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For the first 6-7 it was 50%.  According to conservatives, America has always been socialist:<br><br><br>Top US Marginal Income Tax Rates, 1913--2003:  <br><a href=\"http://www.truthandpolitics.org/top-rates.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.truthandpolitics.org/top-rates.php</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-05_15:08:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "2e93faa348c42af2df4bc9deb7d6408b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6920528, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6906114": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "LOL.......<br><br>Unbeleivable, the truth of a situation still manages to escape their grasp. 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Because my high school and college courses didn't include it, naturally, and conservatives are too busy trying to succeed to recommend many novels.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-05_09:13:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "0877dec5191af8903f57987aa8101c69", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 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}, "6935049": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "please also remember (something commonly and often deliberately forgotten) is that there were tax loop holes you could drive a bus through,  4:1 tax shelters were common, you could deduct darn near anything.  Reagan got rid of the abusive loopholes in exchange for the reduction in tax rate.  So comparing \"only\" tax rates is comparing apples and rocks", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-05_21:59:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "79d9ac634eb84e8dbb2760ab90e7b62b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6919730, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6897856": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Great article", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-05_07:18:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "61f8c2f4518264de9c451fe34cdf71f7", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 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}, "6905359": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ayn Rand wrote about \"lions\" of creativity as the John Galts of her world.  Dagny Taggart, Ragnar Danneskj\u00f6ld, Mr. Riorden and John Galt himself were leaders who inspired others to follow them on a path different than the one their society chose to follow.  In looking around today, it's hard for me to identify anyone even remotely resembling John Galt -- instead, I see only short-sighted politicians who are bent on obtaining and retaining their personal power for their personal benefit.  I see no one on either side of the political aisle today with the creativity of John Galt, the tenacity of Dagny Taggart, or the production genius of Mr. Riorden.  <br><br>Could we have allowed the last 8 years to numb our collective conscience or outrage?  Perhaps.  Can our current course lead us to the Atlas Shrugged conclusion?  It might.  But, I suspect that Ayn Rand herself would simply say that to have the best possible outcome in our political direction, we all need to be active, involved, participatory and informed.  Until that happens, in my view, one path is as bad as the other, for neither will keep us from self destruction at some point.  <br><br>Read the book.  It will at least make you think about your future and the choices you must make.  That's a start.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-05_10:52:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "3da00b8966cc97fe54b4ff9f8525f1c2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6900752": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "There is no such thing as government money.  Governments only pass out OPM, 'other people's money'.  <br><br>They take money from one person and give it to another.   If they print their own we pay more with inflation.  If they borrow it from another country, we pay the debt.<br><br>If you have your hand in someone else's wallet, they have the right to say what they think about that.  Mind if I rummage through your's to see if there is something that I want?<br><br>I thought not.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-05_09:47:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "80a8ca78ca5675138a10d4a824089953", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6880236, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7298453": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Ayn Rand is a bodice rippin' romance novelist.  She is Danielle Steele for republicans who are so ashamed of being republican they claim to be libertarians or independents.  The arguments about creativity might fly a little further if it was good writing.  But it is not even!  You could take any chapter at random and nominate it for the Bulwerr-Lytton Award for Turgid Writing.  It is escapist fantasy at best.  If I don't get my way I'm going to hold my breath till I turn red, kick and throw a tantrum and run to my room because Mommy and Daddy don't love me.  It's not faiiiiiiiiiiiiiiir!!!  That's the best example of going Galt I have seen, but my daughter outgrew that at three or four.<br><br>But the romance novel parts are the best part of the whole thing.  Oh Hank Oh Dagny Oh Hank Oh Dagny.  She melted in his arms as they made passionate love.  Literature right out of the checkout stand.<br><br>By the way what has this republican congressclown campbell done that is so productive or beneficial to our society?  Anything??  Just wonderin'.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-17_16:38:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "fc7d5edabc94ecdc543136458da4a7c8", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6906392": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Why argue, this is going to be answered in time. I would have my liberal friends look around the world and see where this type of program has worked? In the late 1970's the western economies were in worse shape. Europe went to the big government model and the US went with limiting government, decreasing regulation  etc.  Net effect from 1980 to 2000 the US created 40 million jobs compared to europes 8 million. Europe generally has double digit unemployment all the time (even when they decrease the work week to 4 days) we are usually at  about 5 or 6%. They are all going broke with the cost of their entitlement programs. The US is the engine for economically (we get a cold they get pneumonia) Kill our engine they go down the tubes. But why argue about it , this is going to play out right in front of our eyes, you get to live it. In my opinion, you will look back and wonder what was I thinking. Some would say that if the idea that poor people should be allowed to buy homes that they couldn't afford (Barney Frank pushing for 40% Feddie and Fannie assets to be sub prime) then removing the risk to the lending institutions ust might have had a big part in creating this mess.Social engineering rarely works out, it is usually derailed by reality and unintended consequences.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-05_11:19:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "eeb3d4c6b40abab015008823f4eab9e9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6900467, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13091353": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "HIPPOCRATIC OATH!<br>SO, YES.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_23:09:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "Jhyder", "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": 6937835, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6900122": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "for Dakotawoman<br>Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.<br><br>-- C. S. Lewis", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-05_09:15:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "68dd29e7fc34168140d51e3c15f34560", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 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}, "6918431": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Alan Greenspan is a Rand disciple, having literally genuflected at her knees for many years. He was the one looking glum, confused and contrite at the Congressional hearings after the Oz he was Wizard of imploded. This guy's drivel is one more piece of evidence that one of the initiation rites to becoming a Republican leader is a lobotomy.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-05_14:03:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "f06e5da219fb575096b3dc64fddb0594", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6905760": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Your grasp of Ayn Rand is questionable. One creates for one's own sake. She was by no means a stewart of the man who NEEDS to be participatory or involved (whatever \"involved\" means). Active, yes.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-05_11:02:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "0dbb16a5ef0649c57f32e52b03bd4cc8", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6905359, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6900771": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "sorry - ACORN", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-05_09:48:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "c3502f987b7417d91c0d29123300378a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6900661, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6938404": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "And then Bush senior, a republican, had to break his campaign promise and raise it, because Regan's irresponsible economic policy dangerously sent us into deficit spending!   Bush senior = one of the rare, pragmatic Republicans.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-06_01:45:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "78d342de194fea7711dafd26c20aa66a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6920528, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6918822": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Bingo.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-05_14:18:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "e2ac00ca10e53ec7344c7eacd4ebd057", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6918780, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6886956": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I have a feeling that the ratio of moochers to producers is about right here...Katenick & myself vs the 6 others who will be standing inlines begging for handouts paid for by money stolen from people who actually have a brain and carry their own weight.  Kate, you're welcome to my Gulch anytime, I'm sure you know the magic words to get in.  The rest of you get lead.<br><br>You people are the sad result of public education (or non-education).  Truth is truth and you have no clue.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-04_20:53:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "b5e7c730d160f898fcf3e357f49dc038", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 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}, "6938287": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "BTW, 2/3 of corporations pay NOTHING in taxes through the use of off-shore accounts and tax loopholes?    Obama wants to close these up, to at least make it a level playing field, which regardless of what one feels the tax rate should be, we should all regard as commendable.   A little off the subject since you were talking about personal income taxes, but interesting.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-06_01:30:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "78d342de194fea7711dafd26c20aa66a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6935049, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6938417": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Even Greenspan, a member of Rand's inner circle, is now acknowledging that nationalization of the banks may be necessary.  