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"has_replies": false, "message": "I don't believe you.  I am certain that you were born in Kenya.  I have testimony that proves it.  Your BC is a forgery.  Scram before I call ICE on you, African usurper.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-30_22:41:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "c4fba8eb6542919c585e2da8d6f916c9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11956579, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11931162": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You said: \"Hussein Obama has NEVER shown his true long-form birth certificate, which tells the hospital, delivering doctor, has the heel print, etc.\"<br><br>AHEM.<br><br>Associated Press Nov 1, 2008:<br>\"The Associated Press quoted Chiyome Fukino as saying that both she and the  registrar of vital statistics, Alvin Onaka, have personally verified that the health department holds Obama's original birth certificate.<br><br>Fukino also was quoted by several other news organizations. The Honolulu Advertiser quoted Fukino as saying the agency had been bombarded by requests, and that the registrar of statistics had even been called in at home in the middle of the night. [...]<br><br>Fukino said she has \u201cpersonally seen and verified that the Hawaii State Department of Health has Sen. Obama\u2019s original birth certificate on record in accordance with state policies and procedures.\" \"<br><br>BTW do you have ANY PROOF that \"Hawaii has issued \"Certifications of Live Birth\" to people born in Indonesia\"?<br><br>\"And, since Obama's CLAIMED father was a British subject, Obama may not be \"Natural Born\" even if he was spawned in the territory of the USA.\"<br><br>Then how do you explain CHESTER A ARTHUR whose father is CANADIAN?<br><br>Nice touch with the \"Jewess in the US\" bit /Sarcasm.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-30_08:52:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "LaLee", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 15, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11930617, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11934913": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Chester A Arthur hid all evidence of his heritage, just the same as AKA.  It is just like the left to use bad behavior to validate further bad behavior.  Idiots, they are !!!!!!  AKA is a fraud and a traitor.  His time is shorter than they think.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-30_10:53:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "robertbartoe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11931162, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11950473": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Allan is a classic example of a Saul Alinsky leftist.<br><br>Although quite capable of engaging in serious dialog, this adolescent choses to employ Alinsky's Rules for Radicals.  He gets several of them in the two posts I have read.<br><br>Alinsky's Rule 5 -- \"Ridicule is man's most potent weapon.\"  There is no defense.  It's irrational.  It's infuriating.  It also works as a key pressure point to force the enemy into concessions.<br><br>Alinsky's Rule 6 -- \"\"A good tactic is one 'my people' enjoy.\"  They'll keep doing it without urging and come back to do more.\"<br><br>And of course, Alinsky's Rule 12 -- \"Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.\"  I cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy.  I go after people and not institutions; people hurt faster than institutions.<br><br>I encourage every REAL American to read Alinsky's \"Rules for Radicals.\"  It will help you fight these idiots.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.theobamafile.com/Alinsky.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.theobamafile.com/Alinsky.htm</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-30_18:03:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "Beckwith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11941491, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12267402": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Uh M, if the state of Hawaii has Obama's BC then that means he was born in Hawaii.<br><br>The law which allows them to give BC to people born outside Hawaii was enacted on 1982 and their BCs don't get to be kept by the state of Hawaii because they're born outside it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-07_14:07:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "LaLee", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12266927, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13126962": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "EXPOSING THE FALLACIES<br><br>LaLee responded:<br><br>\"So you have no proof whatsoever?<br><br>In that case i don't need to answer ANY of your question because without proof NONE of those questions are relevant.<br><br>You can call me whatever you want for not answering those questions but THE BURDEN OF PROOF IS ON THE ACCUSER which is you.<br><br>So if anyone has to answer question it's YOU.\"<br><br>No LaLee, I am not going to call you anything for not answering those questions other than to point out that this is just a tactic to continue in your use of circular reasoning, begging the question, and proof by assertion, which by way of definition are logical fallacies.<br><br>The questions I posed which LaLee refuses to answer:<br><br><br>(1) \"Does the US Constitution define the term naturalized citizen?\" <br><br>My answer is no, it is not defined but we can determine what a naturalized citizen is NOT, by Section 1 of the 14th Amendment, \"All persons born or naturalized in the United States ...\".  Therefore a naturalized citizen is one NOT born in the United States.  It also important to note that the distinction of the phrase \"natural born\" is only applied to the requirements of the office of the President and Vice-President of the United States.  As a naturalized citizen and a natural born citizen are mutually exclusive, then a naturalized citizen cannot assume the office of the Presidency or Vice-Presidency.<br><br><br>(2) Do you believe there to be a difference between a naturalized citizen and a native-born citizen and a natural-born citizen?  <br><br>I can't answer that question for LaLee.  I can answer that I believe there is a difference and I would define it as follows: a naturalized citizen is a person who becomes a citizen not by parentage or by location of birth but by naturalization laws, a native-born citizen is a one based upon where the person was born, and a natural-born citizen is a person who is born in the country of parents (two of them) who are citizens of that country.<br><br>As a suggestion, try Googling native-born.<br><br><br>(3) Do you believe that that the Constitution has a fixed and knowable meaning, which was established at the time of its drafting?<br><br>I can't answer this one for LaLee either.  I believe that the Constitution has a fixed and knowable meaning, that was established at the time of its drafting.  I also believe that if the meaning of particular wording isn't intuitvely obvious that referencing other source documents as close to the time of the Constitution's drafting is instructive in determining the Founder's meaning.<br><br>Another definition for LaLee: \"Ad nauseam\" arguments are logical fallacies relying on the repetition of a single argument to the exclusion of all else. This tactic employs intentional obfuscation, in which other logic and rationality is intentionally ignored in favour of preconceived (and ultimately subjective) modes of reasoning and rationality.<br><br>Now it is established fact that the Founders were presented with Vattel, \"The Law of Nations\" as evidenced by this link:<br><br><a href=\"http://books.google.com/books?id=jmfaceHkyKcC&pg=PA432&lpg=PA432&dq=Benjamin+Franklin+Charles+W.F.+Dumas+Vattel&source=bl&ots=RiR8oTgSAQ&sig=QKbmG9NIzT2e1TcuZ86AHlOrtDE&hl=en&ei=o1VnSsKqGYjKlAeY4tTdDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://books.google.com/books?id=jmfaceHkyKcC&p...</a><br><br>An extract from (the previously mentioned link) Benjamin Franklin's letter to Charles W.F. Dumas (dated December 9, 1775) is as follows:<br><br>\"I am much obliged by the kind present you have made us of your edition of Vattel. It came to us in good season, when the circumstances of a rising state make it necessary frequently to consult the Law of Nations. Accordingly, that copy which I kept (after depositing one in our own public library here, and send the other to the College of Massachusetts Bay, as you directed) has been continually in the hands of the members of our congress, now sitting, who are much pleased with your notes and preface, and have entertained a high and just esteem for their author\u201d<br><br>Here is another online link to Vattel's online version of The Law of Nations:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.lonang.com/exlibris/vattel/vatt-119.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.lonang.com/exlibris/vattel/vatt-119.htm</a><br><br>And an extract from Section 212:<br><br>\"\u00a7 212. Citizens and natives.<br>The citizens are the members of the civil society; bound to this society by certain duties, and subject to its authority, they equally participate in its advantages. The natives, or natural-born citizens, are those born in the country, of parents who are citizens. As the society cannot exist and perpetuate itself otherwise than by the children of the citizens, those children naturally follow the condition of their fathers, and succeed to all their rights. The society is supposed to desire this, in consequence of what it owes to its own preservation; and it is presumed, as matter of course, that each citizen, on entering into society, reserves to his children the right of becoming members of it. The country of the fathers is therefore that of the children; and these become true citizens merely by their tacit consent. We shall soon see whether, on their coming to the years of discretion, they may renounce their right, and what they owe to the society in which they were born. I say, that, in order to be of the country, it is necessary that a person be born of a father who is a citizen; for, if he is born there of a foreigner, it will be only the place of his birth, and not his country.\"<br><br>Here is a link to the Records of the Federal Convention of 1787 a letter from John Jay to George Washington:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.archive.org/stream/recordsofthefede009300mbp#page/n67/mode/2up\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.archive.org/stream/recordsofthefede0...</a><br><br>The text of which is:<br><br>\"Permit me to hint, whether it would not be wise & seasonable to provide a a strong check to the admission of Foreigners into the administration of our national Government; and to declare expresly that the Command in chief of the american army shall not be given to, nor devolve on, any but a natural born Citizen.\"<br><br><br>And from the 2nd Session of the First Congress (1790 Chapter III) \"An Act to establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization\":<br><br><a href=\"http://rs6.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsl&fileName=001/llsl001.db&recNum=227\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://rs6.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsl&f...</a><br><br>The excerpt being:<br><br>\"And the children of citizens of the United States, that my be born beyond sea, or out of limits of the United States,  shall be considered as natural born citizens...\"<br><br>And yes the wording \"natural born\" was removed by the Third Congress of 1795, but the understanding of the phrase \"natural born citizen\" can be determined by these documents.<br><br>These First and Third Congress references are also cited in the US v Wong Kim Ark decision.<br><br>Lastly review S. Res. 511 of the 110th Congress at this link:<br><br><a href=\"http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c110:3:./temp/%7Ec110RdnNWe::\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c110:3:./...