burris came after aides to President-elect Barack Obama contacted senior Senate Democrats and suggested that they reverse course and accept Gov. Rod Blagojevich's controversial appointment, according to a senior Dem congressional aide.<br><br><b>Just minutes after the decision to seat Burris was reported, Obama offered the veteran Illinois pol praise and promised a working relationship.<br><br>\"That is a Senate matter,\" he said of the news. \"But I know Roland Burris, obviously he is from my home state. He is a fine public servant, if he gets seated then I am going to work with Roland Burris like all other senators to make sure that the people if Illinois and the people across the country are served.\"</b><br><br>Confusion remains as to what will happen with Burris. While reports signaled his imminent seating, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the AP report was \"wrong,\" and that \"there have been no decisions.\" </i><br><br>2.  HIS SCHEDULE:         <b>Wednesday Jan. 7, 2009</b><br><br>All Times Eastern7:00 AM\t<br>8:00 AM\t<br>9:00 AM\t<br>9:39 AM\t<br><br>President-elect Barack Obama leaves the Hay Adams Hotel in preparation for his press conference.<br>10:00 AM\t<br><b>10:15 AM\t<br><br>Obama holds a press conference.<br><br>PHOTO<br><br>VIDEO</b><br>11:00 AM\t<br>11:23 AM\t<br><br>Obama leaves his transition offices and heads to the White House for a lunch meeting with President Bush.<br><b>12:00 PM\t<br><br>Obama has luncheon with former presidents.<br><br>VIDEO</b><br><br><br>THAT'S  ALL FOR NOW!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)  What a MORNING!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br><b>MR. PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA!!   LARGE and IN CHARGE!!</b>   :&gt;)     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_14:25:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962107": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well I missed you!  I was asking about you!<br><br>Glad you're back!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_11:47:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4962062, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4964157": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://craighickman.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-got-my-invitation.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">I Got My Invitation!</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_13:21:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4965695": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah: <b>BREAKING NEWS!</b>:<br><br>HEEEERE'S Attorney Roland Burris:<br><br>1.  Told about telephone call from former President Carter B4 he went into the meeting with Reid.<br><br>2.  When we get these 2 matters out of the way - - 1. Testimony B4 Impeachment Comm. and 2.  Signature of \"my good friend Jessie White\", then the matter will move forward.<br><br>QUESTIONS: <br><br>1.  The INTEGRITY of the Senate must be kept.<br><br>2.  From Lynn Sweet:  I asked people to call the Gov's office to support my interest.  <b>There was no \"PAY TO PLAY\" 'cause I don't have any money!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)</b><br><br>3. 2010 run?:  Let me get my Senate legs under me.  Annnnnd, find out where the bathrooms are.   :&gt;)       :&gt;)      :&gt;)<br><br>Aftermath:  One commentator said:  <b>THEY [the Senate] should have left themselves some \"WIGGLE ROOM!\"</b><br><br>Chucky T!!   ****Saaaaaa-lap!!****    :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_14:41:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 16, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4964662": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You are correct here, Craig.  He won't be a caretaker.  But they have no alternative but to seat him.  He won't get the backing of the party for the primaries in 2010.  So, again, this seat went from safe to toss up.  Don't think all this drama has not affected folks here in Illinois, IT HAS.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_13:40:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "icebergslim", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4962748, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4966726": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "NO ONE PUTS BABY IN A CORNER! No wait that was Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing!<br><br>OK No corner for PE Obama! :-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_15:37:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4966213, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5002569": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "We don't want Reid, and barely want to hang on to Pelosi. <br><br>Murtha ain't going anywhere until the troops come home and the cesspool known as Walter Reed Hospital is reformed and cleaned up to where a hospital taking care of wounded vets should be.<br><br>We keeping Burris, no matter what Hard-Time Harry says - no one's listening to him.<br><br>And we'll PAY hard cash to get rid of the CBC, save for Barbara Lee, Bobby Scott (sorry, I know you don't like him, but WE do), Jesse, Jr., Donna Edwards, Keith Ellison, Maxine Waters, John Conyers, John Lewis and Gentleman Jim Clyburn.<br><br>The rest we can trade for baseball field chalk dust and shyt on a stick.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-08_22:44:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "CPL", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4974031, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4961610": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This is a case where White ain't right.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_11:15:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4960157, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4966579": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Winks &gt;&gt;", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_15:27:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4966527, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4966114": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "How petty can George and Laura get?<br>Bush's Blair House Debacle, ONE MORE Lie for Bush.....<br><a href=\"http://watergatesummer.blogspot.com/2009/01/bushs-blair-house-debacle-one-more-lie.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://watergatesummer.blogspot.com/2009/01/bus...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_15:04:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "djchefron", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4966736": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  <b>BREAKING NEWS!</b>  MSNBC:  11:39 am<br><br>Illinois Attorney General SAYS that there is NO MANDATE that the SOS sign the certification paperwork.  Only a RECOMMENDATION!<br><br>They KNEW!!  Just \"PLAYIN' GAMES!\" [back to my other post:  \"Oh the GAMES PEOPLE PLAY!!\"<br><br>WHEW!!!   geez!!!  **shakin' my head!!***", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_15:37:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4965717": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Surely this will be on Olbermann's Worst Persons countdown tonight:<br><br>TOLEDO, Ohio \u2013 Joe The Plumber is putting down his wrenches and picking up a reporter's notebook.<br><br>The Ohio man who became a household name during the presidential campaign says he is heading to Israel as a war correspondent for the conservative Web site <a href=\"http://pjtv.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">pjtv.com</a>.<br><br>Samuel J. Wurzelbacher (WUR'-zuhl-bah-kur) says he'll spend 10 days covering the fighting.<br><br>He tells WNWO-TV in Toledo that he wants to let Israel's \"'Average Joes' share their story.\"<br><br>Wurzelbacher gained attention during the final weeks of the campaign when he asked Barack Obama about his tax plan.<br><br>He later joined Republican John McCain on the campaign trail. At one stop, he agreed with a McCain supporter who asked if he believed a vote for Obama was a vote for the death of Israel.<br>Information from: WNWO-TV, <a href=\"http://www.nbc24.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.nbc24.com/</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_14:41:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4964694": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "CONGRATULATIONS!!      REPRESENT!!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_13:41:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4964157, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4968283": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Welcome back, MsKitty.  Happy 2009!   :-)))", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_16:57:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4967202, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4969821": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Isn't it wonderful, how Burris called their bluff?<br><br>hot diggity...you go Burris!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_18:13:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4967192, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4967227": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Co-Sign!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_16:03:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4966907, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4966754": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:   YAAAAAAAA!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_15:38:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4966517, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962659": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Wait A Minute....<br><br><br><br>Now it's being reported; the  Burris Senate situation is not a done deal. Dems are in talks about the situation. (According To Chris Matthews)<br><br><br>&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;Pulling my hair&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_12:22:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4964197": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_13:23:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4963582, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4967782": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What has happened to Chuck Todd?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_16:30:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4965695, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4970024": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Admiral:   LOL!     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_18:22:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4969048, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4964712": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Agreed.  He is on the \"how can we monitize the news\", when it should be \"how can we make the news better, precise, transparent and on the up and up.\"  This is why these news organizations are in the tank and folks find their info ELSEWHERE.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_13:43:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "icebergslim", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4962211, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4968813": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ARP:  Wellllllll - NOT SO FAST.  HE has a CHILD to RAISE!!<br><br>Annnnnnnd, he/she CHOSE their life for the NEXT 18 years - at least.<br><br>Pampers/milk/clothes, etc., etc., -  That'll use up soma that $$$.    :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_17:24:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4966618, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962158": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yup, this rings of what happened to my cousin out in New Jersy. You see a 19 year old black youth driving a luxury vehicle? Yes, the police harassed him on every corner and even parked outside of the house profiling him until one day when they swooped in and realized that they got in wrong. Not only was my cousin wrongfully arrested but he also had bruises from what is an obvious assault yet the police deny it. My family sued the city. This happened back in 2002. <br><br>Its also interesting reading the comments from obviously mostle white people!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_11:49:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "Rhondacoca", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4961379, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4969327": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I bet that $300K  can buy a whole lotta meth!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_17:47:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4966150, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4961648": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Still. Harry Reid needs to go.  He's a weak leader.The signature wasn't needed to keep Burris out.<br><br>They all were playing bullshyt games!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_11:17:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4961537, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4964211": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_13:23:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4964075, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962677": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>White is a black man and he knew full well what was going on. I think he was being paidtoplay...he was getting something out the deal for sure.<br><br>Otherwise, he was stupid to get involved in 'whitefolksbusiness' against another african american.</i><br><br>The same can be said for Burris.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_12:23:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4961258, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4967382": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Against Race Politics:   Co-sign!!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_16:11:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4966907, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4968321": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "(and I use \"you\" here just to make the point)<br><br>Okay....but right now, you have the high ground, so to speak. People can say what they want, and while it may get old/annoying/offensive, you (we?) have something that, for at least the next 4-8 years, no one else can have.<br><br>So why come back down to the mud?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_16:58:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4968209, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962691": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "One more thing, the commentor asked what kind of \"lyfestyle\" the VICTIM was living ot be attacked in the first place. I assume good CLEAN wholesome Whites don't get violently attacked??? Of course this women was DIRTY.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_12:24:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4962582, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4965014": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "COOL!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_14:01:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "c22bbad359677d681692848d5775fd8b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4964157, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4966790": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You betcha!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_15:40:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4966527, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4966279": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/07/mccain-to-launch-new-pac/\" rel=\"nofollow\">McCain to launch new PAC</A><br><br>Called \"Country First,\" but primarily for fundraising for his re-election in '10.<br><br>Watching Free Republic flip out over this is hilarious.</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_15:10:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 15, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4970377": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "it is NOT a Senatorial dap, OK?<br><br>But Imma have to give you some virtual dap on that one!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_18:42:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4969048, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4964754": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "HA!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_13:46:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4964605, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4966804": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The RNC Debate: Too Hot For C-Span?<br>By Eric Kleefeld - January 7, 2009, 1:02PM<br>The candidates for Republican National Committee chair have been talking about how to effectively campaign in the era of YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. But it looks like they're having problems with technology that first became widespread back when Eisenhower was president.<br><br>A C-Span staffer has informed us that the RNC voted to close today's meeting, which is being held as a forum for the leadership candidates, and eject the cameramen and press so it won't be carried on TV or elsewhere.<br><br>The Republican National Committee members obviously want to hear some Frank discussion of the issues and the state of their party -- so much that they don't want the public hearing what's said.<br><br><a href=\"http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/01/the_rnc_debate_too_hot_for_c-span.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_15:41:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4964245": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "WOW!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_13:25:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4964157, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4969366": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And have Bristol and Sarah gunning for him, also?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_17:49:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4966618, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4960157": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<b>MSNBC Reporting:</b><br><br><b>The Illnois SoS Says His Signature Not Needed To Seat Burris</b><br><br><br><br>Harry Reid is full of bull!  Games were played with Burris by using the Illnois SoS!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_10:17:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "Justice58", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 15, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4967299": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This is too easy. He is goig to Israel to throw a moneky wrech in the works", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_16:07:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "RobM", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4965717, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4964256": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Are these all approval ratings before taking office, or are you looking at Obama's compared to other presidents <i>during</i> their administrations?<br><br>Wait, don't answer that......", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_13:24:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4963746, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4967841": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "But doesn't it get old after a while? <br><br>The point's been proven, even to me (ask some of the posters who've been around a bit about my thoughts on racism in general)....why keep hammering? What purpose does it serve?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_16:33:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Coby_D", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4967627, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4963746": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "rikyrah:  \"Tweety\" gave some Presidential APPROVAL RATINGS:<br><br>Mr. President-Elect Obama - - <b>82%</b><br><br>Clinton - -- - 69%<br><br>Carter - - - - 64%<br><br>Shrub - - -    27%<br><br>I think that I'm missing Bush the first!  Sorry.<br><br>Heard it:   George Herbert Walker Bush - - 60%", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_12:58:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962211": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "FUCK Chuck Todd.<br><br>NBC made a grave error giving him his new post. He's a moron and a troublemaker, i.e. a corporate shill. He needs to stick to election analysis because that's the only thing he knows how to do.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_11:53:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4968356": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You got that right!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_17:01:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4967903, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4966999": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Deal with it Burris is Senator\" ROLAND MARTIN!<br><br><a href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/07/martin.burris/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/07/martin.b...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_15:50:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4965800": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Just don't change your mind at the last minute and name that baby Sarah and well will be cool! :-)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_14:47:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4965546, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962221": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I use to live in Houston but I always felt the cops in  Katy were the most racist than other parts of the Houston area.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_11:53:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "faba19c60bc49948a7a5801b50c79fe1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4962045, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4965806": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "These approval ratings are what they are at the moment.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_14:47:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4963746, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4963582": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Big Mama would have handled this a long time ago! LOL!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_12:48:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4962995, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962738": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Craig - co-signing.  I agree that he is a moron.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_12:27:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "Val2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4962211, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4969715": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well Robert, there is one difference-what makes Bristol BETTER than others is that she wasn't forced to go on welfare. Her parents can take care of her, Levi, AND the baby. And now with the 300K for the pictures...poor minority's can only be the poster child for welfare.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_18:07:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4967627, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962740": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Just like Harry Reid.<br><br>They spend eight years bending over backwards for Bush, and NOW they want to show how tough they are.<br><br>What a bunch of miserable pricks. <br><br>(Sorry for the language GreenLadyHere, but this country has serious problems and people are STILL game-playing)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_12:27:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4962614, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4965876": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Now see  I thought  I saw Shuster  identify Schmoke as some Libby-ite named William Jeffress.  <br><br>It's not just MSNBC.  A couple weeks ago, Fox News (Hannity and Colmes I think) used file footage to misidentify someone as Valerie Jarrett on at least two separate occasions.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_14:50:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "bb90730b238bd2c1f318bc1437a3fc1e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4964546, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4967839": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ARP,  love the reference to the movie. DD.  My daughters can recite that script verbatim!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_16:34:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4966726, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962748": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Burris isn't promising to be a caretaker. Reid is beside himself because he's being punked and can't see straight.<br><br>I'm surprised that Dick Durbin is going along with this bullshit. I like him alot, but he needs to step aside and let the rule of law dictate the seating of Burris, not politics.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_12:28:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4962659, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4969802": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I agree with this Judicial watchdog group. The US Senate is violating the very Constitution they were sworn to uphold by not seating Burris. Burris is qualified under the US Constitution and his appointment was legal.<br><br>Good for the Judicial Watchdog group and the Il citizen that filed.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_18:12:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4967813, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4968437": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Congrtulations, Craig!  You'll take pics and share them with us, won't you?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_17:05:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "01cd55b5b177f7c1827c08939b7d75f4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4964157, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4966849": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Craig, you got that right!<br><br>Well like I said yesterday b/f Justice sent me to the corner the court of public opinion changes as easily as Lindsay Lohan changes her sexuality, Paris Hilton gets a new boyfriend, Robert Downey Jr goes to rehab, Britney Spears well ..does anything. <br><br>There is no telling what can happen b/t now and then so I hope we can rest the \"taint\" argument for now.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_15:43:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4966178, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4961730": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/07/harry-reid-i-dont-work-fo_n_155838.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/07/harry-...</a><br><br>Harry Reid:  I don't work for Obama.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_11:21:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "762246008fd5965fa3dba32ab0e0d6f6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 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}, "4967363": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Robert M:   Hmmmmm!   GOOD QUESTION!!  Time/event will tell!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_16:10:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4966926, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962247": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"Harry Reid: I don't work for Obama.\"<br><br>Then who do you work for, you gutless asshole<br><br>You are a pitiful excuse for a Majority Leader.<br><br>Lyndon Baines Johnson would routinely be kicking your groveling ass, were he alive.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_11:56:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4961730, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4966248": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "dj:  MAJOR CO-SIGN!!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>Just coming to post:   He doesn't/didn't KNOW what ta do with either set of TOOLS!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_15:10:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4966040, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962466": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "well well", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_12:10:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4962299, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4965826": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "where is the link. I already have you bookmarked, but for those who might not...they need a hyperlink.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_14:47:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "rikyrah", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": true, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4964942, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962260": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Dayam!<br><br>Last time I saw a black person surrounded by that many armed white folks goin' to school...<br><br><a href=\"http://thesituationist.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/school-desegregation.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://thesituationist.files.wordpress.com/2007...</a><br><br><br><a href=\"http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/schoolintegration/ig/School-Integration/University-of-Mississippi.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/schoolintegra...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_11:57:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "a467514886b7e0129a29898ae02e3050", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962262": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<a href=\"http://www.womanist-musings.com/2009/01/pulling-race-card.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Playing the race card: </a> Looking at why questioning whether or not something is racist denies the impact of racism on its victims.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.womanist-musings.com/2009/01/rape-in-prison-forgotten-women.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Women In Prisons the forgotten victims:</a> Looking at mass rape of women in Michigan Prisons.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.womanist-musings.com/2009/01/what-genocide.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">What's Genocide: </a> Looking at the living conditions of poor POC", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_11:56:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "womanistmusings", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4965340": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "No, I wasn't. I was joking. I'm cool with you! I save my blood sucking for more important matters. Sorry you took it that way.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_14:21:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4965162, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4966878": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Against Race Politics:   LOL!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_15:44:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4966726, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4967903": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "No, Mr. Johnston.  In the real world people with GEDs don't get the opportunities the rest of us get and people in the real world get the boot from their jobs if they don't have the qualifications.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_16:39:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "762246008fd5965fa3dba32ab0e0d6f6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4964927, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4966907": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "So they let this circus play out for NOTHING! What a bad chess game! How embarrassing?! Too bad \"taint\" isn't legal otherwise they would all be LEGALLY tainted!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_15:45:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "7acec36f3ac1c3ce26f5070a275439fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4966736, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4961765": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "In an interview with The Hill, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he would not roll over for the new president the way Republicans did for Bush.<br><br>...and the way he has rolled over for the Republicans.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_11:24:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "c87fa9ab975275187368e74f6f34d3d1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4961730, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4967400": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "evita:   SAFE!!!   :&gt;)    :)   ***WINK***     :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_16:11:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4966527, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4966377": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>e) Dem Aide: Obama Team Pushed To Seat Burris<br><br>The apparent decision to seat Roland Burris came after aides to President-elect Barack Obama contacted senior Senate Democrats and suggested that they reverse course and accept Gov. Rod Blagojevich's controversial appointment, according to a senior Dem congressional aide.<br><br>Just minutes after the decision to seat Burris was reported, Obama offered the veteran Illinois pol praise and promised a working relationship.<br><br>\"That is a Senate matter,\" he said of the news. \"But I know Roland Burris, obviously he is from my home state. He is a fine public servant, if he gets seated then I am going to work with Roland Burris like all other senators to make sure that the people if Illinois and the people across the country are served.\"<br><br>Confusion remains as to what will happen with Burris. While reports signaled his imminent seating, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the AP report was \"wrong,\" and that \"there have been no decisions.\" </i><br><br>I  guess you really do work for PEO, Harry Reid. *snicker*", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_15:17:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "Sepia", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4965440, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4961258": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Whaaat?  How so?  Who in the hell griped his wrist in a steel vise and prohibited him from signing that certification. Sounds like he is whinning AFTER the FACT now that he has been outed as being complicit with Reid's request.<br><br>White is a black man and he knew full well what was going on. I think he was being paidtoplay...he was getting something out the deal for sure.<br><br>Otherwise, he was stupid to get involved in 'whitefolksbusiness' against another african american.<br><br>I do not think he became SOS being that stoooopid!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_10:52:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "whiterosebuddy", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4960557, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4964605": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<a href=\"http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/01/harry-reid-dick-durbin-on-how-senate.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Reid, Durbin Presser on Seating Roland Burris</a><br><br>He will be seated, and I mean SOON.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_13:38:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "icebergslim", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962288": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "rikyrah:  NOW the QUESTIONS:<br><br>1.  Medicare??   Working on OUR budget plans; especially on \"entitlements\"<br><br>2.  Gaza [Chuck Todd]:  Trying to press him for a response:  Mr. PEO-  NOT!!  One President AT A TIME!!!  ONE VOICE from the USA on International matters!  It would be IMPRUDENT of me. <b> \"I CAN'T CONTROL HOW PEOPLE INTERPRET MY SILENCE!!\"</b>  I have been MONITORING the SITUATION!!   <b>CHUCK!!!</b> [ENOUGH!!  He didn't say this BUT chuck knew what he meant!]   HAH!!   :&gt;) <br><br>3.   On the ECONOMY:  NO EARMARKS!!  MUST USE THE $$$ WISELY!   Must have TRANSPARENCY!!  I will  INSURE that taxpayers can track how the money is spent.<br>E.G., RE-VAMP ALL FEDERAL BUILDINGS for ENERGY EFFICIENCY!!<br><br>4.  Roland Burris:  That's a Senate MATTER.  But I will work with him like I work with all other Senators. He's a fine public servant.<br><br>THANK YOU GUYS!!   :&gt;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_11:59:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "GreenLadyHere", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4966387": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That was a powerful photo-op at today's White House lunch with the former PsOTUS.<br><br>Too bad SNL pulled the TV Funhouse  \"X-Presidents\" skits  from the<i>  internets </i>   <br>They are hilarious!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_15:18:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "bb90730b238bd2c1f318bc1437a3fc1e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962292": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Just wait out Harry Reid.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_11:58:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "Admiral_Komack", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4961942, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962805": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He's a FUCKtard.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_12:29:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4962455, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962296": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Re Dan Seals: He's from the southside and his father was on the Chicago Bears.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_12:00:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "f109f7f6a6c12cd111e4ad0e60eb4fee", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4962299": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Michelle Bernard just said Jimmy Carter called Burris and told him he'd be a fine senator and that he should not acquiesce to any pressure from the powers that be.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_12:00:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "CraigHickman", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4967933": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "..", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_16:40:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "089b8f09f87e7d1e6e6c9dcc8bc4eb1a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4967813, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "4970494": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "My bad.... I am almost as bad as the white folks.... They all are starting to look alike to me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-07_17:49:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "rorysmomma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "11 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 4965901, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 4, "reply_position": true, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "9519505", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "21630", "hash": -4285123585969207829}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "wednesday_open_thread_39", "paginate": false, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 232, "per_page": 0, "total_posts": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 9519505, "queued": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": true, "use_fb_connect": true, "forum_facebook_key": "bd6a8bc56f8eb204984f34b6fefe228d", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": true, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
	/* */ this.jsonData.cookie_messages = {"user_created": null, "post_has_profile": null, "post_twitter": null, "post_not_approved": null}; this.jsonData.session = {"url": null, "name": null, "email": null}; /* */