The alternative is to let the economy utterly collapse... two very painful choices indeed.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-06_01:47:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "78d342de194fea7711dafd26c20aa66a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6932346, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6919730": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Reagan taxed the rich 50%, Nixon taxed the rich 70%.  In then 1950's, our \"golden ages\", they were taxed 91%!<br>Now Obama wants to raise it from 36% to 39% and he is a communist.  go figure", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-05_14:39:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "2e93faa348c42af2df4bc9deb7d6408b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6900661": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Problem with your scenario. There will be no capital left to \"share\" amongst the workers, because those \"achievers\" that you hate so much will have had no choice except to lay off you/us \"workers\".<br><br>Maybe ACRON has some openings..............", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-05_09:43:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "c3502f987b7417d91c0d29123300378a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6877984, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6900534": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "So how do you propose you get all the non-working non-bloody-backed slaves working?  Or they just get to stay home and collect checks like they do now?  Your system only rewards the lazy.  The people that didn't want to study in school and make sacrifices when they were younger to get good grades and then get a good job.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-05_09:37:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "799fa5066790d9465a75437d4b4b2dd4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6877984, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6900151": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Lol - like a John Galt would EVER take government money. Like your sarcasm would matter one whit to a man focused on achievement, on creating something real, on life.<br><br>Put that teat in your mouth and get back to your mooching.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-05_09:16:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "0877dec5191af8903f57987aa8101c69", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6880236, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6906176": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Er...Atlas Shrugged IS what is going on now, Literate person.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-05_11:15:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "izzatso", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6877536, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6877984": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "BULL!!!!!!<br><br>Rand's crappy novel is just that  -- ideological fiction!! <br><br>The real \"achievers\" are: millions of bloody-backed slaves making fortunes for brutal, criminal Southern aristocracy, black-lung riddled coal miners, pellegra-plagued tenent farmers, stunted child laborers, over-burdened women, exploited immigrants. . .<br><br>While the Robber Barons smirk and get all snarky about \"striking\",  the rest of us, say \"Good riddence.\" We will pool our own capital, create new wealth and share it among all we workers, instead of being cheated out of 90% of the fruits of our own labor going into the bloated pockets of parasite plutocrats who have the unmitigated GALL to think that it is all about them!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-04_14:38:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "9e7bbb9a6466867bb517b1deb81f4b6c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 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}, "6916162": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"This is exactly why I don't like the GOP. Everything and I do mean everything that they don't agree with means the end of times. If you don't do this then the second coming is just around the corner. If we don't go to Iraq then a mushroom cloud is coming. If we do national healthcare then American will cease to exist. I have never understood why insurance companies and drug companies were allowed to be on the stock market. It's a conflict of interest. A public traded company main obligation is to make money for shareholders. The way they make money is by scimping on healthcare claims.\"<br><br>As opposed to what?  We're all doomed by man-made Global Warming?  We're running out of resources?  We're suffering from overpopulation.  We're all evil racist sexist homophobes and cowards for not talking about it?  Oh, sure, the Democrats and Liberals are all sunny and rainbows and rose petals.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-05_13:42:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "48b46c4d43f018fee9d0ae37d34490f0", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6915788, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6879051": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ayn rand's reasoning is tortuous and uncompelling, she takes a lot into account, but seems to leave just as much out. not surprising to learn that much of her youth was spent in russia,  it seems plausible that she made a general case primarily from the soviet experience.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-04_15:19:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "3c7349322acd65ef2398d7a850d08c04", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 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}, "6900037": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I put my \"Who is John Galt?\" bumper sticker on my truck last week.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-05_09:09:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "68dd29e7fc34168140d51e3c15f34560", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 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}, "6906951": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The plot of Atlas Shrugged has been playing out in California for 10 years. There was a brief respite from the decline when Swarzzenegger was elected, but he eventually succumbed to the socialist pressures of state government workers, teachers\u2019 unions , Hollywood liberals and issue-centric activists who populate our state legislature. Now  the state budget that supposedly resolved a  40 billion deficit a few weeks ago  is already underwater and cannot meet the state's obligations to pay state workers' retirement health care. There will have to be another tax hike before the end of 2009. Top income earners could be paying more than 50% of their income to state and federal taxes under the new budget plan. Think they're going to stay in CA?  The exodus of John Galts which began about 5 years ago will accelerate and California will collapse before the rest of the US. If the Feds try to make the rest of the nation pay for California's profligacy, we could see a tea party revolt far more vocal and angry than the embryonic tea party demonstrations that have just begun.  I just hope I can make it to a more responsible state before the collapse happens. It will not be pretty.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-05_11:33:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "6dd63d77c78f5807f91accab99ab197e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6900328, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6938441": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I hope the rich don't turn this into a self-fulfilling prophesy.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-06_01:50:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "78d342de194fea7711dafd26c20aa66a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6915788, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6900427": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You may think it's ideological and crappy, but  we are living it comrade. I'm not working extra hard to support your sorry butt.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-05_09:32:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "4c8a9bec5a27b66b28d3c5cddeb70e93", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6877984, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6915788": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This is exactly why I don't like the GOP.  Everything and I do mean everything that they don't agree with means the end of times.  If you don't do this then the second coming is just around the corner.  If we don't go to Iraq then a  mushroom cloud is coming.  If we do national healthcare then American will cease to exist.  I have never understood why insurance companies and drug companies were allowed to be on the stock market.  It's a conflict of interest.  A public traded company main obligation is to make money for shareholders.  The way they make money is by scimping on healthcare claims.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-05_13:28:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "8881280c726affbaf3f6bc20bb59b368", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6920528": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "CORRECTION: The top tax rate was 28% when Reagan left office.  <a href=\"http://www.ntu.org/main/page.php?PageID=19\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.ntu.org/main/page.php?PageID=19</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-05_15:06:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "2fa4129f5ee0b59629230f21a3cd291a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6919730, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6918740": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I was so hopeful in the 1970's when he came to DC. He has really rejected what he wrote about in Capitalism, The Unknown Ideal. It is still unknown, even to those who have read extensively,", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-05_14:13:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "jackdoitcrawford", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6918431, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6900196": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Stop taking government money\"??  What government money do the investors and business owners \"take\"?  Seems to me, all they do is give, give, give.  Maybe you peons need to be reminded that the top 5% of income earners pay 70% of the taxes in this country.  My response to the moocher class these days is \"who\" do you think is going to employ and pay the salaries of those of you who do get out of bed in the morning and go to work?  Good idea, keep punishing the achievers, and then when they have to lay off your sorry a** because they have been taxed to death, you all can cry on each others' shoulders.  Oh, wait, I know, you all think that you will get to keep your job and the Messiah will force your boss to choke on the additional taxes...not likely, this is still a free country, at least the last I checked...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-05_09:18:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "e77e1c6e1379fe79ed84f2d9830e1e18", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6880236, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6884060": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Kudos to Rep. John Campbell for using his own eyes to see with, his own mind to accept  the truths spoken by Ayn Rand, his independent rejection of the Obama pot of Keanesian stupidity.  And just look at the fools who wrote before me.  The bleatings of lambs being led to their own slaughter.