</a><br><br>The text of which is as follows:<br><br>\"RESOLUTION<br><br>Recognizing that John Sidney McCain, III, is a natural born citizen. <br><br>Whereas the Constitution of the United States requires that, to be eligible for the Office of the President, a person must be a `natural born Citizen' of the United States; <br><br>Whereas the term `natural born Citizen', as that term appears in Article II, Section 1, is not defined in the Constitution of the United States; <br><br>Whereas there is no evidence of the intention of the Framers or any Congress to limit the constitutional rights of children born to Americans serving in the military nor to prevent those children from serving as their country's President; <br><br>Whereas such limitations would be inconsistent with the purpose and intent of the `natural born Citizen' clause of the Constitution of the United States, as evidenced by the First Congress's own statute defining the term `natural born Citizen'; <br><br>Whereas the well-being of all citizens of the United States is preserved and enhanced by the men and women who are assigned to serve our country outside of our national borders; <br><br>Whereas previous presidential candidates were born outside of the United States of America and were understood to be eligible to be President; and <br><br>Whereas John Sidney McCain, III, was born to American citizens on an American military base in the Panama Canal Zone in 1936: Now, therefore, be it <br><br><br>Resolved, That John Sidney McCain, III, is a `natural born Citizen' under Article II, Section 1, of the Constitution of the United States.\"<br><br>Notice how last year's Senate referenced the \"First Congress's own statute defining the term `natural born Citizen'\". This was considered and agreed to on April 30, 2008 and coincidentally submitted by Sen. McCaskill on behalf of Sens. Leahy, Obama, Clinton, and Webb.<br><br>The Senate did perform its duty with regard to candidate McCain but not with candidate Obama.<br><br>\"There are none so blind as those who will not see\".", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-22_15:31:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "mwpatriot", "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}, "11957262": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Folks, my point has been made. Allan doesn't know how to discuss a issue in an adult like manner.  Instead of discussing the issue of Obama's eligibility, he turns the discussion about me. Makes false accusations about me.  Takes my screen name and makes fun of it, and accuses me of not being an American.  <br><br>Now, if there are any others out there that can handle an adult discussion about the issues, I would be glad to do that.  But I am finished the Allan who is apparently about 12 years old.<br><br>If you care to have an open mind to evidence, read the following: <a href=\"http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/07/atlas-exclusive.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-30_22:57:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "oildance", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11952941": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I thought Swensson was going to reveal spectacular \"new evidence\" that was going to force Obama to resign before July 4th. I was looking forward to that, since it would also be the \"only\" evidence anyone has produced so far to dispute Obama's eligibility.<br><br>Free advice to Carl: Next time, form a \"Citizen's Supreme Court,\" with robes and everything. They'll HAVE to take you seriously -- plus, you'll probably get an interview with Jon Stewart, just as soon as you're released from psychiatric observation.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-30_19:52:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "strangeappar8us", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11950740": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"When Liberals cannot agrue a point or a question with fact or reason, they turn to personal attacks.\"<br><br>Alinsky rule 12 -- these Obots have no free will.  They're all slogans and insults.<br><br>Can't form their own thoughts.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-30_18:13:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "Beckwith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11949430, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12409238": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ow! Ow! Stop beating me!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_17:23:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "c4fba8eb6542919c585e2da8d6f916c9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12408175, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11957658": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Just the kind of response I would expect from a non-American poseur like \"oildance\" or whatever his Kenyan name is.<br><br>The issue of who is a natural born American is at the very core of this ridiculous and endless crusade to delegitimize the authority of President Obama.  It may not be treasonous to pursue this line of attack against your Commander-in-Chief, but it is completely and shockingly un-American.<br><br>Elections have consequences.  Until 1/20/2013, Barack Obama is your President.  If you can't handle that simple reality, then you are simply incompetent to exercise the obligations of citizenship.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-30_23:15:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "c4fba8eb6542919c585e2da8d6f916c9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11957262, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12298139": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Uh M, the state of Hawaii didn't \"fail\" to declare anything.<br><br>Because there is only one kind of BC a citizen is allowed to have.<br><br>THE COLB ONE.<br><br>The \"long form\" as you put it is only for the government to have and to keep.<br><br>Therefore they don't have to declare that the one they have is a \"long form\" because it's already implied.<br><br>But hey if you want to take that as a sign \"suspiciousness\" then who am i to disagree if you want to make a fool of yourself?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-07_23:15:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "LaLee", "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": 12270697, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12234013": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I was able to print off a blank Hawaiian COLB from the internet and can use an electronic typewriter to put whatever info I want on it. I understand Obama's sister Maya was born in Indonesia but also has a Hawaiian COLB?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-06_19:58:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "RedGraham", "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}, "11936325": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Do you want to live under a communist regime?  Do you even know what socialism is?  Do you want to controlled by a tyrant Emporer?  That is exactly what this fool envisions.  You have drunk the Jim Jones Koolaid.  I would bet you dont want these bad things to happen.  They are already happening!!!  You are just too stupid to understand!!  The few of us with understanding of the Declararion of Independence and the Constitution can see exactly the direction he is going with his mania.  WAKE UP, you idiots!  \"Give our country away to illegal aliens....\"  Either make yourself familiar with the facts or SHUT UP!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-30_11:32:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "robertbartoe", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11936048, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13118498": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The Dept. of Hawaiian Home Lands is similar to the Bureau of Indian Affairs in that it is chartered to provide benefits and services to persons of native Hawaiian ancestry.<br><br>Its requirements for establishing one's right to be considered of native Hawaiian extraction is irrelevant to any discussion of President Obama, whose maternal family is from Kansas and makes no claim to be descended from the aboriginal peoples of Hawaii.<br><br>But I do have to tip my hat to you for your dogged determination to beat this dead horse until the last bit of flesh has been flayed from its skeleton.  Good job!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-22_13:12:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "c4fba8eb6542919c585e2da8d6f916c9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 13117859, "depth": 9, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13117859": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Your skills at investigation are lacking.  The referenced page is:<br><br><a href=\"http://hawaii.gov/dhhl/applicants/appforms/applyhhl\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://hawaii.gov/dhhl/applicants/appforms/appl...</a><br><br>That being said it appears that the text has been revised since the publication of the news article where I pulled the quote.  Here is the current text:<br><br>\"Primary Documents<br><br>Birth certificates (Certificates of Live Birth and Certifications of Live Birth) and Certificates of Hawaiian Birth are the primary documents used to determine native Hawaiian qualification.<br><br>The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands accepts both Certificates of Live Birth (original birth certificate) and Certifications of Live Birth because they are official government records documenting an individual\u2019s birth.  The Certificate of Live Birth generally has more information which is useful for genealogical purposes as compared to the Certification of Live Birth which is a computer-generated printout that provides specific details of a person\u2019s birth.  Although original birth certificates (Certificates of Live Birth) are preferred for their greater detail, the State Department of Health (DOH) no longer issues Certificates of Live Birth.  When a request is made for a copy of a birth certificate, the DOH issues a Certification of Live Birth.\"<br><br>However, the fact remains that there are two forms and the original birth certificate (Certificate of Live Birth) contains \"greater detail\" (in other words a long form) as opposed to the Certification of Live Birth (or short form).", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-22_12:55:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "mwpatriot", "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": 12414090, "depth": 8, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11950628": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Here's another example of left-think from Allan, a genuine Obot..<br><br>\"Free expression for me, but not for thee.\"<br><br>This guy is a perfect example of the Obama supporter.  He'd put on a brown-shirt and sing Obama's version of the \"Banner Song\" in a heartbeat.<br><br>He'd enjoy purging the country of those who think differently than he does.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-30_18:08:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "Beckwith", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11932712, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13313061": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia ruled in the case of United States vs. Williams, 504 U.S. 36 at 48 (1992):<br><br>      Rooted in long centuries of Anglo-American history, Hannah v. Larche, 363 US 420, 490 (1960) with J. Frankfurter concurring in result, the Grand Jury is mentioned in the Bill of Rights, but not in the body of the Constitution. It has not been textually assigned, therefore, to any of the three branches described in the first three Articles. It is a constitutional fixture in its own right.<br><br>In an article in the Creighton Law Review, Volume 33, number 4, 1999-2000, Roger Roots, Juris Doctorate, wrote:<br><br>      In addition to its traditional role of screening criminal cases for prosecution, common law grand juries had the power to exclude prosecutors from their presence at any time and to investigate public officials without government influence. These fundamental powers allowed grand juries to serve a vital function of oversight upon the government. The function of a grand jury to ferret out government corruption was the primary purpose of the grand jury system in ages past.