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If the Kenyan BC is real - why now?  Why did it not come forward 9 months or a year ago - before Obama was seated as President?. Also - the folds in the document are interesting.  Is this how the Kenyan Records office stores documents?<br><br>  What I find most incredulous about Birthers is that they believe that FBI and Secret Service/Homeland Security would allow someone who was not a US citizen to be privy to the nations most guarded secrets and policy.  If there were ANY doubt about where Mr. Obama was born - I can believe with 100% certainty that someone in Homeland Security checked him out long before the election came.<br><br>  From what I have seen on many blog boards, there is an obvious racial hatred attached to most of this issue, which suggests to me that this whole issue is really the best and only shot that the white race haters (I refuse to call them supremacists) have of prying Mr. Obama out of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.<br><br>  The part that makes me laugh hard is how Phillip Berg Esquire -- DEMOCRAT- Ambulance chasing conspiracy nut exploiter is getting fantastically rich off this issue - as he tried to do with the 9/11 lawsuits.  I wish I had spotted this ripe fat flock of pigeons to fleece. <br><br>Urban Myth is right - there is no proof of any kind that will ever silence these morons", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-03_20:23:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "current_path", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "14533512": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"Somewhere in Keyna, a village is missing it's idiot!\"<br><br>How come all the Libtards didn't complain when John McCain had to prove his eligibility in public?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-09_22:50:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "franknowzad", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "3 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}, "18504202": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": ".... yawn ....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-10-04_13:57:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "MilliJoolz", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "2 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}, "13873809": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Does that mean Obama won't be counting on your vote?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-04_06:43:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "franknowzad", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13838938, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "17735187": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I guess they all ran out of name calling?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-09-28_15:10:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "kwiley9711", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "2 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}, "14560404": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Chief Justice Roberts is the only one who flubbed the Oath.  Nice try, frank.  You just keep doing your bit to stir the pot and season it with nonsensical, easily disproven lies.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-10_05:31:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "stephenperry", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "3 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 14510517, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "14694293": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well stated, Bob.  Thanks for posting.  I totally agree.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-11_23:15:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "stephenperry", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "3 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 14516118, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "14516118": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Okay, now I have to comment.  Maj. Cook is little more than a civilian playing at Army if he thinks it is appropriate to volunteer for hazardous duty, then refuse the duty he volunteered for if his CIC doesn't do a quick soft shoe for him like a \"good ole boy.\"   This puke is a coward of the first order, and thankfully military circles frown on this sort of gamesmanship, and Cook's military \"career\" is effectively over (I would LOVE to be a fly on the wall during his annual performance review).<br><br>As to the \"birthers,\" I have a theory about this.  I am now a high school teacher, and there is a class of parent that stand around on the balls of their feet, waiting for the slightest wrinkle in their kid's educational experience, just waiting for a teacher or administrator, whether intentionally or accidentally, real or imagined, to step out of line.  At this point the parent swoops in, threatening lawsuits if they don't get an apology from the teacher (sometimes even when the child is at fault), rubbing their hands like hungry misers over the potential settlement money.  See, the reality is, they care nothing for their child's education.  These parents NEVER come to conference night.   No, they just have no power in their own lives, and need to imperiously demand things from people, things they are not due, and THAT is what is happening here:  A COON is in the Whitehouse?  How dare he/they?  Well, we'll see about that!   We'll make everyone think he's NOT EVEN AMERICAN!   And the thing is, a President of this country can't even THINK about giving into the demands of these lunatics, thereby setting a precedent for future \"step and fetchit\" moments.  <br><br>Do you see how unhinged that sounds?  Oh, and I'll stack my service up against anyone else's here, anytime.<br><br>Bob Birdsong<br>23rd Inf Regt<br>1984-90", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-09_12:13:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "tomafreakinhawk", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "3 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 14007213, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "19651992": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks Captainsteve, that tells it all.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-10-09_03:32:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "kwiley9711", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 month 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}, "14697499": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Open letter to the birther nuts<br>Dear dumbasses<br>If Obama isn't a citizen then the CIA, Bush Jr, Bush Sr, and John McCain are all in on the conspiracy. Think about that. Why don't you wing nuts find something better to do like shoot up an abortion clinic or buy another gun. Just to show you I am not a chickenshit like you birther wing nuts I will leave my email and name.<br><br>TJ Bogert -Texas    email <a href=\"mailto:cc7bogert@yahoo.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">cc7bogert@yahoo.com</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-12_00:33:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "tracyjbogert", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "3 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}, "14997150": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "McCain was born in Panama, a US colony in all but name back then. And his eligibility was checked. In public and very thoroughly. Now how about Obama upholding the Constitution and getting his eligibilty proven? Seems fair to me.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-18_01:02:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "franknowzad", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "3 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 14611395, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "14694175": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Damn.  I was hoping you were black.<br><br>That way we'd have two things in common.<br><br>Neither of us is a sore-loser racist, either.  So we just have to stick with that one thing.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-11_23:10:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "stephenperry", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "3 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 14611395, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13873825": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Just release the Bith Certificate. That's all that anyone has asked for. Just like John \"war hero\" McCain had to.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-04_06:45:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "franknowzad", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13857285, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "14694339": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Frank.  We know you're a small-minded juvenile Brit with no shame, no friends, and no critical thinking skills.  You don't have to call yourself a Pygmy child.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-11_23:16:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "stephenperry", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "3 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 14510379, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "17734949": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Where is hog?  He use to babysit this site?  Loose hope?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-09-28_15:04:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "kwiley9711", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "2 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}, "24042535": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He HAS provided his birth certificate.  The same one he would provide if it were the law.  What's the PROBLEM?  Birthers can't read?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-11-25_09:48:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "ed4905212ce4f3cae2a9ec21e9af87c1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 week 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}, "14393386": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "No matter how many times you lie, it's still a lie.<br><br>National Review Online:<br><br>\"The fundamental fiction is that Obama has refused to release his \u201creal\u201d birth certificate. This is untrue. The document that Obama has made available is the document that Hawaiian authorities issue when they are asked for a birth certificate. There is no secondary document cloaked in darkness, only the state records that are used to generate birth certificates when they are requested.<br><br>If one applies for a United States passport, the passport office will demand a birth certificate. It defines this as an official document bearing \u201cyour full name, the full name of your parent(s), date and place of birth, sex, date the birth record was filed, and the seal or other certification of the official custodian of such records.\u201d The Hawaiian birth certificate President Obama has produced\u2014the document is formally known as a \u201ccertificate of live birth\u201d\u2014bears that information. It has been inspected by reporters, and several state officials have confirmed that the information in permanent state records is identical to that on the president\u2019s birth certificate\u2014which is precisely what one expects, of course, since the state records are used to generate those documents when they are requested. In other words, what President Obama has produced is the \u201creal\u201d birth certificate of myth and lore.\"<br><br><a href=\"http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZTRjMTFhMzQxYmEzNjA2YWIwOTU4YWVjNzRmODE2NTI=\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZTRjMTFhMz...</a><br><br>What the fuck is wrong with you?  WHY do you come here and post asinine lies, carrwatt?  You need to get a friend.  Pathetic jackass.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-06_16:58:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "stephenperry", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 14355707, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "14510379": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "When compared to your proud record of military service and professionialism? Pygmy child.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-09_04:08:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "franknowzad", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "3 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 14007213, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "14007213": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Major Cook is a coward and a traitor. Period.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-05_18:39:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "jgranger", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "14524078": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The ex-Marxist Trozkyites who control the Neoconservative movement who are the masters of the modern GOP(since Gingrich in 94 understand very well how to use base propaganda to ingnite the mostly fundementilist religious/prejudice types types who are now there core voters.This 'Birther'Movement is there manipulation.Dr.Taitz,,a duel American-Isreali citezen is close to them,and the Isreali Lobby.Bush 2 a fundementilist religious crazy, gave Isreal carte-blanche to cause mayhem in the Middle East,Obama has NOT! The Isreali governmet is bhind Dr.Taitz's fraud to try to destabilize or even get rid of the President!