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-04_18:27:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "katenick", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "9 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}, "6876383": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What a joke. It's small businesses that create jobs, create wealth; they're not going on strike.<br><br>Nope. What we have are a bunch of whimers who don't want to be held accountable for their actions. All of it has been neatly rationalized ad nauseum to where I'm nauseious.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-04_13:35:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "bdd680108e6c8e1e41a5fd0ba468936d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 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}, "6877536": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard.  The \"creative\" people used \"creativity\" to enrich themselves at the expense of everyone else.  Atlas Shrugged has nothing in common with what is going on now.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-04_14:21:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "452b35f22b5e83486cb6872c0ed822c3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6935009": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "you really are an idiot.  Reading your comments makes me wonder how you have survived, typical Lib.<br><br>Saying drug and insurance companies should not be allowed on the stock market is so unbelievably ignorant in its breadth and scope borders on incoherence.  I suggest you get an encyclopedia and learn what a publicly owned company is most useful for (hint- has something to do with large amounts of capital).<br><br>A public corp's main goal is to make money for its share holders.  And what, praytell, is a privately held companies main objective?   To lose money?  <br><br>Good Lord, American is doomed with voters like this.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-05_21:57:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "10ced2fe63f4630da6309e9e01f8b685", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6915788, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6935652": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh, yes.  I'm sure Rand would now believe that government should come in and confiscate the wealth and nationalize the companies.  No question   /sarcasm.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-05_22:35:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "d9725e85d2c039dc0dae615c9aef5d95", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6932346, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6934760": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Would that be Bush's Alan Greenspan or Clinton's Alan Greenspan? <br><br>The left were fans of him for eight years of Clinton, and claimed Clinton was the savior of the economy. Now, everything that has happened since 1980 was just a dream.<br><br>Sorry, everyone, go put away the wealth, computers, cars, homes, and TVs that you've gained over the last 3 years - the Obamabots do not approve. Remember - the *new* definition of poverty is inner-city black families that can't afford broadband.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-05_21:42:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "2c2e07079c13bd874fbb1f4085d5d34e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6918431, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6937835": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "And what is the alternative that you suggest:  that they devote their lives in service of you?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-06_00:51:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "8d63b1a65f24608850abd586d733353d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6915788, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6880236": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh please oh please oh please go John Galt on us!  Please take your creative selves and leave our corrupt society!  Please stop taking government money!  Please deprive us of your creativity!<br><br>We'll get by somehow.  Just don't waste any time--go now!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-04_16:00:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "14af7f17da9ba2bdd33f83cdbb9fa44c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 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}, "6900328": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The people you speak of ARE achievers. And none of them are asking for your help. All they want is a chance to become Atlas. For every Al Sharpton clamoring for reparations, there's a GW Carver. <br><br>You think pooling your capital, by itself, will create new wealth? What are you going to do with the money?  Pass it back and forth and become shocked when it disappears. You don't share money with workers, anyway - they're AT WORK. You share money with moochers.<br><br>Those \"parasite plutocrats\" created everything you enjoy in life. Yours is the thinking that hates WalMart, which lowers the prices that everyone pays (even those who don't shop there). You \"support the unions\" but buy non-union cars. You want to \"save the planet\" but fly to Europe every chance you get. You're concerned about education, but only from a teacher's pay aspect. You preach about caring for the innocent, and cut your check to Planned Parenthood.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-05_09:27:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "0877dec5191af8903f57987aa8101c69", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6877984, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6900467": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Wanna bet? This is one small business cutting back!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-05_09:32:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "4c8a9bec5a27b66b28d3c5cddeb70e93", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6876383, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6906869": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh please do go John Galt on us. Take your create selves and do leave our corrupt society. For only when we find ourselves in a shithole woud we REALLY search for the truth. That's what Ayn Rand did and spent her life trying to write it down for you fools. The real connection between mere philosophical ideas and physical reality.<br>Time for you to witness a strike from the other side. I was 11 when I asked my mother what would happen if companies went on strike instead. I got the deer in headlights look. Then ...blank out.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-05_11:32:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "0dbb16a5ef0649c57f32e52b03bd4cc8", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6880236, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13091190": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "They read Ayn Rand and watch Faux news....THEY DON\"T KNOW OR WILLINGLY DENY THESE FACTS....................", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-21_23:02:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "Jhyder", "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": 6919730, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6932346": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Also keep in mind that leading into the first years of Reagan, the average executive made an average of 30-35 times that of the front line employee. Two years ago that had ballooned to 300-350 times that of the front line employee. Rand finished Atlas Shrugged in 1955 and published in 1957. I think she would agree times are a little different.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-05_19:34:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "d67d17833c7599bd768d378475047315", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6920577, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6918780": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"Creating\" wealth through government largesse (subsidies, appropriations, no-bid contracts, bailouts) is not an achievement. It comes at the expense of others (welfare?), and only creates jobs in third-world countries. The John Galt wannabes of the world are all Peter Keatings and Ellsworth Tooheys in disguise. Ayn Rand wrote about personal responsibility and individual liberty but all that was just cover for a barely-concealed contempt for the human race. Objectivism is a fraud. And \"ancien regime\" is un-American.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-05_14:16:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "de7160cbe9129b4c1fde973b9b653286", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6907669": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "@ john p. shaw - are you on Facebook? or do you have a blog?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-05_11:41:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "dfac4cc407f4d1e62291fafb31b1bdfd", "has_been_anonymized": true, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6905359, "depth": 1, "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": "13035348", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "34441", "hash": -6080863399691028733}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "congressman_we8217re_living_in_8216atlas_shrugged8217", "paginate": true, "num_pages": 8, "num_posts": 50, "per_page": 50, "total_posts": 367, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 13035348, "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 = new function() {
	this.ADD_NEW_COMMENT = "Add New Comment";
	this.LOG_INTO_DISQUS = "Log into DISQUS";
	this.USE_MEDIA = "Use Media";
	this.LOGOUT = "Logout";
	this.SHARING_OPTIONS = "Sharing options";
	this.SHARE_ON = "Share on";
	this.TWEET_THIS_COMMENT = "Tweet this comment";
	this.SHARE_ON_NEWSFEED = "Share on news feed";
	this.SEND_UPDATE_TO_YAHOO = "Send update to Yahoo!";
	this.REBLOG_ON = "Reblog on";
	this.CONFIGURE_OPTIONS = "Configure options";
	this.POST_AS = "Post as";
	this.SORT_BY = "Sort by";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_BY_EMAIL = "Subscribe by email";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_BY_RSS = "Subscribe by RSS";
	this.POPULAR_NOW = "Popular now";
	this.BEST_RATING = "Best Rating";
	this.NEWEST_FIRST = "Newest first";
	this.OLDEST_FIRST = "Oldest first";
	this.HIGHLIGHTED = "Highlighted";
	this.UNSUBSCRIBE = "Unsubscribe";
	this.REQUIRED = "Required";
	this.OPTIONAL = "Optional";
	this.YOU_ARE_COMMENTING_AS_A = "You are commenting as a";
	this.LOGIN_BELOW = "Login below";
	this.PLEASE_LOGIN_BELOW_TO_COMMENT = "Please login below to comment.";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_TO_ALL_COMMENTS_BY_EMAIL = "Subscribe to all comments by email";
	this.DO_NOT_SUBSCRIBE_TO_COMMENTS = "Do not subscribe to comments";
	this.REALTIME_UPDATING_IS = "Real-time updating is";
	this.ENABLED = "enabled";
	this.PAUSED = "paused";
	this.PAUSE = "Pause";
	this.RESUME = "Resume";
	this.SHOW = "Show";
	this.JUST_NOW = "Just now";
	this.REPLY = "Reply";
	this.EDIT = "Edit";
	this.FLAG = "Flag";
	this.MODERATE = "Moderate";
	this.CANCEL = "Cancel";
	this.REPLYING_TO = "Replying to";
	this.REPORT_MISSING_REACTIONS = "Report missing reactions";
	this.POST_A_COMMENT = "Post a comment";
	this.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT = "Flag inappropriate comment";
	this.FLAGGED = "Flagged";
	this.NO = "No";
	this.YES = "Yes";
	this.NEVER_MIND = "Never mind";
	this.ARE_YOU_SURE_YOU_WOULD_LIKE_TO_REPORT_THIS_COMMENT_TO_A_MODERATOR = "Are you sure you would like to report this comment to a moderator";
	this.THIS_WILL_FLAG_COMMENTS_FOR_MODERATORS_TO_TAKE_ACTION = "This will flag comments for moderators to take action";
	this.TO_RATE_PLEASE_LOG_IN = "To rate, please log in";
	this.JUST_A_MOMENT = "Just a moment...";
	this.GUEST = "Guest";
	this.NAME = "Name";
	this.EMAIL = "Email";
  this.WEBSITE = "Website";
  this.SETTINGS = "Settings";
  this.MODERATOR_OPTIONS = "Moderator options: ";
};
// Dsq.Strings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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





Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN = '4f0bfca82e06c976a1efdd7c783a5fd0';
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/congressman_we8217re_living_in_8216atlas_shrugged8217/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">367</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/congressman_we8217re_living_in_8216atlas_shrugged8217/latest.rss"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/bullet-feed.png"></a>\
	 </span>\
	 </h3>\
	 <div id="dsq-options" style="margin:15px 0">\
	 <span class="dsq-item-sort">\
	 Sort by\
	 <select id="dsq-sort-select" onchange="Dsq.Thread.sortBy(this.value);">\
	 <option value="hot" selected="selected">Popular now</option>\
	 <option value="best" >Best Rating</option>\
	 <option value="newest" >Newest first</option>\
	 <option value="oldest" >Oldest first</option>\
	 </select>\
	 &nbsp;\
	 </span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-cp"><a href="http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/congressman_we8217re_living_in_8216atlas_shrugged8217/">Community Page</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-subscribe">\
	 <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/email.png" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle">\
	 <span id="dsq-subscribe">\
	 <a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">Subscribe by email</a>\
	 </span>\
	 </span>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-alerts">\
	 </div>\
		';

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

		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) { 
			html = ' \
			<div class="dsq-alert-message dsq-upgrade-message"> \
				<strong>Disqus upgrade available.</strong> Hi ' + Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username + ', this message is being displayed to you because you are a moderator of this site. <a href="#" onclick="Dsq.$(\'dsq-upgrade-message\').style.display=\'block\';this.style.display=\'none\';return false">Click here for details.</a> \
				<div style="display:none; margin-top:10px;" id="dsq-upgrade-message"> \
					A new theme is available with added features. <a href="http://disqus.com/comments/settings/' + Dsq.jsonData.forum.url + '/?p=customize">To change your theme, click here</a> and choose the theme Narcissus. \
					If you do not upgrade, you are missing out on features such as: real-time commenting, new sign-in integrations, and an upgrade interface. \
					<strong>This message will automatically go away in one week.</strong> \
				</div> \
			</div> \
			' + html; 
		}
		return html;
	};

	this.footer = function() {
		var html = Dsq.Templates.pagination();

		

		html += Dsq.Templates.reactions();

		

		return html;
	};

	this.pagination = function() {
		var html = '';
		
		if (Dsq.$('dsq-pagination')) { Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML = ''; }
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.thread.paginate) { return ''; }

		//
		// TODO: num_paginator still uses the template tag for pagination, 
		// 		while append_paginator does it all in JavaScript.
		//		This should all be in JavaScript.
		//

		if (Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_pages > 1 && Dsq.jsonData.request.page < Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_pages) {
			html = ' \<a class="dsq-paginate-append-text" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.paginate(Dsq.jsonData.request.page + 1, this); return false">Show more comments...</a>\
	 <button class="dsq-button-small dsq-paginate-append-button" onclick="Dsq.Thread.paginate(Dsq.jsonData.request.page + 1, this);">Load more comments</button>\
			';
		}
		
		if (Dsq.$('dsq-pagination')) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML = html;
			return '';
		} else {
			return '<div id="dsq-pagination" class="dsq-pagination">' + html + '</div>';
		}
	};

	this.trackbacks = function() {
		var html = '';

		if(typeof DsqLocal != 'undefined' && DsqLocal.trackback_url && DsqLocal.trackbacks) {
			var trackbacks = DsqLocal.trackbacks;
			var trackback_url = DsqLocal.trackback_url;
		} else {
			var trackbacks = [
			
			
			];
			var trackback_url = 'http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/congressman_we8217re_living_in_8216atlas_shrugged8217/trackback/';
		}

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

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

		return html;
	}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		return '<h3 class="dsq-h3-reactions">Reactions</h3><ul id="dsq-reactions" class="dsq-reactions">' + html + '</ul>';
	};
	
	this.missingPermissions = function() {
		return '';
	};

	//
	// Post
	//

	this.prependPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="comment-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