	
	this.curPageId = 'dsq-comments';

	this.frames = {};
};

var disqus_popup_reference = null;

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



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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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





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



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

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

	this._lastHash = null;

	this._accumMsg = '';

	this._lastSeqno = 0;

	this.MAX_DATA_LEN	= 1024;

	this.WAIT_TIME		= 10;

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

};

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

FragmentPacket.prototype.log = function(msg) {



};

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

		hash = this.reader.name;
	} else {

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

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

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

		this._lastSeqno = seqno;

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

				this._accumMsg = '';

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

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

	if (packetNum === 0) {

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

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

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

	if (num_packets === packetNum) {

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

	this._lastSeqno++;

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

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

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

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

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

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


	this.receiverId = receiverId;
};

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

	var listener = function(e) {

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


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

		that.receiveCallback(data);
	};

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

PostMessagePacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {



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


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

	var packet;
	if (!msg) {

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

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

var JsonRpc = function() {

	this.ids = {};

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

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

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

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

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

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

				json = 'null';
				break;
		}

		return json;
	};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		send_func(this.objectToJSON(request));

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

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


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



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


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


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

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

	this.packetHandler = null;


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


	var _createReceiverForFragmentPacket = function() {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

			that._ready = true;
		};

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

		that.receiver.onload = receiver_onload;







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

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

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

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


	var _createReceiverForPostMessage = function() {

		var receiver_onload = function() {

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

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


		ParentMessenger['_receiver_onload_' + receiverId] = receiver_onload;

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

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

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

};

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	var sendFunc = function(msg) {

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


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


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

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

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

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

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

		if (msg.username) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	this.url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY +
		'?' + (new Date()).getTime() +
		'&f=jackandjillpolitics' +
		'&t=wednesday_open_thread_39' +
		'&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/wednesday_open_thread_39/latest.rss">' + Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_BY_RSS + '</a> \
			</span> \
		</div> \
		';

		
		

		return html;

	};
	
	this.footer = function() {
		var html = '';

		html += Dsq.Templates.pagination();

		
		
			html += Dsq.Templates.realtime();
			html += Dsq.Templates.showThreadSettings();
			html += Dsq.Templates.postBox();

		html += Dsq.Templates.reactions();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.trackbacks();
		


		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator) {
 			html += ' \
				<div class="dsq-global-moderator-extras">'
					+ '<strong>shortname:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.forum.url
					+ '<strong>thread id:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.id
					+ '<strong>thread slug:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.slug
				+ '</div> \
			';
		}

		return html;
	};
	
	this.realtime = function() {
		var html = '';
		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			html += '<div id="dsq-realtime-options" class="dsq-options">'
					 + Dsq.Strings.REALTIME_UPDATING_IS + ' <strong id="dsq-realtime-status" style="text-transform: lowercase">' + Dsq.Strings.ENABLED + '</strong>. \
					 <a href="#" id="dsq-realtime-toggle" style="text-transform: capitalize"></a> \
					</div>';
		}

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
			html += ' \
				<div style="display: none" id="dsq-realtime-alert" class="dsq-realtime-alert"><span id="dsq-realtime-queued"></span> <a href="#" id="dsq-realtime-show"></a></div> \
			';
		}
		
		return html;
	};

	this.showThreadSettings = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '<div id="dsq-thread-settings" class="dsq-thread-settings">' + Dsq.Strings.MODERATOR_OPTIONS;
		html += '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.showSettings(); return false;">' + Dsq.Strings.SETTINGS + '</a>';
		if (Dsq.jsonData.forum.reactions_enabled && Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			html += '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.reportMissingReactions(); return false;">'
						+ Dsq.Strings.REPORT_MISSING_REACTIONS
						+ '</a>';
		}
		html +='</div>';

		return html;
	};

	this.postBox = function(post_id, use_fallback_iframe) {


		var html;
		var display_sharing_options = Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated;

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post) {
			return '';
		}
		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote) {


			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.hasOwnProperty(Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain)) {
				display_sharing_options = false;
			}
		}
		
		if (post_id) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];				
		}
		
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';

		var _requestUserInfo = function() {
			var html;



			var user_has_email = false;

			html = '<div class="dsq-request-user-info"> <!-- // If authenticated --> \
				<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT + '?ctkn=' + Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN + '" class="dsq-request-user-logout">' + Dsq.Strings.LOGOUT + '</a> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td rowspan="2">'
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE + '">' : '')
								+ '<img src="' + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR + '" width="48" height="48" class="dsq-request-user-avatar">'
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '</a>' : '')
						+ '</td> \
						<td class="dsq-request-user-name">'
								+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
									 ? '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-' + Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain + '">' + Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain + '</span>'
									 : (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_verified
											? '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span>'
											: '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span>'))
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? ' <a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE + '">' : '') 
								+ Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username 
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '</a>' : '')
							+  (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && user_has_email ? ' <small>(<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.remoteAccountSettings(); return false;">change settings</a>)</small>' : '')
							+  (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? ' <small>(<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/info/" target="_blank">change name</a> or <a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/avatar/" target="_blank">picture</a>)</small>' : '')
						+ '</td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-request-user-stats"> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.comments_count + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.comments_count == 1 ? 'comment' : 'comments') + '</span> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.likes_count + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.likes_count == 1 ? 'like' : 'likes') + '</span> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.points + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.points == 1 ? 'point' : 'points') + '</span> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
			</div> \
			';
			return html;
		};

		var _loginOptions = function() {
			var html;
			html = ' \
			<div class="dsq-authenticate"> \
				<p class="dsq-autheneticate-copy">'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
					? Dsq.Strings.YOU_ARE_COMMENTING_AS_A + ' <a class="dsq-help" title="Click for more information" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Guest</a>. ' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL + ': ' + Dsq.Strings.LOGIN_BELOW + '.'
					: Dsq.Strings.REQUIRED + ': ' + Dsq.Strings.PLEASE_LOGIN_BELOW_TO_COMMENT + '.')
				+ '</p> \
				<ul class="dsq-login-buttons">'
					+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-disqus.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Facebook.login(); return false;"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-facebook.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-twitter.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.requestURL(); return false" ><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-openid.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_yahoo ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Yahoo.startYahooConnect(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-yahoo.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
				+ '</ul> \
			</div> \
			';
			return html;
		};

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {


			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {



				return '<div id="dsq-form-area" style="display:none"><div id="dsq-textarea-wrapper"></div></div>' + _loginOptions();
			} else {
				return '';
			}
		}

		html = ' \
		<div id="' + (post_id 
			? 'dsq-reply-post-' + post_id
			: 'dsq-new-post')
		 	+ '" class="dsq-post-area"> \
			<div class="dsq-dc-logo"> \
				<a href="http://disqus.com/comments" target="_blank"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/disqus-logo.png"></a> \
			</div>'
			+ (post_id 
				? '<h3>' + Dsq.Strings.REPLYING_TO + ' ' + userData.display_name + '</h3>'
				: '<h3>' + Dsq.Strings.ADD_NEW_COMMENT + '</h3>')
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated 
				? _requestUserInfo()
				: _loginOptions() )
			+ '<div id="dsq-form-area' + pid + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-textarea"> \
				<div class="dsq-textarea-wrapper" id="dsq-textarea-wrapper' + pid + '"></div> \
			</div>'
			+ (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated
			? ' \
			<div class="dsq-post-fields"> \
				<form action="." method="GET" onsubmit="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, false); return false;"> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-left"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-name' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (disqus_def_name ? disqus_def_name : (Dsq.jsonData.session.name ? Dsq.jsonData.session.name : Dsq.Strings.NAME + '" class="dsq-placeholder')) + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'name\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'name\')" /></div></td> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-right"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-website' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (Dsq.jsonData.session.url ? Dsq.jsonData.session.url : Dsq.Strings.WEBSITE + ' (' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL.toLowerCase() + ')" class="dsq-placeholder') + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'website\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'website\')" /></div></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-left"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-email' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (disqus_def_email ? disqus_def_email : (Dsq.jsonData.session.email ? Dsq.jsonData.session.email : Dsq.Strings.EMAIL + '" class="dsq-placeholder')) + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'email\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'email\')" /></div></td> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-right"> \
							<div class="dsq-subscribe"> \
								<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.chooseSubscribe(' + post_id + '); return false" class="dsq-subscribe-menu"><span id="dsq-subscribe-select' + pid + '">' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.subscribe_on_post ? Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_TO_ALL_COMMENTS_BY_EMAIL : Dsq.Strings.DO_NOT_SUBSCRIBE_TO_COMMENTS) + '</span> <small>&#9660;</small></a> \
								<ul class="dsq-panel" id="dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid + '"> \
									<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.setSubscribe(2, this, ' + post_id + '); return false">Subscribe to all comments by email</a></li> \
									<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.setSubscribe(0, this, ' + post_id + '); return false">Do not subscribe to comments</a></li> \
								</ul> \
								<input id="dsq-subscribe-on-post' + pid + '" type="hidden" value="' + Dsq.jsonData.request.subscribe_on_post + '" /> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
				</form> \
			</div>'
			: '')
			+ '<div class="dsq-post-footer"> \
				<div class="dsq-sharing-options" ' + (!display_sharing_options ? 'style="display:none;"' : '') + '> \
					<button class="dsq-button-small" onfocus="document.getElementById(\'dsq-post-button' + pid + '\').focus();"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.SHARING_OPTIONS + ' <small>&#9660;</small></span></button> \
					<div class="dsq-panel"> '
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-twitter' + pid + '"'
								  + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-twitter' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Twitter</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook
								&& (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook.enabled === true ||
										(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'facebook'))
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-facebook' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-facebook' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Facebook</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-yahoo' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-yahoo' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Yahoo!</label> \
								</div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-tumblr' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-tumblr' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Tumblr</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-wordpress' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-wordpress' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Wordpress</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype !== undefined
							  && Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-movabletype' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-movabletype' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Movable Type</label> \
							   </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad !== undefined
							  && Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-typepad' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
								  <label for="dsq-sharing-typepad' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' TypePad</label> \
							   </div>'
							: '')
						+ '<div><a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/connections/" target="_blank" class="dsq-configure-options">' + Dsq.Strings.CONFIGURE_OPTIONS + '</a></div>'
					+ '</div> \
				</div>'
				+ '<button class="dsq-button" id="dsq-post-button' + pid + '" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, false)"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.POST_AS + ' '
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username
					? Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username
					: Dsq.Strings.GUEST)
				+ '</span></button>'
				+ (post_id
					? '<button class="dsq-button" id="dsq-cancel-button' + pid + '" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(' + post_id +', this)"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.CANCEL + '</span></button>'
					: '')
			+ '</div>'
			+ '</div>' // end dsq-form-area
		+ '</div> \
		';
		
		return html;
	};




	this.appendPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="dsq-append-post-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.postPrependHeader = function(post_id) {
		var html;
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		
		html = ' \
		<table> \
			<tr> \
				<td id="dsq-header-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-header-avatar" onmouseover="Dsq.Post.dropProfile(' + post_id + ')"> \
					<a id="dsq-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-avatar" href="' + userData.url + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.show_avatar
					? '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key].avatar + '" alt="" />'
					: '')
				+ '</a> \
				</td> \
				<td class="dsq-comment-header-meta"> \
		';

		
		return html;
	};
	
	this.postAppendHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var html;
		var parent_display_name = '';
		
		if(_meta.parent_post_id) {

			var _parent_meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[_meta.parent_post_id];

			if (_parent_meta) {
				var parentUserData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_parent_meta.user_key];
				parent_display_name = parentUserData.display_name;
			}
		}

		html = ' \
		<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/moderator.png" class="dsq-moderator-star" title="Moderator" /> \
		<span class="dsq-comment-header-time"><a href="#comment-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.permalink(' + post_id + ')" title="Permalink">' + (_meta.is_realtime ? Dsq.Strings.JUST_NOW : _meta.date) + '</a></span> '
		+ (_meta.parent_post_id && parent_display_name
			? '<a href="#comment-' + _meta.parent_post_id + '" title="Jump to comment">in reply to ' + parent_display_name + '</a>'
			: '')
		+ '</td> \
		<td id="dsq-like-pts-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-comment-header-likes">'
		+ (_meta.points
			? _meta.points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(_meta.points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this.'
			: '')
		+ '</td> \
		</tr> \
		</table> \
		';
		return html;
	};

	this.preBody = function(post_id) {
		var html = '';
		return html;
	};

	this.postFooter = function(post_id) {
		var html;
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		if(_meta.killed || !_meta.approved) { return ''; }
		
		html = ' \
		<div class="dsq-comment-footer" id="dsq-comment-footer-' + post_id + '"> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer-left">'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator
					? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.moderateOptions(' + post_id+ '); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.MODERATE + '</a>'
					: '')
				+ '<a href="#" id="dsq-post-report-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-post-report" onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + post_id + ', false); return false;">' + Dsq.Strings.FLAG + '</a> \
			</div> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer-right">'
				+ (_meta.votable 
					? '<span id="dsq-like-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-like">'
					+ (!_meta.up_voted
						? '<button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Post.rate(this, ' + post_id + ', 1)" >Like</button>'
						: 'You liked this.&nbsp;&nbsp;')
					+ '</span>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply && !_meta.has_replies && _meta.from_request_user
					? '<button class="dsq-button-small dsq-post-edit" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + ')" >' + Dsq.Strings.EDIT + '</button>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply
					? '<span class="dsq-comment-footer-reply" id="dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(' + post_id +', this)"> \
						<button class="dsq-button-small">' + Dsq.Strings.REPLY + '</button> \
						<button class="dsq-comment-footer-reply-tab">' + Dsq.Strings.REPLY + '</button><span></span> \
					</span>'
					: '')
			+ '</div> \
		</div> \
		';
		
		return html;
	};



	
	this.showRetweets = function(id, limit, element_id /* Optional */) {
		var source, html = '';