(Biden has always been in there pocket-See AIPAC).Plus the GOP has NOTHING positive for an agenda.Who Dr.Taitz is,and where she fled(Isreal has no extradition treaty with the U/S, says it all..", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-09_16:51:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "danteardenz", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "3 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}, "14560392": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Liberals supported Obama and Clinton, who pushed for the Act of Congress declaring McCain eligible.  <br><br>They, and we, realized that it was a silly way to try to win an election.  We know McCain is American.  We just didn't think the man should be President.  And, it turns out, we were right.<br><br>Just like we're right about the birther thing being the best thing we could hope for in terms of free advertising for liberal causes and Democratic candidates.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-10_05:29:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "stephenperry", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "3 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 14533512, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "14468872": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Some food for thought concerning the notion that all the officials who have confirmed the COLB's authenticity are \"corrupt\" and \"in on the conspiracy....\"<br><br>If we assume the birthers are correct, then government officials in any or perhaps all of the following places are in on the conspiracy to hide President Obama's true birthplace:<br><br>Hawai'i, Kenya, California, Massachusetts, Illinois, and Washington, D.C.<br><br>These co-conspirators are a heterogeneous mix of people from different political parties and socioeconomic strata.<br><br>You have the Republican Governor of Hawai'i, Linda Lingle. You've got Kenyan goat-herders sitting around Sarah Obama and \"Bishop\" Ron McRae. And everyone in between.<br><br>There is an obvious flaw in the logic supporting the birthers' \"corrupt officials\" argument.<br><br>It goes back to the heterogeneity of the population of co-conspirators.<br><br>Take Linda Lingle, for example. She is the Governor. She has a staff. Some of them have access to her conversations, writings, and meetings. Some of them have to be in on it, as well. Those people, who signed up to work for a Republican Governor, probably don't have lust for Obama in their hearts.<br><br>One of them, by now, would have reached out to someone in the media, perhaps even by anonymously leaking it, with the information necessary to prove the conspiracy exists and Obama was really born on foreign soil.<br><br>You wouldn't even have to give away the full answer. Just a hint. Believe me, the right wing would follow the trail to the bitter end, like the dhole chasing Mowgli to the Bee-People.<br><br>But you could make MILLIONS for yourself and be a hero to racist white people all throughout the country, if you just slipped a copy of a document proving there's a conspiracy afoot into your briefcase as you're locking up the office one Thursday evening. No one would know it was you. And if they did? So what! You've got millions of dollars and hundreds of 2nd Amendment loving patriots willing to provide you free personal security around the clock.<br><br>Take the Kenyan goat herders. Sarah Obama didn't say she saw Obama being born. Or did she? There were other people in that village. Surely some are as old as she is. Is it not possible that one of those older people would also remember having been present at the birth of the world's most famous black man?<br><br>Can one of those people not be coaxed into sitting down in some courtroom and saying a few words? Failing that, are they impervious to offers of compensation to tell their story to Sean Hannity? Do they not have dire and urgent need of everything from clean water to Turkish bath towels to food that didn't grow in sand to a house that is somewhere besides this GOD AWFUL FUCKING VILLAGE?<br><br>Is Sean Hannity not willing to pay $1,000,000 for this information? I guarantee you that Rupert Murdoch is. In fact, I bet you he'd sell you Sean Hannity for that information.<br><br>You can follow this out with the officials who know about his college records, or his law school records, or his law firm records, or his elective office records. Are NONE of those people in foreclosure right now? Are they all Democrats?<br><br>Do crabs sit atop one another contentedly in barrels now?<br><br>So it doesn't make sense. Too many cooks spoil the broth. Too many co-conspirators in too many political parties in too many continents with too many individualized desires and vulnerabilities spoils the conspiracy theory.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-08_05:25:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "stephenperry", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "3 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}, "17734836": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh by the way. 49 states did not clear obama. WOW! nana pig did make sure on paper work he was cleared, on two different documents, in Hawii. Oh my! Using the certificate of LIVE BIRTH.  The directer is now missing from the hospital after her huge retraction. Billions are going to Kenya. The kenya birth certificate is in court, and now opened for the discovery. LOL  No where to hide obama, oh wait, yes there is?  He can go back to his soil of birth. His people are still waiting for his return.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-09-28_15:01:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "kwiley9711", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "2 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}, "14510517": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The thing which strikes me about this issue is the sight of the political classes gathering round to protect Obama from the Great Unwashed. A lot of Americans have honest, genuine, doubt about the POTUS, yet they are ignored by the politicians and the media. In fact, any journalist trying to get to the truth is harrassed, or if threatened with losing his livelihood- eg Lou Dobbs.<br>But it should be so simple, Obama swore to uphold the Constitution of the US. Unless being too thick to make his oaths correctly prevents him, should'nt Obama be true to his oath. And prove his eligibility?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-09_04:23:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "franknowzad", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "3 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}, "14996918": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "But McCain DID get checked. That's the point. Obama is some weird \"Manchurian Candidate\" from the sewers of Chicago machine politics. But he wasn't checked, and now the political establishment is trying to hide something.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-18_00:51:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "franknowzad", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "3 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 14560392, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "20204476": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Panama was not a US Colony and even if it was a colony that does not Constitute what birther morons try to say is a natural born citizen. Natural Born Citizen has never been explained thoroughly in the Constitution or the Courts. The birther nutsacks have been losing case after care and are nothing more than a embarrassment to the Republican Party. This was just one of the reasons I stopped voting Republican a long time ago. They are moving far to the right wing for my taste. The GOP should be more insterested in solving problems and not kissing butts of lunatics.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-10-16_12:49:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "d5f3def81da36ef3d1e2bda8a1cae106", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 month ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 14997150, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "14021823": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Agreed.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-06_01:08:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "stephenperry", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 14007213, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13873856": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well, now that a very dodgy looking Keynan birth cert has been released onto the internet, will all the Obamaphiles now realise just how preposterous releasing the equally dodgy COLB was? Probably not, but you have to try and enlighten these people.<br>Maybe the birthers will get a couple of \"officials\" to affirm that they've seen the real McCoy?<br>Now only a real dumbwit would fall for that...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-04_06:48:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "franknowzad", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "14611395": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This is sheer craziness... what is wrong with all of these people...  I woild like to make one point, and that will be my one and only piece.  If it was McCain who had been put in office and was the one who was born in Honolulu, no one would be questioning anything right now.  <br>And because I know what alot of you are going to say......no, I am not black, ..", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-10_22:31:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "Asifa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "3 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}, "13874401": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The Kenyan birf sirtifikat has nothing in common with the COLB, frank.<br><br>Well, they're both printed on paper.<br><br>There's that.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-04_07:25:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "stephenperry", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13873856, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "20203981": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "WordPress Tells it all. WordPress is nothing more than free blog software that lets anyone throw up any crap they want. The cheap loony toon crowd use it all the time.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-10-16_12:40:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "d5f3def81da36ef3d1e2bda8a1cae106", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 month ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 18308478, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "14393300": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Lies within lies!<br><br>NO other President OR candidate for President has ever shown or been asked to show the public a birth certificate.<br><br>Obama DID show his personal information.  COLB is a birth certificate.  That is more than he needed to do.  Now shut up.<br><br>\"The fundamental fiction is that Obama has refused to release his \u201creal\u201d birth certificate. This is untrue. The document that Obama has made available is the document that Hawaiian authorities issue when they are asked for a birth certificate. There is no secondary document cloaked in darkness, only the state records that are used to generate birth certificates when they are requested.<br><br>If one applies for a United States passport, the passport office will demand a birth certificate. It defines this as an official document bearing \u201cyour full name, the full name of your parent(s), date and place of birth, sex, date the birth record was filed, and the seal or other certification of the official custodian of such records.\u201d The Hawaiian birth certificate President Obama has produced\u2014the document is formally known as a \u201ccertificate of live birth\u201d\u2014bears that information. It has been inspected by reporters, and several state officials have confirmed that the information in permanent state records is identical to that on the president\u2019s birth certificate\u2014which is precisely what one expects, of course, since the state records are used to generate those documents when they are requested. In other words, what President Obama has produced is the \u201creal\u201d birth certificate of myth and lore.\"<br><br><a href=\"http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZTRjMTFhMzQxYmEzNjA2YWIwOTU4YWVjNzRmODE2NTI=\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZTRjMTFhMz...</a>", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-06_16:56:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "stephenperry", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 14355580, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13864534": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hear, hear.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-03_23:47:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "stephenperry", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13857285, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13853399": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You \"regress?\"  Talk about your Freudian slips.  It's \"digress,\" doofus.<br><br>What do I like that he has done?<br><br>Well, for starters, he did something to make you write all that pathetic bullshit.<br><br>More to the point, he didn't do anything.  You just wrote all that because you're a pathetic bullshitter.<br><br>Care to tell us some more horror stories of what you've seen happen in this past year?  