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

	this.postPrependHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];

		var _includeServices = function() {
			var userServices = Dsq.Post.getUserServices(null, post_id);
			var html = '';
			var hiddenThreshold = 3; // Define # of services to show before stuffing them in hidden div

			for(var i = 0; i < userServices.length; i++) {
				html +=
				(i == hiddenThreshold
					? '<li id="dsq-drop-hidden-' + post_id +'" class="dsq-drop-hidden"><ul>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-drop-services"> \
					<a class="dsq-service-' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '" href="' + userServices[i].url + '" target="_blank"> \
						<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/embed/services/' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '.png" alt="' + userServices[i].name.toLowerCase() + '">'
					+ userServices[i].name
					+ '</a> \
				</li>';
			}

			if(i >= hiddenThreshold) {
				html += '</ul></li> \
				<li id="dsq-drop-more-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-drop-more"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.dropProfileMore(this, '+ post_id + '); return false"><small>&#9660;</small></a></li> \
				';
			}
			return html;
		};

		return ' \
			<div class="dsq-header-avatar" id="dsq-header-avatar-' + post_id + '" onmouseover="Dsq.Post.dropProfile(' + post_id + ')"> \
				<a id="dsq-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-avatar" href="' + userData.url + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.popProfile(' + post_id + '); return false;">'
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.show_avatar
				? '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.users[_meta.user_key].avatar + '" alt="" />'
				: '')
			+ '</a>'
			+ '</div> \
		';
	};

	this.postAppendHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];

		return ''
			+ (_meta.author_is_moderator
				? '<img class="dsq-mod-star" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/bullet-star.png" title="Moderator" alt="" />'
				: '')
			+ '<span class="dsq-header-meta"> \
				<a id="dsq-time-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-header-time" href="#comment-' + post_id + '" title="Permalink">' + _meta.date + '</a> \
			</span>';
	};

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

	this.postBody = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: Deprecate flagging conditional
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		return ''
			+ (_meta.edited
				? '<p class="dsq-editedtxt">(Edited by a moderator)</p>'
				: '')
			;
	};

	this.postFooter = function(post_id) {
		// TODO: Use media should be conditional
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		if(_meta.killed) { return ''; }

		return ' \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer" id="dsq-comment-footer-' + post_id + '"> \
				<div id="dsq-points-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-likedtxt">'
				+ (_meta.points
					? _meta.points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(_meta.points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this comment.'
					: '')
				+ '</div>'
				+ '<ul class="dsq-comment-options dsq-list-style">'
				+ (_meta.votable
					? '<li class="dsq-list-first dsq-rate" id="dsq-rate-cont-' + post_id + '">'
					+ (!_meta.up_voted
						? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.rate(this, ' + post_id + ', 1); return false;">Like</a>'
						: 'You liked this.') + '</li>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="dsq-report' + (!_meta.votable ? ' dsq-list-first' : '') + '" id="dsq-post-report-' + post_id + '"><a href="#" class="dsq-post-report" onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + post_id + ', false); return false;">Report</a></li> \
				</ul> \
				<ul class="dsq-list-style">'
				+ (_meta.can_reply
					? '<li class="dsq-list-first"><a href="#" id="dsq-reply-link-' + post_id +'" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(this, ' + post_id +'); return false;">Reply</a></li>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply && !_meta.has_replies && _meta.from_request_user
					? '<li id="dsq-edit-el-' + post_id + '"><a id="dsq-edit-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); return false;">Edit</a></li>'
					: '')
				+ '<li class="' + (!_meta.can_reply ? 'dsq-list-first' : '') + '" id="dsq-more-el-' + post_id + '"><a id="dsq-more-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, ' + post_id + ', \'more\'); return false">More <small>&#9660;</small></a></li>'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.use_media
					? '<li id="dsq-media-el-' + post_id +'" style="display:none"><a id="dsq-media-link-' + post_id + '" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, ' + post_id + ', \'media\'); return false">Use Media <small>&#9660;</small></a></li>'
					: '')
				+ '</ul>'
				+ '<div id="dsq-reply-bar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar" style="display:none"> \
						<div id="dsq-reply-bar-items-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar-items"> \
						</div> \
						<div id="dsq-reply-bar-auth-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-reply-bar-auth"> \
							 \
								 \
								 	<a href="#" class="dsq-help dsq-reply-req-opt" title="You are commenting as a Guest. You may choose to log into an existing DISQUS Profile, your Facebook, Twitter or OpenID account to comment on The Washington Independent" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Optional:</a> \
								 \
								<img class="dsq-login-icon" src="http://media.disqus.com/images/dsq-favicon-16x16.png" alt="" /> \
								<a id="dsq-reply-login-' + post_id + '" href="http://disqus.com/profile/login/?next=article:13035348" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">Login</a> \
								 \
								 \
								 \
							 \
						</div> \
					</div> \
					<div id="dsq-reply-' + post_id + '"></div> \
			</div> \
		';
	};

	//
	// Iframes
	//

	this._makeAttributes = function(attributes) {
		// Makes a tag attributes string out of an object.
		// Caller is responsible for making sure nothing needs to be escaped.
		var result = [];
		for (key in attributes) {
			result.push(' ' + key + '="' + attributes[key] + '"');
		}
		result = result.join('');
		return result;
	};

	this._frameGeneric = function(base_url, params, attributes) {
		if(typeof(disqus_callback_params) == 'undefined') {
			disqus_callback_params = '';
		}