<br><br>Judges and prosecutors and attorneys began using the phrase \"runaway grand jury\" to create ridicule and scorn upon a jury that chose to think for themselves, which is the Constitutional Right of any jury. Roger Roots continues:<br><br>      A runaway grand jury, loosely defined as a grand jury which resists the accusatory choices of a government prosecutor, has been virtually eliminated by modern criminal procedure. Today's \u201crunaway\u201d grand jury is in fact, the common law grand jury of the past. Prior to the emergence of governmental prosecution as the standard model for American criminal justice, all grand juries were in fact runaways, according to the definition of modern times. They operated as completely independent, self-directing bodies of inquisitors, with power to pursue unlawful conduct to its very source, including the government itself.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-25_11:42:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "GregNH", "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}, "12400166": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "As you can see from the quoted text of the news article, there are two kinds of long form birth certificates in the state of Hawaii.  Additionally the acronym you are using COLB is used for a Certificate of Live Birth (long form) and the Certification of Live Birth (short form) and according to the Dept Hawaiian of Homelands,<br><br>\"In order to process your application (to verify that you are a genuine native Hawaiian), DHHL utilizes information that is found only on the original Certificate of Live Birth, which is either black or green. This is a more complete record of your birth than the Certification of Live Birth (a computer-generated printout). Submitting the original Certificate of Live Birth will save you time and money since the computer-generated Certification requires additional verification by DHHL.\"<br><br>So your statement, \"The \"long form\" as you put it is only for the government to have and to keep\" is patently false otherwise a person would be UNABLE to comply with the \"Submitting the original Certificate of Live Birth will save you time and money...\" statement from the Department of Hawaiian Homeland.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_15:46:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "mwpatriot", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12298139, "depth": 6, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11951016": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm confused, above you indicated I'm not capable of independent thought, yet here you say I'm quite capable of engaging in serious dialog.  Let me know when you make up your mind.<br><br>I am actually capable of engaging in serious dialog, but none is to be found among the semiliterate and woefully miseducated acolytes of Oily Taint, DDS and correspondence school JD, who routinely misspells the names of the elected officials whom she bombards with spurious petitions and bits of her used tampons as evidence of some dark conspiracy.<br><br>If you dine on Oily's fragrant muff, then you are worthy of nothing but my sneering contempt.  Now run along before someone drops a house on you.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-30_18:23:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "c4fba8eb6542919c585e2da8d6f916c9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11950473, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11930665": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If Obama was out, think of the empty suit Democrats have given us to replace him.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-30_08:28:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "bailintheboat", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11964077": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thanks for posting the analysis of the \"forged COLB\" prepared by \"techdude,\" the \"forensic document expert\" even the Birthers have rejected as an embarrassment and a fraud.<br><br>You really need to catch up with the current conspiracy program. It's not about the COLB anymore -- it's about de Vattel's 250-year-old definition of \"natural born citizen\" (the old European definition you won't find in the Constitution or any US Federal law) and Obama's British-subject father whose British citizenship transferred to Obama at birth (except that it didn't, really). <br><br>Oh, and failing that, Obama is the illegitimate son of Malcolm X -- but keep that one in your hip pocket, just in case Orly gets judge-whipped again at her upcoming hearing on July 13.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-01_00:19:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "strangeappar8us", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11957262, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12266927": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Conspicuous in its absence is Fukino's assertion that Obama's original birth certificate confirms that he was born in Hawaii.<br><br>Secondly, read up again.  Arthur's father was naturalized AFTER his birth.   William Arthur WAS a Canadian but became naturalized in August of 1843.<br><br>However, you do bring up a good point, there is an amazing of similarity between to two cases, namely concealment.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-07_13:55:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "mwpatriot", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11931162, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11936048": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You said: \"Chester A Arthur hid all evidence of his heritage.\"<br><br>AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.<br><br>Arthur's father Canadian citizenship is so well known that there was speculation he was born in Canada which is ironically kind of like the rumors that Obama was actually a Kenyan.<br><br>The \"idiots\" are the sore losers who still prefer to believe in such rumors.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-30_11:25:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "LaLee", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11934913, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12433586": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "So what's with not releasing records from any of Obama's schools or colleges? The Pakistan passport? I'm surprised Granny in Kenya is still alive. She's older than Vince Foster if you catch my drift. And why the gag-orders on Kenyan relatives? Too bad we can't hear from sister Maya.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-10_05:59:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "RedGraham", "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}, "12039093": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wow! I am shocked at how immature this newsrag is.<br>Making fun of people who only want to preserve the Constitution?<br>Are you concerned about upholding the Constitution?<br>When Obama took the oath, he swore to uphold the Constitutiion. Something he is not doing right now.<br>Every takeover he has implemented goes against our rights and our Constitution.<br>If you people think that's something to laugh about, I feel for this country!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-02_13:18:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "trueamerican67", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12399033": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ad hominem, ad nausea, .etc, .etc, .etc", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_15:24:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "mwpatriot", "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": 12238027, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11949883": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes, it's terrible how mean and vicious Americans have become.  Let us know when you plan to stop it.  Right after you prove that you're REALLY an American and not a Kenyan Indonesian.  Oildance?  Sounds middle eastern to me...", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-30_17:42:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "c4fba8eb6542919c585e2da8d6f916c9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11949430, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11941736": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Seriously, Google Wendy Weinbaum if you want to drink straight from the firehose of barking at the moon crazy.  \"As a Jewess in the US\" is her rhetorical throat-clearing tic similar to the way other people start every statement with \"basically\" or \"you know.\"  How many cats do you own, Wendy?  And how many of them told you that Obama is a sekrit Muslin?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-30_13:58:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "c4fba8eb6542919c585e2da8d6f916c9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11930617, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12414090": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Huh?<br><br>AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.<br><br>The Department of Hawaiian Homelands is a HOUSING PROJECT.<br><br>\"The legal basis for the establishment of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) is the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended (HHCA). Passed by Congress and signed into law by President Warren Harding on July 9, 1921 (chapter 42, 42 Stat. 108), the HHCA provides for the rehabilitation of the native Hawaiian people through a government-sponsored homesteading program. Native Hawaiians are defined as individuals having at least 50 percent Hawaiian blood.\"<br><br>I looked for the phrase \"certificate of live birth\" in the DHHL website and this is the result:<br><br>\"No results were found.\"<br><br>And then i just looked for the word \"certificate\"<br><br>And this is the ONLY page that has that word:<br><br><a href=\"http://hawaii.gov/dhhl/hoap/cm3/case-management-level-iii/?searchterm=certificate\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://hawaii.gov/dhhl/hoap/cm3/case-management...</a><br><br>\"If a client is considering bankruptcy, the law requires that prior to filing you must receive counseling from a non-profit credit counseling agency approved by the Department of Justice. Through HOAP, a client is referred to an agency in Hawai\u2018i approved to provide face-to-face, telephone and/or internet pre-bankruptcy counseling. Upon completion, the service provider issues a certificate valid for 180 days that must be filed with a bankruptcy petition.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_19:38:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "LaLee", "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": 12400166, "depth": 7, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11941566": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "WAKE UP in all caps is a marker of white supremacists and neo-Nazis.  Thanks for the 'tell.'", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-30_13:54:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "c4fba8eb6542919c585e2da8d6f916c9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11936325, "depth": 5, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11950913": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I thought you died eight years ago in prison for the murder of Medgar Evers.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-30_18:19:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "c4fba8eb6542919c585e2da8d6f916c9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11950740, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11951051": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "And here's an example of Godwin's Law in action.  Too bad you blinked first, loser.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-30_18:24:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "c4fba8eb6542919c585e2da8d6f916c9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11950628, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11952502": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ridiculing the ridiculous existed long before Alinsky wrote his Rules.What, did Aristophanes read Alinsky?<br><br>You are ready to believe anything but the truth. A nameless \"expert\" over the entire U.S. intelligence establishment, who are hardly liberals. They are professional spooks, know a forgery when they see one, and gave Senator, then President Obama, the top security clearance in the country.