Obama has been President for six months.  We never tire of hearing about shit that Bush did wrong.  Surely you blame Bush, and not Obama, if indeed you blame the President, for what happened during 8 years of Bush's watch?  <br><br>No?  You'd rather blame the guy trying to turn the aircraft carrier around after warning us that it'd take 2 years...<br><br>than the one who drove it drunk to Iraq and took a picture of himself under the Mission Accomplished banner?  <br><br>Gee, that makes sense and is awfully fair of you.<br><br>Cry me a river.<br><br>Glad you understand that Obama is the President.<br><br>Beyond that your opinions are your own and you're entitled to them.<br><br>Except for that bullshit about Black Panthers at polling places.  Absolutely false.<br><br>The line for whiny infantile know-nothing ranting is already long.  Get in line behind franknowzad and naturalborn.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-03_18:20:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "stephenperry", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13838938, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "20211160": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Is that so?  Read about the fraud yourself then.<br><br>More proof of a coordinated Obama citizenship/background cover-up, and the Honolulu Advertiser newspaper is part of it.<br><br>For days I\u2019ve been posting the following news article where Tammy Duckworth, who claimed to know Obama well (and now on the payroll), says Obama was born in Indonesia.<br><br>The article states (14th paragraph),<br><br>\u201cBoth were born outside the country \u2014 Obama in Indonesia, Duckworth in Thailand \u2014 and graduated from high school in Honolulu \u2014 Punahou and McKinley, respectively.\u201d<br><br>The original article and quote can be seen here.<br><br><a href=\"http://74.6.239.67/search/cache?ei=UTF-8&p=Duckworth+working+to+win&fr=yfp-t-701&u=the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Jan/08/ln/FP601080334.html&w=duckworth+working+work+works+win+won&d=GM0H2929Tkdh&icp=1&.intl=us&sig=RBXQUMEsLQaizrysuDCulg\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://74.6.239.67/search/cache?ei=UTF-8&p=Duck...</a><br><br>But in the last day or so (Oct 16,2009) the Honolulu Advertiser scrubbed it clean. That quote has been removed. They sanitized article. The new sanitized cover-up version can be seen here.<br><br><a href=\"http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Jan/08/ln/FP601080334.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/...</a><br><br>How is it that our \u201chistory\u201d can be so easily re-written? I remember when we used to criticize the USSR for re-writing their history to suit their political desires. We are doing it in America NOW!!<br><br>People need to be screaming bloody murder.  Write to everybody you know.  Let them know we're not going to take this anymore!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-10-16_14:28:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "captainsteve", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 month ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 20203981, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13838938": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I don't care if he is from Mars.<br>O Bummer is nothing more than an ORGANIZER. One who is surrounded by thugs. Fom Chicago no less.<br>America under him is becoming the New Mexico, or worst yet, Venezuela. Poor and poorer and elites such as he.<br><br>Business and industry will no longer be viable in this Socialist Society created by this Communist Community Organizer.<br><br>Especially Small business. I have seen more small Mom and Pop businesses go bust in the past year then I have ever noticed ever.<br><br>How anyone can still stand in step in your full brown shirt attire is beyond comprehension to the average person possessing plain old Common sense.  Remove your blinders, open your eyes and minds if possible, and really see what is happening here in America. The World sees America today very Clearly, and China is warning us and this Organizer that this country is going to hell in a hand basket.<br>This Emperor has no clothes and you fools still follow..<br>Save your shit response about my typos .. you want to talk points. Talk points. But I could gave a damn how its spelled he is an ass and so are his ass followers.. <br><br>He bullied people in the primaries when  Hillary was winning. He cried racism when the Clintons were still garnering the Black Vote.<br>He won the primaries by flooding the  Caucus rooms with his minions and thugs.<br><br>Oh and maybe seeing as we can have Black Panthers with billy clubs paid workers at Polling places. Just asking, who knows, but does that mean white hoods and sheets carrying rope can work poll places too?  I mean if voter intimidation is good for the goose what about the gander?<br><br>I am from Connecticut where the torture and murder of Bobby Seal took place. <br>Black Panthers are militant in case you didn't know.<br>The Panthers equate to the same scum in sheets they  possess the same mentality. Hate and be hated.<br><br>But your dear leader uses the panthers at polling places.. wow A-con people look too timid and un-intimidating ?<br>Actually Obummer is a rather wimpy looking thing to begin with.. he probably dated all white chicks back in the 70's. Then on to politics and being black, for that ticket.<br><br>He is worst then Carter and he is a mulatto, and  possibly not even a Black American, at least not one with roots in this country who really rose beyond all his struggles.. He nor Michele struggled. <br>He backed out of transparency<br>He backed out on Public Funding<br>He actually got a pass on being audited for all those fraud charges being used to fund his campaign.<br><br>The list goes on.<br>Presidente of the Census<br>Presidente of the auto industry <br>Presidente of the banks<br>Presidente of the insurer AIG, on and on.. yep he is a Communist Community Organizer.<br>Presidente of Service to AMERICA <br>One website for a few million. Can't any of his freaks,  maybe one of you reading this with free time  VOLUNTEER for America and do the website for free. I would  do it just for the FREE advertising of my skills.<br><br>But then again I don't live home with M&D. I have a family to raise. So I am a very concerned Citizen. One of those that  gagged at the thought of  voting for McCain. Being open minded, I even thought once, for a fleeting moment, to give this Leader a chance.. <br><br>He has had it , and its a little over 7 months now.. No energy independence. Government Dependence for all.<br>Who questions him? Who digs and sees that he is Organizing America to third world sub standards.<br>The media all of it are his doormats. Helen Thomas Asked what are you pulling with your phony town halls. Now the Left thinks she is senile?? There is no objection to anything he says or does because he is a black man .. give me a break.<br>He is a man using his blackness to get where he is.  He is no different then Jesse and Al pushing till the door opens OR ELSE.<br><br>So that is my opinion of the man, his administration, his campaign.. <br><br>Tell me what you see that he is planning, or already done, that is good for America?<br><br> For the UN maybe. For Mexico yes, but not to  the rest of the World that  took the blinders off.  Unless you count the dictators who approve of your Communist Community Organizer.  You know his buddy  Chavez, and his and  hollywood Loonies cozy pal Castro  those  who see this menace for what he is,  a Dictator the same as them.  <br>The real world sees that he is not even near the pay grade of a McDonalds store manager, let alone the President of the United States. The free world leader.<br>The Third world dictatorship he is creating fits him to a \"T\".<br>Actually I regress, its your turn.<br>You tell me what he HAS done,  that you are so approving of?<br>Anyone?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-03_12:06:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "martyr", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "14694238": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You should have stopped after your first sentence.  The rest of your post is more of that wacky British humor of yours.  Falls flat on our side of the Pond.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-11_23:13:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "stephenperry", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "3 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 14510443, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "20240993": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Keyes Barnett transcript now available:<br><br><a href=\"http://bit.ly/3Aq05z\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://bit.ly/3Aq05z</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-10-16_20:32:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "captainsteve", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 month 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}, "14598756": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Just had a thought. And just wanted to make randypuppy's facial muscles twitch uncontrollably.<br><br>It occurs to me that birthers are going about this all wrong. They're looking at the wrong end of the telescope.<br><br>Instead of trying to prove that Obama wasn't born in America, they should try to prove that America didn't exist when Obama was born.<br><br>Back when Obama was born, the country Randwulf referred to as \"American\" in his spiel about how \"American [sic] is done\" was unrecognizable to one of today's children. Instead, it was a country known as Rand McNally Mayberry.<br><br>In Rand McNally Mayberry, this is how things were:<br><br>Colored and White separate but unequal facilities.<br>Women couldn't vote. Nor could black men. But, then as now, if they could they would always vote for ugly white women.<br>Gays could be jailed for having oral or anal sex. So could heterosexuals.<br>Catholics weren't the only ones forbidden to use birth control. Everyone was.<br>Only wealthy people flew on commercial airlines.<br>Television came in two colors on three channels.<br>TV Dinners took 45 minutes to heat up in the oven. There were no microwaves.<br>Health Maintenance Organizations hadn't been invented.<br>Asbestos was a home builder's best friend.<br>Children greedily licked lead paint off the school hallways and jabbed themselves with pencils that contained real lead.<br>Dog fighting was not nearly as exciting as cock fighting. Cock fighting did not involve naked men.<br>No one sent text messages because cell phones hadn't been invented.<br>Typewriters were slower than computers but a welcome advance over chiseling edicts into stone tablets.<br>Blacks were dominant in basketball, football, baseball, and track.<br><br>Fuck. Scratch that last one. Pretty much the same today.<br><br>But the point is, it's OBVIOUS (to any fool with eyes to see) that Rand McNally Mayberry was an idealized world. Trains ran on time. So did buses. Blacks knew their place in each one.<br><br>No way would Rand McNally Mayberry have allowed all the degradations and depravations that America seems to be excited about allowing.<br><br>So the birthers just need to think of things from the opposite direction. This is what Crazy Eileen (so named by her neighbors even before she took that ziplock-bagged birth certificate to that Delaware town hall meeting a couple weeks ago) was on to when she said \"I want my country back.\"<br><br>Problem is, her country never existed. It was as fake as the nation of \"Rand McNally\" on a globe. Only existed in Mayberry.<br><br>Psst! randypuppy...Mayberry was something you could get on your \"boob-tube\" if you turned the dial to one of the 3 channels.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-10_17:30:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "stephenperry", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "3 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}, "20211174": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "More proof of a coordinated Obama citizenship/background cover-up, and the Honolulu Advertiser newspaper is part of it.<br><br>For days I\u2019ve been posting the following news article where Tammy Duckworth, who claimed to know Obama well (and now on the payroll), says Obama was born in Indonesia.<br><br>The article states (14th paragraph),<br><br>\u201cBoth were born outside the country \u2014 Obama in Indonesia, Duckworth in Thailand \u2014 and graduated from high school in Honolulu \u2014 Punahou and McKinley, respectively.\u201d<br><br>The original article and quote can be seen here.<br><br><a href=\"http://74.6.239.67/search/cache?ei=UTF-8&p=Duckworth+working+to+win&fr=yfp-t-701&u=the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Jan/08/ln/FP601080334.html&w=duckworth+working+work+works+win+won&d=GM0H2929Tkdh&icp=1&.intl=us&sig=RBXQUMEsLQaizrysuDCulg\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://74.6.239.67/search/cache?ei=UTF-8&p=Duck...</a><br><br>But in the last day or so (Oct 16,2009) the Honolulu Advertiser scrubbed it clean. That quote has been removed. They sanitized article. The new sanitized cover-up version can be seen here.<br><br><a href=\"http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Jan/08/ln/FP601080334.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/...</a><br><br>How is it that our \u201chistory\u201d can be so easily re-written? I remember when we used to criticize the USSR for re-writing their history to suit their political desires. We are doing it in America NOW!!<br><br>People need to be screaming bloody murder.  