		var default_params = {
			// TODO: These should be moved to Dsq.jsonData.
			'f'				: 'washingtonindependent',
			't'				: 'congressman_we8217re_living_in_8216atlas_shrugged8217',
			// 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/congressman_we8217re_living_in_8216atlas_shrugged8217/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='	+ 'congressman_we8217re_living_in_8216atlas_shrugged8217'
			+ '&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='	+ 'congressman_we8217re_living_in_8216atlas_shrugged8217'
			+ '&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='		+ 'congressman_we8217re_living_in_8216atlas_shrugged8217'
				+ '&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/13035348/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>';
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7298453" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7298453" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7298453">Johnny</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7298453" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7298453" class="dsq-comment-message">Ayn Rand is a bodice rippin\' romance novelist.  She is Danielle Steele for republicans who are so ashamed of being republican they claim to be libertarians or independents.  The arguments about creativity might fly a little further if it was good writing.  But it is not even!  You could take any chapter at random and nominate it for the Bulwerr-Lytton Award for Turgid Writing.  It is escapist fantasy at best.  If I don\'t get my way I\'m going to hold my breath till I turn red, kick and throw a tantrum and run to my room because Mommy and Daddy don\'t love me.  It\'s not faiiiiiiiiiiiiiiir!!!  That\'s the best example of going Galt I have seen, but my daughter outgrew that at three or four.<br><br>But the romance novel parts are the best part of the whole thing.  Oh Hank Oh Dagny Oh Hank Oh Dagny.  She melted in his arms as they made passionate love.  Literature right out of the checkout stand.<br><br>By the way what has this republican congressclown campbell done that is so productive or beneficial to our society?  Anything??  Just wonderin\'.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-6918780">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6918780" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6918780" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6918780">John Sullivan</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6918780" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6918780" class="dsq-comment-message">"Creating" wealth through government largesse (subsidies, appropriations, no-bid contracts, bailouts) is not an achievement. It comes at the expense of others (welfare?), and only creates jobs in third-world countries. The John Galt wannabes of the world are all Peter Keatings and Ellsworth Tooheys in disguise. Ayn Rand wrote about personal responsibility and individual liberty but all that was just cover for a barely-concealed contempt for the human race. Objectivism is a fraud. And "ancien regime" is un-American.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-6918822">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6918822" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6918822" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6918822">David</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6918822" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6918822" class="dsq-comment-message">Bingo.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6919730" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6919730" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6919730">mike</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6919730" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6919730" class="dsq-comment-message">Reagan taxed the rich 50%, Nixon taxed the rich 70%.  In then 1950\'s, our "golden ages", they were taxed 91%!<br>Now Obama wants to raise it from 36% to 39% and he is a communist.  go figure</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6920528" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6920528" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6920528">Richard Head</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6920528" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6920528" class="dsq-comment-message">CORRECTION: The top tax rate was 28% when Reagan left office.  <a href="http://www.ntu.org/main/page.php?PageID=19" rel="nofollow">http://www.ntu.org/main/page.php?PageID=19</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6920577" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6920577" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6920577">mike</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6920577" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6920577" class="dsq-comment-message">The final year it was dropped to 28%.  For the first 6-7 it was 50%.  According to conservatives, America has always been socialist:<br><br><br>Top US Marginal Income Tax Rates, 1913--2003:  <br><a href="http://www.truthandpolitics.org/top-rates.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.truthandpolitics.org/top-rates.php</a></div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-6932346">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6932346" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6932346" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6932346">TRU2TM3</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6932346" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6932346" class="dsq-comment-message">Also keep in mind that leading into the first years of Reagan, the average executive made an average of 30-35 times that of the front line employee. Two years ago that had ballooned to 300-350 times that of the front line employee. Rand finished Atlas Shrugged in 1955 and published in 1957. I think she would agree times are a little different.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6935652" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6935652" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6935652">Lily</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6935652" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6935652" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh, yes.  I\'m sure Rand would now believe that government should come in and confiscate the wealth and nationalize the companies.  No question   /sarcasm.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-6938417">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6938417" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6938417" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6938417">Tony</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6938417" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6938417" class="dsq-comment-message">Even Greenspan, a member of Rand\'s inner circle, is now acknowledging that nationalization of the banks may be necessary.  The alternative is to let the economy utterly collapse... two very painful choices indeed.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6938404" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6938404" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6938404">Tony</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6938404" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6938404" class="dsq-comment-message">And then Bush senior, a republican, had to break his campaign promise and raise it, because Regan\'s irresponsible economic policy dangerously sent us into deficit spending!   Bush senior = one of the rare, pragmatic Republicans.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6935049" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6935049" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6935049">Ron</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6935049" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6935049" class="dsq-comment-message">please also remember (something commonly and often deliberately forgotten) is that there were tax loop holes you could drive a bus through,  4:1 tax shelters were common, you could deduct darn near anything.  Reagan got rid of the abusive loopholes in exchange for the reduction in tax rate.  So comparing "only" tax rates is comparing apples and rocks</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6938287" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6938287" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6938287">Tony</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6938287" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6938287" class="dsq-comment-message">BTW, 2/3 of corporations pay NOTHING in taxes through the use of off-shore accounts and tax loopholes?    Obama wants to close these up, to at least make it a level playing field, which regardless of what one feels the tax rate should be, we should all regard as commendable.   A little off the subject since you were talking about personal income taxes, but interesting.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13091190" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13091190">Jhyder</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13091190" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13091190" class="dsq-comment-message">They read Ayn Rand and watch Faux news....THEY DON"T KNOW OR WILLINGLY DENY THESE FACTS....................</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6915788" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6915788" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6915788">Adrianne</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6915788" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6915788" class="dsq-comment-message">This is exactly why I don\'t like the GOP.  Everything and I do mean everything that they don\'t agree with means the end of times.  If you don\'t do this then the second coming is just around the corner.  If we don\'t go to Iraq then a  mushroom cloud is coming.  If we do national healthcare then American will cease to exist.  I have never understood why insurance companies and drug companies were allowed to be on the stock market.  It\'s a conflict of interest.  A public traded company main obligation is to make money for shareholders.  The way they make money is by scimping on healthcare claims.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6938441" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6938441" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6938441">Tony</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6938441" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6938441" class="dsq-comment-message">I hope the rich don\'t turn this into a self-fulfilling prophesy.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6916162" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6916162" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6916162">hadsil</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6916162" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6916162" class="dsq-comment-message">"This is exactly why I don\'t like the GOP. Everything and I do mean everything that they don\'t agree with means the end of times. If you don\'t do this then the second coming is just around the corner. If we don\'t go to Iraq then a mushroom cloud is coming. If we do national healthcare then American will cease to exist. I have never understood why insurance companies and drug companies were allowed to be on the stock market. It\'s a conflict of interest. A public traded company main obligation is to make money for shareholders. The way they make money is by scimping on healthcare claims."<br><br>As opposed to what?  We\'re all doomed by man-made Global Warming?  We\'re running out of resources?  We\'re suffering from overpopulation.  We\'re all evil racist sexist homophobes and cowards for not talking about it?  Oh, sure, the Democrats and Liberals are all sunny and rainbows and rose petals.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6935009" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6935009" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6935009">swift boater</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6935009" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6935009" class="dsq-comment-message">you really are an idiot.  Reading your comments makes me wonder how you have survived, typical Lib.<br><br>Saying drug and insurance companies should not be allowed on the stock market is so unbelievably ignorant in its breadth and scope borders on incoherence.  I suggest you get an encyclopedia and learn what a publicly owned company is most useful for (hint- has something to do with large amounts of capital).<br><br>A public corp\'s main goal is to make money for its share holders.  And what, praytell, is a privately held companies main objective?   To lose money?  <br><br>Good Lord, American is doomed with voters like this.