<br><br>He had to show his documentation to them. He doesn't have to show it to every fringe group who wants to spit on it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-30_19:31:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "baf4fc93908e5cfb2aade02e189198fc", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11950473, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11930824": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Obama is a fraud and a phony.  The parallels to Hitler are striking.  He must present a valid US birth certificate NOW.  The damage he has done in six short months is staggering.  If he is not stopped, he will destroy everything good about America.  Join hands and hearts today and demand he present that birth certificate.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-30_08:36:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "richarddenney", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11955657": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh I thought Liberals protected Middle Eastern people. Hummm.  Your are showing your colors. That name is the name of my ranch, not my name. And I happen to live in the best state in the US--Texas.  So eat your heart out Allan.  You just proved how stupid you are with your idiotic remark. Go figure.  Why don't you try to get information--real information.  Look beyond the nose on your face.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-30_21:50:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "oildance", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11949430, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12238027": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "But if you did that, the state of Hawaii would not be able to verify, as they have with Obama's, that they have the original longform on file.<br><br>By the way, this thread is days old, and you and your birther buddies should probably move on to some other corner of the internet where your lies will reach more readers.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-06_22:30:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "c4fba8eb6542919c585e2da8d6f916c9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12234013, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11956579": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You're goofy. Oh I have a valid Birth Certificate, but that's not required anyway to post on this site--duffas. I'm not wasting another minute on you.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-30_22:29:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "oildance", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11956195, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13127341": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thank you Allan, I was ALMOST beginning to miss your editorial comments.  Perhaps the \"dogged determination\" as you have ascribed to me might explain why I have also been referred to as \"Mr. Persistent\".<br><br>BTW, you seem to be right at hand to post the \"dead horse\" comments.<br><br>Pot.... Kettle... Black.... as they say.<br><br>Also, it was germane to the discussion as LaLee insisted there was only one form.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-22_15:39:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "mwpatriot", "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": 13118498, "depth": 10, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11939546": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Anyone been tracking the Ebay sale of the Barak H. Obama II's Kenyan Birth Certificate.  It has been posted to Ebay and scrubbed numerous times.  The most recent was for sale for more than 24 hours and the highest bid that I saw was for more than a million dollars.  There were approximately 80 bids and then the ad was gone again. So, folks, if AKA Barak Obama is for real why would anyone care about a dumb old Ebay sale?  Why would the powers that be yank it off the auction block.  I checked the history of the seller and it was clean.  I emailed the seller and he responded twice.  I believe this is legitimate and I am worried about this person's safety.<br>This administration is so corrupt.  It is a crime what is going on in America.  Just look at who this man sides with the Cuban Dictatorship, the Venezuelan Dictatorship, the Iranian regime.  Good grief you liberals are crazy.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-30_13:01:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "oildance", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11956195": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LOL you just replied to your own post instead of to mine.  And you still haven't provided proof that you are an American citizen and therefore entitled to comment on US politics.  Waiting...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-30_22:15:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "c4fba8eb6542919c585e2da8d6f916c9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11955657, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12407652": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You remind me of one of those Japanese soldiers found on a Pacific island years after WWII ended, still at war with the US.  If you come back to respond to this comment, it will only confirm that your life is devoted to beating dead horses.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_16:44:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "c4fba8eb6542919c585e2da8d6f916c9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12399033, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11933160": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Richarddenney invokes Godwins law in 15 comments.  <br><br>Nice job.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-30_10:04:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "alferd", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11930824, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12270697": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"On October 31st, 2008, officials in Hawaii released a statement that they had examined the birth certificate, but failed to declare whether it was a Live Birth Certificate generated by a hospital with signatures of the attending physician or a 'Late Birth' Certificate of Hawaiian Birth that could have been obtained (for a child) who is one year old or older after birth by a simple affirmation of a family member,\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-07_15:12:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "mwpatriot", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12267402, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12408175": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Allan,<br><br>Thanks for your excellent example of 'poisoning the well' and considering most of your responses include personal attacks, you seem to excel (in your own mind at least) at presenting logical fallacies as valid arguments.<br><br>No, I am devoted to God, my family, the restoration of our Constitutional Republic, and the search for truth, which includes tweaking the nose of those who confuse irrational statements with having meaning and substance.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-09_16:57:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "mwpatriot", "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": 12407652, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11932712": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You can see why DKos finally had to establish a 9/11 Truther ban on sight policy.  How long before all websites set their filters to auto-moderate all comments containing the words Kenya, COLB, Indonesia, and auto-ban any comments containing the name Orly Taitz or any of the comical misspellings thereof, such as the kind of misspellings of her own name Orly has been known to submit in her various documents?  My favorite is Oily Taint.  Damn MicroSoft and their spell-check!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-30_09:50:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "c4fba8eb6542919c585e2da8d6f916c9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11941491": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The person who is running from the insane aslyum in pajamas doesn't fool the guards when he points at an old lady on the street and says, She's the crazy one.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-30_13:52:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "c4fba8eb6542919c585e2da8d6f916c9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11939546, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11949430": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Here is a common thread I see constantly. When Liberals cannot agrue a point or a question with fact or reason, they turn to personal attacks.  Those of us who have valid questions about Barak Obama's eligibility are ridiculed and treated with disrespect, simply because we question very serious claims.  Just because we have an honest sense of reasoning power.  It makes no sense that Barak Obama is taking extreme measures to hide his records. There is only one conclusion that anyone with a brain can come to.  There is something to hide--why else?  But instead of serious review of the facts, these people who are in the tank for Obama and his madness, turn on American Citizens who want to uphold our values and keep our Consitution in tact. But no, they don't have any appreciation for that. They just want to make fun of us because we believe he is a fraud.  Well, the truth will be known one day.  Not in to too distant future.  I just don't understand how so many Americans have become so mean and viscious, simply because they disagree on an issue.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-30_17:24:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "oildance", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11931256": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You said: \"He must present a valid US birth certificate NOW.\"<br><br>He already did.<br><br>Associated Press Nov 1, 2008:<br>\"The Associated Press quoted Chiyome Fukino as saying that both she and the registrar of vital statistics, Alvin Onaka, have personally verified that the health department holds Obama's original birth certificate.<br><br>Fukino also was quoted by several other news organizations. The Honolulu Advertiser quoted Fukino as saying the agency had been bombarded by requests, and that the registrar of statistics had even been called in at home in the middle of the night. [...]<br><br>Fukino said she has \u201cpersonally seen and verified that the Hawaii State Department of Health has Sen. Obama\u2019s original birth certificate on record in accordance with state policies and procedures.\" <br><br>You also said: \"The damage he has done in six short months is staggering.\"<br><br>Gee i didn't know Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act or reversal of ban on stem cell research federal funding or health care reform is so \"damaging\" /Sarcasm.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-30_08:57:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "LaLee", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 11930824, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "11930617": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "As a Jewess in the US, I feel the so-called \"Birthers\" have a very valid point. Hussein Obama has NEVER shown his true long-form birth certificate, which tells the hospital, delivering doctor, has the heel print, etc. , unlike John Mccain. We KNOW Hawaii has issued \"Certifications of Live Birth\" to people born in Indonesia, like Obama's own SISTER, for example, who does not even deny it. To add to the mess, the Ambassador from Kenya HIMSELF said Obama's birthplace in Kenya is a National Shrine!  LOL.  And, since Obama's CLAIMED father was a British subject, Obama may not be \"Natural Born\" even if he was spawned in the territory of the USA, since many lawyers say the to be natural born, one must be born in the USA to American citizen parents.  No, this is a case for the Supremes, not for a massive media cover-up.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-06-30_08:25:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "wendyweinbaum", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "5 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 17, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 1, "reply_position": false, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "23506325", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "34441", "hash": 486400887844922754}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "birthers_claim_victory_in_dc_sort_of", "paginate": true, "num_pages": 2, "num_posts": 50, "per_page": 50, "total_posts": 91, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 23506325, "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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// 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/birthers_claim_victory_in_dc_sort_of/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">91</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/birthers_claim_victory_in_dc_sort_of/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>\