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			if (reaction.id === id) {
				source = reaction.retweets;
			}
		}

		if (source) {
			if (limit === 0) {
				limit = source.length;
			}

			for (var j = 0; j < limit; j++) {
				var rt = source[j];
				html += '<a href="' + rt.url + '">' + rt.author_name + '</a>'	+ ((j === (limit - 1)) ? '.' : ', ');
			}
		}

		if (element_id === undefined) {
			return html;
		}

		var element = document.getElementById(element_id);
		element.innerHTML = html;
		return element;
	};

	this.showMoreReactions = function(reactions, has_more, start, limit) {
		var link = document.getElementById('dsq-show-more-reactions');
		var container = link.parentNode;
		container.removeChild(link);

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = reactions[i]; i++) {
			var el = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (el) {
				container.innerHTML += el;
			}
		}

		if (has_more) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = start;
			var l = limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			container.innerHTML += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions" class="dsq-show-more-reactions"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</button></li>';
		}
	};

	this.generateReactionHTML = function(reaction) {
		if (reaction.body === null || reaction.body == '') {
			return;
		}

		if (reaction.author_name === '') {
			reaction.author_name = '&nbsp;';
		}

		if (reaction.url === '') {
			reaction.url = reaction.get_service_url;
		}

		var item = '<li class="dsq-comment dsq-reaction" id="dsq-reaction-' + reaction.id + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-comment-header"> \
			<table> \
			<tr> \
			<td class="dsq-header-avatar"> \
			';

		if (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== '') {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="' + reaction.author_url +'" class="dsq-avatar">';
		}

		if (reaction.avatar_url && reaction.avatar_url !== '') {
			item += '<img src="' + reaction.avatar_url + '"/>';
		} else {

			item += '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/noavatar92.png"/>';
		}

		var service_icon = (reaction.get_service_name == 'trackback' || reaction.get_service_name == 'pingback' ? 'rss' : reaction.get_service_name.replace(' ', ''));
		item += (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== ''
				? '</a>'
				: '')
			+ '</td>'
			+ '<td><cite class="dsq-comment-cite">' + reaction.author_name + '</cite> <span class="dsq-comment-header-time">' + reaction.date_created + '</span></td>'
			+ '<td class="dsq-comment-header-likes"></td>'
			+ '</tr></table></div>' // end dsq-comment-header
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-header" \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-reaction-header-left">'
							+ '<img class="dsq-service-icon" src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/reactions/services/' + service_icon + '.png" />'
							+ ' From <a class="dsq-service-name" target="_blank" href="' + reaction.url + '">' + reaction.get_service_name + '</a> '
							+ 'via ' + (reaction.source == 'backtype' ? '<a href="http://backtype.com/">BackType</a>' : '<a href="' + reaction.source_url + '">UberVU</a>')
						+ '</td>'
						+ '<td class="dsq-reaction-header-right">';
			
			if(reaction.retweets) {
				var num_retweets = reaction.retweets.length;
				if (num_retweets > 0) {
					if (num_retweets == 1) {
						item += 'One more retweet from <a href="' + reaction.retweets[0].url + '">'  + reaction.retweets[0].author_name + '</a>';
					} else {
						item += (num_retweets + ' more retweets from ');
						item += '<span id="dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '">';
						var n_tweets = (num_retweets > 3) ? 3 : num_retweets;
						item += Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(reaction.id, n_tweets);
						if (n_tweets != num_retweets) {
							item += '</span> <a onclick="Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(' + reaction.id + ', 0, \'dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '\');'
								+ 'this.parentNode.removeChild(this); return false;" href="#">Show all</a>';
						}
					}
				}
			}	
			item += '</td></tr> \
			</table> \
			</div>' // end dsq-reaction-header
			+ '<div class="dsq-comment-body"> \
				<div class="dsq-comment-message">' + reaction.body + '</div>'
			+ '</div> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer"> \
				<div class="dsq-comment-footer-left"> \
				</div>'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator 
					? ' \
					<div class="dsq-comment-footer-right"> \
						<button class="dsq-button-small dsq-hide-reaction" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.hide(' + reaction.id + ')">Hide</button> \
					</div>'
					: '')
			+ '</div>'
		item += '</li>'; /* Reaction HTML ends */
		return item;
	};

	this.reactions = function() {
		var html, reaction;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.reactions === undefined || Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '';
		for (var i = 0; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			var item = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (item) {
				html += item;
			}
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.has_more_reactions) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_start;
			var l = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			html += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions" class="dsq-show-more-reactions"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</button></li>';
		}

		return '<h3 id="dsq-reactions-title" class="dsq-h3-reactions">Reactions</h3><ul id="dsq-reactions" class="dsq-reactions">' + html + '</ul>';
	};
	
	this._popupGeneric = function(content) {
		return ' \
		<div class="dsq-popup-container"> \
			<table> \
				<tbody> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-tl"></td><td class="dsq-popup-b"></td><td class="dsq-popup-tr"></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-b"></td> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-body"> \
							<div class="dsq-popup-content"> \
								<div class="dsq-popup-title"> \
									<button class="dsq-button-small" style="float:right" onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true)">Close</button>' 
									+ content['header'] 
								+ '</div>'
								+ content['body']
							+ '</div> \
							<div class="powered-by"><a href="http://disqus.com/comments/">Powered by <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-logo.png" alt="Disqus Comments" style="margin-bottom:-5px" /></a></div> \
						</td> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-b"></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-bl"></td><td class="dsq-popup-b"></td><td class="dsq-popup-br"></td> \
					</tr> \
				</tbody> \
			</table> \
		</div> \
		';
	};



	
	this.chooseSubscribe = function(post_id) {

		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var menu = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid);
		
		menu.style.display = menu.style.display == 'block' ? 'none' : 'block';
		
	};
	
	this.setSubscribe = function(value, el, post_id) {

		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var input = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-on-post' + pid);
		var select = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-select' + pid);
		var menu = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid);
		
		select.innerHTML = el.innerHTML;
		input.value = value;
		this.chooseSubscribe(post_id);
	};
	
	this.getFormFields = function(post_id) {

		var fields = {};
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var name = Dsq.$('dsq-field-name' + pid);
		var email = Dsq.$('dsq-field-email' + pid);
		var website = Dsq.$('dsq-field-website' + pid);
		var username = Dsq.$('dsq-field-username' + pid);
		var password = Dsq.$('dsq-field-password' + pid);

		fields = {
			'name': name,
			'email': email,
			'website': website,
			'username': username,
			'password': password
		}
		
		return fields;
	}
	
	this.validateFields = function(post_id) {
		
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) { return true; }
		
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		
		var nameField = fields.name;
		var websiteField = fields.website;
		var emailField = fields.email;
		
		websiteField.value = (websiteField.value == Dsq.Templates.placeholder['website']) ? '' : websiteField.value;
		
		var v = [{

			validator: Dsq.Validators.name,
			value: nameField.value
		}, {

			validator: Dsq.Validators.email,
			value: emailField.value
		}, {

			validator: Dsq.Validators.url,
			value: websiteField.value
		}];
		
		return Dsq.Validators.validate(v, function(e) { Dsq.Popup.popModal(e, 'Oops...') } );
	};
	
	this.checkExistingUser = function(post_id) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);		
		Dsq.Popup.loading(post_id);
		
		if (post_id) {
			Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].getUserByEmail(fields.email.value);
		} else {
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].getUserByEmail(fields.email.value);
		}
	};

	this.validateAuth = function(el_clicked, post_id, auth_choice) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		var email = fields.email ? fields.email.value : '';
		var username = fields.username ? fields.username.value : '';
		var password = fields.password ? fields.password.value : '';
		
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
		
		if (post_id) {
			Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].validateAuth(auth_choice, email, username, password);
		} else {
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].validateAuth(auth_choice, email, username, password);
		}
	};

	this.lightboxUpdateEmail = function(post_id, new_email) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		fields.email.value = new_email;
	};

	this.lightboxAuthenticate = function(post_id, auth_choice, auth_data) {
		var title, body;
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';

		if(typeof(auth_data) == 'undefined') {
			var auth_data = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		}

		d = auth_data;

		switch(auth_choice) {
			case 'register':
				var suggestedUsername = d.name.value.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9-]/g,'').toLowerCase();
			
				title = Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post ? 'Optional:' : 'Required:';
				title += ' Register a <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-profile.png" alt=Disqus Profile" />';

				body = ' \
				<ul class="dsq-lightbox-register-reasons"> \
				<li>Verify your comments</li> \
				<li>Edit and delete comments</li> \
				<li>Manage comments and replies</li> \
				</ul> \
				';

				body += ' \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-fields"> \
					<table> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Email</td> \
							<td><input type="text" value="' + d.email.value + '" onchange="Dsq.Templates.lightboxUpdateEmail(' + post_id + ', this.value)" /><div id="dsq-email-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Username</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-username' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + suggestedUsername + '"/><div id="dsq-username-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Password</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-password' + pid + '" type="password" /><div id="dsq-password-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
					</table> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-switch-auth"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(' + post_id + ',\'login\'); return false">Login instead</a></div> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid + '" class="dsq-lightbox-errors"></div> \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-submit"> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-post"><button class="dsq-button" onclick="Dsq.Templates.validateAuth(this, ' + post_id + ',\'' + auth_choice + '\')">Register and Post comment</button></div>'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
						? '<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-skip"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, true)">Just post as a Guest</button></div>'
						: '')
				+ '</div> \
				';
				break;
			case 'login':
				title = Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post ? 'Optional:' : 'Required:';
				title += ' Login to your <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-profile.png" alt=Disqus Profile" />';
				body = '';
				
				if(d.avatar_url) {
					body += '<div class="dsq-lightbox-recognized"><table><tr>';
					body += '<td><img src="' + d.avatar_url + '" alt="" /></td>';
					body += '<td><span class="dsq-badge ' + (d.verified ? 'dsq-badge-verified' : 'dsq-badge-registered') + '">' + (d.verified ? 'Verified' : 'Registered') + '</span></td>';
					body += '<td>Hey <strong>' + d.display_name + '</strong>, is that you? Login below to claim this comment.';
					body += '</tr></table></div>';
				}

				body += ' \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-fields"> \
					<table> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Username or Email</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-username' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (d.avatar_url ? d.username : '') + '" /></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Password <a href="http://disqus.com/forgot" target="_blank">(cannot log in?)</a></td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-password' + pid + '" type="password" /></td> \
						</tr> \
					</table> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-switch-auth"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(' + post_id + ',\'register\'); return false">Register instead</a></div> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid + '" class="dsq-lightbox-errors"></div> \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-submit"> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-post"><button class="dsq-button" onclick="Dsq.Templates.validateAuth(this, ' + post_id + ',\'' + auth_choice + '\')">Login and Post comment</button></div>'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
						? '<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-skip"><button class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, true)">Just post as a Guest</button></div>'
						: '')
				+ '</div> \
				';
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}
		Dsq.Popup.lightbox(body, title, post_id);
		Dsq.$('dsq-field-username' + pid).focus();
	};
	
	this.buttonsToRestore = [];
	this.setLoadingButton = function(btn, post_id) {
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		if (btn) {

			var loadingBtn = document.createElement('button');
			loadingBtn.id = btn.id + '-loading';
			loadingBtn.innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-lite.gif" alt="" /> Just a moment...';
			loadingBtn.className = btn.className + ' dsq-post-loading';
			btn.parentNode.appendChild(loadingBtn);
			btn.style.display = 'none';
			var cancelBtn = Dsq.$('dsq-cancel-button' + pid);
			if(cancelBtn) { cancelBtn.style.display = 'none'; this.buttonsToRestore.push(cancelBtn); }
			this.buttonsToRestore.push(btn);
		} else {

			var buttons = this.buttonsToRestore;
			for(var i = 0; i < buttons.length; i++) {
				buttons[i].style.display = 'inline';
				Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(Dsq.$(buttons[i].id + '-loading'));
			}
		}
		
	};

	this.postComment = function(post_id, el_clicked, force, auth_choice) {
		var append_id = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);

		if (Dsq.Templates.validateFields(post_id)) {

			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && !force &&
				((!Dsq.Utils.readCookie('skipped_auth') && !disqus_skip_auth && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled) || !Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post)) {
				Dsq.Templates.checkExistingUser(post_id);
				return false;
			}
			var params = [];
			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
				params.push(fields.name.value,
					fields.email.value,
					fields.website.value);

				if (auth_choice == 'login' || auth_choice == 'register') {
					params.push({
						auth_choice: auth_choice,
						username: fields.username.value,
						password: fields.password.value,
						email: fields.email.value
					});
				} else {
					params.push(null);
				}

				params.push(null /* sharing options */, Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-on-post' + append_id).value);
			} else {
				var service_checked = function(name) {
					var el = Dsq.$('dsq-sharing-' + name + append_id);
					return (el !== null && el.checked === true) ? '1' : '0';
				};
				params.push(null, null, null, null, {
					tw: service_checked('twitter'),
					fb: service_checked('facebook'),
					tr: service_checked('tumblr'),
					wp: service_checked('wordpress'),
					mt: service_checked('movabletype'),
					tp: service_checked('typepad'),
					yh: service_checked('yahoo')
				});
			}

			var frame = Dsq.frames['reply_' + (post_id ? post_id : 0)];
			frame.post.apply(frame, params);

			if (el_clicked) {
				Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
			}
			
			if (force) {
				Dsq.Utils.createCookie('skipped_auth', true);	
			}
			
		} else {
			return false;
		}
	};

	this.editComment = function(el_clicked, post_id) {
		var edited_message = Dsq.$('dsq-edit-textarea-' + post_id).value;

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
		Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].edit(post_id, edited_message);
	};

	this.toggleEdit = function(post_id) {
		var body = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-body-' + post_id);
		var message = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + post_id);

		if (!Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id]) {


			message.style.display = 'none';
			if (Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id)) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id).style.display = 'block';
			} else {

				var edit_area = document.createElement('div');
				edit_area.id = 'dsq-edit-' + post_id;
				edit_area.className = 'dsq-edit dsq-textarea';
				edit_area.innerHTML = ' \
				<div class="dsq-textarea-wrapper"> \
					<textarea class="dsq-edit-textarea" id="dsq-edit-textarea-' + post_id + '">' + message.innerHTML + '</textarea> \
				</div> \
				<div class="dsq-save-edit"> \
					<button onclick="Dsq.Templates.editComment(this, ' + post_id + ')" class="dsq-button-small">Save Edit</button> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-edit-iframe-' + post_id + '" style="display: none"></div> \
				';

				body.appendChild(edit_area);

				if (!Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id]) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(Dsq.$('dsq-edit-iframe-' + post_id), post_id);
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].init();
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].setState(post_id, _meta.depth);
				}
			}
		} else {

			message.style.display = 'block';
			Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id).style.display = 'none';
		}
		
		Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id] = !Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id];
	};
	
	this.edit = function(el, post_id) {

		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
	};

	this.toggleReply = function(post_id, button) {
		
		if(!this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]) {

			if (Dsq.$('dsq-reply-post-' + post_id)) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).style.display = 'block';
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.postBox(post_id);
				var container = Dsq.$('dsq-textarea-wrapper-' + post_id);
				if (!Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id] && container) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(container, post_id);
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].init(function() {

						Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.postBox(post_id, true);
						Dsq.$('dsq-form-area-' + post_id).innerHTML = '';

						var theme = (typeof disqus_frame_theme == 'undefined') ? 'default' : disqus_frame_theme;
						Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-form-area-' + post_id), post_id, {theme: theme});

					});
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].setState(post_id, _meta.depth);
				}
			}
			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-append-post';
			Dsq.$('dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-comment-footer-reply-active';
			
		} else {

			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).style.display = 'none';
			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).className = '';
			Dsq.$('dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-comment-footer-reply';
		}
		
		this.stateReplyToggled[post_id] = !this.stateReplyToggled[post_id];

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie && this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]) {

		}

		Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED, {
			postId: post_id,
			opened: this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]
		});
	};
	
	this.moderateOptions = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		
		if(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator && !Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator) { return false; }

		var html;
		
		html = ' \
		<div class="dsq-moderate-options"> \
		<table>'
		+ (_meta.email ? '<tr><td>Email</td><td>' + _meta.email + '</td></tr>' : '')
		+ (_meta.ip ? '<tr><td>IP address</td><td>' + _meta.ip + '</td></tr>' : '')
		+ '<tr> \
			<td>Actions</td> \
			<td><ul>'
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.moderator_can_edit
				? '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Edit Comment</a></li>'
				: '')
			+ '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.removePost(' + post_id + ', 1); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Delete Comment</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.reportSpam(' + post_id + '); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Mark Spam</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.blacklist(' + post_id + '); return false">Block User</a></li> \
			</ul></td> \
			</table> \
		</div> \
		';
		
		html += '<p>Go to the full <a href="http://disqus.com/comments/moderate/" target="_blank">moderate panel</a> for more options.</p>';
		
		return Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, 'Moderate Options', post_id);
	};
	
	this.placeholder = {
		'class': 'dsq-placeholder',
		'name': Dsq.Strings.NAME,
		'email': Dsq.Strings.EMAIL,
		'website': Dsq.Strings.WEBSITE + ' (' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL.toLowerCase() + ')'
	};
	
	this.handlePlaceholder = function(evt, el, key) {
		var placeholder = Dsq.Templates.placeholder[key];
		var className = Dsq.Templates.placeholder['class'];
		
		switch(evt.type) {
			case 'focus':
				if(el.value == placeholder) {
					el.value = '';
					el.className = '';
				}
				break;

			case 'blur':
				if(el.value == '') {
					el.value = placeholder;
					el.className = className;
				}
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}
	};
	
	this.paginate = function(page, el_clicked) {

		var extra_params = '';