Write to everybody you know.  Let them know we're not going to take this anymore!<br><br>Captain Steve", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-10-16_14:29:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "captainsteve", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 month 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}, "14997052": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Obama was stupid enough to retake said oath in public tho. The first of his duties as President and he fails. Then gets a camera crew together to make sure that the whole world knows.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-18_00:57:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "franknowzad", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "3 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 14560404, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "14510443": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You've pretty much hit the nail on the head, Stephenperry. The wierd, disturbing thing about BHO is the amount of secrecy surrounding his past. Just think about all the colleges sitting on BHO's, crayon scawl affirmative action, papers. If a professor at, say- Harvard, was able to release the papers then what a hold he would have on POTUS! Why he could get POTUS to bail hi, out of any bother! Elect a third world candidate, get a third world POTUS.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-09_04:15:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "franknowzad", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "3 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 14468872, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "14560366": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Food for thought, part 3. <br><br>I call this one:  \"Birthers Tell The Stupidest Lies\"<br><br>The birther I will use in this example is Randwulf.  I could use any birther, but we all know how Randwulf cries out for attention and talks to himself when he does not receive it.<br><br>Just bear in mind, as you read the following posts, that they are each from the same poster.  Randwulf.  He posted all of these on the \"Lou Dobbs:  Hey, Why Won't Obama Release His Birth Certificate\" thread a couple of weeks ago.  Each of these is his word-for-word post in its entirety; I changed nothing and left nothing out.  WYSIWYG.<br><br>By the way, for your reference, he was NOT directing his post at me in any of these instances.  I didn't even post on that thread.  Also, keep in mind that he is utterly above making personal attacks.<br><br>Post 1:<br><br>\"You know what... you monkey f@cking, A$$-stained, piece of slime? If you ever had a human thought, and could put it into ENGLISH wording, I would possibly give you the time of day. You and all the other monkey-f@cks are in for a rude awakening. You don't have 10,000 peanuts picked out of your own simian sh1t to wager. So stick that up your escrow, sub-Saharan baboon butt! You don't have anything but your shit to double back! So why don't you and all the other proto-human wannabes tell your f@cking half-ape \"president\" to put his money somewhere other that into attorneys fees and produce some kind of REAL proof that he was BORN at all! It will cost him about $24 (at Safeway's current price) in bananas ($12) to get his birth certificate (if he has one) released. Oh, and I'm sure they would break with their usual computer generated COLB policy and make an actual photocopy of an original long form (if there is one) if he makes his request on official White House stationary. OOH OOH AAH AAH F@CKY YOOIIIII!!! MONKEY.\"<br><br>Post 2:<br><br>\"How did 30,000 illegal Mexican wetbacks get into our country and continue to run around with relative impunity? Could it be that nobody knows how to do their f@cking jobs anymore? He is and always was a con-man. The rules never applied to him. That is his mind set. It always was. He is a usurper and he is very close to being exposed. Get over it.\"<br><br>Post 3:<br><br>\"Oh good. That is a very intelligent response. What meds do you take with you Kool Aid bitch? I'll just play by your rules whenever you post. Here we go. Ready? You are stupid, kooky, deranged, delusional and otherwise mentally and emotionally f@cked up and therefore we don't have to listen to you. Like SHUT UP and stuff. There. Happy?\"<br><br>Post 4:<br><br>\"I can assure you that I am neither delusional nor impervious to facts, law, and truth. What do you think will happen when it becomes clear that Obama and all his minions are lying and covering up the lies? Remember Watergate? At the very least, he will be forced to resign from the post he should never have had in the first place. This won't go away like it did for Clinton when he was getting his blow jobs in the oval office. This is much more serious if it turns out like I suspect it will. So, enough of the name calling. I want to be civil but it is difficult to do when people attack personally instead of debating facts. Why does it always have to end this way?\"<br><br>Post 5:<br><br>\"Well, I think its about time we did away with some 'special' leaders again. What makes this country great is that most of the populous is still armed and could do it if things don't get done right.\"<br><br>Post 6:<br><br>\"Either present something of an argument in lieu of your insults and name calling or shut the f@ck up! Ok? Tell me why some people are carrying around the long form of birth certificate while Obama born in the same time period can not produce one. And since when do you lefties care about the health of the military or how politics at home could adversely affect their ability to fight the war successfully?<br><br>My earliest recollection of left wing liberal types being concerned about the military was of a bunch of dirty, drug soaked, long haired, Hippie f@cks rioting in the streets, spitting on men in uniform, burning flags and bad mouthing their country! Jane Fonda was their f@cking b1tch poster child and our military men in Hanoi prisons were being tortured for not talking to her lying whore ass while she sucked up to the commies and helped them make anti-American propaganda movies. That is how liberals are concerned about our military, bitch!<br><br>So who's the f@cking \"JOKE\"? So are you a liberal? I'll tell you right now that a hell of a lot more of the \"birfoons\" who have served in the military than there are anti-\"birfoons\" who have. Most of you libs are such f@cking pu$$ies that you wouldn't be worth a $hit in combat anyway. So take all your silly f@cking liberal mental disease and shove it up your commie ass. Absurd drivel indeed! We'll see. There is blood in the water.\"<br><br>Post 7:<br><br>\"Actually, it might surprise you to know that I am African-American. I'm not a racist. I AM a racialist though. Thanks for looking after us Negroes though. We really appreciate it. I'm a racialist (cowardly I suppose) in that I want what is best for my people without continuing to seem like I feel that it is OWED to me and mine. I don't know if you can understand that but there it is. Mr. Obama is not making it any easier for those of us who have worked hard to achieve integration into the American mainstream. He needs to be honest. It is so funny how everyone just assumes that because I have a problem with HIM, I must be a raging NEO-NAZI, KKK, \"Birther\", One-Toothed, IN-BRED, whatever.....Oh and BTW ...Randwulf is the pet name my German ex-wife gave me. I am now married to a beautiful woman of color. She likes the name too. What is YOUR deal?\"<br><br>______________________________<br><br>I know, I know.  I'm wondering the same thing.  Who knew he had such a huge issue with Jane Fonda, right?  And what, precisely, is a \"racialist?\"<br><br>Did you get a load of that \"I want to be civil but it's difficult when people attack personally instead of debating facts.  Why does it always have to end this way\" thing?  Kinda falls flat after he went off on that \"bitch\" that he called \"stupid, kooky, deranged, delusional and otherwise mentally and emotionally f@cked up\" so that he didn't \"have to listen to\" her.<br><br>Oh, yeah and of course I love the last one.  Randwulf claims to be BLACK!  He claims to be married to a woman \"OF COLOR.\"  I really laughed out loud at that one.<br><br>Okay.  So now you see what I see.  You know Randwulf by now.  You know me by now.  And you understand why I mock Randwulf.  I do it because he has it coming and goes looking for it.<br><br>I didn't make him go from lucid to raving.  He was making a second lap around the track when I showed up.<br><br>Back to the point:  Randwulf lies about a lot of things.  He cannot plausibly be black.  Nor would any woman \"of color,\" whatever he means by that, ever marry him. <br><br>How many black guys post at stormfront?  He posts the SAME things here and at that site.<br><br>Oh, and of course, you may remember him telling me \"We White people prefer to say we were 'insulted,' 'disrespected' or 'demeaned' rather than say something like 'dis....\"  This was after I razzed him for trying to sound black with 80's slang (\"dis\").<br><br>Kinda conflicts, huh?<br><br>So yeah, birthers tell stupid lies.  The stupidest, in fact.<br><br>Any disagreement?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-10_05:27:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "stephenperry", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "3 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}, "13874422": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "He did.  A year ago.  Posted it online.  It's called a COLB.<br><br>Just release your grip on the lifeboat and slide down into the abyss.  You'll be happier there.  No one will call you on your bullshit, you foreign devil.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-04_07:26:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "stephenperry", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13873825, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "16267383": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I heard somewhere that Mr. Obama made a visit to Pakistan when it was illegal for U.S. citizens to do so.  Since a US Birth certificate is required for a passport, how did Mr. Obama make the trip?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-09-09_15:03:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "joemorris", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "2 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}, "14513528": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What strikes me the most (not) is that a lot of the Americans who have \"an honest, genuine doubt about the POTUS\" are the ones who voted Republican. So far I haven't read one comment from any Obama voter in doubt other than the ones who suggested otherwise or blatantly lied about that fact. And trust me, it's not that hard to spot them. Sooner or later their true colors show, one way or the other. <br><br>Give it up Frankieboy, you're so wasting your time. Amusing though, I prefer your posts plus the answers from sane people over the tv.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-09_09:48:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "MilliJoolz", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "3 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 14510517, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "14021754": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The only thing the birthers are missing are there white hoods and a burning cross, welcome to 1800's", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-06_01:04:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "praxedez", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "14355707": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If you do the \"research\", you will learn that is not the same as a Birth Certificate.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-06_14:01:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "carrwatt", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13874422, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "14355580": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The \"real issue\" here would be, why is BO so special?  Every candidate/president was required to show their personal information, however he is not?   Is this not \"reverse racism\"?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-06_13:59:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "carrwatt", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "18308478": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Update!  Hawaii admits it was wrong in stating that their law, \u201cprohibits disclosure of vital statistics records to anyone,\u201d in their press release about Obama\u2019s birth records.  They have begun to release data.  There is more to come.  Read about it here:<br><br><a href=\"http://naturalborncitizen.wordpress.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://naturalborncitizen.wordpress.com/</a><br>.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-10-02_15:37:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "captainsteve", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "2 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}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 1, "reply_position": false, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "25790154", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "34441", "hash": -4384077727618249191}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "birther_movement_continues", "paginate": true, "num_pages": 69, "num_posts": 50, "per_page": 50, "total_posts": 3414, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 25790154, "queued": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": true, "use_fb_connect": false, "forum_facebook_key": "", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": false, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