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	 <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>\
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	 </div>\
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				<div style="display:none; margin-top:10px;" id="dsq-upgrade-message"> \
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			' + html; 
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		return html;
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	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>\
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		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;
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			var trackback_url = 'http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/birthers_claim_victory_in_dc_sort_of/trackback/';
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		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>';
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			html += '</ul>';
			html = '<h3 class="dsq-h3-trackbacks">Trackbacks</h3>' + html;
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		return html;
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	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;
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		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>';
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					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>';
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				item += '</div>';
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		item += '</li>'; /* Reaction HTML ends */
		return item;
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	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> \
		';
	};

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		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:23506325" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">Login</a> \
								 \
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						</div> \
					</div> \
					<div id="dsq-reply-' + post_id + '"></div> \
			</div> \
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	//
	// 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'				: 'birthers_claim_victory_in_dc_sort_of',
			// 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/birthers_claim_victory_in_dc_sort_of/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='	+ 'birthers_claim_victory_in_dc_sort_of'
			+ '&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='	+ 'birthers_claim_victory_in_dc_sort_of'
			+ '&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='		+ 'birthers_claim_victory_in_dc_sort_of'
				+ '&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/23506325/realtime.js?timestamp=' + last_checked);
		}
	};

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

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

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

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

}();

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		if (isblank(openid_url)) {
			return;
		}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();


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









(function() {
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13313061" class="dsq-comment-message">United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia ruled in the case of United States vs. Williams, 504 U.S. 36 at 48 (1992):<br><br>      Rooted in long centuries of Anglo-American history, Hannah v. Larche, 363 US 420, 490 (1960) with J. Frankfurter concurring in result, the Grand Jury is mentioned in the Bill of Rights, but not in the body of the Constitution. It has not been textually assigned, therefore, to any of the three branches described in the first three Articles. It is a constitutional fixture in its own right.<br><br>In an article in the Creighton Law Review, Volume 33, number 4, 1999-2000, Roger Roots, Juris Doctorate, wrote:<br><br>      In addition to its traditional role of screening criminal cases for prosecution, common law grand juries had the power to exclude prosecutors from their presence at any time and to investigate public officials without government influence. These fundamental powers allowed grand juries to serve a vital function of oversight upon the government. The function of a grand jury to ferret out government corruption was the primary purpose of the grand jury system in ages past.<br><br>Judges and prosecutors and attorneys began using the phrase "runaway grand jury" to create ridicule and scorn upon a jury that chose to think for themselves, which is the Constitutional Right of any jury. Roger Roots continues:<br><br>      A runaway grand jury, loosely defined as a grand jury which resists the accusatory choices of a government prosecutor, has been virtually eliminated by modern criminal procedure. Today\'s “runaway” grand jury is in fact, the common law grand jury of the past. Prior to the emergence of governmental prosecution as the standard model for American criminal justice, all grand juries were in fact runaways, according to the definition of modern times. They operated as completely independent, self-directing bodies of inquisitors, with power to pursue unlawful conduct to its very source, including the government itself.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13126962">mwpatriot</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13126962" class="dsq-comment-message">EXPOSING THE FALLACIES<br><br>LaLee responded:<br><br>"So you have no proof whatsoever?<br><br>In that case i don\'t need to answer ANY of your question because without proof NONE of those questions are relevant.<br><br>You can call me whatever you want for not answering those questions but THE BURDEN OF PROOF IS ON THE ACCUSER which is you.<br><br>So if anyone has to answer question it\'s YOU."<br><br>No LaLee, I am not going to call you anything for not answering those questions other than to point out that this is just a tactic to continue in your use of circular reasoning, begging the question, and proof by assertion, which by way of definition are logical fallacies.<br><br>The questions I posed which LaLee refuses to answer:<br><br><br>(1) "Does the US Constitution define the term naturalized citizen?" <br><br>My answer is no, it is not defined but we can determine what a naturalized citizen is NOT, by Section 1 of the 14th Amendment, "All persons born or naturalized in the United States ...".  Therefore a naturalized citizen is one NOT born in the United States.  It also important to note that the distinction of the phrase "natural born" is only applied to the requirements of the office of the President and Vice-President of the United States.  As a naturalized citizen and a natural born citizen are mutually exclusive, then a naturalized citizen cannot assume the office of the Presidency or Vice-Presidency.<br><br><br>(2) Do you believe there to be a difference between a naturalized citizen and a native-born citizen and a natural-born citizen?  <br><br>I can\'t answer that question for LaLee.  I can answer that I believe there is a difference and I would define it as follows: a naturalized citizen is a person who becomes a citizen not by parentage or by location of birth but by naturalization laws, a native-born citizen is a one based upon where the person was born, and a natural-born citizen is a person who is born in the country of parents (two of them) who are citizens of that country.<br><br>As a suggestion, try Googling native-born.<br><br><br>(3) Do you believe that that the Constitution has a fixed and knowable meaning, which was established at the time of its drafting?<br><br>I can\'t answer this one for LaLee either.  I believe that the Constitution has a fixed and knowable meaning, that was established at the time of its drafting.  I also believe that if the meaning of particular wording isn\'t intuitvely obvious that referencing other source documents as close to the time of the Constitution\'s drafting is instructive in determining the Founder\'s meaning.<br><br>Another definition for LaLee: "Ad nauseam" arguments are logical fallacies relying on the repetition of a single argument to the exclusion of all else. This tactic employs intentional obfuscation, in which other logic and rationality is intentionally ignored in favour of preconceived (and ultimately subjective) modes of reasoning and rationality.<br><br>Now it is established fact that the Founders were presented with Vattel, "The Law of Nations" as evidenced by this link:<br><br><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=jmfaceHkyKcC&pg=PA432&lpg=PA432&dq=Benjamin+Franklin+Charles+W.F.+Dumas+Vattel&source=bl&ots=RiR8oTgSAQ&sig=QKbmG9NIzT2e1TcuZ86AHlOrtDE&hl=en&ei=o1VnSsKqGYjKlAeY4tTdDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1" rel="nofollow">http://books.google.com/books?id=jmfaceHkyKcC&p...</a><br><br>An extract from (the previously mentioned link) Benjamin Franklin\'s letter to Charles W.F. Dumas (dated December 9, 1775) is as follows:<br><br>"I am much obliged by the kind present you have made us of your edition of Vattel. It came to us in good season, when the circumstances of a rising state make it necessary frequently to consult the Law of Nations. Accordingly, that copy which I kept (after depositing one in our own public library here, and send the other to the College of Massachusetts Bay, as you directed) has been continually in the hands of the members of our congress, now sitting, who are much pleased with your notes and preface, and have entertained a high and just esteem for their author”<br><br>Here is another online link to Vattel\'s online version of The Law of Nations:<br><br><a href="http://www.lonang.com/exlibris/vattel/vatt-119.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.lonang.com/exlibris/vattel/vatt-119.htm</a><br><br>And an extract from Section 212:<br><br>"§ 212. Citizens and natives.<br>The citizens are the members of the civil society; bound to this society by certain duties, and subject to its authority, they equally participate in its advantages. The natives, or natural-born citizens, are those born in the country, of parents who are citizens. As the society cannot exist and perpetuate itself otherwise than by the children of the citizens, those children naturally follow the condition of their fathers, and succeed to all their rights. The society is supposed to desire this, in consequence of what it owes to its own preservation; and it is presumed, as matter of course, that each citizen, on entering into society, reserves to his children the right of becoming members of it. The country of the fathers is therefore that of the children; and these become true citizens merely by their tacit consent. We shall soon see whether, on their coming to the years of discretion, they may renounce their right, and what they owe to the society in which they were born. I say, that, in order to be of the country, it is necessary that a person be born of a father who is a citizen; for, if he is born there of a foreigner, it will be only the place of his birth, and not his country."