		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&per_page=' + disqus_per_page;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_sort != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&sort=' + disqus_sort;
		}

		Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML += '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
		
		if(el_clicked) {
			Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked);
		}
		
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'wednesday_open_thread_39'
			+ '&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/wednesday_open_thread_39/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">232</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://jackandjillpolitics.disqus.com/wednesday_open_thread_39/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/wednesday_open_thread_39/">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:9519505" 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/wednesday_open_thread_39/trackback/';
		}

		html += '<div class="dsq-item-trackback">Trackback URL&nbsp;&nbsp;<input class="dsq-trackback-url" onclick="this.select()" readonly="true" value="' + trackback_url + '"></div>';

		if(trackbacks.length) {
			html += '<ul id="dsq-references">'
			for(var i = 0; i < trackbacks.length; i++) {
				var trackback = trackbacks[i];
				html += '<li><cite><a href="' + trackback.author_url + '" rel="nofollow">' + trackback.author_name + '</a></cite> \
						<p class="dsq-meta">' + trackback.date + '</p> \
						<p class="dsq-content">' + trackback.excerpt + '</p></li>';
			}
			html += '</ul>';
			html = '<h3 class="dsq-h3-trackbacks">Trackbacks</h3>' + html;
		}

		return html;
	}

	this.showRetweets = function(id, limit, element_id /* Optional */) {
		var source, html = '';

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			if (reaction.id === id) {
				source = reaction.retweets;
			}
		}

		if (source) {
			if (limit === 0) {
				limit = source.length;
			}

			for (var j = 0; j < limit; j++) {
				var rt = source[j];
				html += '<a href="' + rt.url + '">' + rt.author_name + '</a>'	+ ((j === (limit - 1)) ? '.' : ', ');
			}
		}

		if (element_id === undefined) {
			return html;
		}

		var element = document.getElementById(element_id);
		element.innerHTML = html;
		return element;
	};

	this.showMoreReactions = function(reactions, has_more, start, limit) {
		var link = document.getElementById('dsq-show-more-reactions');
		var container = link.parentNode;
		container.removeChild(link);

		for (var i = 0, reaction; reaction = reactions[i]; i++) {
			var el = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (el) {
				container.innerHTML += el;
			}
		}

		if (has_more) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = start;
			var l = limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			container.innerHTML += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions"><a href="#" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</a></li>';
		}
	};

	this.generateReactionHTML = function(reaction) {
		if (reaction.body === null || reaction.body == '') {
			return;
		}

		if (reaction.author_name === '') {
			reaction.author_name = '&nbsp;';
		}

		if (reaction.url === '') {
			reaction.url = reaction.get_service_url;
		}

		/* Reaction HTML begins */
		var item = '<li class="dsq-reaction" id="dsq-reaction-' + reaction.id + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-header">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-header-avatar">';

		if (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== '') {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="' + reaction.author_url +'">';
		} else {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="#" onclick="return false;">';
		}

		if (reaction.avatar_url && reaction.avatar_url !== '') {
			item += '<img src="' + reaction.avatar_url + '"/>';
		} else {
			item += '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/noavatar32.png"/>';
		}

		var service_icon = (reaction.get_service_name == 'trackback' || reaction.get_service_name == 'pingback' ? 'rss' : reaction.get_service_name.replace(' ', ''));
		item += '<img class="dsq-service-icon" src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/reactions/services/' + service_icon + '.png"/>'
			+ '</a></div>'
			+ '<cite><span>' + reaction.author_name + '</span></cite>'
			+ '<span class="dsq-header-meta"><a class="dsq-header-time">' + reaction.date_created + '</a></span>'
			+ '</div><div class="dsq-reaction-body">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-message">' + reaction.body + '</div>'
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-footer">From <a class="dsq-service-name" target="_blank" href="' + reaction.url + '">' + reaction.get_service_name + '</a> '
			+ 'via ' + (reaction.source == 'backtype' ? '<a href="http://backtype.com/">BackType</a>' : '<a href="' + reaction.source_url + '">UberVU</a>')
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator ? '&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;<a class="dsq-hide-reaction" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.hide(' + reaction.id + '); return false;">Hide</a>' : '') + '</div></div>';

		if(reaction.retweets) {
			var num_retweets = reaction.retweets.length;
			if (num_retweets > 0) {
				item += '<div class="dsq-reaction-retweets">';
				if (num_retweets == 1) {
					item += 'One more retweet from <a href="' + reaction.retweets[0].url + '">'  + reaction.retweets[0].author_name + '</a>';
				} else {
					item += (num_retweets + ' more retweets from ');

					item += '<span id="dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '">';
					var n_tweets = (num_retweets > 15) ? 15 : num_retweets;
					item += Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(reaction.id, n_tweets);

					if (n_tweets != num_retweets) {
						item += '</span> <a onclick="Dsq.Templates.showRetweets(' + reaction.id + ', 0, \'dsq-reaction-retweets-' + reaction.id + '\');'
							+ 'this.parentNode.removeChild(this); return false;" href="#">Show all</a>';
					}
				}
				item += '</div>';
			}
		}

		item += '</li>'; /* Reaction HTML ends */
		return item;
	};

	this.reactions = function() {
		var html, reaction;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.reactions === undefined || Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '';
		for (var i = 0; reaction = Dsq.jsonData.reactions[i]; i++) {
			var item = Dsq.Templates.generateReactionHTML(reaction);
			if (item) {
				html += item;
			}
		}

		if (Dsq.jsonData.has_more_reactions) {
			var d = Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url;
			var f = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;
			var t = Dsq.jsonData.thread.id;
			var s = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_start;
			var l = Dsq.jsonData.reactions_limit;

			var handler = 'Dsq.Utils.execScript(\'' + d + '/forums/' + f + '/more_reactions.js?t=' + t + '&s=' + s + '&l=' + l + '\', true); return false;';
			html += '<li id="dsq-show-more-reactions"><a href="#" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</a></li>';
		}

		return '<h3 class="dsq-h3-reactions">Reactions</h3><ul id="dsq-reactions" class="dsq-reactions">' + html + '</ul>';
	};
	
	this.missingPermissions = function() {
		return '	<p><a href="http://disqus.com/profile/login/?next=article:9519505" 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:9519505" 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'				: 'wednesday_open_thread_39',
			// 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/wednesday_open_thread_39/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='	+ 'wednesday_open_thread_39'
			+ '&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='	+ 'wednesday_open_thread_39'
			+ '&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='		+ 'wednesday_open_thread_39'
				+ '&email=' 	+ encodeURIComponent(email));

		} else if(!email) {
			// If anonymous user and no email has been provided yet, prompt for email

			var title = 'Subscribe to this comment thread';
			var message = ' \
				New comments will be sent directly to your email inbox! \
				<div class="dsq-subscribe-submit"> \
					<p><strong>Enter your email address below.</strong></p> \
					<input type="text" id="dsq-subscribe-email"> \
					<button onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1, Dsq.$(\'dsq-subscribe-email\').value)">Subscribe</button> \
				</div> \
			';

			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
		}
	};

	this.showSettings = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) {
			return;
		}

		/* The form has to be re-designed when more options will come out. */
		var html = 'Automatically close comments after <input size="3" id="dsq-thread-days-alive" value="' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.days_alive + '" type="text" /> days. Existing comments will still be displayed.<br /><br />(Using 0 days will disable this feature)<br /><br />'
								 + '<button onclick="Dsq.Thread.updateDaysAlive();" class="dsq-button-small"><span>Save</span></button>'
								 + '<span id="dsq-thread-settings-status" class="dsq-options-status"></span>';
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, 'Settings');
	};

	this.updateDaysAlive = function() {
		var days = Dsq.$('dsq-thread-days-alive').value;
		var status = Dsq.$('dsq-thread-settings-status');
		Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/jackandjillpolitics/update_days_alive.js', {days:days,thread:Dsq.jsonData.thread.id});
		status.innerHTML = 'Saved!';
		window.setTimeout(function() { status.innerHTML = ''; }, 1000);
	};
};
// Dsq.Thread

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

	// Private
	var handlers = {};
	var getHandlers = function(event) {
		if (handlers[event] === undefined) {
			handlers[event] = [];
		}
		return handlers[event];
	};

	// Public
	// Value keys : postId, node, xtype
	obj.REPLY_IFRAME_CREATED = 1;
	// Value keys : postId, opened
	obj.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED = 2;
	obj.fire = function(event, opt_value) {
		if (!event) {
			throw new Error('Unknown event');
		}
		var value = opt_value || {};
		for (var i=0; i<getHandlers(event).length; i++) {
			getHandlers(event)[i](value);
		}
	};
	obj.addHandler = function(event, callback) {
		getHandlers(event).push(callback);
	};

	return obj;
}();

/**
 * Dsq.Realtime
 */
Dsq.Realtime = new function() {
	var initialized = false;
	var interval = null;
	var last_checked = Dsq.jsonData.request.timestamp;
	var new_posts = [];
	var ongoing_request = false;
	var prev_script = null;

	function updateNewPostCount() {
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-alert').style.display = new_posts.length ? 'block' : 'none';

		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-queued').innerHTML = new_posts.length
		+ ' new '
		+ Dsq.Utils.pluralize(new_posts.length, 'comment', 'comments')
		+ Dsq.Utils.pluralize(new_posts.length, ' was', ' were')
		+ ' just posted.';

		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-show').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.SHOW + ')';
	}

	function insertNewPosts() {
		var post_id = null;
		var after_id = Dsq.$('dsq-sort-select').value === 'oldest' ? -1 : null;

		for (var i=0; i<new_posts.length; i++) {
			post_id = new_posts[i];
			Dsq.Post.insert(after_id, post_id, Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id].message);
			Dsq.Post.incrementPostCount();
			Dsq.Post.outlineComment(post_id);
		}
		new_posts = [];
	}

	this.enableInterval = function() {
		interval = setInterval(Dsq.Realtime.check, Dsq.jsonData.context.realtime_speed);
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-status').innerHTML = Dsq.Strings.ENABLED;
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.PAUSE + ')';
	}

	this.disableInterval = function() {
		if (interval) {
			clearInterval(interval);
			interval = null;
		}
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-status').innerHTML = Dsq.Strings.PAUSED;
		Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').innerHTML = '(' + Dsq.Strings.RESUME + ')';
	}

	this.toggleInterval = function() {
		if (!interval) {
			Dsq.Realtime.enableInterval();
		} else {
			Dsq.Realtime.disableInterval();
		}
		return false;
	}

	this.initialize = function() {
		if (!initialized) {
			initialized = true;
			Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-toggle').onclick = this.toggleInterval;
			if (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-realtime-show').onclick = this.show;
				updateNewPostCount();
			}
			if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.realtime_paused) {
				Dsq.Realtime.disableInterval();
			} else {
				Dsq.Realtime.enableInterval();
			}
		}
	}

	this.show = function() {
		insertNewPosts();
		updateNewPostCount();
		return false;
	}