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-6937835">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6937835" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6937835" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6937835">Bill Dalasio</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6937835" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6937835" class="dsq-comment-message">And what is the alternative that you suggest:  that they devote their lives in service of you?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-13091353" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-13091353" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13091353">Jhyder</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-13091353" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13091353" class="dsq-comment-message">HIPPOCRATIC OATH!<br>SO, YES.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6918431" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6918431" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6918431">edwcorey</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6918431" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6918431" class="dsq-comment-message">Alan Greenspan is a Rand disciple, having literally genuflected at her knees for many years. He was the one looking glum, confused and contrite at the Congressional hearings after the Oz he was Wizard of imploded. This guy\'s drivel is one more piece of evidence that one of the initiation rites to becoming a Republican leader is a lobotomy.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6918740" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6918740" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6918740">jackdoitcrawford</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6918740" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6918740" class="dsq-comment-message">I was so hopeful in the 1970\'s when he came to DC. He has really rejected what he wrote about in Capitalism, The Unknown Ideal. It is still unknown, even to those who have read extensively,</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6934760" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6934760" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6934760">Off A Cough</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6934760" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6934760" class="dsq-comment-message">Would that be Bush\'s Alan Greenspan or Clinton\'s Alan Greenspan? <br><br>The left were fans of him for eight years of Clinton, and claimed Clinton was the savior of the economy. Now, everything that has happened since 1980 was just a dream.<br><br>Sorry, everyone, go put away the wealth, computers, cars, homes, and TVs that you\'ve gained over the last 3 years - the Obamabots do not approve. Remember - the *new* definition of poverty is inner-city black families that can\'t afford broadband.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-6905359">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6905359" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6905359" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6905359">john p. shaw</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6905359" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6905359" class="dsq-comment-message">Ayn Rand wrote about "lions" of creativity as the John Galts of her world.  Dagny Taggart, Ragnar Danneskjöld, Mr. Riorden and John Galt himself were leaders who inspired others to follow them on a path different than the one their society chose to follow.  In looking around today, it\'s hard for me to identify anyone even remotely resembling John Galt -- instead, I see only short-sighted politicians who are bent on obtaining and retaining their personal power for their personal benefit.  I see no one on either side of the political aisle today with the creativity of John Galt, the tenacity of Dagny Taggart, or the production genius of Mr. Riorden.  <br><br>Could we have allowed the last 8 years to numb our collective conscience or outrage?  Perhaps.  Can our current course lead us to the Atlas Shrugged conclusion?  It might.  But, I suspect that Ayn Rand herself would simply say that to have the best possible outcome in our political direction, we all need to be active, involved, participatory and informed.  Until that happens, in my view, one path is as bad as the other, for neither will keep us from self destruction at some point.  <br><br>Read the book.  It will at least make you think about your future and the choices you must make.  That\'s a start.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6905760" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6905760" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6905760">Adrian</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6905760" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6905760" class="dsq-comment-message">Your grasp of Ayn Rand is questionable. One creates for one\'s own sake. She was by no means a stewart of the man who NEEDS to be participatory or involved (whatever "involved" means). Active, yes.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6907669" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6907669" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6907669">Guest</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6907669" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6907669" class="dsq-comment-message">@ john p. shaw - are you on Facebook? or do you have a blog?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6876383" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6876383" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6876383">FrctionSoul</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6876383" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6876383" class="dsq-comment-message">What a joke. It\'s small businesses that create jobs, create wealth; they\'re not going on strike.<br><br>Nope. What we have are a bunch of whimers who don\'t want to be held accountable for their actions. All of it has been neatly rationalized ad nauseum to where I\'m nauseious.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-6900467">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6900467" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6900467" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-6900467" href="http://www.katablog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Katablog</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6900467" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6900467" class="dsq-comment-message">Wanna bet? This is one small business cutting back!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-6906392">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6906392" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6906392" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6906392">Mike</span>\
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	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6906392" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6906392" class="dsq-comment-message">Why argue, this is going to be answered in time. I would have my liberal friends look around the world and see where this type of program has worked? In the late 1970\'s the western economies were in worse shape. Europe went to the big government model and the US went with limiting government, decreasing regulation  etc.  Net effect from 1980 to 2000 the US created 40 million jobs compared to europes 8 million. Europe generally has double digit unemployment all the time (even when they decrease the work week to 4 days) we are usually at  about 5 or 6%. They are all going broke with the cost of their entitlement programs. The US is the engine for economically (we get a cold they get pneumonia) Kill our engine they go down the tubes. But why argue about it , this is going to play out right in front of our eyes, you get to live it. In my opinion, you will look back and wonder what was I thinking. Some would say that if the idea that poor people should be allowed to buy homes that they couldn\'t afford (Barney Frank pushing for 40% Feddie and Fannie assets to be sub prime) then removing the risk to the lending institutions ust might have had a big part in creating this mess.Social engineering rarely works out, it is usually derailed by reality and unintended consequences.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6877536" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6877536" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6877536">Literate person</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6877536" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6877536" class="dsq-comment-message">That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard.  The "creative" people used "creativity" to enrich themselves at the expense of everyone else.  Atlas Shrugged has nothing in common with what is going on now.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6906176" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6906176" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6906176">izzatso</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6906176" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6906176" class="dsq-comment-message">Er...Atlas Shrugged IS what is going on now, Literate person.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-6877984">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6877984" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6877984" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6877984">dakotawoman</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6877984" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6877984" class="dsq-comment-message">BULL!!!!!!<br><br>Rand\'s crappy novel is just that  -- ideological fiction!! <br><br>The real "achievers" are: millions of bloody-backed slaves making fortunes for brutal, criminal Southern aristocracy, black-lung riddled coal miners, pellegra-plagued tenent farmers, stunted child laborers, over-burdened women, exploited immigrants. . .<br><br>While the Robber Barons smirk and get all snarky about "striking",  the rest of us, say "Good riddence." We will pool our own capital, create new wealth and share it among all we workers, instead of being cheated out of 90% of the fruits of our own labor going into the bloated pockets of parasite plutocrats who have the unmitigated GALL to think that it is all about them!!!!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-6900328">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6900328" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6900328" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-6900328" href="http://lightduty.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Matt Dooley</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6900328" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6900328" class="dsq-comment-message">The people you speak of ARE achievers. And none of them are asking for your help. All they want is a chance to become Atlas. For every Al Sharpton clamoring for reparations, there\'s a GW Carver. <br><br>You think pooling your capital, by itself, will create new wealth? What are you going to do with the money?  Pass it back and forth and become shocked when it disappears. You don\'t share money with workers, anyway - they\'re AT WORK. You share money with moochers.<br><br>Those "parasite plutocrats" created everything you enjoy in life. Yours is the thinking that hates WalMart, which lowers the prices that everyone pays (even those who don\'t shop there). You "support the unions" but buy non-union cars. You want to "save the planet" but fly to Europe every chance you get. You\'re concerned about education, but only from a teacher\'s pay aspect. You preach about caring for the innocent, and cut your check to Planned Parenthood.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-6906951">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6906951" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6906951" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6906951">California Serf</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6906951" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6906951" class="dsq-comment-message">The plot of Atlas Shrugged has been playing out in California for 10 years. There was a brief respite from the decline when Swarzzenegger was elected, but he eventually succumbed to the socialist pressures of state government workers, teachers’ unions , Hollywood liberals and issue-centric activists who populate our state legislature. Now  the state budget that supposedly resolved a  40 billion deficit a few weeks ago  is already underwater and cannot meet the state\'s obligations to pay state workers\' retirement health care. There will have to be another tax hike before the end of 2009. Top income earners could be paying more than 50% of their income to state and federal taxes under the new budget plan. Think they\'re going to stay in CA?  