<br><br>Here is a link to the Records of the Federal Convention of 1787 a letter from John Jay to George Washington:<br><br><a href="http://www.archive.org/stream/recordsofthefede009300mbp#page/n67/mode/2up" rel="nofollow">http://www.archive.org/stream/recordsofthefede0...</a><br><br>The text of which is:<br><br>"Permit me to hint, whether it would not be wise & seasonable to provide a a strong check to the admission of Foreigners into the administration of our national Government; and to declare expresly that the Command in chief of the american army shall not be given to, nor devolve on, any but a natural born Citizen."<br><br><br>And from the 2nd Session of the First Congress (1790 Chapter III) "An Act to establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization":<br><br><a href="http://rs6.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsl&fileName=001/llsl001.db&recNum=227" rel="nofollow">http://rs6.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsl&f...</a><br><br>The excerpt being:<br><br>"And the children of citizens of the United States, that my be born beyond sea, or out of limits of the United States,  shall be considered as natural born citizens..."<br><br>And yes the wording "natural born" was removed by the Third Congress of 1795, but the understanding of the phrase "natural born citizen" can be determined by these documents.<br><br>These First and Third Congress references are also cited in the US v Wong Kim Ark decision.<br><br>Lastly review S. Res. 511 of the 110th Congress at this link:<br><br><a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c110:3:./temp/%7Ec110RdnNWe::" rel="nofollow">http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c110:3:./...</a><br><br>The text of which is as follows:<br><br>"RESOLUTION<br><br>Recognizing that John Sidney McCain, III, is a natural born citizen. <br><br>Whereas the Constitution of the United States requires that, to be eligible for the Office of the President, a person must be a `natural born Citizen\' of the United States; <br><br>Whereas the term `natural born Citizen\', as that term appears in Article II, Section 1, is not defined in the Constitution of the United States; <br><br>Whereas there is no evidence of the intention of the Framers or any Congress to limit the constitutional rights of children born to Americans serving in the military nor to prevent those children from serving as their country\'s President; <br><br>Whereas such limitations would be inconsistent with the purpose and intent of the `natural born Citizen\' clause of the Constitution of the United States, as evidenced by the First Congress\'s own statute defining the term `natural born Citizen\'; <br><br>Whereas the well-being of all citizens of the United States is preserved and enhanced by the men and women who are assigned to serve our country outside of our national borders; <br><br>Whereas previous presidential candidates were born outside of the United States of America and were understood to be eligible to be President; and <br><br>Whereas John Sidney McCain, III, was born to American citizens on an American military base in the Panama Canal Zone in 1936: Now, therefore, be it <br><br><br>Resolved, That John Sidney McCain, III, is a `natural born Citizen\' under Article II, Section 1, of the Constitution of the United States."<br><br>Notice how last year\'s Senate referenced the "First Congress\'s own statute defining the term `natural born Citizen\'". This was considered and agreed to on April 30, 2008 and coincidentally submitted by Sen. McCaskill on behalf of Sens. Leahy, Obama, Clinton, and Webb.<br><br>The Senate did perform its duty with regard to candidate McCain but not with candidate Obama.<br><br>"There are none so blind as those who will not see".</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12433586" class="dsq-comment-message">So what\'s with not releasing records from any of Obama\'s schools or colleges? The Pakistan passport? I\'m surprised Granny in Kenya is still alive. She\'s older than Vince Foster if you catch my drift. And why the gag-orders on Kenyan relatives? Too bad we can\'t hear from sister Maya.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12234013" class="dsq-comment-message">I was able to print off a blank Hawaiian COLB from the internet and can use an electronic typewriter to put whatever info I want on it. I understand Obama\'s sister Maya was born in Indonesia but also has a Hawaiian COLB?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12238027">Allan</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12238027" class="dsq-comment-message">But if you did that, the state of Hawaii would not be able to verify, as they have with Obama\'s, that they have the original longform on file.<br><br>By the way, this thread is days old, and you and your birther buddies should probably move on to some other corner of the internet where your lies will reach more readers.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12399033">mwpatriot</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12399033" class="dsq-comment-message">Ad hominem, ad nausea, .etc, .etc, .etc</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12407652">Allan</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12407652" class="dsq-comment-message">You remind me of one of those Japanese soldiers found on a Pacific island years after WWII ended, still at war with the US.  If you come back to respond to this comment, it will only confirm that your life is devoted to beating dead horses.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12408175" class="dsq-comment-message">Allan,<br><br>Thanks for your excellent example of \'poisoning the well\' and considering most of your responses include personal attacks, you seem to excel (in your own mind at least) at presenting logical fallacies as valid arguments.<br><br>No, I am devoted to God, my family, the restoration of our Constitutional Republic, and the search for truth, which includes tweaking the nose of those who confuse irrational statements with having meaning and substance.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12409238" class="dsq-comment-message">Ow! Ow! Stop beating me!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12039093" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow! I am shocked at how immature this newsrag is.<br>Making fun of people who only want to preserve the Constitution?<br>Are you concerned about upholding the Constitution?<br>When Obama took the oath, he swore to uphold the Constitutiion. Something he is not doing right now.<br>Every takeover he has implemented goes against our rights and our Constitution.<br>If you people think that\'s something to laugh about, I feel for this country!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11957262" class="dsq-comment-message">Folks, my point has been made. Allan doesn\'t know how to discuss a issue in an adult like manner.  Instead of discussing the issue of Obama\'s eligibility, he turns the discussion about me. Makes false accusations about me.  Takes my screen name and makes fun of it, and accuses me of not being an American.  <br><br>Now, if there are any others out there that can handle an adult discussion about the issues, I would be glad to do that.  But I am finished the Allan who is apparently about 12 years old.<br><br>If you care to have an open mind to evidence, read the following: <a href="http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/07/atlas-exclusive.html" rel="nofollow">http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11964077" class="dsq-comment-message">Thanks for posting the analysis of the "forged COLB" prepared by "techdude," the "forensic document expert" even the Birthers have rejected as an embarrassment and a fraud.<br><br>You really need to catch up with the current conspiracy program. It\'s not about the COLB anymore -- it\'s about de Vattel\'s 250-year-old definition of "natural born citizen" (the old European definition you won\'t find in the Constitution or any US Federal law) and Obama\'s British-subject father whose British citizenship transferred to Obama at birth (except that it didn\'t, really). <br><br>Oh, and failing that, Obama is the illegitimate son of Malcolm X -- but keep that one in your hip pocket, just in case Orly gets judge-whipped again at her upcoming hearing on July 13.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11957658" class="dsq-comment-message">Just the kind of response I would expect from a non-American poseur like "oildance" or whatever his Kenyan name is.<br><br>The issue of who is a natural born American is at the very core of this ridiculous and endless crusade to delegitimize the authority of President Obama.  It may not be treasonous to pursue this line of attack against your Commander-in-Chief, but it is completely and shockingly un-American.<br><br>Elections have consequences.  Until 1/20/2013, Barack Obama is your President.  If you can\'t handle that simple reality, then you are simply incompetent to exercise the obligations of citizenship.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11952941">strangeappar8us</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11952941" class="dsq-comment-message">I thought Swensson was going to reveal spectacular "new evidence" that was going to force Obama to resign before July 4th. I was looking forward to that, since it would also be the "only" evidence anyone has produced so far to dispute Obama\'s eligibility.<br><br>Free advice to Carl: Next time, form a "Citizen\'s Supreme Court," with robes and everything. They\'ll HAVE to take you seriously -- plus, you\'ll probably get an interview with Jon Stewart, just as soon as you\'re released from psychiatric observation.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11949430">oildance</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11949430" class="dsq-comment-message">Here is a common thread I see constantly. When Liberals cannot agrue a point or a question with fact or reason, they turn to personal attacks.  Those of us who have valid questions about Barak Obama\'s eligibility are ridiculed and treated with disrespect, simply because we question very serious claims.  Just because we have an honest sense of reasoning power.  It makes no sense that Barak Obama is taking extreme measures to hide his records. There is only one conclusion that anyone with a brain can come to.  There is something to hide--why else?  But instead of serious review of the facts, these people who are in the tank for Obama and his madness, turn on American Citizens who want to uphold our values and keep our Consitution in tact. But no, they don\'t have any appreciation for that. They just want to make fun of us because we believe he is a fraud.  Well, the truth will be known one day.  Not in to too distant future.  I just don\'t understand how so many Americans have become so mean and viscious, simply because they disagree on an issue.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11955657">oildance</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11955657" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh I thought Liberals protected Middle Eastern people. Hummm.  Your are showing your colors. That name is the name of my ranch, not my name. And I happen to live in the best state in the US--Texas.  So eat your heart out Allan.  You just proved how stupid you are with your idiotic remark. Go figure.  Why don\'t you try to get information--real information.  Look beyond the nose on your face.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11956195">Allan</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11956195" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL you just replied to your own post instead of to mine.  And you still haven\'t provided proof that you are an American citizen and therefore entitled to comment on US politics.  Waiting...</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11956579">oildance</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11956579" class="dsq-comment-message">You\'re goofy. Oh I have a valid Birth Certificate, but that\'s not required anyway to post on this site--duffas. I\'m not wasting another minute on you.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11956865" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11956865" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11956865">Allan</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11956865" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t believe you.  