	this.check = function() {
		if (!ongoing_request && Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			if (prev_script) {
				prev_script.parentNode.removeChild(prev_script);
			}
			ongoing_request = true;
			prev_script = Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/9519505/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-4960157">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4960157" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4960157" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4960157">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4960157" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4960157" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>MSNBC Reporting:</b><br><br><b>The Illnois SoS Says His Signature Not Needed To Seat Burris</b><br><br><br><br>Harry Reid is full of bull!  Games were played with Burris by using the Illnois SoS!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4960502">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4960502" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4960502" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4960502">Against Race Politics</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4960502" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4960502" class="dsq-comment-message">hmmmmmmmm</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4960557">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4960557" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4960557" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4960557">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4960557" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4960557" class="dsq-comment-message">Yep!<br><br>Illnois SoS says he\'s being used by the Senate as the fall guy!  These mofos have no shame. And they swore to uphold the Constitution?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4961258">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4961258" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4961258" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4961258">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4961258" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4961258" class="dsq-comment-message">Whaaat?  How so?  Who in the hell griped his wrist in a steel vise and prohibited him from signing that certification. Sounds like he is whinning AFTER the FACT now that he has been outed as being complicit with Reid\'s request.<br><br>White is a black man and he knew full well what was going on. I think he was being paidtoplay...he was getting something out the deal for sure.<br><br>Otherwise, he was stupid to get involved in \'whitefolksbusiness\' against another african american.<br><br>I do not think he became SOS being that stoooopid!!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4962677">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4962677" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962677" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4962677">Sepia</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4962677" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962677" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>White is a black man and he knew full well what was going on. I think he was being paidtoplay...he was getting something out the deal for sure.<br><br>Otherwise, he was stupid to get involved in \'whitefolksbusiness\' against another african american.</i><br><br>The same can be said for Burris.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4970227">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4970227" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4970227" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4970227" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4970227" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4970227" class="dsq-comment-message">It could, but I think it would be wrong. Burris strikes me as a man who believes this is his destiny. If anything, he\'s using Blago.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4970634">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4970634" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4970634" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4970634">Against Race Politics</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4970634" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4970634" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m with you Craig. I have been saying that from the beginning!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4963945">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4963945" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4963945" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4963945">Against Race Politics</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4963945" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4963945" class="dsq-comment-message">What Constitution????????</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-4961537">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4961537" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4961537" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4961537" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4961537" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4961537" class="dsq-comment-message">The Illinois SoS is full of shit.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4961648">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4961648" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4961648" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4961648">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4961648" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4961648" class="dsq-comment-message">Still. Harry Reid needs to go.  He\'s a weak leader.The signature wasn\'t needed to keep Burris out.<br><br>They all were playing bullshyt games!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4962440">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4962440" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962440" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4962440" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4962440" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962440" class="dsq-comment-message">Reid is a weasel. And he needs to look in the mirror about his own racial bullshit. He can shout all he wants about how fair he is, but his bias is blatant.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4962563" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962563" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4962563">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4962563" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962563" class="dsq-comment-message">Yep. Chris Matthews stated on MSNBC that Dems lost the PR on the Burris situation. <br><br>Harry Reid trying to play hardball in keeping his all white boy club....white!  (MY Opinion)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4961610" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4961610" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4961610">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4961610" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4961610" class="dsq-comment-message">This is a case where White ain\'t right.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4962006" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962006" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4962006">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4962006" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962006" class="dsq-comment-message">White is more than ain\'t right.<br><br>He has signed other legislation from the \'tainted\' Blagojevich including pardons as well as some legislative order to hold a special election.<br><br>White is cherry-picking what he will sign.  I hope he gets his comeuppance.<br><br>Cause he is dead wrong.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4964129" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4964129" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4964129">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4964129" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4964129" class="dsq-comment-message">whiterosebuddy:   TA-RUE DAT!!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4961709" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4961709" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4961709">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4961709" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4961709" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/01/jesse-white-ive-been-made-the-fall-guy.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/01/jess...</a><br><br>Jesse White is complaining that he\'s been made the fall guy.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4960306">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4960306" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4960306" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4960306">BIGGIE_4_OBAMA</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4960306" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4960306" class="dsq-comment-message">peaking out of the burban is priceless</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4960510" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4960510" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4960510">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4960510" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4960510" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes it is! <br><br>Hmmm  Wah! lol</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4962049" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962049" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4962049" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rhondacoca</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4962049" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962049" class="dsq-comment-message">yea it was...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4961344" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4961344" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4961344">bittersweet</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4961344" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4961344" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes!  I posted that goosebump moment...  I keep looking at the pics, and it is hard for me to process.  Everyday,  this will be the Obama girls\' experience.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4961379" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4961379" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4961379">RonnieB</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4961379" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4961379" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>Houston-area White Cop Shoots Unarmed Son of Ex-Major Leaguer.</b><br><br>Robbie Tolan, the son of ex-major league baseball player Bobbie Tolan, was shot by police in his own driveway.  The underlying premise was that police thought that the SUV that Robbie Tolan was driving was stolen.  The SUV actually belonged to the Tolan family.<br><br>This sounds like a case that\'s tailor-made for Eric Holder\'s DOJ.<br><br><a href="http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou090105_mh_bellaire_shooting_meeting.4059f425.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.khou.com/topstories/stories/khou0901...</a></div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4961724">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4961724" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4961724" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4961724">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4961724" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4961724" class="dsq-comment-message">RonnieB,<br><br>Not surprising at all, coming out of racist Bellaire.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4961843" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4961843" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4961843">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4961843" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4961843" class="dsq-comment-message">How the hell you shoot a man in his OWN damn driveway, without asking for the vehicle registration?<br><br>What the hay?<br><br>Now this is some crazy shyt:<br><br>" Tolan and his cousin were ordered to lie on the ground in front of the family\'s home.<br><br>Family members said Tolan was shot when he questioned an officer who had reportedly pushed his mother against a wall. "</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4962045">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4962045" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962045" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4962045">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4962045" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962045" class="dsq-comment-message">I lived in Houston for 8 years. It wasn\'t too far from Bellaire. Bellaire has some racist ass bigots!  I know people that have had encounters with Bellaire Police!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4962221">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4962221" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962221" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4962221">Micheline </span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4962221" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962221" class="dsq-comment-message">I use to live in Houston but I always felt the cops in  Katy were the most racist than other parts of the Houston area.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4962385" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962385" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4962385">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4962385" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962385" class="dsq-comment-message">Katy most likely has it\'s racist bigots too. I don\'t doubt that at all.  After moving to Houston, I received a warning about the racist ass police in Bellaire. They\'d be driving behind you, following you. And on some occasions, have told some people to keep it moving. So, this shooting doesn\'t surprise me at all!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4962158" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962158" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4962158" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rhondacoca</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4962158" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962158" class="dsq-comment-message">Yup, this rings of what happened to my cousin out in New Jersy. You see a 19 year old black youth driving a luxury vehicle? Yes, the police harassed him on every corner and even parked outside of the house profiling him until one day when they swooped in and realized that they got in wrong. Not only was my cousin wrongfully arrested but he also had bruises from what is an obvious assault yet the police deny it. My family sued the city. This happened back in 2002. <br><br>Its also interesting reading the comments from obviously mostle white people!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4962582" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962582" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4962582">Against Race Politics</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4962582" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962582" class="dsq-comment-message">Its also interesting reading the comments from obviously mostle white people!<br><br>Rhonda, funny you said that. Earlier this morning I was reading an article on <a href="http://CNN.com" rel="nofollow">CNN.com</a> regarding a women that sued after a knife was left inside her head ( I believe) from a 2002 violent act against her and the comments surprised me and I could tell they were white. One commenter said something to the affect of what was she doing to be attacked in the first place and how people were always looking for a hand out or come up. She sued b/c she was having headaches due to lazy doctors who apparently took the same approach as the commentor..surely this VICTIM wasn\'t worth a $50 X-ray to make sure she was treated properly before being discharged the very next day!  Oh and the commentor much have be a genius b/c she also figured out from the brief article alone that the headaches were NOT caused by a freakin KNIFE being left in someone\'s head!!!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4962691" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962691" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4962691">Against Race Politics</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4962691" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962691" class="dsq-comment-message">One more thing, the commentor asked what kind of "lyfestyle" the VICTIM was living ot be attacked in the first place. I assume good CLEAN wholesome Whites don\'t get violently attacked??? Of course this women was DIRTY.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4962848" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962848" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4962848">Against Race Politics</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4962848" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962848" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh no Ronnie, there is no more racial profiling. Haven\'t you heard we have a Nigra President- A NIGRA!!!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4962983" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962983" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4962983">Admiral_Komack</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4962983" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962983" class="dsq-comment-message">You haven\'t lived until you get stopped "walking while black" TWICE.<br>WOOO HOOO!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4963845" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4963845" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4963845">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4963845" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4963845" class="dsq-comment-message">What did Ice Cube say? My sin is my skin.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4961730" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4961730" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4961730">Town</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4961730" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4961730" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/07/harry-reid-i-dont-work-fo_n_155838.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/07/harry-...</a><br><br>Harry Reid:  I don\'t work for Obama.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4961765">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4961765" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4961765" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4961765">Plantsmantx</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4961765" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4961765" class="dsq-comment-message">In an interview with The Hill, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he would not roll over for the new president the way Republicans did for Bush.<br><br>...and the way he has rolled over for the Republicans.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4961970">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4961970" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4961970" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4961970">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4961970" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4961970" class="dsq-comment-message">Exactly!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4961874">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4961874" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4961874" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4961874">MsKitty</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4961874" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4961874" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh now all of a sudden Harry has a backbone after willingly grabbing his ankles and letting bushie have his way with him for 8 years.  What a putz.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4961954" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4961954" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4961954">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4961954" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4961954" class="dsq-comment-message">Hi MsKitty,<br><br>Happy New Year! Glad to see you\'re back!<br><br>Harry Reid\'s a weak ass leader. Turning Burris away at the door was straight out of the 60\'s.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4962062" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962062" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4962062">MsKitty</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4962062" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962062" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks and Happy New Year to you!  I actually came back from Christmas break on Monday, but it took me that long to catch up on my work. Had 600 e-mails waiting for me in my inbox, almost made me feel like turning around and going back home LOL.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4962107" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962107" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4962107">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4962107" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962107" class="dsq-comment-message">Well I missed you!  I was asking about you!<br><br>Glad you\'re back!</div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4962501" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962501" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4962501">Against Race Politics</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4962501" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962501" class="dsq-comment-message">I can understand that. It would only take about 6 for me! LOL!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4962490" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962490" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4962490">Against Race Politics</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4962490" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962490" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh now all of a suden he has a backbone when he doesn\'t have a leg to stand on!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4962247" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962247" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4962247">Admiral_Komack</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4962247" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962247" class="dsq-comment-message">"Harry Reid: I don\'t work for Obama."<br><br>Then who do you work for, you gutless asshole<br><br>You are a pitiful excuse for a Majority Leader.<br><br>Lyndon Baines Johnson would routinely be kicking your groveling ass, were he alive.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4962460" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962460" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4962460">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4962460" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962460" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>You are a pitiful excuse for a Majority Leader.</i><br><br><br>I second that!  Reid is too weak  as Majority Leader. He need to go!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4962535" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962535" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4962535">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4962535" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962535" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, well, well! Look who had a big ol\' bowl of Gangsta Flakes for breakfast.<br><br>I believe a JJPer said that PEO will have more trouble from Dems than Repugs and it\'s starting already:<br><br>1. Blago<br>2. Pelosi<br>3. Feinstein<br>4. Reid</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4963585" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4963585" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4963585">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4963585" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4963585" class="dsq-comment-message">Hmmm.....this first year is gonna be quite fun. Looks like quite a few people gonna be getting some reality checks on what\'s what in 2009....starting with some democratic leaders.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4965684" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4965684" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4965684">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4965684" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4965684" class="dsq-comment-message">You know that the majority of those folks are used to calling black people boys...... I may just put hail to the chief on my ipod.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4961858" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4961858" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4961858">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4961858" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4961858" class="dsq-comment-message"><b>Breaking News</b><br><br><b>MSNBC Reporting:</b><br><br><b>Senate Democrats Plan To Accept Roland Burris In Senate</b></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4964077" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4964077" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4964077">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4964077" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4964077" class="dsq-comment-message">Justice58:   TWO thoughts on this situation:<br><br>1.  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5znh58WITU8&eurl=http://noolmusic.com/youtube_videos/the_games_people_play_-_joe_south_-_1969.php" rel="nofollow"><b>"Games People Play" </b></a><br><br><br>2.  <a href="http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1079210/boondocks_nothin_but_lies_chamillionaire/" rel="nofollow"><b>Nothin But Lies </b><br>[I hadn\'t seen this vid B4.]  :&gt;)</a></div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4968650">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4968650" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4968650" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4968650">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4968650" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4968650" class="dsq-comment-message">GreenLady,<br><br>Thanks. You\'re so good at what you do!  We appreciate you!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4970533" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4970533" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4970533">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4970533" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4970533" class="dsq-comment-message">Justice58:  Awwwww - - shucks!!  **blushing***       Oh!  Wait. . . . .  . . . <br><br>***looking in the mirror****   NOPE!!!  I still CAIN\'T!  :&gt;)      :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4961942" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4961942" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4961942" href="http://www.thetakeaway.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Anna</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4961942" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4961942" class="dsq-comment-message">How Ronald Burris can get himself seated in the Senate:<br><a href="http://www.thetakeaway.org/stories/2009/jan/07/hey-roland-burris-wanna-get-senate-floor-heres-how/" rel="nofollow">http://www.thetakeaway.org/stories/2009/jan/07/...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4962292" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962292" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4962292">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4962292" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962292" class="dsq-comment-message">Just wait out Harry Reid.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4961964" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4961964" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4961964" href="http://theurbanista2.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Rhondacoca</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4961964" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4961964" class="dsq-comment-message">That pic is reminiscent of Little Rock circa 1957.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4962033" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962033" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4962033" href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">icebergslim</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4962033" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962033" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/01/get-ready-for-senator-roland-burris.html" rel="nofollow">Get Ready for Senator Roland Burris (Audio)</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4962100" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962100" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4962100">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4962100" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962100" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  <b>He SPEAKETH!</b><br><br>Chief Performance Officer=  Nancy Killifer.  [Economic]</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4962211" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962211" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4962211" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4962211" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962211" class="dsq-comment-message">FUCK Chuck Todd.<br><br>NBC made a grave error giving him his new post. He\'s a moron and a troublemaker, i.e. a corporate shill. He needs to stick to election analysis because that\'s the only thing he knows how to do.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4962579" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962579" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4962579" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4962579" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962579" class="dsq-comment-message">He definitely belongs on the Smart Board and not talking to people.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4962603" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962603" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4962603">Sepia</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4962603" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962603" class="dsq-comment-message">ITA Craig.<br><br>Did you see his comments after the presser? Truly pathetic. Claiming PEO has a knack for giving himself  "wiggle room", which is nothing more that code for: "That Negro is slick!". GMAB!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4962841" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962841" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4962841" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4962841" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962841" class="dsq-comment-message">He\'s out of his league in every way. He looks uncomfortable, and he\'s not used to being "handled" by a Black man. In short, he\'s a punk. Y\'all can pardon my candor, but he needs to be bent over.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4962916" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962916" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4962916">rorysmomma</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4962916" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962916" class="dsq-comment-message">I was under the impression that he already was.  I don\'t know who he is screwing, but he is the absolute worst choice imaginable for meet the press.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4965901" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4965901" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4965901" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4965901" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4965901" class="dsq-comment-message">You must be talking about that other moronic shill David Gregory. It\'s easy to get the two confused these days. Chuckie has David\'s old job and he\'s going to be just as bad at it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4970494" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4970494" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4970494">rorysmomma</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4970494" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4970494" class="dsq-comment-message">My bad.... I am almost as bad as the white folks.... They all are starting to look alike to me.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4971742" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4971742" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4971742">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4971742" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4971742" class="dsq-comment-message">Craig!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4962738" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962738" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4962738">Val</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4962738" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962738" class="dsq-comment-message">Craig - co-signing.  I agree that he is a moron.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4964480" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4964480" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4964480">pjamma</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4964480" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4964480" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree, he is failing miserably at this new post.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4964712" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4964712" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4964712" href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">icebergslim</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4964712" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4964712" class="dsq-comment-message">Agreed.  He is on the "how can we monitize the news", when it should be "how can we make the news better, precise, transparent and on the up and up."  This is why these news organizations are in the tank and folks find their info ELSEWHERE.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4969999" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4969999" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4969999">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4969999" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4969999" class="dsq-comment-message">Craig, say that again.  Chuck Todd couldn\'t find his way around a news room with out an election MAP.  <br><br>Map boy needs to go on a retreat until the next election cycle.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4962262" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962262" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4962262" href="http://www.womanist-musings.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">womanistmusings</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4962262" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962262" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.womanist-musings.com/2009/01/pulling-race-card.html" rel="nofollow">Playing the race card: </a> Looking at why questioning whether or not something is racist denies the impact of racism on its victims.<br><br><a href="http://www.womanist-musings.com/2009/01/rape-in-prison-forgotten-women.html" rel="nofollow">Women In Prisons the forgotten victims:</a> Looking at mass rape of women in Michigan Prisons.<br><br><a href="http://www.womanist-musings.com/2009/01/what-genocide.html" rel="nofollow">What\'s Genocide: </a> Looking at the living conditions of poor POC</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962260" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4962260">BTx</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4962260" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962260" class="dsq-comment-message">Dayam!<br><br>Last time I saw a black person surrounded by that many armed white folks goin\' to school...<br><br><a href="http://thesituationist.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/school-desegregation.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://thesituationist.files.wordpress.com/2007...</a><br><br><br><a href="http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/schoolintegration/ig/School-Integration/University-of-Mississippi.htm" rel="nofollow">http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/schoolintegra...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4962288" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962288" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4962288">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4962288" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962288" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  NOW the QUESTIONS:<br><br>1.  Medicare??   Working on OUR budget plans; especially on "entitlements"<br><br>2.  Gaza [Chuck Todd]:  Trying to press him for a response:  Mr. PEO-  NOT!!  One President AT A TIME!!!  ONE VOICE from the USA on International matters!  It would be IMPRUDENT of me. <b> "I CAN\'T CONTROL HOW PEOPLE INTERPRET MY SILENCE!!"</b>  I have been MONITORING the SITUATION!!   <b>CHUCK!!!</b> [ENOUGH!!  He didn\'t say this BUT chuck knew what he meant!]   HAH!!   :&gt;) <br><br>3.   On the ECONOMY:  NO EARMARKS!!  MUST USE THE $$$ WISELY!   Must have TRANSPARENCY!!  I will  INSURE that taxpayers can track how the money is spent.<br>E.G., RE-VAMP ALL FEDERAL BUILDINGS for ENERGY EFFICIENCY!!<br><br>4.  Roland Burris:  That\'s a Senate MATTER.  But I will work with him like I work with all other Senators. He\'s a fine public servant.<br><br>THANK YOU GUYS!!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4962299" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962299" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4962299" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4962299" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962299" class="dsq-comment-message">Michelle Bernard just said Jimmy Carter called Burris and told him he\'d be a fine senator and that he should not acquiesce to any pressure from the powers that be.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4962466" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962466" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4962466">Against Race Politics</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4962466" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962466" class="dsq-comment-message">well well</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4963505" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4963505" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4963505">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4963505" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4963505" class="dsq-comment-message">Hee Hee</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4965989" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4965989" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4965989">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4965989" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4965989" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL<br><br>Hilarious</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4962296" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962296" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4962296">Hm. </span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4962296" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962296" class="dsq-comment-message">Re Dan Seals: He\'s from the southside and his father was on the Chicago Bears.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4962380" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962380" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4962380">Admiral_Komack</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4962380" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962380" class="dsq-comment-message">Reid Spokesman: Burris-Seating Story Is Wrong<br><br>We just asked Harry Reid spokesman Jim Manley for comment on whether the story about Roland Burris being accepted as a Senator from Illinois was true.<br><br>"It is wrong," Manley replied via e-mail.<br><br><a href="http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/01/reid_spokesman_burris-seating_story_is_wrong.php" rel="nofollow">http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4962455" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962455" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4962455">Admiral_Komack</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962455" class="dsq-comment-message">Reid: Give Stevens a Get-of-Jail Card<br><br>Some fascinating tidbits that didn\'t make the cut from Bresnahan\'s must-read sitdown with Harry Reid:<br><br>The Majority Leader thinks former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens shouldn\'t face jail time for his seven-count federal conviction last year, telling our Manu Raju, who was also in the room, "My personal feeling, you guys, I don\'t know what good that [would do]... He was a real war hero too, you know. He\'s been punished enough."<br><br>Members of Congress, he added, had long been used to not disclosing gifts until the rules had been tightened. And he said the 85-year-old Stevens simply did not adapt to those changing rules.<br><br>"It\'s a different world we live in, and Stevens did not understand that," Reid said.<br><br>Reid also said he was willing to have the FBI release transcripts of his chat with Rod Blagojevich about Obama succession.<br><br>"I have no problem with that, let them release them. I don\'t care."<br><br><a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0109/Reid_Give_Stevens_a_GetofJail_Card.html?showall" rel="nofollow">http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0109/...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4962805" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962805" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4962805" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4962805" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962805" class="dsq-comment-message">He\'s a FUCKtard.