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	this.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 = '21bc467119200cb06806902fa8e2f5b0';
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;



// 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://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/birther_movement_continues/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/washingtonindependent/_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 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">\
	 Showing <span id="dsq-num-posts">50</span> of <span id="dsq-total-posts">3414</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/birther_movement_continues/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" >Popular now</option>\
	 <option value="best" >Best Rating</option>\
	 <option value="newest" selected="selected">Newest first</option>\
	 <option value="oldest" >Oldest first</option>\
	 </select>\
	 &nbsp;\
	 </span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-cp"><a href="http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/birther_movement_continues/">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">\
	 </div>\
		';

		
			html = Dsq.Templates.authPost() + html;
		

		
		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.reactions();

		

		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://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/birther_movement_continues/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 '';
	};

	//
	// 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 are commenting as a Guest. You may choose to log into an existing DISQUS Profile, your Facebook, Twitter or OpenID account to comment on The Washington Independent" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Optional:</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:25790154" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">Login</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'				: 'washingtonindependent',
			't'				: 'birther_movement_continues',
			// 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/washingtonindependent/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/washingtonindependent/birther_movement_continues/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/washingtonindependent/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'birther_movement_continues'
			+ '&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/washingtonindependent/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'birther_movement_continues'
			+ '&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/washingtonindependent/subscribe.js'
				+'?status=' 	+ status
				+ '&slug='		+ 'birther_movement_continues'
				+ '&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/washingtonindependent/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/25790154/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';
				}
			}
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Dsq.container.innerHTML = ' \
<ul id="dsq-comments">\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-24042535">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-24042535" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-24042535" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-24042535">Ann</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-24042535" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-24042535" class="dsq-comment-message">He HAS provided his birth certificate.  The same one he would provide if it were the law.  What\'s the PROBLEM?  Birthers can\'t read?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-20240993">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-20240993" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-20240993" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-20240993">captainsteve</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-20240993" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-20240993" class="dsq-comment-message">Keyes Barnett transcript now available:<br><br><a href="http://bit.ly/3Aq05z" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/3Aq05z</a></div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-20211174">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-20211174" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-20211174" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-20211174">captainsteve</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-20211174" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-20211174" class="dsq-comment-message">More proof of a coordinated Obama citizenship/background cover-up, and the Honolulu Advertiser newspaper is part of it.<br><br>For days I’ve been posting the following news article where Tammy Duckworth, who claimed to know Obama well (and now on the payroll), says Obama was born in Indonesia.<br><br>The article states (14th paragraph),<br><br>“Both were born outside the country — Obama in Indonesia, Duckworth in Thailand — and graduated from high school in Honolulu — Punahou and McKinley, respectively.”<br><br>The original article and quote can be seen here.<br><br><a href="http://74.6.239.67/search/cache?ei=UTF-8&p=Duckworth+working+to+win&fr=yfp-t-701&u=the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Jan/08/ln/FP601080334.html&w=duckworth+working+work+works+win+won&d=GM0H2929Tkdh&icp=1&.intl=us&sig=RBXQUMEsLQaizrysuDCulg" rel="nofollow">http://74.6.239.67/search/cache?ei=UTF-8&p=Duck...</a><br><br>But in the last day or so (Oct 16,2009) the Honolulu Advertiser scrubbed it clean. That quote has been removed. They sanitized article. The new sanitized cover-up version can be seen here.<br><br><a href="http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Jan/08/ln/FP601080334.html" rel="nofollow">http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/...</a><br><br>How is it that our “history” can be so easily re-written? I remember when we used to criticize the USSR for re-writing their history to suit their political desires. We are doing it in America NOW!!<br><br>People need to be screaming bloody murder.  Write to everybody you know.  Let them know we\'re not going to take this anymore!<br><br>Captain Steve</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-19651992">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-19651992" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-19651992" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-19651992">kwiley9711</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-19651992" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-19651992" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks Captainsteve, that tells it all.</div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-18504202">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-18504202" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-18504202" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-18504202" href="http://www.MilliJoolz.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">MilliJoolz</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-18504202" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-18504202" class="dsq-comment-message">.... yawn ....</div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-18308478">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-18308478" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-18308478" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-18308478">captainsteve</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-18308478" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-18308478" class="dsq-comment-message">Update!  Hawaii admits it was wrong in stating that their law, “prohibits disclosure of vital statistics records to anyone,” in their press release about Obama’s birth records.  They have begun to release data.  There is more to come.  Read about it here:<br><br><a href="http://naturalborncitizen.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">http://naturalborncitizen.wordpress.com/</a><br>.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-20203981">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-20203981" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-20203981" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-20203981">Bill</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-20203981" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-20203981" class="dsq-comment-message">WordPress Tells it all. WordPress is nothing more than free blog software that lets anyone throw up any crap they want. The cheap loony toon crowd use it all the time.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-20211160">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-20211160" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-20211160" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-20211160">captainsteve</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-20211160" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-20211160" class="dsq-comment-message">Is that so?  Read about the fraud yourself then.<br><br>More proof of a coordinated Obama citizenship/background cover-up, and the Honolulu Advertiser newspaper is part of it.<br><br>For days I’ve been posting the following news article where Tammy Duckworth, who claimed to know Obama well (and now on the payroll), says Obama was born in Indonesia.<br><br>The article states (14th paragraph),<br><br>“Both were born outside the country — Obama in Indonesia, Duckworth in Thailand — and graduated from high school in Honolulu — Punahou and McKinley, respectively.”<br><br>The original article and quote can be seen here.<br><br><a href="http://74.6.239.67/search/cache?ei=UTF-8&p=Duckworth+working+to+win&fr=yfp-t-701&u=the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Jan/08/ln/FP601080334.html&w=duckworth+working+work+works+win+won&d=GM0H2929Tkdh&icp=1&.intl=us&sig=RBXQUMEsLQaizrysuDCulg" rel="nofollow">http://74.6.239.67/search/cache?ei=UTF-8&p=Duck...</a><br><br>But in the last day or so (Oct 16,2009) the Honolulu Advertiser scrubbed it clean. That quote has been removed. They sanitized article. The new sanitized cover-up version can be seen here.<br><br><a href="http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Jan/08/ln/FP601080334.html" rel="nofollow">http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/...</a><br><br>How is it that our “history” can be so easily re-written? I remember when we used to criticize the USSR for re-writing their history to suit their political desires. We are doing it in America NOW!!<br><br>People need to be screaming bloody murder.  Write to everybody you know.  Let them know we\'re not going to take this anymore!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-17735187" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-17735187">kwiley9711</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-17735187" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-17735187" class="dsq-comment-message">I guess they all ran out of name calling?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-17734949" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-17734949" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-17734949">kwiley9711</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-17734949" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-17734949" class="dsq-comment-message">Where is hog?  He use to babysit this site?  Loose hope?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-17734836">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-17734836" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-17734836" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-17734836">kwiley9711</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-17734836" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-17734836" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh by the way. 49 states did not clear obama. WOW! nana pig did make sure on paper work he was cleared, on two different documents, in Hawii. Oh my! Using the certificate of LIVE BIRTH.  The directer is now missing from the hospital after her huge retraction. Billions are going to Kenya. The kenya birth certificate is in court, and now opened for the discovery. LOL  No where to hide obama, oh wait, yes there is?  He can go back to his soil of birth. His people are still waiting for his return.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-16267383" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-16267383" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-16267383">joemorris</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-16267383" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-16267383" class="dsq-comment-message">I heard somewhere that Mr. Obama made a visit to Pakistan when it was illegal for U.S. citizens to do so.  Since a US Birth certificate is required for a passport, how did Mr. Obama make the trip?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-14697499" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-14697499">tracyjbogert</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-14697499" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-14697499" class="dsq-comment-message">Open letter to the birther nuts<br>Dear dumbasses<br>If Obama isn\'t a citizen then the CIA, Bush Jr, Bush Sr, and John McCain are all in on the conspiracy. Think about that. Why don\'t you wing nuts find something better to do like shoot up an abortion clinic or buy another gun. Just to show you I am not a chickenshit like you birther wing nuts I will leave my email and name.