I am certain that you were born in Kenya.  I have testimony that proves it.  Your BC is a forgery.  Scram before I call ICE on you, African usurper.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11950740" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11950740" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11950740">Beckwith</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11950740" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11950740" class="dsq-comment-message">"When Liberals cannot agrue a point or a question with fact or reason, they turn to personal attacks."<br><br>Alinsky rule 12 -- these Obots have no free will.  They\'re all slogans and insults.<br><br>Can\'t form their own thoughts.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11950913" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11950913" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11950913">Allan</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11950913" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11950913" class="dsq-comment-message">I thought you died eight years ago in prison for the murder of Medgar Evers.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11949883" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11949883" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11949883">Allan</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11949883" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, it\'s terrible how mean and vicious Americans have become.  Let us know when you plan to stop it.  Right after you prove that you\'re REALLY an American and not a Kenyan Indonesian.  Oildance?  Sounds middle eastern to me...</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11939546" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11939546">oildance</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11939546" class="dsq-comment-message">Anyone been tracking the Ebay sale of the Barak H. Obama II\'s Kenyan Birth Certificate.  It has been posted to Ebay and scrubbed numerous times.  The most recent was for sale for more than 24 hours and the highest bid that I saw was for more than a million dollars.  There were approximately 80 bids and then the ad was gone again. So, folks, if AKA Barak Obama is for real why would anyone care about a dumb old Ebay sale?  Why would the powers that be yank it off the auction block.  I checked the history of the seller and it was clean.  I emailed the seller and he responded twice.  I believe this is legitimate and I am worried about this person\'s safety.<br>This administration is so corrupt.  It is a crime what is going on in America.  Just look at who this man sides with the Cuban Dictatorship, the Venezuelan Dictatorship, the Iranian regime.  Good grief you liberals are crazy.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11941491" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11941491">Allan</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11941491" class="dsq-comment-message">The person who is running from the insane aslyum in pajamas doesn\'t fool the guards when he points at an old lady on the street and says, She\'s the crazy one.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11950473" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11950473">Beckwith</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11950473" class="dsq-comment-message">Allan is a classic example of a Saul Alinsky leftist.<br><br>Although quite capable of engaging in serious dialog, this adolescent choses to employ Alinsky\'s Rules for Radicals.  He gets several of them in the two posts I have read.<br><br>Alinsky\'s Rule 5 -- "Ridicule is man\'s most potent weapon."  There is no defense.  It\'s irrational.  It\'s infuriating.  It also works as a key pressure point to force the enemy into concessions.<br><br>Alinsky\'s Rule 6 -- ""A good tactic is one \'my people\' enjoy."  They\'ll keep doing it without urging and come back to do more."<br><br>And of course, Alinsky\'s Rule 12 -- "Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it."  I cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy.  I go after people and not institutions; people hurt faster than institutions.<br><br>I encourage every REAL American to read Alinsky\'s "Rules for Radicals."  It will help you fight these idiots.<br><br><a href="http://www.theobamafile.com/Alinsky.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.theobamafile.com/Alinsky.htm</a></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11952502" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-11952502" href="http://rumproast.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Mrs. Polly</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11952502" class="dsq-comment-message">Ridiculing the ridiculous existed long before Alinsky wrote his Rules.What, did Aristophanes read Alinsky?<br><br>You are ready to believe anything but the truth. A nameless "expert" over the entire U.S. intelligence establishment, who are hardly liberals. They are professional spooks, know a forgery when they see one, and gave Senator, then President Obama, the top security clearance in the country.<br><br>He had to show his documentation to them. He doesn\'t have to show it to every fringe group who wants to spit on it.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11951016" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11951016" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11951016">Allan</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11951016" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11951016" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m confused, above you indicated I\'m not capable of independent thought, yet here you say I\'m quite capable of engaging in serious dialog.  Let me know when you make up your mind.<br><br>I am actually capable of engaging in serious dialog, but none is to be found among the semiliterate and woefully miseducated acolytes of Oily Taint, DDS and correspondence school JD, who routinely misspells the names of the elected officials whom she bombards with spurious petitions and bits of her used tampons as evidence of some dark conspiracy.<br><br>If you dine on Oily\'s fragrant muff, then you are worthy of nothing but my sneering contempt.  Now run along before someone drops a house on you.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11932712" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11932712">Allan</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11932712" class="dsq-comment-message">You can see why DKos finally had to establish a 9/11 Truther ban on sight policy.  How long before all websites set their filters to auto-moderate all comments containing the words Kenya, COLB, Indonesia, and auto-ban any comments containing the name Orly Taitz or any of the comical misspellings thereof, such as the kind of misspellings of her own name Orly has been known to submit in her various documents?  My favorite is Oily Taint.  Damn MicroSoft and their spell-check!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11950628" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11950628">Beckwith</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11950628" class="dsq-comment-message">Here\'s another example of left-think from Allan, a genuine Obot..<br><br>"Free expression for me, but not for thee."<br><br>This guy is a perfect example of the Obama supporter.  He\'d put on a brown-shirt and sing Obama\'s version of the "Banner Song" in a heartbeat.<br><br>He\'d enjoy purging the country of those who think differently than he does.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11951051" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11951051">Allan</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11951051" class="dsq-comment-message">And here\'s an example of Godwin\'s Law in action.  Too bad you blinked first, loser.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11930824" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11930824">richarddenney</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11930824" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama is a fraud and a phony.  The parallels to Hitler are striking.  He must present a valid US birth certificate NOW.  The damage he has done in six short months is staggering.  If he is not stopped, he will destroy everything good about America.  Join hands and hearts today and demand he present that birth certificate.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11933160" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11933160">alferd</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11933160" class="dsq-comment-message">Richarddenney invokes Godwins law in 15 comments.  <br><br>Nice job.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11931256" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11931256" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11931256">LaLee</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11931256" class="dsq-comment-message">You said: "He must present a valid US birth certificate NOW."<br><br>He already did.<br><br>Associated Press Nov 1, 2008:<br>"The Associated Press quoted Chiyome Fukino as saying that both she and the registrar of vital statistics, Alvin Onaka, have personally verified that the health department holds Obama\'s original birth certificate.<br><br>Fukino also was quoted by several other news organizations. The Honolulu Advertiser quoted Fukino as saying the agency had been bombarded by requests, and that the registrar of statistics had even been called in at home in the middle of the night. [...]<br><br>Fukino said she has “personally seen and verified that the Hawaii State Department of Health has Sen. Obama’s original birth certificate on record in accordance with state policies and procedures." <br><br>You also said: "The damage he has done in six short months is staggering."<br><br>Gee i didn\'t know Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act or reversal of ban on stem cell research federal funding or health care reform is so "damaging" /Sarcasm.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11930665" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11930665">bailintheboat</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11930665" class="dsq-comment-message">If Obama was out, think of the empty suit Democrats have given us to replace him.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11930617" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11930617">wendyweinbaum</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11930617" class="dsq-comment-message">As a Jewess in the US, I feel the so-called "Birthers" have a very valid point. Hussein Obama has NEVER shown his true long-form birth certificate, which tells the hospital, delivering doctor, has the heel print, etc. , unlike John Mccain. We KNOW Hawaii has issued "Certifications of Live Birth" to people born in Indonesia, like Obama\'s own SISTER, for example, who does not even deny it. To add to the mess, the Ambassador from Kenya HIMSELF said Obama\'s birthplace in Kenya is a National Shrine!  LOL.  And, since Obama\'s CLAIMED father was a British subject, Obama may not be "Natural Born" even if he was spawned in the territory of the USA, since many lawyers say the to be natural born, one must be born in the USA to American citizen parents.  No, this is a case for the Supremes, not for a massive media cover-up.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11941736" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11941736" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11941736">Allan</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11941736" class="dsq-comment-message">Seriously, Google Wendy Weinbaum if you want to drink straight from the firehose of barking at the moon crazy.  "As a Jewess in the US" is her rhetorical throat-clearing tic similar to the way other people start every statement with "basically" or "you know."  How many cats do you own, Wendy?  And how many of them told you that Obama is a sekrit Muslin?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11931162" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11931162">LaLee</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11931162" class="dsq-comment-message">You said: "Hussein Obama has NEVER shown his true long-form birth certificate, which tells the hospital, delivering doctor, has the heel print, etc."