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4962614" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962614" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4962614">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962614" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:   CHUCKY T.  JUST is NOT TRYING to "GET IT!"  <br><br><b>1. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN HANDLING INTERNATIONAL ISSUES</b><br><br>2.  I CAIN\'T HELP HOW PEOPLE INTERPRET MY "SILENCE!"  [\'cause, I have EXPLAINED my SILENCE!!  YOU JUST don\'t want to accept MY RESPONSE!!  2  BAD!!]<br><br>3.  I AM IN CHARGE UP IN HERE!!  GET OVER YOURSELF annnnnnnd YOUR PRESUMED IMPORTANCE!!   <b>YOU R NOT!!!</b>  I AM THE P-E!  YOU ARE A "REPORTER!!"<br><br>4.  WIGGLE ROOM!!???   That\'s what BRILLIANT PEOPLE DO!!<br><br>WHEW!!  ***shakin\' my head***</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962740" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4962740">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962740" class="dsq-comment-message">Just like Harry Reid.<br><br>They spend eight years bending over backwards for Bush, and NOW they want to show how tough they are.<br><br>What a bunch of miserable pricks. <br><br>(Sorry for the language GreenLadyHere, but this country has serious problems and people are STILL game-playing)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962885" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4962885">rorysmomma</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4962885" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962885" class="dsq-comment-message">Admiral, I saw this coming.  They didn\'t support Obama from the beginning.  That is why he was wise to continue contact with his grass roots constituency.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4963507" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4963507" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4963507">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4963507" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4963507" class="dsq-comment-message">rorysmomma:  You got it!!  What\'s done in the DARK WILL come to LIGHT!<br><br>Mr. President-Elect Obama <b>KNEW!!!</b>  <br><br>That\'s why I am content to let him make these/HIS decisions.  The internal "stuff" that we will "neva\' get to KNOW is what HE KNOWS!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4963001">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4963001" class="dsq-comment-message">Admiral:  Ya mean that they have FOUND THEIR "JEWELS"??   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>LANGUAGE?:  VERY APPROPRIATE!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)  <br><br>THANK YOU!! [for the sentiment] :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4962659">Justice58</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962659" class="dsq-comment-message">Wait A Minute....<br><br><br><br>Now it\'s being reported; the  Burris Senate situation is not a done deal. Dems are in talks about the situation. (According To Chris Matthews)<br><br><br>&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;Pulling my hair&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962748" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4962748" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962748" class="dsq-comment-message">Burris isn\'t promising to be a caretaker. Reid is beside himself because he\'s being punked and can\'t see straight.<br><br>I\'m surprised that Dick Durbin is going along with this bullshit. I like him alot, but he needs to step aside and let the rule of law dictate the seating of Burris, not politics.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4962995">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4962995" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962995" class="dsq-comment-message">If ever a situation begged for Big Mama to come in and take over, its this one. Ridiculous.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4963582" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4963582" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4963582">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4963582" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4963582" class="dsq-comment-message">Big Mama would have handled this a long time ago! LOL!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4964075" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4964075">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4964075" class="dsq-comment-message">Yep: <a href="http://www.shopdoublemdesign.com/catalog/images/Z0020_black_leather_belt_with_silver_ring_300x300.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.shopdoublemdesign.com/catalog/images...</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4964211" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4964211">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4964211" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4964211" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4964370" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4964370" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4964370">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4964370" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4964370" class="dsq-comment-message">You read my mind!!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4964197" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4964197">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4964197" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4964197" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4963515" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4963515">Micheline </span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4963515" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4963515" class="dsq-comment-message">We all knew this is a kabuki theater.  IMHO, both sides had contributed to this unnecessary drama.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4964662" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4964662" href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">icebergslim</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4964662" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4964662" class="dsq-comment-message">You are correct here, Craig.  He won\'t be a caretaker.  But they have no alternative but to seat him.  He won\'t get the backing of the party for the primaries in 2010.  So, again, this seat went from safe to toss up.  Don\'t think all this drama has not affected folks here in Illinois, IT HAS.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4966178" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4966178" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4966178" class="dsq-comment-message">Even corrupt incumbent senators are tough to beat. See Stevens and Coleman. <br><br>I\'m sure you folks are affected. But next November is almost two years away and a lot can happen between now and then.<br><br>I have faith that he\'ll be re-elected.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4966849" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4966849">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4966849" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4966849" class="dsq-comment-message">Craig, you got that right!<br><br>Well like I said yesterday b/f Justice sent me to the corner the court of public opinion changes as easily as Lindsay Lohan changes her sexuality, Paris Hilton gets a new boyfriend, Robert Downey Jr goes to rehab, Britney Spears well ..does anything. <br><br>There is no telling what can happen b/t now and then so I hope we can rest the "taint" argument for now.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4962924" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4962924">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4962924" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:   Here they come -  Reid/Burris meeting:<br>Burris:  2 Ph.D\'s, 2 law degrees!<br><br>CHICAGO SOS signature in courts. Should be resolved quickly!<br><br>Burris will prepare a document of response tomorrow.<br><br>Burris has NOT made this a RACIAL ISSUE!  <br><br>Richard Durbin:  I have known him for over 22 years.  The Senate carefully scrutinized the PROCESS!  Burris told me that the issue was NOT RACIAL.  I called SOS & told them NOT to DELAY their decision. <i>[IMHO:  THIS IS BS!!  They should have gotten Jessie White\'s SIGNATURE!!]</i>  My state has gone through a beating in the media.  We have good people in Illinois!!  We have a P-E and a fine Senator TO BE!!<br><br>QUESTIONS for REID:<br><br>REID:  All of this has brought about TRANSPARENCY in the process.  [HAH!!]<br>The Senate makes the RULES NOT Durbin & I.  When you have a GOV. who is charged with some "bad things" you have to be careful/look at the rules.<br><br><b>CHUCKY T:   Did THEY speak using "WIGGLE ROOM!!"</b></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4963545" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4963545" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4963545">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4963545" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-dantoni/the-bad-democrats-begin-t_b_155738.html" rel="nofollow">The Bad Democrats Begin to Surface</a><br><br>A lot of people have done a lot of complaining about Congressional Democrats, especially Senate Democrats. Were they briefed about torture and illegal wiretapping? Did they know and do nothing? Are they complicit?<br><br>And who are they? Things have changed. They are under scrutiny. Ours, and Obama\'s<br><br>Today we know of two who do not deserve trust. Dianne Feinstein and Jay Rockefeller came out of the closet and showed their true Blue Dog colors by opposing Leon Panetta, or at least opposing the manner in which his appointment was announced (or leaked).<br><br>We\'re going to be seeing more of this. And when some Democrats oppose people like Panetta, who was a strong opponent of torture and wiretapping, they identify themselves as the same people who secretly pushed the Bush agenda along in Congress, giving in at every turn.<br><br>President Obama is bound to piss off a lot of people, even those who support him. Rick Warren is a good example. I\'ll take a dozen Rick Warrens bellowing to God in public in exchange for Obama appointees Dawn Johansen, David Ogden, Elena Kagan and Tom Perrelli who will help rehabilitate the Justice Department.<br><br>Progressives cannot behave like right-wingers and begin to jump ship when Obama does something that steps on their own personal agenda. Your agenda is yours and Obama\'s is his.<br><br>So far he is living up to his campaign promises, pretty much.<br><br>The next time you find yourself getting pissed off at Obama, say these words out loud,"George Bush."<br><br>But Blue Dog Democrats be warned. We\'re watching you very carefully. Your butts are at stake.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4967989" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4967989" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4967989">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4967989" class="dsq-comment-message">Those two are on the Select Senate Intelligence committee. They have been briefed in detail about torture in a secure room where they sign a statement/pledge not to discuss anything in the room even to other members of the committee. They have every reason to be afraid because Panetta can expose them without leaking a single secret. <br>The more I watch the preinagural jockeying for PPM(power, prestige and money) it becomes clearer and clearer President Obama bigggest problem is going to be from the old bull committee chairs  in both houses whom are going to be under enormous pressure to STFU and pass the program without much reward. so they are throwing up as much chaff as possible to get Obama to slow down endangering the whole country in ways they can\'t even imagine and their own positions as well. With the exception of the Clintons for whom I want nothing but the worst under any and all situations, I do not think even many of the people in Washington realize Obama is willing to give them all the public credit in the world if they achieve his goals. so they should all be afraid.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4963746" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4963746">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4963746" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  "Tweety" gave some Presidential APPROVAL RATINGS:<br><br>Mr. President-Elect Obama - - <b>82%</b><br><br>Clinton - -- - 69%<br><br>Carter - - - - 64%<br><br>Shrub - - -    27%<br><br>I think that I\'m missing Bush the first!  Sorry.<br><br>Heard it:   George Herbert Walker Bush - - 60%</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4964256" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4964256" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4964256" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4964256" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4964256" class="dsq-comment-message">Are these all approval ratings before taking office, or are you looking at Obama\'s compared to other presidents <i>during</i> their administrations?<br><br>Wait, don\'t answer that......</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4964533" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4964533">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4964533" class="dsq-comment-message">D:   O.K.    :&gt;)     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4964781" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4964781" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4964781">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4964781" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4964781" class="dsq-comment-message">I was thinking that but I\'m actually on GLH\'s side so I couldn\'t say it! :-)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4965079" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4965079" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4965079" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4965079" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m not in too confrontational of a mood today.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4966097" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4966097" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4966097">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4966097" class="dsq-comment-message">D:   You just B  "daddy-in-waiting!"   :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>Annnnd, take it easy!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4966128" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4966128" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4966128">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4966128" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4966128" class="dsq-comment-message">Against Race Politics:     LOL!    :&gt;)   ***shakin\' my head***</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4965806" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4965806" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4965806" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4965806" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4965806" class="dsq-comment-message">These approval ratings are what they are at the moment.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4966082" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4966082" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4966082">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4966082" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4966082" class="dsq-comment-message">Craig:  Thanks!  :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4964157" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4964157" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4964157" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4964157" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com/2009/01/i-got-my-invitation.html" rel="nofollow">I Got My Invitation!</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4964245" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4964245">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4964245" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4964245" class="dsq-comment-message">WOW!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4964694" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4964694">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4964694" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4964694" class="dsq-comment-message">CONGRATULATIONS!!      REPRESENT!!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4965014">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4965014" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4965014" class="dsq-comment-message">COOL!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4968437" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4968437">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4968437" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4968437" class="dsq-comment-message">Congrtulations, Craig!  You\'ll take pics and share them with us, won\'t you?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4970454" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4970454" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4970454" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4970454" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4970454" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ll do the best I can.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4964546" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4964546">NMP</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4964546" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4964546" class="dsq-comment-message">I can\'t be the only one here that watched MSNBC last night and saw not one, but two MSNBC hosts, Davis Shuster and Keith Olbermann, WRONGLY identify Kurt Schmoke, the fomer mayor of Baltimore and Dean of Howard\'s law school, as Scooter Libby\'s former defense attorney, Ted Wells.  Their inability to discern two Black men might be forgivable if Chris Matthews hadn\'t had both Schmoke and his co-counsel, Tim Wright, on his show one hour PRIOR to Shuster\'s show and three hours prior to Olbermann\'s show.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4965876" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4965876">Denise</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4965876" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4965876" class="dsq-comment-message">Now see  I thought  I saw Shuster  identify Schmoke as some Libby-ite named William Jeffress.  <br><br>It\'s not just MSNBC.  A couple weeks ago, Fox News (Hannity and Colmes I think) used file footage to misidentify someone as Valerie Jarrett on at least two separate occasions.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4964605" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4964605" href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">icebergslim</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4964605" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4964605" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/01/harry-reid-dick-durbin-on-how-senate.html" rel="nofollow">Reid, Durbin Presser on Seating Roland Burris</a><br><br>He will be seated, and I mean SOON.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4964754" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4964754">Against Race Politics</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4964754" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4964754" class="dsq-comment-message">HA!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4964927" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4964927">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4964927" class="dsq-comment-message">Pilgrimology 101: Rules? What Rules?<br><br>(CNN) – Levi Johnston, the father of Sarah Palin\'s grandchild Tripp and fiance of daughter Bristol, quit his job earlier this week after reports that his lack of a high school diploma made him ineligible for the apprentice position he\'d held since fall.<br><br>Johnston\'s father Keith told the Anchorage Daily News that his son felt the move was "the best thing to do to kind of calm the waters, so to speak," and that his son\'s missing educational qualification was "just something that slipped through the cracks."<br><br>"You guys are watching him so tightly," Johnston told the paper. "He\'s being treated different than an average 18-year-old kid. He has to do everything by the book now."<br><br>Palin herself called the report a "a political potshot taken at me," that could "destroy a young man\'s opportunity for work."</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4965006" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4965006">Against Race Politics</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4965006" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4965006" class="dsq-comment-message">He has to do everything by the book now? WELL JOIN THE CLUB! Maybe he has an inkling of what it\'s like to be Black. WHATEVER! And I thought Palin was SO slef righteous and by the book. Again WHATEVER!<br><br>When is that wedding supposed to take place anyway???????? Somebody must have dropped the shotgun!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4965899" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4965899">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4965899" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4965899" class="dsq-comment-message">Against Race Politics:  As I have stated, I will bring the GOSSIP [-er, -ummm FACTS] about that "FAMILY FROM ALASKA!"<br><br>  "The Gov." INJECTED herself into the news, especially, in a  VERY <b>NEGATIVE/SMARMY/SNARKY/SARCASTIC manner</b>  <br><br>Annnnnd, she ENJOYED herself in that mode!!  She even picked up a "dumb" ally - - Joe along the way.  <br><br>IFFFF she only had a brain,*** she would have "thunk" to herself - - -<br><br>"WHAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN!"  [Except you age!]  :&gt;)<br><br>Wedding???  Haven\'t received that invitation - - YET!!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>RE:    <i>Somebody must have dropped the shotgun!</i>   LOL!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>***<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hAg_k69a4M&feature=related" rel="nofollow">If I Only Had a Brain</a>   ENJOY!!<br><br>Then I found this:<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B8Zria5mZM&feature=related" rel="nofollow">If I Only Had a Brain</a>     ENJOY!  :&gt;)      :&gt;)      :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4966150" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4966150">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4966150" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4966150" class="dsq-comment-message">GreenLadyHere:<br><br>I\'m serious. What happened? I thought they were so in love? All meth making aside, can\'t they get granny Sarah to keep the baby on her lunch hour one day so they can run to the court house? They can have a big shebang with the $300K from the wedding pictures later!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4966425" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4966425">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4966425" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4966425" class="dsq-comment-message">Against Race Politics:  Several thoughts:<br><br>1.  With ALL of this NEGATIVE BAGGAGE ALL up in their faces, how could they try to CONVINCE anybody of the "HAPPINESS" that exists in their lives?<br><br>2.  The further down the road they get away from the "birth", the less compelled they are to "jump the moose!"  IMHO<br><br>Otherwise,   I \'on\'t know!!    :&gt;)     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4966618" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4966618">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4966618" class="dsq-comment-message">If Levi has any sense he will take $150K and run for the hills!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4968813" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4968813">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4968813" class="dsq-comment-message">ARP:  Wellllllll - NOT SO FAST.  HE has a CHILD to RAISE!!<br><br>Annnnnnnd, he/she CHOSE their life for the NEXT 18 years - at least.<br><br>Pampers/milk/clothes, etc., etc., -  That\'ll use up soma that $$$.    :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4969366" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4969366" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4969366">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4969366" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4969366" class="dsq-comment-message">And have Bristol and Sarah gunning for him, also?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4969749" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4969749">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 </div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4969749" class="dsq-comment-message">OK save 75K for child support and stay as far away from them as he can..oh you\'re right...I forgot about Sarah\'s brother in law. If you can\'t play ball you can\'t work and probably can\'t even see your kids. You got me!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4969327" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4969327">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4969327" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4969327" class="dsq-comment-message">I bet that $300K  can buy a whole lotta meth!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4965047" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4965047" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4965047" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4965047" class="dsq-comment-message">While there\'s a fair amount of criticism/controversy that the Palins/Johnstons have brought on themselves....people really just need to leave them alone, at this point.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4965093" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4965093">Against Race Politics</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4965093" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4965093" class="dsq-comment-message">If your girl, Sarah Palin leaves society alone I will let it go! LOL Until then as long as there are stories out there about them I will probably always have a smart comment prepared and ready to aim!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4965162" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4965162" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4965162" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4965162" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'ve only got one girl, and Sarah ain\'t her name.....<br><br>Sometimes it\'s cool, sometimes it\'s funny, and sometimes.....it\'s just, well, out for blood just for the sake of blood. This falls into the latter.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4967627" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4967627">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4967627" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4967627" class="dsq-comment-message">D<br>You are so wrong here. Gov Palin\'s daughter is now a"WHITE" single non working mother in her teens w/ an illegitimate child. AfricanAmericans are dogged like escaped slaves over this issue. That skank Palin wasn\'t above throwing it in everyone\'s face during her campaign; "my good daughter and son in law to be." Now we find out he has pedaled white skin priviledge into a job he was unqualified for  and forced to leave  in the light of day but be African American and no matter your qualifications you obtained the job fraudulently(affirmative action baby). <br>According to you we are looking for blood. You\'re damn right. We have no problem pointing out your hypocrisy and calling you for it. It goes to that meme AfricanAmericans have to be so morally pure to make our points.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4967841" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4967841" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4967841" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4967841" class="dsq-comment-message">But doesn\'t it get old after a while? <br><br>The point\'s been proven, even to me (ask some of the posters who\'ve been around a bit about my thoughts on racism in general)....why keep hammering? What purpose does it serve?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4968209" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4968209">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4968209" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4968209" class="dsq-comment-message">What purpose does hammering us serve? Why should we turn the other cheek? This goes to the idea that we have to prove ourselves the morally superior? When we want equal opportunity it means both sides of any issue.<br>It is white and Jewish people whom are afraid of us acheiving power and taking revenge and acting like them but they refuse to acknowledge that they are the ones perpetuating those feelings by denouncing people like Gov Palin, Sen McCain, Hilliary Clinton, Jay Rockefeller, Chuck Schumer, Richard Daley, Stenny Hoyer, et al. this is the same problem you have w/ your political party and hope for a positive resolution but have flung back in your face constantly. when are you going to realize it\'s piss not rain.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4968293" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4968293">RobM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4968293" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4968293" class="dsq-comment-message">Sorry should read ..... afriad of us achieving power, taking revenge by acting like them....... and ..... by not denouncing people like Gov Palin</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4968321" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4968321" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4968321" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4968321" class="dsq-comment-message">(and I use "you" here just to make the point)<br><br>Okay....but right now, you have the high ground, so to speak. People can say what they want, and while it may get old/annoying/offensive, you (we?) have something that, for at least the next 4-8 years, no one else can have.<br><br>So why come back down to the mud?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4969263" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4969263">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4969263" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4969263" class="dsq-comment-message">"But doesn\'t it get old after a while? "<br><br>Nope.<br><br>Not when the evangelicals criticize Black and Latino out of wedlock births but gush over Bristol and Levi:<br>"They Chose Life!"</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4969715" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4969715">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4969715" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4969715" class="dsq-comment-message">Well Robert, there is one difference-what makes Bristol BETTER than others is that she wasn\'t forced to go on welfare. Her parents can take care of her, Levi, AND the baby. And now with the 300K for the pictures...poor minority\'s can only be the poster child for welfare.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4965340" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4965340">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4965340" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4965340" class="dsq-comment-message">No, I wasn\'t. I was joking. I\'m cool with you! I save my blood sucking for more important matters. Sorry you took it that way.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4965386" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4965386" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4965386" class="dsq-comment-message">There\'s no hositility on my end; I know you were joking. It was just a general statement, not directed at you personally.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4965503" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4965503">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4965503" class="dsq-comment-message">OK cuz I was thinking huh I never say anything negative directed at you (or anyone) even though we have different politics cuz when a man is intelligent, well spoken (typed :-), and has a valid point, well a man is intelligent, well spoken (typed :-) and has a valid point! And I aint mad at that! :-)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4965546" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4965546" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4965546" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks. I\'ve been all over the place since yesterday afternoon, so nothing coherent is coming out of my typing. :)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4965800">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4965800" class="dsq-comment-message">Just don\'t change your mind at the last minute and name that baby Sarah and well will be cool! :-)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4971592">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4971592" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s not near as bad as her calling PE Obama a terrorist.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4966430">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4966430" class="dsq-comment-message">Well if its true that they accepted in the neighborhood of $300k for the baby photos, that would mean they want to be public figures, so a certain amount of criticism about things like oh...being GIVEN a job without the proper qualifications, would be fair game.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4967635" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4967635" href="http://www.actsoffaithblog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Acts Of Faith Blog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4967635" class="dsq-comment-message">Why won\'t he take the GED and be done with it. It was one test. Unless...he thought he might not pass it!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4967903" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4967903">Town</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4967903" class="dsq-comment-message">No, Mr. Johnston.  In the real world people with GEDs don\'t get the opportunities the rest of us get and people in the real world get the boot from their jobs if they don\'t have the qualifications.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4968356" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4968356">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4968356" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4968356" class="dsq-comment-message">You got that right!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4971560">msmartin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4971560" class="dsq-comment-message">He didn\'t even have a GED.  People with GEDs can work their way to opportunities.  Many have done it.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4964942" href="http://www.brownmanthinkinghard.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Brown Man</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4964942" class="dsq-comment-message">Forgot to drop my two cents worth here earlier.<br><br><a href"http://simplifythepositive.blogspot.com/2009/01/roland-burriss-next-senator-from.html" rel="nofollow">Repeat After Me: "Roland Burris Is A Senator"</a><br><br>It should still be good reading, even though the tide has turned since I posted this in the wee hours of the A.M.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4965062" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4965062">Against Race Politics</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4965062" class="dsq-comment-message">Roland Burris Is A Senator!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4965826">rikyrah</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4965826" class="dsq-comment-message">where is the link. I already have you bookmarked, but for those who might not...they need a hyperlink.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4965224" href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">icebergslim</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4965224" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com/2009/01/todays-great-pictures.html" rel="nofollow">Presidentilal Pictures Today</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4966582">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4966582" class="dsq-comment-message">iceberslim:  I took my "Field Trip!"  Kodak paper!   CHECK!!  Hit PRINT KEY!  CHECK!<br><br>THANK YOU!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4965440">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4965440" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  <b>WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2009 On His "JOURNEY TO JANUARY 20, 2009!"</b>   Yaaaaa!!   :&gt;)<br><br>1.  <b>HEADLINE(s):</b><br><br>     a)    <a href="http://www.politico.com/politico44/" rel="nofollow"><b>Presidential portrait: </b></a><br><br><i>President-elect Barack Obama met Wednesday in the Oval Office with the only four people who truly know what he’s about to face: President George W. Bush and three-ex presidents, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter. It was the first time since 1981 that all the living ex-presidents came together at the White House, then for Ronald Reagan.</i><br><br>     b)  <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2009/01/07/obamas-remarks-on-his-pick-for-chief-performance-officer/" rel="nofollow">Obama’s Remarks on His Pick for Chief Performance Officer</a><br><br><i>The prepared remarks of President-elect Barack Obama in Washington on his pick for White House chief performance officer.<br><br>Good morning.<br><br>By now, we all know that we are facing a crisis in our economy, one that requires immediate and decisive action to spur the creation of new jobs as we lay the foundation for future growth. And with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan that Congress will soon be debating, we intend to deliver that change.<br><br>But we committed to more change than that. We committed to change the way our government in Washington does business so that we’re no longer squandering billions of tax dollars on programs that have outlived their usefulness or exist solely because of the power of a lobbyist or interest group. We can no longer afford to sustain the old ways when we know there are new and more efficient ways of getting the job done.<br><br>Even in good times, Washington can’t afford to continue these bad practices. In bad times, it’s absolutely imperative that Washington stop them and restore confidence that our government is on the side of taxpayers and everyday Americans.<br><br>Just today, the Congressional Budget Office announced that the deficit we are inheriting for this budget year will be $1.2 trillion. And we know that our Recovery and Reinvestment plan will necessarily add more. My own economic and budget team projects that, unless we take decisive action, even after our economy pulls out of its slide, trillion dollar deficits will be a reality for years to come.<br><br>But as I said yesterday, our problem is not just a deficit of dollars. It’s a deficit of accountability…a deficit of trust.<br><br>So change and reform can’t just be election-year slogans. They must become fundamental principles of government<br><br>That’s why the appointment I’m announcing today is among the most important I will make.<br><br>During the campaign, I said that we must scour this budget, line-by-line, eliminating what we don’t need, or what doesn’t work, and improving the things that do.<br><br>As the first Chief Performance Officer, working with Peter Orszag and Rob Nabors at the Office of Management and Budget, Nancy Killefer is uniquely qualified to lead that effort.<br><br>For nearly thirty years – as a leader at McKinsey & Company, and as Assistant Secretary for Management, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Operating Officer at Treasury under President Clinton — Nancy has built a career out of making major American corporations and public institutions more efficient, effective and transparent.<br><br>Nancy is an expert in streamlining processes and wringing out inefficiencies so that taxpayers and consumers get more for their money. And during her time at Treasury, she helped bring the Department into the twenty-first century, modernizing the IRS and preparing systems for Y2K.<br><br>But Nancy also understands that at the end of the day, government services are delivered by people. That’s why she’s always worked tirelessly to empower employees to take matters into their own hands: to rethink outmoded ways of doing things, to embrace new systems and technologies, and to take initiative in developing better practices.<br><br>When Nancy was offered her first position at Treasury, she responded, “If you’re willing to embrace significant change, then you’re looking at the right person. But if you just want to keep the trains running on time, don’t ask me to do this job.”<br><br>When I heard that, I knew I’d chosen exactly the right person for the challenges we face. And I will be instructing members of my cabinet and key members of their staffs to meet with Nancy soon after we take office – and on a regular basis thereafter – to discuss how they can run their agencies with greater efficiency, transparency and accountability.<br><br>I will also see to it that we apply these principles of budget reform to the Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Plan. This plan will call for dramatic investments to revive our flagging economy; save or create three million new jobs, mostly in the private sector; and lay a solid foundation for future growth. In order to make these investments that we need, we’ll have to cut the spending that we don’t – and I’ll be relying on Nancy to help guide that process.<br><br>In the end, though, meeting the challenges of rebuilding our economy and bringing a new sense of responsibility to Washington isn’t just about rearranging numbers on a balance sheet – it’s about renewing people’s trust in their leadership. Because in order to restore confidence in our economy, we must restore the American people’s confidence in their government – that it’s on their side, spending their money wisely, to meet their families’ needs. I am confident that with Nancy’s leadership, and the efforts of leaders on both sides of the aisle, we will do just that.<br><br>Thank you.</i><br><br>     c)  <a href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/photo-presidents-past-president-and-future/" rel="nofollow">Photo: Presidents Past, President and Future</a><br><br><i>President-elect Barack Obama met in the Oval Office today with President Bush and three former occupants of the White House: former Presidents Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter.<br><br><b>Mr. Obama called the meeting an “extraordinary gathering.”</b></i><br><br><b>[LOOK AT HIM!!  Mr. President-Elect BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA!!]</b>  YES HE DID!!