<br><br>TJ Bogert -Texas    email <a href="mailto:cc7bogert@yahoo.com" rel="nofollow">cc7bogert@yahoo.com</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-14611395" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-14611395" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-14611395">Asifa</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-14611395" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-14611395" class="dsq-comment-message">This is sheer craziness... what is wrong with all of these people...  I woild like to make one point, and that will be my one and only piece.  If it was McCain who had been put in office and was the one who was born in Honolulu, no one would be questioning anything right now.  <br>And because I know what alot of you are going to say......no, I am not black, ..</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-14997150" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-14997150" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-14997150">franknowzad</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-14997150" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-14997150" class="dsq-comment-message">McCain was born in Panama, a US colony in all but name back then. And his eligibility was checked. In public and very thoroughly. Now how about Obama upholding the Constitution and getting his eligibilty proven? Seems fair to me.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-20204476">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-20204476" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-20204476" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-20204476">Bill</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-20204476" class="dsq-comment-message">Panama was not a US Colony and even if it was a colony that does not Constitute what birther morons try to say is a natural born citizen. Natural Born Citizen has never been explained thoroughly in the Constitution or the Courts. The birther nutsacks have been losing case after care and are nothing more than a embarrassment to the Republican Party. This was just one of the reasons I stopped voting Republican a long time ago. They are moving far to the right wing for my taste. The GOP should be more insterested in solving problems and not kissing butts of lunatics.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-14694175" class="dsq-comment-message">Damn.  I was hoping you were black.<br><br>That way we\'d have two things in common.<br><br>Neither of us is a sore-loser racist, either.  So we just have to stick with that one thing.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-14598756" class="dsq-comment-message">Just had a thought. And just wanted to make randypuppy\'s facial muscles twitch uncontrollably.<br><br>It occurs to me that birthers are going about this all wrong. They\'re looking at the wrong end of the telescope.<br><br>Instead of trying to prove that Obama wasn\'t born in America, they should try to prove that America didn\'t exist when Obama was born.<br><br>Back when Obama was born, the country Randwulf referred to as "American" in his spiel about how "American [sic] is done" was unrecognizable to one of today\'s children. Instead, it was a country known as Rand McNally Mayberry.<br><br>In Rand McNally Mayberry, this is how things were:<br><br>Colored and White separate but unequal facilities.<br>Women couldn\'t vote. Nor could black men. But, then as now, if they could they would always vote for ugly white women.<br>Gays could be jailed for having oral or anal sex. So could heterosexuals.<br>Catholics weren\'t the only ones forbidden to use birth control. Everyone was.<br>Only wealthy people flew on commercial airlines.<br>Television came in two colors on three channels.<br>TV Dinners took 45 minutes to heat up in the oven. There were no microwaves.<br>Health Maintenance Organizations hadn\'t been invented.<br>Asbestos was a home builder\'s best friend.<br>Children greedily licked lead paint off the school hallways and jabbed themselves with pencils that contained real lead.<br>Dog fighting was not nearly as exciting as cock fighting. Cock fighting did not involve naked men.<br>No one sent text messages because cell phones hadn\'t been invented.<br>Typewriters were slower than computers but a welcome advance over chiseling edicts into stone tablets.<br>Blacks were dominant in basketball, football, baseball, and track.<br><br>Fuck. Scratch that last one. Pretty much the same today.<br><br>But the point is, it\'s OBVIOUS (to any fool with eyes to see) that Rand McNally Mayberry was an idealized world. Trains ran on time. So did buses. Blacks knew their place in each one.<br><br>No way would Rand McNally Mayberry have allowed all the degradations and depravations that America seems to be excited about allowing.<br><br>So the birthers just need to think of things from the opposite direction. This is what Crazy Eileen (so named by her neighbors even before she took that ziplock-bagged birth certificate to that Delaware town hall meeting a couple weeks ago) was on to when she said "I want my country back."<br><br>Problem is, her country never existed. It was as fake as the nation of "Rand McNally" on a globe. Only existed in Mayberry.<br><br>Psst! randypuppy...Mayberry was something you could get on your "boob-tube" if you turned the dial to one of the 3 channels.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-14560366" class="dsq-comment-message">Food for thought, part 3. <br><br>I call this one:  "Birthers Tell The Stupidest Lies"<br><br>The birther I will use in this example is Randwulf.  I could use any birther, but we all know how Randwulf cries out for attention and talks to himself when he does not receive it.<br><br>Just bear in mind, as you read the following posts, that they are each from the same poster.  Randwulf.  He posted all of these on the "Lou Dobbs:  Hey, Why Won\'t Obama Release His Birth Certificate" thread a couple of weeks ago.  Each of these is his word-for-word post in its entirety; I changed nothing and left nothing out.  WYSIWYG.<br><br>By the way, for your reference, he was NOT directing his post at me in any of these instances.  I didn\'t even post on that thread.  Also, keep in mind that he is utterly above making personal attacks.<br><br>Post 1:<br><br>"You know what... you monkey f@cking, A$$-stained, piece of slime? If you ever had a human thought, and could put it into ENGLISH wording, I would possibly give you the time of day. You and all the other monkey-f@cks are in for a rude awakening. You don\'t have 10,000 peanuts picked out of your own simian sh1t to wager. So stick that up your escrow, sub-Saharan baboon butt! You don\'t have anything but your shit to double back! So why don\'t you and all the other proto-human wannabes tell your f@cking half-ape "president" to put his money somewhere other that into attorneys fees and produce some kind of REAL proof that he was BORN at all! It will cost him about $24 (at Safeway\'s current price) in bananas ($12) to get his birth certificate (if he has one) released. Oh, and I\'m sure they would break with their usual computer generated COLB policy and make an actual photocopy of an original long form (if there is one) if he makes his request on official White House stationary. OOH OOH AAH AAH F@CKY YOOIIIII!!! MONKEY."<br><br>Post 2:<br><br>"How did 30,000 illegal Mexican wetbacks get into our country and continue to run around with relative impunity? Could it be that nobody knows how to do their f@cking jobs anymore? He is and always was a con-man. The rules never applied to him. That is his mind set. It always was. He is a usurper and he is very close to being exposed. Get over it."<br><br>Post 3:<br><br>"Oh good. That is a very intelligent response. What meds do you take with you Kool Aid bitch? I\'ll just play by your rules whenever you post. Here we go. Ready? You are stupid, kooky, deranged, delusional and otherwise mentally and emotionally f@cked up and therefore we don\'t have to listen to you. Like SHUT UP and stuff. There. Happy?"<br><br>Post 4:<br><br>"I can assure you that I am neither delusional nor impervious to facts, law, and truth. What do you think will happen when it becomes clear that Obama and all his minions are lying and covering up the lies? Remember Watergate? At the very least, he will be forced to resign from the post he should never have had in the first place. This won\'t go away like it did for Clinton when he was getting his blow jobs in the oval office. This is much more serious if it turns out like I suspect it will. So, enough of the name calling. I want to be civil but it is difficult to do when people attack personally instead of debating facts. Why does it always have to end this way?"<br><br>Post 5:<br><br>"Well, I think its about time we did away with some \'special\' leaders again. What makes this country great is that most of the populous is still armed and could do it if things don\'t get done right."<br><br>Post 6:<br><br>"Either present something of an argument in lieu of your insults and name calling or shut the f@ck up! Ok? Tell me why some people are carrying around the long form of birth certificate while Obama born in the same time period can not produce one. And since when do you lefties care about the health of the military or how politics at home could adversely affect their ability to fight the war successfully?<br><br>My earliest recollection of left wing liberal types being concerned about the military was of a bunch of dirty, drug soaked, long haired, Hippie f@cks rioting in the streets, spitting on men in uniform, burning flags and bad mouthing their country! Jane Fonda was their f@cking b1tch poster child and our military men in Hanoi prisons were being tortured for not talking to her lying whore ass while she sucked up to the commies and helped them make anti-American propaganda movies. That is how liberals are concerned about our military, bitch!<br><br>So who\'s the f@cking "JOKE"? So are you a liberal? I\'ll tell you right now that a hell of a lot more of the "birfoons" who have served in the military than there are anti-"birfoons" who have. Most of you libs are such f@cking pu$$ies that you wouldn\'t be worth a $hit in combat anyway. So take all your silly f@cking liberal mental disease and shove it up your commie ass. Absurd drivel indeed! We\'ll see. There is blood in the water."<br><br>Post 7:<br><br>"Actually, it might surprise you to know that I am African-American. I\'m not a racist. I AM a racialist though. Thanks for looking after us Negroes though. We really appreciate it. I\'m a racialist (cowardly I suppose) in that I want what is best for my people without continuing to seem like I feel that it is OWED to me and mine. I don\'t know if you can understand that but there it is. Mr. Obama is not making it any easier for those of us who have worked hard to achieve integration into the American mainstream. He needs to be honest. It is so funny how everyone just assumes that because I have a problem with HIM, I must be a raging NEO-NAZI, KKK, "Birther", One-Toothed, IN-BRED, whatever.....Oh and BTW ...Randwulf is the pet name my German ex-wife gave me. I am now married to a beautiful woman of color. She likes the name too. What is YOUR deal?"<br><br>______________________________<br><br>I know, I know.  I\'m wondering the same thing.  Who knew he had such a huge issue with Jane Fonda, right?  And what, precisely, is a "racialist?"<br><br>Did you get a load of that "I want to be civil but it\'s difficult when people attack personally instead of debating facts.  Why does it always have to end this way" thing?  Kinda falls flat after he went off on that "bitch" that he called "stupid, kooky, deranged, delusional and otherwise mentally and emotionally f@cked up" so that he didn\'t "have to listen to" her.<br><br>Oh, yeah and of course I love the last one.  Randwulf claims to be BLACK!  He claims to be married to a woman "OF COLOR."  I really laughed out loud at that one.<br><br>Okay.  So now you see what I see.  You know Randwulf by now.  You know me by now.  And you understand why I mock Randwulf.  I do it because he has it coming and goes looking for it.<br><br>I didn\'t make him go from lucid to raving.  He was making a second lap around the track when I showed up.<br><br>Back to the point:  Randwulf lies about a lot of things.  He cannot plausibly be black.  Nor would any woman "of color," whatever he means by that, ever marry him. <br><br>How many black guys post at stormfront?  He posts the SAME things here and at that site.<br><br>Oh, and of course, you may remember him telling me "We White people prefer to say we were \'insulted,\' \'disrespected\' or \'demeaned\' rather than say something like \'dis...."  This was after I razzed him for trying to sound black with 80\'s slang ("dis").<br><br>Kinda conflicts, huh?<br><br>So yeah, birthers tell stupid lies.  The stupidest, in fact.<br><br>Any disagreement?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-14533512" class="dsq-comment-message">"Somewhere in Keyna, a village is missing it\'s idiot!"<br><br>How come all the Libtards didn\'t complain when John McCain had to prove his eligibility in public?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-14560392" class="dsq-comment-message">Liberals supported Obama and Clinton, who pushed for the Act of Congress declaring McCain eligible.  <br><br>They, and we, realized that it was a silly way to try to win an election.  We know McCain is American.  We just didn\'t think the man should be President.  And, it turns out, we were right.<br><br>Just like we\'re right about the birther thing being the best thing we could hope for in terms of free advertising for liberal causes and Democratic candidates.