The exodus of John Galts which began about 5 years ago will accelerate and California will collapse before the rest of the US. If the Feds try to make the rest of the nation pay for California\'s profligacy, we could see a tea party revolt far more vocal and angry than the embryonic tea party demonstrations that have just begun.  I just hope I can make it to a more responsible state before the collapse happens. It will not be pretty.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-6900427">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6900427" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6900427" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-6900427" href="http://www.katablog.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Katablog</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6900427" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6900427" class="dsq-comment-message">You may think it\'s ideological and crappy, but  we are living it comrade. I\'m not working extra hard to support your sorry butt.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-6900534">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6900534" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6900534" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6900534">oddjob1138</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6900534" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6900534" class="dsq-comment-message">So how do you propose you get all the non-working non-bloody-backed slaves working?  Or they just get to stay home and collect checks like they do now?  Your system only rewards the lazy.  The people that didn\'t want to study in school and make sacrifices when they were younger to get good grades and then get a good job.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-6900661">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6900661" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6900661" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6900661">Sherry</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6900661" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6900661" class="dsq-comment-message">Problem with your scenario. There will be no capital left to "share" amongst the workers, because those "achievers" that you hate so much will have had no choice except to lay off you/us "workers".<br><br>Maybe ACRON has some openings..............</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-6900771">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6900771" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6900771" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6900771">Sherry</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6900771" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6900771" class="dsq-comment-message">sorry - ACORN</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-6906114">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6906114" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6906114" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6906114">Snappy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6906114" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6906114" class="dsq-comment-message">LOL.......<br><br>Unbeleivable, the truth of a situation still manages to escape their grasp. Well, when they have their "wealth" pooled and are standing in line waiting for it to be handed out and discover it was never there to begin with maybe then they will understand.<br><br>not likely though</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-6879051">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6879051" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6879051" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6879051">meyek</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6879051" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6879051" class="dsq-comment-message">ayn rand\'s reasoning is tortuous and uncompelling, she takes a lot into account, but seems to leave just as much out. not surprising to learn that much of her youth was spent in russia,  it seems plausible that she made a general case primarily from the soviet experience.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-6880236">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6880236" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6880236" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6880236">DocAmazing</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6880236" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6880236" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh please oh please oh please go John Galt on us!  Please take your creative selves and leave our corrupt society!  Please stop taking government money!  Please deprive us of your creativity!<br><br>We\'ll get by somehow.  Just don\'t waste any time--go now!</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-6900151">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6900151" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6900151" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-6900151" href="http://lightduty.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Matt Dooley</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6900151" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6900151" class="dsq-comment-message">Lol - like a John Galt would EVER take government money. Like your sarcasm would matter one whit to a man focused on achievement, on creating something real, on life.<br><br>Put that teat in your mouth and get back to your mooching.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-6900196">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6900196" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6900196" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6900196">AnythingYouSay</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6900196" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6900196" class="dsq-comment-message">"Stop taking government money"??  What government money do the investors and business owners "take"?  Seems to me, all they do is give, give, give.  Maybe you peons need to be reminded that the top 5% of income earners pay 70% of the taxes in this country.  My response to the moocher class these days is "who" do you think is going to employ and pay the salaries of those of you who do get out of bed in the morning and go to work?  Good idea, keep punishing the achievers, and then when they have to lay off your sorry a** because they have been taxed to death, you all can cry on each others\' shoulders.  Oh, wait, I know, you all think that you will get to keep your job and the Messiah will force your boss to choke on the additional taxes...not likely, this is still a free country, at least the last I checked...</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-6900752">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6900752" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6900752" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6900752">JR</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6900752" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6900752" class="dsq-comment-message">There is no such thing as government money.  Governments only pass out OPM, \'other people\'s money\'.  <br><br>They take money from one person and give it to another.   If they print their own we pay more with inflation.  If they borrow it from another country, we pay the debt.<br><br>If you have your hand in someone else\'s wallet, they have the right to say what they think about that.  Mind if I rummage through your\'s to see if there is something that I want?<br><br>I thought not.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-6906869">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6906869" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6906869" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6906869">Adrian</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6906869" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6906869" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh please do go John Galt on us. Take your create selves and do leave our corrupt society. For only when we find ourselves in a shithole woud we REALLY search for the truth. That\'s what Ayn Rand did and spent her life trying to write it down for you fools. The real connection between mere philosophical ideas and physical reality.<br>Time for you to witness a strike from the other side. I was 11 when I asked my mother what would happen if companies went on strike instead. I got the deer in headlights look. Then ...blank out.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-6884060">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6884060" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6884060" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6884060">katenick</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6884060" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6884060" class="dsq-comment-message">Kudos to Rep. John Campbell for using his own eyes to see with, his own mind to accept  the truths spoken by Ayn Rand, his independent rejection of the Obama pot of Keanesian stupidity.  And just look at the fools who wrote before me.  The bleatings of lambs being led to their own slaughter.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-6886956">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6886956" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6886956" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6886956">lonewolf</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6886956" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6886956" class="dsq-comment-message">I have a feeling that the ratio of moochers to producers is about right here...Katenick & myself vs the 6 others who will be standing inlines begging for handouts paid for by money stolen from people who actually have a brain and carry their own weight.  Kate, you\'re welcome to my Gulch anytime, I\'m sure you know the magic words to get in.  The rest of you get lead.<br><br>You people are the sad result of public education (or non-education).  Truth is truth and you have no clue.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-6897856">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6897856" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6897856" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6897856">atlasfan</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6897856" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6897856" class="dsq-comment-message">Great article</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-6900037">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6900037" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6900037" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6900037">David</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6900037" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6900037" class="dsq-comment-message">I put my "Who is John Galt?" bumper sticker on my truck last week.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-6900099">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6900099" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6900099" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-6900099" href="http://lightduty.wordpress.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Matt Dooley</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6900099" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6900099" class="dsq-comment-message">dude. I started reading this last night. Because my high school and college courses didn\'t include it, naturally, and conservatives are too busy trying to succeed to recommend many novels.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-6900122">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6900122" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6900122" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6900122">David</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6900122" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6900122" class="dsq-comment-message">for Dakotawoman<br>Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron\'s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.<br><br>-- C. S. Lewis</div>\
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				window.frames['dsq-reply-frame'].location = Dsq.Urls.REPLY + (new Date()).getTime() + '&f=washingtonindependent&t=congressman_we8217re_living_in_8216atlas_shrugged8217&to_redirect=' + encodeURIComponent(window.location) + '&ifrs=' + encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css);
			}
		}
	}

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

	




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

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

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

})();