<br><br>     d)  <a href="http://thepage.time.com/2009/01/07/obama-to-sell-stimulus-in-major-economic-speech-thursday/?xid=rss-page" rel="nofollow">Obama to Sell Stimulus in Major Economic Speech Thursday</a><br><br><i>The president-elect will deliver remarks at 11 am ET at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.<br><br>He\'s set to make his case for urgent action on his American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan to help the ailing economy.<br><br>Plus: Obama will also hold a closed door-meeting with the Senate Finance Committee Thursday to hash out the details of his plan.</i><br><br>     e)  <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/07/dem-aide-obama-wanted-sen_n_155909.html" rel="nofollow">Dem Aide: Obama Team Pushed To Seat Burris</a><br><br><i>The apparent decision to seat Roland Burris came after aides to President-elect Barack Obama contacted senior Senate Democrats and suggested that they reverse course and accept Gov. Rod Blagojevich\'s controversial appointment, according to a senior Dem congressional aide.<br><br><b>Just minutes after the decision to seat Burris was reported, Obama offered the veteran Illinois pol praise and promised a working relationship.<br><br>"That is a Senate matter," he said of the news. "But I know Roland Burris, obviously he is from my home state. He is a fine public servant, if he gets seated then I am going to work with Roland Burris like all other senators to make sure that the people if Illinois and the people across the country are served."</b><br><br>Confusion remains as to what will happen with Burris. While reports signaled his imminent seating, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the AP report was "wrong," and that "there have been no decisions." </i><br><br>2.  HIS SCHEDULE:         <b>Wednesday Jan. 7, 2009</b><br><br>All Times Eastern7:00 AM	<br>8:00 AM	<br>9:00 AM	<br>9:39 AM	<br><br>President-elect Barack Obama leaves the Hay Adams Hotel in preparation for his press conference.<br>10:00 AM	<br><b>10:15 AM	<br><br>Obama holds a press conference.<br><br>PHOTO<br><br>VIDEO</b><br>11:00 AM	<br>11:23 AM	<br><br>Obama leaves his transition offices and heads to the White House for a lunch meeting with President Bush.<br><b>12:00 PM	<br><br>Obama has luncheon with former presidents.<br><br>VIDEO</b><br><br><br>THAT\'S  ALL FOR NOW!!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)  What a MORNING!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br><b>MR. PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA!!   LARGE and IN CHARGE!!</b>   :&gt;)     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4965916">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4965916" class="dsq-comment-message">Looking at that photo with the Presidents I keep hearing that Sesame Street song in my head:<br><br><i>One of these things is not like the others, <br>One of these things just doesn\'t belong, <br>Can you tell which thing is not like the others <br>By the time I finish my song?</i><br><br>Of course Obama belongs there, but I can\'t shake the song nonetheless LOL</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4966329">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4966329" class="dsq-comment-message">MsKitty:   Heeeeeey!  :&gt;)  <b>HAPPY NEW YEAR!!</b><br><br>Hope you had a restful holiday!!  :&gt;)<br><br>It\'s true that some things just pop into one\'s head.   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4967202">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4967202" class="dsq-comment-message">Happy New Year!<br><br>It was a very restful holiday, especially once I got to St. Maarten.  A whole week of relaxing on the beach reading trashy novels, it doesn\'t get any better than that.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4968283">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4968283" class="dsq-comment-message">Welcome back, MsKitty.  Happy 2009!   :-)))</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4968516">MsKitty</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4968516" class="dsq-comment-message">Happy New Year!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4966377">Sepia</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4966377" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>e) Dem Aide: Obama Team Pushed To Seat Burris<br><br>The apparent decision to seat Roland Burris came after aides to President-elect Barack Obama contacted senior Senate Democrats and suggested that they reverse course and accept Gov. Rod Blagojevich\'s controversial appointment, according to a senior Dem congressional aide.<br><br>Just minutes after the decision to seat Burris was reported, Obama offered the veteran Illinois pol praise and promised a working relationship.<br><br>"That is a Senate matter," he said of the news. "But I know Roland Burris, obviously he is from my home state. He is a fine public servant, if he gets seated then I am going to work with Roland Burris like all other senators to make sure that the people if Illinois and the people across the country are served."<br><br>Confusion remains as to what will happen with Burris. While reports signaled his imminent seating, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the AP report was "wrong," and that "there have been no decisions." </i><br><br>I  guess you really do work for PEO, Harry Reid. *snicker*</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4966509">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4966509" class="dsq-comment-message">Sepia:   <b>GREAT ANALYSIS!!</b>  :&gt;)    <br><br>CO-SIGN!!     :&gt;)     :&gt;)    They cain\'t fool YOU!!   :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4968174">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4968174" class="dsq-comment-message">GreenLady,  Enough of the foolishness.  PEO had to correct the naughty little children and bring them in step with the plan.    <br><br>He pulled the rope before the idiots hung themselves!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4981986">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4981986" class="dsq-comment-message">spirit:  Nice concept!!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4966695">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4966695" class="dsq-comment-message">Priceless.....simply....priceless</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4965717">Miranda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4965717" class="dsq-comment-message">Surely this will be on Olbermann\'s Worst Persons countdown tonight:<br><br>TOLEDO, Ohio – Joe The Plumber is putting down his wrenches and picking up a reporter\'s notebook.<br><br>The Ohio man who became a household name during the presidential campaign says he is heading to Israel as a war correspondent for the conservative Web site <a href="http://pjtv.com" rel="nofollow">pjtv.com</a>.<br><br>Samuel J. Wurzelbacher (WUR\'-zuhl-bah-kur) says he\'ll spend 10 days covering the fighting.<br><br>He tells WNWO-TV in Toledo that he wants to let Israel\'s "\'Average Joes\' share their story."<br><br>Wurzelbacher gained attention during the final weeks of the campaign when he asked Barack Obama about his tax plan.<br><br>He later joined Republican John McCain on the campaign trail. At one stop, he agreed with a McCain supporter who asked if he believed a vote for Obama was a vote for the death of Israel.<br>Information from: WNWO-TV, <a href="http://www.nbc24.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.nbc24.com/</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4966040" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4966040" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4966040">djchefron</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4966040" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4966040" class="dsq-comment-message">The dumbing down of America continues.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4966248" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4966248" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4966248">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4966248" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4966248" class="dsq-comment-message">dj:  MAJOR CO-SIGN!!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>Just coming to post:   He doesn\'t/didn\'t KNOW what ta do with either set of TOOLS!    :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4969603" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4969603" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4969603">Justice58</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4969603" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4969603" class="dsq-comment-message">Yep. As sure as ever!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4967299" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4967299" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4967299">RobM</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4967299" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4967299" class="dsq-comment-message">This is too easy. He is goig to Israel to throw a moneky wrech in the works</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4969747" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4969747" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4969747">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4969747" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4969747" class="dsq-comment-message">Just how far is this going to go with Joe the Plumber? Will the madness ever end?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4965695" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4965695" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4965695">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4965695" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4965695" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah: <b>BREAKING NEWS!</b>:<br><br>HEEEERE\'S Attorney Roland Burris:<br><br>1.  Told about telephone call from former President Carter B4 he went into the meeting with Reid.<br><br>2.  When we get these 2 matters out of the way - - 1. Testimony B4 Impeachment Comm. and 2.  Signature of "my good friend Jessie White", then the matter will move forward.<br><br>QUESTIONS: <br><br>1.  The INTEGRITY of the Senate must be kept.<br><br>2.  From Lynn Sweet:  I asked people to call the Gov\'s office to support my interest.  <b>There was no "PAY TO PLAY" \'cause I don\'t have any money!  :&gt;)    :&gt;)</b><br><br>3. 2010 run?:  Let me get my Senate legs under me.  Annnnnd, find out where the bathrooms are.   :&gt;)       :&gt;)      :&gt;)<br><br>Aftermath:  One commentator said:  <b>THEY [the Senate] should have left themselves some "WIGGLE ROOM!"</b><br><br>Chucky T!!   ****Saaaaaa-lap!!****    :&gt;)    :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4965761" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4965761" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4965761">Against Race Politics</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4965761" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4965761" class="dsq-comment-message">well well!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4966213" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4966213" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4966213">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4966213" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4966213" class="dsq-comment-message">Against Race Politics:   At least SOME people recognize the WISDOM of leaving oneself some "WIGGLE ROOM!"<br><br>What??  HE should BOX himself into a corner to please Chucky T!??<br><br>NO WAY!    NO HOW!    NO CORNER!!  for Mr. President-Elect Obama!!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4966726" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4966726" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4966726">Against Race Politics</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4966726" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4966726" class="dsq-comment-message">NO ONE PUTS BABY IN A CORNER! No wait that was Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing!<br><br>OK No corner for PE Obama! :-)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4966878" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4966878" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4966878">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4966878" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4966878" class="dsq-comment-message">Against Race Politics:   LOL!   :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4967437" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4967437" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4967437">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4967437" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4967437" class="dsq-comment-message">I love that movie! I love when Direct TV runs it every once in a while.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4967518" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4967518" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4967518">Against Race Politics</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4967518" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4967518" class="dsq-comment-message">I was hoping I wasn\'t the only one that would get that! :-)<br><br>I\'m just waiting for a chance to say WAY TO GO PAULA from An Officer and A Gentleman! :-)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4967839" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4967839" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4967839">spirit_55z</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4967839" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4967839" class="dsq-comment-message">ARP,  love the reference to the movie. DD.  My daughters can recite that script verbatim!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4967782" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4967782" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4967782">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4967782" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4967782" class="dsq-comment-message">What has happened to Chuck Todd?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4969120" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4969120" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4969120">Admiral_Komack</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4969120" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4969120" class="dsq-comment-message">Gone over to the Dark Side, he has!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4970070" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4970070" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4970070">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4970070" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4970070" class="dsq-comment-message">Justice58:  He was GIVEN a TITLE annnnnnd he thought that that MADE him a creditable/qualified REPORTER/COMMENTATOR!<br><br>He DIDN\'T GET that he had ta have SKILLS!!  :&gt;)  ***shakin\' my head***  Whew!!<br><br>I\'m just sayin\'  . . . . . .</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4970357" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4970357" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4970357">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4970357" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4970357" class="dsq-comment-message">I liked Chuck Todd during the primaries because he laid it down. But now it seems just as Admiral stated....he\'s gone to the dark side.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4981970" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4981970" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4981970">GreenLadyHere</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4981970" class="dsq-comment-message">Justice58:  YEP!   Annnnnd, I\'m believin\' that he NOW thinks he\'s "ALL THAT"  and a "bag of chips" with "hot sauce!"  :&gt;)    :&gt;)<br><br>BUT the P-EO shut him down!! YES HE DID!!  :&gt;)   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4969048" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4969048" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4969048">Admiral_Komack</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4969048" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4969048" class="dsq-comment-message">"3. 2010 run?: Let me get my Senate legs under me. Annnnnd, find out where the bathrooms are. :&gt;) :&gt;) :&gt;)"<br><br>Larry Craig will be happy to see you; if he reaches under your stall, it is NOT a Senatorial dap, OK?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4969555" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4969555" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4969555">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4969555" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4969555" class="dsq-comment-message">lol</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4970024" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4970024" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4970024">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4970024" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4970024" class="dsq-comment-message">Admiral:   LOL!     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4970377" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4970377" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4970377">Against Race Politics</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4970377" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4970377" class="dsq-comment-message">it is NOT a Senatorial dap, OK?<br><br>But Imma have to give you some virtual dap on that one!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4966114" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4966114" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4966114">djchefron</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4966114" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4966114" class="dsq-comment-message">How petty can George and Laura get?<br>Bush\'s Blair House Debacle, ONE MORE Lie for Bush.....<br><a href="http://watergatesummer.blogspot.com/2009/01/bushs-blair-house-debacle-one-more-lie.html" rel="nofollow">http://watergatesummer.blogspot.com/2009/01/bus...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4966279" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4966279" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4966279" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4966279" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4966279" class="dsq-comment-message"><a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/07/mccain-to-launch-new-pac/" rel="nofollow">McCain to launch new PAC</A><br><br>Called "Country First," but primarily for fundraising for his re-election in \'10.<br><br>Watching Free Republic flip out over this is hilarious.</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4966414" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4966414" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4966414">djchefron</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4966414" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4966414" class="dsq-comment-message">D even though in the past I went over the line I really respect and enjoy our debates I had with you.Please tell me what do Republicans stand for?Is going more right wing and batsh@t crazy really their game plan?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4966525" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4966525" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4966525" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4966525" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s coming down to the Palinites vs. the Republicans with common sense.<br><br>The Palinites want to throw out all the "RINOs" and moderates and get back to hardcore conservatism....not realizing that since the country has a degree of center-rightness about itself, that puts them on the fringe.<br><br>Those of us Republicans/conservatives who have sense are trying to find the way to maintain our conservatism while not taking it to extremes.<br><br>A lot is going to be cleared up later in the month when the new RNC chairman is picked. That\'ll give the direction of the party, and give anyone who isn\'t completely down a chance to opt out early.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4966844" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4966844">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4966844" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4966844" class="dsq-comment-message">D:    <i>It\'s coming down to the Palinites vs. the Republicans with common sense.</i><br><br>RAOTFL!!   :&gt;)      :&gt;)    2 FUNNY!!!   :&gt;)  :&gt;)<br><br>Annnnnnd, thank you for this UPDATE!  Really!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4967301" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4967301" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4967301">Against Race Politics</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4967301" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4967301" class="dsq-comment-message">That\'s why I told him earlier you just can\'t be mad with a man with good sense. An idiot on the other hand.....</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4967098" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4967098" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4967098">RobM</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4967098" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4967098" class="dsq-comment-message">I so feel for you. I took a look at these guys seriously in the 80\'s. They could never get by their smug we so look down on everyone and  it was clear they would play  white against black in a heartbeat(undoubtedly the legacy of the Southern Strategy).  This isn\'t an endorsement of Democrats on the race issue either. so I have always voted and registered as an independent; It is the only way to go.<br>Try not to get to tied up over foreign  and military policy(even now we can\'t stop PIRATES??!!). This is still a capitalist society and economy. The Democrats just have a little Marxist thinking when it comes to heavy industry.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4973643" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4973643" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4973643" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4973643" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4973643" class="dsq-comment-message">The only way true bipartisanship can be achieved is for the Republicans with Common Sense to meet up with the Democrats with equal common sense.<br><br>That means we leave out Reid, Pelosi and Lieberman (Lieberman y\'all can have BTW) and you leave out McConnell,  Hatch, and the other whackjobs,( even though Inohofe is borderline certifiable)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4974031" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4974031" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4974031" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4974031" class="dsq-comment-message">Keep Reid, only because I like McConnell. <br><br>Can I have Burris, since y\'all don\'t really seem to want him?<br><br>And, for God\'s sake, drop Murtha and the ENTIRE CBC. Figure out what you want in trade.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5002569" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5002569" href="http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CPL</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5002569" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5002569" class="dsq-comment-message">We don\'t want Reid, and barely want to hang on to Pelosi. <br><br>Murtha ain\'t going anywhere until the troops come home and the cesspool known as Walter Reed Hospital is reformed and cleaned up to where a hospital taking care of wounded vets should be.<br><br>We keeping Burris, no matter what Hard-Time Harry says - no one\'s listening to him.<br><br>And we\'ll PAY hard cash to get rid of the CBC, save for Barbara Lee, Bobby Scott (sorry, I know you don\'t like him, but WE do), Jesse, Jr., Donna Edwards, Keith Ellison, Maxine Waters, John Conyers, John Lewis and Gentleman Jim Clyburn.<br><br>The rest we can trade for baseball field chalk dust and shyt on a stick.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5002987" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5002987" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-5002987" href="http://dillarddoctrine.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">D.</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5002987" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5002987" class="dsq-comment-message">You want to keep the ones I want to get rid of...lol</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4966527" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4966527" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4966527" href="http://blog.evavegadiversity.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">evita</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4966527" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4966527" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'d be interested in seeing who he recruits... Is it safe to say, that Sarah Palin is not on the roster even though she\'s so mavericky?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4966579" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4966579" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4966579">Against Race Politics</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4966579" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4966579" class="dsq-comment-message">Winks &gt;&gt;</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4966790" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4966790" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4966790">Admiral_Komack</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4966790" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4966790" class="dsq-comment-message">You betcha!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4966934" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4966934" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4966934">Against Race Politics</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4966934" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4966934" class="dsq-comment-message">OK I know it\'s old and I should be tired of saying it BUT since I\'m not.......<br><br>SAY IT AINT SO JOE!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4967400" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4967400" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4967400">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4967400" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4967400" class="dsq-comment-message">evita:   SAFE!!!   :&gt;)    :)   ***WINK***     :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4967980" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4967980" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4967980">spirit_55z</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4967980" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4967980" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama:  I\'ll see you Sanjay Gupta!<br><br>McCain:  I\'ll raise you Bobby Jindal!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4966335" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4966335" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4966335">djchefron</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4966335" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4966335" class="dsq-comment-message">Republicans should really go into late night comedy<br> Arlen Specter Attacks Choice for Attorney General <br><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/us/politics/07holder.html?_r=2" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/us/politics/0...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4966387" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4966387" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4966387">Denise</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4966387" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4966387" class="dsq-comment-message">That was a powerful photo-op at today\'s White House lunch with the former PsOTUS.<br><br>Too bad SNL pulled the TV Funhouse  "X-Presidents" skits  from the<i>  internets </i>   <br>They are hilarious!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4966517" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4966517" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4966517">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4966517" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4966517" class="dsq-comment-message">watching MSNBC - A Black General being chosen to head NASA?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4966754" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4966754" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4966754">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4966754" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4966754" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:   YAAAAAAAA!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4971724" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4971724" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4971724" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4971724" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4971724" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4966736" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4966736" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4966736">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4966736" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4966736" class="dsq-comment-message">rikyrah:  <b>BREAKING NEWS!</b>  MSNBC:  11:39 am<br><br>Illinois Attorney General SAYS that there is NO MANDATE that the SOS sign the certification paperwork.  Only a RECOMMENDATION!<br><br>They KNEW!!  Just "PLAYIN\' GAMES!" [back to my other post:  "Oh the GAMES PEOPLE PLAY!!"<br><br>WHEW!!!   geez!!!  **shakin\' my head!!***</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4966907" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4966907" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4966907">Against Race Politics</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4966907" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4966907" class="dsq-comment-message">So they let this circus play out for NOTHING! What a bad chess game! How embarrassing?! Too bad "taint" isn\'t legal otherwise they would all be LEGALLY tainted!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4967227" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4967227" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4967227">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4967227" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4967227" class="dsq-comment-message">Co-Sign!</div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4967382" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4967382" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4967382">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4967382" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4967382" class="dsq-comment-message">Against Race Politics:   Co-sign!!   :&gt;)</div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4967481">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4967481" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4967481" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4967481">Against Race Politics</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4967481" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4967481" class="dsq-comment-message">If yo uask me the whole "taint" issue was simply spin used for anyone who would buy into it since they couldn\'t bluff Blago. You can\'t bluff a gansta! And Blago is straight gansta! As another poster said yesterday you can\'t give a gangsta a loaded gun and expect them not to use it! And As Roland Martin said today they had the opportunity to strip his authority to make the decision but oh nooooooo they chose to double dog dare him!!! How you gone double dog dare a gansta?! Blago is HOOD!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4967563">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4967563" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4967563" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4967563">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4967563" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4967563" class="dsq-comment-message">ARP,<br><br>LOL!<br><br>You\'re killing me but sho you\'re right!</div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4969840" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4969840" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4969840">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4969840" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4969840" class="dsq-comment-message">Co-sign ARP!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4966926" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4966926" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4966926">RobM</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4966926" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4966926" class="dsq-comment-message">Whom unfortunately looks the worse in all this? I wonder if Harry Reid will take a bullet for him.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4967363" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4967363" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4967363">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4967363" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4967363" class="dsq-comment-message">Robert M:   Hmmmmm!   GOOD QUESTION!!  Time/event will tell!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4967192">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4967192" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4967192" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4967192">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4967192" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4967192" class="dsq-comment-message">GreenLady,<br><br>That\'s exactly what I posted this morning when I first heard the news. They knew. Just playing #-ing games. <b>Harry Reid need to go.</b></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4967345" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4967345" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4967345">GreenLadyHere</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4967345" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4967345" class="dsq-comment-message">Justice58:  CO-sign!!   :&gt;)     :&gt;)<br><br>I looked up those songs to MATCH your post!!   :&gt;)      :&gt;)  VIRTUAL "DAP"!!!   :&gt;)</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4969821">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4969821" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4969821" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4969821">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4969821" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4969821" class="dsq-comment-message">Isn\'t it wonderful, how Burris called their bluff?<br><br>hot diggity...you go Burris!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4970142">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4970142" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4970142" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4970142">Justice58</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4970142" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4970142" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes. People were moved by the scene of Burris standing in the rain speaking of being turned away from the senate. That looked too much like the 60\'s.<br><br>Harry Reid made himself look terrible, so now he backs down from his adamant talk</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4966804">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4966804" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4966804" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4966804">Admiral_Komack</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4966804" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4966804" class="dsq-comment-message">The RNC Debate: Too Hot For C-Span?<br>By Eric Kleefeld - January 7, 2009, 1:02PM<br>The candidates for Republican National Committee chair have been talking about how to effectively campaign in the era of YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. But it looks like they\'re having problems with technology that first became widespread back when Eisenhower was president.<br><br>A C-Span staffer has informed us that the RNC voted to close today\'s meeting, which is being held as a forum for the leadership candidates, and eject the cameramen and press so it won\'t be carried on TV or elsewhere.<br><br>The Republican National Committee members obviously want to hear some Frank discussion of the issues and the state of their party -- so much that they don\'t want the public hearing what\'s said.<br><br><a href="http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/01/the_rnc_debate_too_hot_for_c-span.php" rel="nofollow">http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4967735" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4967735" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4967735">djchefron</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4967735" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4967735" class="dsq-comment-message">I guess they didn\'t want people to hear when the racist talk starts.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4966917" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4966917" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4966917" href="http://www.thebottomofheaven.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">claudia_m</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4966917" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4966917" class="dsq-comment-message">Hey, I just tried to vote for the 2008 weblog awards and realized that I only recognized a small handful of blogs. I guess I\'m not as up on what\'s out there as I thought? Are these awards based on user nominations or some kind of stats?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4966999">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4966999" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4966999" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4966999">Against Race Politics</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4966999" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4966999" class="dsq-comment-message">"Deal with it Burris is Senator" ROLAND MARTIN!<br><br><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/07/martin.burris/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/07/martin.b...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4967558" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4967558" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4967558">rikyrah</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4967558" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4967558" class="dsq-comment-message">AFTERNOON THREAD IS UP</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4967813" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4967813" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4967813">Miranda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4967813" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4967813" class="dsq-comment-message">Games People Play......what a jacked up political world we live in:<br><br>WASHINGTON — A conservative watchdog group has sued the Senate for refusing to immediately seat Roland Burris as the new senator from Illinois.<br><br>The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in federal court in Washington on behalf of an Illinois resident. The suit was filed by Judicial Watch, whose lawyers say the Senate\'s refusal to seat Burris is unconstitutional.<br><br>Burris was appointed by Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (blah-GOY\'-uh-vich) to the Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.<br><br>Senate Democrats and Obama have said anyone appointed by Blagojevich, who is embroiled in a corruption investigation, would be tainted and should not be allowed to represent Illinois.<br><br>The Senate on Tuesday refused to swear Burris in with the rest of the new senators. But Burris said Wednesday he should be able to join the Senate soon.<br><a href="http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/congress/37220099.html?elr=KArks:DCiUMEaPc:UiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU" rel="nofollow">http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/co...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4967933" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4967933" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4967933">.</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4967933" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4967933" class="dsq-comment-message">..</div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-4969802">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4969802" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4969802" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4969802">whiterosebuddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4969802" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4969802" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree with this Judicial watchdog group. The US Senate is violating the very Constitution they were sworn to uphold by not seating Burris. Burris is qualified under the US Constitution and his appointment was legal.<br><br>Good for the Judicial Watchdog group and the Il citizen that filed.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4970294" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4970294" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-4970294">Against Race Politics</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4970294" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4970294" class="dsq-comment-message">It would not have come to this if Reid had\'nt let it turn into a circus. I guess he will think twice before he tries to bluff a true gansta again!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-4970033" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-4970033" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-4970033" href="http://craighickman.blogspot.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">CraigHickman</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-4970033" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-4970033" class="dsq-comment-message">Why is Lynn Sweet on my TV making sense? Just when you think things can\'t get any stranger, Miss Entitled gets religion.</div>\
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	}
	Dsq.$(Dsq.curPageId).innerHTML = Dsq.$(Dsq.curPageId).innerHTML.replace(Dsq.COMMENTS_RE, Dsq.CommentsHandler);
}); // Dsq.Debug.Profile