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-14996918" class="dsq-comment-message">But McCain DID get checked. That\'s the point. Obama is some weird "Manchurian Candidate" from the sewers of Chicago machine politics. But he wasn\'t checked, and now the political establishment is trying to hide something.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-14524078" class="dsq-comment-message">The ex-Marxist Trozkyites who control the Neoconservative movement who are the masters of the modern GOP(since Gingrich in 94 understand very well how to use base propaganda to ingnite the mostly fundementilist religious/prejudice types types who are now there core voters.This \'Birther\'Movement is there manipulation.Dr.Taitz,,a duel American-Isreali citezen is close to them,and the Isreali Lobby.Bush 2 a fundementilist religious crazy, gave Isreal carte-blanche to cause mayhem in the Middle East,Obama has NOT! The Isreali governmet is bhind Dr.Taitz\'s fraud to try to destabilize or even get rid of the President!(Biden has always been in there pocket-See AIPAC).Plus the GOP has NOTHING positive for an agenda.Who Dr.Taitz is,and where she fled(Isreal has no extradition treaty with the U/S, says it all..</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-14510517" class="dsq-comment-message">The thing which strikes me about this issue is the sight of the political classes gathering round to protect Obama from the Great Unwashed. A lot of Americans have honest, genuine, doubt about the POTUS, yet they are ignored by the politicians and the media. In fact, any journalist trying to get to the truth is harrassed, or if threatened with losing his livelihood- eg Lou Dobbs.<br>But it should be so simple, Obama swore to uphold the Constitution of the US. Unless being too thick to make his oaths correctly prevents him, should\'nt Obama be true to his oath. And prove his eligibility?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-14560404" class="dsq-comment-message">Chief Justice Roberts is the only one who flubbed the Oath.  Nice try, frank.  You just keep doing your bit to stir the pot and season it with nonsensical, easily disproven lies.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-14997052" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama was stupid enough to retake said oath in public tho. The first of his duties as President and he fails. Then gets a camera crew together to make sure that the whole world knows.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-14513528" class="dsq-comment-message">What strikes me the most (not) is that a lot of the Americans who have "an honest, genuine doubt about the POTUS" are the ones who voted Republican. So far I haven\'t read one comment from any Obama voter in doubt other than the ones who suggested otherwise or blatantly lied about that fact. And trust me, it\'s not that hard to spot them. Sooner or later their true colors show, one way or the other. <br><br>Give it up Frankieboy, you\'re so wasting your time. Amusing though, I prefer your posts plus the answers from sane people over the tv.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-14468872" class="dsq-comment-message">Some food for thought concerning the notion that all the officials who have confirmed the COLB\'s authenticity are "corrupt" and "in on the conspiracy...."<br><br>If we assume the birthers are correct, then government officials in any or perhaps all of the following places are in on the conspiracy to hide President Obama\'s true birthplace:<br><br>Hawai\'i, Kenya, California, Massachusetts, Illinois, and Washington, D.C.<br><br>These co-conspirators are a heterogeneous mix of people from different political parties and socioeconomic strata.<br><br>You have the Republican Governor of Hawai\'i, Linda Lingle. You\'ve got Kenyan goat-herders sitting around Sarah Obama and "Bishop" Ron McRae. And everyone in between.<br><br>There is an obvious flaw in the logic supporting the birthers\' "corrupt officials" argument.<br><br>It goes back to the heterogeneity of the population of co-conspirators.<br><br>Take Linda Lingle, for example. She is the Governor. She has a staff. Some of them have access to her conversations, writings, and meetings. Some of them have to be in on it, as well. Those people, who signed up to work for a Republican Governor, probably don\'t have lust for Obama in their hearts.<br><br>One of them, by now, would have reached out to someone in the media, perhaps even by anonymously leaking it, with the information necessary to prove the conspiracy exists and Obama was really born on foreign soil.<br><br>You wouldn\'t even have to give away the full answer. Just a hint. Believe me, the right wing would follow the trail to the bitter end, like the dhole chasing Mowgli to the Bee-People.<br><br>But you could make MILLIONS for yourself and be a hero to racist white people all throughout the country, if you just slipped a copy of a document proving there\'s a conspiracy afoot into your briefcase as you\'re locking up the office one Thursday evening. No one would know it was you. And if they did? So what! You\'ve got millions of dollars and hundreds of 2nd Amendment loving patriots willing to provide you free personal security around the clock.<br><br>Take the Kenyan goat herders. Sarah Obama didn\'t say she saw Obama being born. Or did she? There were other people in that village. Surely some are as old as she is. Is it not possible that one of those older people would also remember having been present at the birth of the world\'s most famous black man?<br><br>Can one of those people not be coaxed into sitting down in some courtroom and saying a few words? Failing that, are they impervious to offers of compensation to tell their story to Sean Hannity? Do they not have dire and urgent need of everything from clean water to Turkish bath towels to food that didn\'t grow in sand to a house that is somewhere besides this GOD AWFUL FUCKING VILLAGE?<br><br>Is Sean Hannity not willing to pay $1,000,000 for this information? I guarantee you that Rupert Murdoch is. In fact, I bet you he\'d sell you Sean Hannity for that information.<br><br>You can follow this out with the officials who know about his college records, or his law school records, or his law firm records, or his elective office records. Are NONE of those people in foreclosure right now? Are they all Democrats?<br><br>Do crabs sit atop one another contentedly in barrels now?<br><br>So it doesn\'t make sense. Too many cooks spoil the broth. Too many co-conspirators in too many political parties in too many continents with too many individualized desires and vulnerabilities spoils the conspiracy theory.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-14510443" class="dsq-comment-message">You\'ve pretty much hit the nail on the head, Stephenperry. The wierd, disturbing thing about BHO is the amount of secrecy surrounding his past. Just think about all the colleges sitting on BHO\'s, crayon scawl affirmative action, papers. If a professor at, say- Harvard, was able to release the papers then what a hold he would have on POTUS! Why he could get POTUS to bail hi, out of any bother! Elect a third world candidate, get a third world POTUS.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-14694238" class="dsq-comment-message">You should have stopped after your first sentence.  The rest of your post is more of that wacky British humor of yours.  Falls flat on our side of the Pond.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-14355580" class="dsq-comment-message">The "real issue" here would be, why is BO so special?  Every candidate/president was required to show their personal information, however he is not?   Is this not "reverse racism"?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-14393300" class="dsq-comment-message">Lies within lies!<br><br>NO other President OR candidate for President has ever shown or been asked to show the public a birth certificate.<br><br>Obama DID show his personal information.  COLB is a birth certificate.  That is more than he needed to do.  Now shut up.<br><br>"The fundamental fiction is that Obama has refused to release his “real” birth certificate. This is untrue. The document that Obama has made available is the document that Hawaiian authorities issue when they are asked for a birth certificate. There is no secondary document cloaked in darkness, only the state records that are used to generate birth certificates when they are requested.<br><br>If one applies for a United States passport, the passport office will demand a birth certificate. It defines this as an official document bearing “your full name, the full name of your parent(s), date and place of birth, sex, date the birth record was filed, and the seal or other certification of the official custodian of such records.” The Hawaiian birth certificate President Obama has produced—the document is formally known as a “certificate of live birth”—bears that information. It has been inspected by reporters, and several state officials have confirmed that the information in permanent state records is identical to that on the president’s birth certificate—which is precisely what one expects, of course, since the state records are used to generate those documents when they are requested. In other words, what President Obama has produced is the “real” birth certificate of myth and lore."<br><br><a href="http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZTRjMTFhMzQxYmEzNjA2YWIwOTU4YWVjNzRmODE2NTI=" rel="nofollow">http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZTRjMTFhMz...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-14021754" class="dsq-comment-message">The only thing the birthers are missing are there white hoods and a burning cross, welcome to 1800\'s</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-14007213" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-14007213">jgranger</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-14007213" class="dsq-comment-message">Major Cook is a coward and a traitor. Period.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-14516118" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-14516118">tomafreakinhawk</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-14516118" class="dsq-comment-message">Okay, now I have to comment.  Maj. Cook is little more than a civilian playing at Army if he thinks it is appropriate to volunteer for hazardous duty, then refuse the duty he volunteered for if his CIC doesn\'t do a quick soft shoe for him like a "good ole boy."   This puke is a coward of the first order, and thankfully military circles frown on this sort of gamesmanship, and Cook\'s military "career" is effectively over (I would LOVE to be a fly on the wall during his annual performance review).<br><br>As to the "birthers," I have a theory about this.  I am now a high school teacher, and there is a class of parent that stand around on the balls of their feet, waiting for the slightest wrinkle in their kid\'s educational experience, just waiting for a teacher or administrator, whether intentionally or accidentally, real or imagined, to step out of line.  At this point the parent swoops in, threatening lawsuits if they don\'t get an apology from the teacher (sometimes even when the child is at fault), rubbing their hands like hungry misers over the potential settlement money.  See, the reality is, they care nothing for their child\'s education.  These parents NEVER come to conference night.   No, they just have no power in their own lives, and need to imperiously demand things from people, things they are not due, and THAT is what is happening here:  A COON is in the Whitehouse?  How dare he/they?  Well, we\'ll see about that!   We\'ll make everyone think he\'s NOT EVEN AMERICAN!   And the thing is, a President of this country can\'t even THINK about giving into the demands of these lunatics, thereby setting a precedent for future "step and fetchit" moments.  <br><br>Do you see how unhinged that sounds?  Oh, and I\'ll stack my service up against anyone else\'s here, anytime.<br><br>Bob Birdsong<br>23rd Inf Regt<br>1984-90</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-14694293" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-14694293">stephenperry</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-14694293" class="dsq-comment-message">Well stated, Bob.  Thanks for posting.  I totally agree.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-14510379" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-14510379">franknowzad</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-14510379" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-14510379" class="dsq-comment-message">When compared to your proud record of military service and professionialism? Pygmy child.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-14694339" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-14694339" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-14694339">stephenperry</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-14694339" class="dsq-comment-message">Frank.  We know you\'re a small-minded juvenile Brit with no shame, no friends, and no critical thinking skills.  You don\'t have to call yourself a Pygmy child.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-14021823" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-14021823">stephenperry</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-14021823" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-14021823" class="dsq-comment-message">Agreed.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13873856">franknowzad</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13873856" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, now that a very dodgy looking Keynan birth cert has been released onto the internet, will all the Obamaphiles now realise just how preposterous releasing the equally dodgy COLB was? Probably not, but you have to try and enlighten these people.