<br><br>AHEM.<br><br>Associated Press Nov 1, 2008:<br>"The Associated Press quoted Chiyome Fukino as saying that both she and the  registrar of vital statistics, Alvin Onaka, have personally verified that the health department holds Obama\'s original birth certificate.<br><br>Fukino also was quoted by several other news organizations. The Honolulu Advertiser quoted Fukino as saying the agency had been bombarded by requests, and that the registrar of statistics had even been called in at home in the middle of the night. [...]<br><br>Fukino said she has “personally seen and verified that the Hawaii State Department of Health has Sen. Obama’s original birth certificate on record in accordance with state policies and procedures." "<br><br>BTW do you have ANY PROOF that "Hawaii has issued "Certifications of Live Birth" to people born in Indonesia"?<br><br>"And, since Obama\'s CLAIMED father was a British subject, Obama may not be "Natural Born" even if he was spawned in the territory of the USA."<br><br>Then how do you explain CHESTER A ARTHUR whose father is CANADIAN?<br><br>Nice touch with the "Jewess in the US" bit /Sarcasm.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12266927">mwpatriot</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12266927" class="dsq-comment-message">Conspicuous in its absence is Fukino\'s assertion that Obama\'s original birth certificate confirms that he was born in Hawaii.<br><br>Secondly, read up again.  Arthur\'s father was naturalized AFTER his birth.   William Arthur WAS a Canadian but became naturalized in August of 1843.<br><br>However, you do bring up a good point, there is an amazing of similarity between to two cases, namely concealment.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12267402" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12267402">LaLee</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12267402" class="dsq-comment-message">Uh M, if the state of Hawaii has Obama\'s BC then that means he was born in Hawaii.<br><br>The law which allows them to give BC to people born outside Hawaii was enacted on 1982 and their BCs don\'t get to be kept by the state of Hawaii because they\'re born outside it.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12270697" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12270697">mwpatriot</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12270697" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12270697" class="dsq-comment-message">"On October 31st, 2008, officials in Hawaii released a statement that they had examined the birth certificate, but failed to declare whether it was a Live Birth Certificate generated by a hospital with signatures of the attending physician or a \'Late Birth\' Certificate of Hawaiian Birth that could have been obtained (for a child) who is one year old or older after birth by a simple affirmation of a family member,"</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12298139" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12298139">LaLee</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12298139" class="dsq-comment-message">Uh M, the state of Hawaii didn\'t "fail" to declare anything.<br><br>Because there is only one kind of BC a citizen is allowed to have.<br><br>THE COLB ONE.<br><br>The "long form" as you put it is only for the government to have and to keep.<br><br>Therefore they don\'t have to declare that the one they have is a "long form" because it\'s already implied.<br><br>But hey if you want to take that as a sign "suspiciousness" then who am i to disagree if you want to make a fool of yourself?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12400166" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12400166">mwpatriot</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12400166" class="dsq-comment-message">As you can see from the quoted text of the news article, there are two kinds of long form birth certificates in the state of Hawaii.  Additionally the acronym you are using COLB is used for a Certificate of Live Birth (long form) and the Certification of Live Birth (short form) and according to the Dept Hawaiian of Homelands,<br><br>"In order to process your application (to verify that you are a genuine native Hawaiian), DHHL utilizes information that is found only on the original Certificate of Live Birth, which is either black or green. This is a more complete record of your birth than the Certification of Live Birth (a computer-generated printout). Submitting the original Certificate of Live Birth will save you time and money since the computer-generated Certification requires additional verification by DHHL."<br><br>So your statement, "The "long form" as you put it is only for the government to have and to keep" is patently false otherwise a person would be UNABLE to comply with the "Submitting the original Certificate of Live Birth will save you time and money..." statement from the Department of Hawaiian Homeland.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12414090" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12414090">LaLee</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12414090" class="dsq-comment-message">Huh?<br><br>AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.<br><br>The Department of Hawaiian Homelands is a HOUSING PROJECT.<br><br>"The legal basis for the establishment of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) is the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended (HHCA). Passed by Congress and signed into law by President Warren Harding on July 9, 1921 (chapter 42, 42 Stat. 108), the HHCA provides for the rehabilitation of the native Hawaiian people through a government-sponsored homesteading program. Native Hawaiians are defined as individuals having at least 50 percent Hawaiian blood."<br><br>I looked for the phrase "certificate of live birth" in the DHHL website and this is the result:<br><br>"No results were found."<br><br>And then i just looked for the word "certificate"<br><br>And this is the ONLY page that has that word:<br><br><a href="http://hawaii.gov/dhhl/hoap/cm3/case-management-level-iii/?searchterm=certificate" rel="nofollow">http://hawaii.gov/dhhl/hoap/cm3/case-management...</a><br><br>"If a client is considering bankruptcy, the law requires that prior to filing you must receive counseling from a non-profit credit counseling agency approved by the Department of Justice. Through HOAP, a client is referred to an agency in Hawai‘i approved to provide face-to-face, telephone and/or internet pre-bankruptcy counseling. Upon completion, the service provider issues a certificate valid for 180 days that must be filed with a bankruptcy petition."</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13117859">mwpatriot</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13117859" class="dsq-comment-message">Your skills at investigation are lacking.  The referenced page is:<br><br><a href="http://hawaii.gov/dhhl/applicants/appforms/applyhhl" rel="nofollow">http://hawaii.gov/dhhl/applicants/appforms/appl...</a><br><br>That being said it appears that the text has been revised since the publication of the news article where I pulled the quote.  Here is the current text:<br><br>"Primary Documents<br><br>Birth certificates (Certificates of Live Birth and Certifications of Live Birth) and Certificates of Hawaiian Birth are the primary documents used to determine native Hawaiian qualification.<br><br>The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands accepts both Certificates of Live Birth (original birth certificate) and Certifications of Live Birth because they are official government records documenting an individual’s birth.  The Certificate of Live Birth generally has more information which is useful for genealogical purposes as compared to the Certification of Live Birth which is a computer-generated printout that provides specific details of a person’s birth.  Although original birth certificates (Certificates of Live Birth) are preferred for their greater detail, the State Department of Health (DOH) no longer issues Certificates of Live Birth.  When a request is made for a copy of a birth certificate, the DOH issues a Certification of Live Birth."<br><br>However, the fact remains that there are two forms and the original birth certificate (Certificate of Live Birth) contains "greater detail" (in other words a long form) as opposed to the Certification of Live Birth (or short form).</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13118498" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13118498" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13118498">Allan</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13118498" class="dsq-comment-message">The Dept. of Hawaiian Home Lands is similar to the Bureau of Indian Affairs in that it is chartered to provide benefits and services to persons of native Hawaiian ancestry.<br><br>Its requirements for establishing one\'s right to be considered of native Hawaiian extraction is irrelevant to any discussion of President Obama, whose maternal family is from Kansas and makes no claim to be descended from the aboriginal peoples of Hawaii.<br><br>But I do have to tip my hat to you for your dogged determination to beat this dead horse until the last bit of flesh has been flayed from its skeleton.  Good job!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13127341">mwpatriot</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13127341" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you Allan, I was ALMOST beginning to miss your editorial comments.  Perhaps the "dogged determination" as you have ascribed to me might explain why I have also been referred to as "Mr. Persistent".<br><br>BTW, you seem to be right at hand to post the "dead horse" comments.<br><br>Pot.... Kettle... Black.... as they say.<br><br>Also, it was germane to the discussion as LaLee insisted there was only one form.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11934913">robertbartoe</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11934913" class="dsq-comment-message">Chester A Arthur hid all evidence of his heritage, just the same as AKA.  It is just like the left to use bad behavior to validate further bad behavior.  Idiots, they are !!!!!!  AKA is a fraud and a traitor.  His time is shorter than they think.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11936048" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11936048" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11936048">LaLee</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11936048" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11936048" class="dsq-comment-message">You said: "Chester A Arthur hid all evidence of his heritage."<br><br>AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.<br><br>Arthur\'s father Canadian citizenship is so well known that there was speculation he was born in Canada which is ironically kind of like the rumors that Obama was actually a Kenyan.<br><br>The "idiots" are the sore losers who still prefer to believe in such rumors.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-11936325" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11936325">robertbartoe</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11936325" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11936325" class="dsq-comment-message">Do you want to live under a communist regime?  Do you even know what socialism is?  Do you want to controlled by a tyrant Emporer?  That is exactly what this fool envisions.  You have drunk the Jim Jones Koolaid.  I would bet you dont want these bad things to happen.  They are already happening!!!  You are just too stupid to understand!!  The few of us with understanding of the Declararion of Independence and the Constitution can see exactly the direction he is going with his mania.  WAKE UP, you idiots!  "Give our country away to illegal aliens...."  Either make yourself familiar with the facts or SHUT UP!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-11941566" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-11941566">Allan</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-11941566" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-11941566" class="dsq-comment-message">WAKE UP in all caps is a marker of white supremacists and neo-Nazis.  Thanks for the \'tell.\'</div>\
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