// HACK: Resetting cache because we're done with.
Dsq.Utils.gebiFromElementCollectionCache = null;


	
	
	var dsq_styleEl = document.getElementById(disqus_container_id);
	var dsq_anchorEl = document.getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
	
	Dsq.Thread.fc = Dsq.Utils.getStyle(dsq_styleEl, 'color');
	if(dsq_anchorEl) { Dsq.Thread.ac = Dsq.Utils.getStyle(dsq_anchorEl, 'color'); }
	Dsq.Thread.ff = Dsq.Utils.getStyle(dsq_styleEl, (Dsq.Utils.ie || window.opera ? 'fontFamily' : 'font-family'));
	// For Safari / Opera: strip quotes.
	Dsq.Thread.ff = Dsq.Thread.ff.replace(/['"]/g, '');
	Dsq.Thread.fc = encodeURIComponent(Dsq.Thread.fc);
	Dsq.Thread.ac = encodeURIComponent(Dsq.Thread.ac);
	Dsq.Thread.ff = encodeURIComponent(Dsq.Thread.ff);

	
	
	
	if(Dsq.$(Dsq.Templates.addPostContainer)) {
		// TODO: Check to see if theme uses postmessage.
		if (window.disqus_use_postmessage) {
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(Dsq.$(Dsq.Templates.textareaContainer));
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].init(function() {
				// Use fallback iframe
				Dsq.$(Dsq.Templates.addPostContainer).innerHTML = '';
				var theme = (typeof disqus_frame_theme == 'undefined') ? 'default' : disqus_frame_theme;
				Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(Dsq.$(Dsq.Templates.addPostContainer), null, {theme: theme});
				// if(Dsq.Utils.ie) { Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(); }
			});
		} else {
			// DEPRECATED
			Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-post-add'));
		}
	}

	
	

	
	if(document.location.hash != '') {
		document.location.hash = document.location.hash.substring(1);
	}

	Dsq.Popup.showCookieMsgs();

	
	if(document.location.search != '' && location.hash != '#disqus_thread') {
		var reply_id = Dsq.Utils.getRequestParams().dsq;
		if(reply_id) { document.location.hash = 'comment-' + reply_id; }
	}

	
	if((typeof OB_Script != 'undefined') && (typeof OB_versionNum != 'undefined')) {
		if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Firefox") != -1) {
			if(window.frames['dsq-reply-frame']) {
				window.frames['dsq-reply-frame'].location = Dsq.Urls.REPLY + (new Date()).getTime() + '&f=jackandjillpolitics&t=wednesday_open_thread_39&to_redirect=' + encodeURIComponent(window.location) + '&ifrs=' + encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css);
			}
		}
	}

	if (Dsq.jsonData.integration.theme == 4) {
		if (Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			Dsq.Realtime.initialize();
		}
	}

	



	window.ExecuteWhen = (function () {
	var obj = {}
	
	// Private
	var running = false;
	var timer = null;
	var pending = [];
	var startTimer = function() {
		running = true;
		timer = setInterval(obj.heartBeat, 100);
	};
	var stopTimer = function() {
		running = false;
		clearInterval(timer);
	};
	
	// Public
	obj.add = function (condition, code) {
		pending.push([condition,code]);
		this.heartBeat(); //!
		if (!running) {
			startTimer();
		}
	};
	obj.heartBeat = function() {
		if (!pending.length) {
			stopTimer();
		}
		var newPending = [];
		for (var i=0; i<pending.length; i++) {
			var cond = pending[i][0];
			var code = pending[i][1];
			// FIXME: if cond or code throw an error, they never get removed from pending
			if (cond()){
				code();
			}
			else {
				newPending.push([cond, code]);
			}
		}
		pending = newPending;
	};
	return obj;
})();

// also used in embed_thread.js:
window.fbIsReady = function () {return window.FB && FB.init;};
// NOTE: This script gets executed again without threadEl
//       set when we are loaded again as the fbc_receiver.
//       In this case, we don't need the hidden container.

if(!window.FB || !FB.init) {
	if(window.Dsq && Dsq.container) {
		// container is not present when init.js is loaded from an xd-receiver iframe; in this case,
		// we don't need the FB_HiddenContainer anyway.
		var fbDiv = document.createElement('div');
		fbDiv.id = "FB_HiddenContainer";	// Required or else FeatureLoader will execute a document.write.
		fbDiv.style.position = 'absolute';	// This is intentionally not setting display to none as this breaks
		fbDiv.style.top = '-10000px';		// Flash in Safari.
		fbDiv.style.left = '-10000px';
		fbDiv.style.width = '0px';
		fbDiv.style.height = '0px';
		Dsq.container.appendChild(fbDiv);
	}
	var fbJS = document.createElement('script');
	fbJS.type = "text/javascript";
	fbJS.src = "http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php";
	document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(fbJS);

	ExecuteWhen.add(window.fbIsReady,
		function () {
			// HACK: This is a workaround FBC's single domain limitation by
			//		 allowing sites to create multiple forums with different
			//		 Facebook API keys.  This must be used in conjunction with
			//		 disqus_facebook_forum (see authenticateFacebook).
			var facebook_api_key = 'bd6a8bc56f8eb204984f34b6fefe228d';
			if (typeof disqus_facebook_api_key != 'undefined') {
				facebook_api_key = disqus_facebook_api_key;
			}

			FB.init(facebook_api_key, window.facebookXdReceiverPath || null,
				{fetchSignedPublicSessionData: true});
		});
}


	


if(typeof(disqus_callback) == 'function') {
	var callback_params = Dsq.Utils.getRequestParams()['dsq_cbp'] || null;

	// We don't care about any errors in third-party code
	try {
		disqus_callback(callback_params);
	} catch (x) {
		if (typeof(console) != 'undefined' && typeof(console.log) == 'function') {
			// But it would be nice to let developers know about them
			console.log(x);
		}
		// pass
	}

	// HACK: We don't know if the callback wraps our container, which may
	// possibly result in a new DOM element.
	Dsq.container = document.getElementById('dsq-content');
}

})();