<br>Maybe the birthers will get a couple of "officials" to affirm that they\'ve seen the real McCoy?<br>Now only a real dumbwit would fall for that...</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13874401" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13874401" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13874401">stephenperry</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13874401" class="dsq-comment-message">The Kenyan birf sirtifikat has nothing in common with the COLB, frank.<br><br>Well, they\'re both printed on paper.<br><br>There\'s that.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13857285" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13857285" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13857285">current_path</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13857285" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13857285" class="dsq-comment-message">What I find most amusing about the "Birthers" is that they have all this rumor - and absolutely no proof.  If the Kenyan BC is real - why now?  Why did it not come forward 9 months or a year ago - before Obama was seated as President?. Also - the folds in the document are interesting.  Is this how the Kenyan Records office stores documents?<br><br>  What I find most incredulous about Birthers is that they believe that FBI and Secret Service/Homeland Security would allow someone who was not a US citizen to be privy to the nations most guarded secrets and policy.  If there were ANY doubt about where Mr. Obama was born - I can believe with 100% certainty that someone in Homeland Security checked him out long before the election came.<br><br>  From what I have seen on many blog boards, there is an obvious racial hatred attached to most of this issue, which suggests to me that this whole issue is really the best and only shot that the white race haters (I refuse to call them supremacists) have of prying Mr. Obama out of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.<br><br>  The part that makes me laugh hard is how Phillip Berg Esquire -- DEMOCRAT- Ambulance chasing conspiracy nut exploiter is getting fantastically rich off this issue - as he tried to do with the 9/11 lawsuits.  I wish I had spotted this ripe fat flock of pigeons to fleece. <br><br>Urban Myth is right - there is no proof of any kind that will ever silence these morons</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-13873825">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13873825" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13873825" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13873825">franknowzad</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13873825" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13873825" class="dsq-comment-message">Just release the Bith Certificate. That\'s all that anyone has asked for. Just like John "war hero" McCain had to.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-13874422">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13874422" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13874422" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13874422">stephenperry</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13874422" class="dsq-comment-message">He did.  A year ago.  Posted it online.  It\'s called a COLB.<br><br>Just release your grip on the lifeboat and slide down into the abyss.  You\'ll be happier there.  No one will call you on your bullshit, you foreign devil.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-14355707" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-14355707" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-14355707">carrwatt</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-14355707" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-14355707" class="dsq-comment-message">If you do the "research", you will learn that is not the same as a Birth Certificate.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-14393386">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-14393386" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-14393386" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-14393386">stephenperry</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-14393386" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-14393386" class="dsq-comment-message">No matter how many times you lie, it\'s still a lie.<br><br>National Review Online:<br><br>"The fundamental fiction is that Obama has refused to release his “real” birth certificate. This is untrue. The document that Obama has made available is the document that Hawaiian authorities issue when they are asked for a birth certificate. There is no secondary document cloaked in darkness, only the state records that are used to generate birth certificates when they are requested.<br><br>If one applies for a United States passport, the passport office will demand a birth certificate. It defines this as an official document bearing “your full name, the full name of your parent(s), date and place of birth, sex, date the birth record was filed, and the seal or other certification of the official custodian of such records.” The Hawaiian birth certificate President Obama has produced—the document is formally known as a “certificate of live birth”—bears that information. It has been inspected by reporters, and several state officials have confirmed that the information in permanent state records is identical to that on the president’s birth certificate—which is precisely what one expects, of course, since the state records are used to generate those documents when they are requested. In other words, what President Obama has produced is the “real” birth certificate of myth and lore."<br><br><a href="http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZTRjMTFhMzQxYmEzNjA2YWIwOTU4YWVjNzRmODE2NTI=" rel="nofollow">http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZTRjMTFhMz...</a><br><br>What the fuck is wrong with you?  WHY do you come here and post asinine lies, carrwatt?  You need to get a friend.  Pathetic jackass.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13864534" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13864534" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13864534">stephenperry</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13864534" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13864534" class="dsq-comment-message">Hear, hear.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13838938" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13838938" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13838938">martyr</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13838938" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13838938" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t care if he is from Mars.<br>O Bummer is nothing more than an ORGANIZER. One who is surrounded by thugs. Fom Chicago no less.<br>America under him is becoming the New Mexico, or worst yet, Venezuela. Poor and poorer and elites such as he.<br><br>Business and industry will no longer be viable in this Socialist Society created by this Communist Community Organizer.<br><br>Especially Small business. I have seen more small Mom and Pop businesses go bust in the past year then I have ever noticed ever.<br><br>How anyone can still stand in step in your full brown shirt attire is beyond comprehension to the average person possessing plain old Common sense.  Remove your blinders, open your eyes and minds if possible, and really see what is happening here in America. The World sees America today very Clearly, and China is warning us and this Organizer that this country is going to hell in a hand basket.<br>This Emperor has no clothes and you fools still follow..<br>Save your shit response about my typos .. you want to talk points. Talk points. But I could gave a damn how its spelled he is an ass and so are his ass followers.. <br><br>He bullied people in the primaries when  Hillary was winning. He cried racism when the Clintons were still garnering the Black Vote.<br>He won the primaries by flooding the  Caucus rooms with his minions and thugs.<br><br>Oh and maybe seeing as we can have Black Panthers with billy clubs paid workers at Polling places. Just asking, who knows, but does that mean white hoods and sheets carrying rope can work poll places too?  I mean if voter intimidation is good for the goose what about the gander?<br><br>I am from Connecticut where the torture and murder of Bobby Seal took place. <br>Black Panthers are militant in case you didn\'t know.<br>The Panthers equate to the same scum in sheets they  possess the same mentality. Hate and be hated.<br><br>But your dear leader uses the panthers at polling places.. wow A-con people look too timid and un-intimidating ?<br>Actually Obummer is a rather wimpy looking thing to begin with.. he probably dated all white chicks back in the 70\'s. Then on to politics and being black, for that ticket.<br><br>He is worst then Carter and he is a mulatto, and  possibly not even a Black American, at least not one with roots in this country who really rose beyond all his struggles.. He nor Michele struggled. <br>He backed out of transparency<br>He backed out on Public Funding<br>He actually got a pass on being audited for all those fraud charges being used to fund his campaign.<br><br>The list goes on.<br>Presidente of the Census<br>Presidente of the auto industry <br>Presidente of the banks<br>Presidente of the insurer AIG, on and on.. yep he is a Communist Community Organizer.<br>Presidente of Service to AMERICA <br>One website for a few million. Can\'t any of his freaks,  maybe one of you reading this with free time  VOLUNTEER for America and do the website for free. I would  do it just for the FREE advertising of my skills.<br><br>But then again I don\'t live home with M&D. I have a family to raise. So I am a very concerned Citizen. One of those that  gagged at the thought of  voting for McCain. Being open minded, I even thought once, for a fleeting moment, to give this Leader a chance.. <br><br>He has had it , and its a little over 7 months now.. No energy independence. Government Dependence for all.<br>Who questions him? Who digs and sees that he is Organizing America to third world sub standards.<br>The media all of it are his doormats. Helen Thomas Asked what are you pulling with your phony town halls. Now the Left thinks she is senile?? There is no objection to anything he says or does because he is a black man .. give me a break.<br>He is a man using his blackness to get where he is.  He is no different then Jesse and Al pushing till the door opens OR ELSE.<br><br>So that is my opinion of the man, his administration, his campaign.. <br><br>Tell me what you see that he is planning, or already done, that is good for America?<br><br> For the UN maybe. For Mexico yes, but not to  the rest of the World that  took the blinders off.  Unless you count the dictators who approve of your Communist Community Organizer.  You know his buddy  Chavez, and his and  hollywood Loonies cozy pal Castro  those  who see this menace for what he is,  a Dictator the same as them.  <br>The real world sees that he is not even near the pay grade of a McDonalds store manager, let alone the President of the United States. The free world leader.<br>The Third world dictatorship he is creating fits him to a "T".<br>Actually I regress, its your turn.<br>You tell me what he HAS done,  that you are so approving of?<br>Anyone?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13873809" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13873809">franknowzad</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13873809" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13873809" class="dsq-comment-message">Does that mean Obama won\'t be counting on your vote?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-13853399">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13853399" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13853399" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13853399">stephenperry</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13853399" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13853399" class="dsq-comment-message">You "regress?"  Talk about your Freudian slips.  It\'s "digress," doofus.<br><br>What do I like that he has done?<br><br>Well, for starters, he did something to make you write all that pathetic bullshit.<br><br>More to the point, he didn\'t do anything.  You just wrote all that because you\'re a pathetic bullshitter.<br><br>Care to tell us some more horror stories of what you\'ve seen happen in this past year?  Obama has been President for six months.  We never tire of hearing about shit that Bush did wrong.  Surely you blame Bush, and not Obama, if indeed you blame the President, for what happened during 8 years of Bush\'s watch?  <br><br>No?  You\'d rather blame the guy trying to turn the aircraft carrier around after warning us that it\'d take 2 years...<br><br>than the one who drove it drunk to Iraq and took a picture of himself under the Mission Accomplished banner?  <br><br>Gee, that makes sense and is awfully fair of you.<br><br>Cry me a river.<br><br>Glad you understand that Obama is the President.<br><br>Beyond that your opinions are your own and you\'re entitled to them.<br><br>Except for that bullshit about Black Panthers at polling places.  Absolutely false.<br><br>The line for whiny infantile know-nothing ranting is already long.  Get in line behind franknowzad and naturalborn.</div>\
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