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"message": "He has posted his birth certificate, dummy!  The proper authorities in Hawaii have verified it!  What more do you want?  Him to quit being black?  Get used to it!  Or else pay the fees when Orly Taitz is disbarred for perpetual stupidity.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-15_02:30:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "thrh", "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": 12676467, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12677766": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Can I get a rebate on my taxes for my portion of Major Cook's salary?  Wimpy traitor!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-15_02:20:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "thrh", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13239689": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Sufficient for the US Supreme Court to authorize her as a Member of the Court and Officer of the Court authorized to practice before the Supreme Court.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-23_19:54:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "5cb680406f87f69622d21db604b4a33b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12677675, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12646901": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Even if hypothetically Obama were \"ineligible\" (buying into the whole birther nonsense).... Obama would STILL be the President and the Commander in Chief.  He would be the \"de facto\" President and all of his orders would be legal until such time as he was removed from office by legal means such as impeachment.  <br><br>So even interpreting the officer's claims in their best light -- Obama is still President and the orders he makes as Commander in Chief are valid.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_15:22:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "f8fa979014f4328ea12d5500376f3f02", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "4 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}, "12642349": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Here's something interesting: Weigel still hasn't explained why <a href=\"http://24ahead.com/barack-obama-gives-differing-accounts-which-hospital-he-was-\" rel=\"nofollow\">BHO, Snopes and Wikipedia can't get their stories straight on which hospital BHO was born in</a>.<br><br>Why can't they get their stories straight?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_13:20:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "LonewackoDotCom", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13487761": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "davefromthewest.......how stupid are you........really?????", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-28_20:07:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "gmsnowball", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12727573": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "&lt;&lt;&lt;Hawaiian residents born elsewhere can obtain a COLB.&gt;&gt;&gt;<br><br>You mean the ones who were born there can.  Or are you claiming that the Hawaiian Govt is handing them out to people who were not born in the state?  If so you would be blatantly lying, but reality and facts have never been a requirement for any people believing the birther delusion.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-16_01:56:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "2677cfe51917150bc86cc09aaf018a88", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12678197, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12676298": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "They needn't worry.  Obama was duly, and legally, sworn in as President about six months ago.  Besides, what is a Major in the Army doing claiming to be a conscientious objector? Ridculousness piled upon ridiculousness!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-15_00:43:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "thrh", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12642771, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12678299": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Just when did \"the best and the brightest\" become \"the worst and the dumbest?\"  Major Cook should, and proabably will, be court-martialed for dereliction of duty.  Ain't you proud?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-15_03:06:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "thrh", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12644144": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Well, if one can try to distill the argument out of this wholly incoherent motion, it seems this guy wants to claim conscientious objector (CO) status even though he is not opposed to war in all its forms based on religious or moral beliefs (check out case law dealing with CO). The TRO motion makes no mention of him applying for CO status through the existing military procedure (yes, there is one), so, even IF he had a basis for CO status, he has not exhausted his administrative options as required before seeking relief in Federal Court.<br><br>Further, it does not appear that Orly has yet found local counsel (at least, none is listed on the Motion as filed) which she MUST have in order to be admitted pro-hac vice in GA, as she is not licensed to practice law in that state (she must be sponsored by a member of the GA Bar).<br><br>Finally, there are claims being made on various blogs that Charles Lincoln actually drafted this pleading and Orly simply filed it. Mr. Lincoln appears to have been disbarred in multiple states, and it is unclear if the CA Bar is aware that he is now assisting Orly (if indeed these claims are correct). There are specific provisions regarding \"employment\" of disbarred attorneys under the Rules of Professional Conduct in both CA and GA that need be followed if indeed he is assisting her...employment seems to include both paid and unpaid assistance on a case.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_14:05:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "3e24162881f7b765b3e12e294a54aaba", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12677607": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What I don't understand is why Cook doesn't report for duty tomorrow, as ordered.  If he loses the Temporary Restraining Order [scheduled for hearing on Thursday], then he's eligible for the brig!  It's nice to have a soldier willing to go to prision for his misguided principles:  I'd rather he died for his country!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-15_02:08:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "thrh", "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": 12676467, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12901281": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Except for one little problem for \"Dr.\" Taitz.  Maj. Cook is a *reservist* who *volunteered* to go to the front, and because of this, he was able to back out of deployment at anytime if he wanted to.  <br>And since he was a reservist, he had a regular job... emphasis on the word \"had\".  Because he was working for a military contractor, that is, until this frivolous lawsuit of Taitz.  It should come to no surprise, then, that the Army decided to yank Mr. Cook's clearances and therefore he lost his job.  Now his job is unemployed.<br>Mission Accomplished, \"Dr.\" Taitz.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-19_02:46:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "AyaR", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12701685, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12676870": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Why bother to respond to stupid claims from swine like you?  He has important things to do, like running the country, not answering stupid questions from stupid people.  Like you.  Or [giggle!!!] Orly Taitz!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-15_01:18:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "thrh", "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": 12676467, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13238311": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You know, your walking a thin line on sedition....<br><br>There have been 24 attempts in the United States to regulate speech that has been deemed seditious. In 1798, President John Adams signed into law the Alien and Sedition Acts, the fourth of which, the Sedition Act or \"An Act for the Punishment of Certain Crimes against the United States\" set out punishments of up to two years' imprisonment for \"opposing or resisting any law of the United States\" or writing or publishing \"false, scandalous, and malicious writing\" about the President or Congress (but specifically not the Vice-President). The act was allowed to expire in 1801 after the election of Thomas Jefferson to the presidency. He was Vice President at the time of the Act's passage.<br><br>Under the Espionage Act of 1917, section 3 made it a crime, punishable by 20 years' imprisonment and a fine of up to $10,000, to wilfully spread false news of the US military with an intent to disrupt their operations, to foment mutiny in the ranks, or obstruct recruiting. The act was amended in 1918 by the Sedition Act, which expanded the purview of the Espionage Act to any statement criticizing the government. The act was upheld in 1919 in Schenck v. United States, but was largely repealed in 1921, leaving laws forbidding espionage and allowing military censorship of sensitive material.<br><br>In 1940, the Alien Registration Act or Smith Act was passed, which made it a crime to advocate or teach the desirability of overthrowing the United States Government, or to be a member of any organization which does the same. It was often used against Communist organizations. The act was invoked in three major trials, one of the Socialist Worker's Party in Minneapolis in 1941, resulting in 23 convictions, and again in 1944 in what became known as \"The Great Sedition Trial\", of pro-Nazi figures which ended in a mistrial. A series of trials of 140 leaders of the Communist Party USA was also predicated upon the Smith Act beginning in 1949, and lasting until 1957. Although the Supreme Court upheld the convictions of 11 CPUSA leaders in 1951, the court reversed itself in 1957 in Yates v. United States by ruling that teaching an ideal, no matter how harmful it may seem, does not equal advocating or planning its implementation. Although unused since at least 1961[citation needed], the Smith Act remains US law.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-23_19:10:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "AcaciaJules", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12729934, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12677675": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What Orly isn't telling you kids is that even if she should win her lawsuit[s]--which is a one in a million chance, at best--Obama is STILL PRESIDENT!  And unless she wins the TRO tomorrow, Cook is GOING TO AFGHANISTAN OR JAIL!<br><br>And she still hasn't let you in on the little secret that jurisdiction in the federal courts has not attached to her lawsuit, until she figures out how to get service of process on Obama.<br><br>There are books that tell her how.  First she has to read!<br><br>Where did she get her law degree?  Mail-order?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-15_02:13:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "thrh", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "13495602": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Still Obama refuses to produce his original BC, Indonesian adoption records , any school or college records are under wraps, the draft-registration cloudiness and the passport to Pakistan in 1981, evidence he has used more than one Social Security#, and the government gag-order on his family in Kenya look a little suspicious almost as if the birthers are right.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-29_00:05:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "RedGraham", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12676784": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hope Major Cook gets a \"friendly\" roommate in prison named \"Bubba.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-15_01:14:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "thrh", "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": 12676030, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12676914": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I just searched for \"Orly Taitz\" on the NYTimes website and got shuttle schedules at a Paris airport....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-15_01:21:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "thrh", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12719027": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You don't know what you are talkling about captainsteve! Obama Birth certificate has been ruled authentic by the court, after it was produced by the Hawaian court for examination! how often does this man have to prove his birth to the uneducated baboons who wouldn't know a authentic B.C if they saw one? If you want to go that route let's go after Mccain who was born out of the United states all together! Who's to say he belongs to the mccain family at all, an he wasn't illegaly adopted? You therorist thugs, go on, an on, and on. Simply because you can't believe a black man, and a Demacrate to boot took ya all to the cleaners!  Hawaii is part of the United States, Mccain wasn't even born in the United States! There's a few others in question to, shall we also talk about them. It's time to move on people!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-15_19:52:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "jupitor", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12678197, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12678197": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Obama has NEVER released his \u201cbirth certificate.\u201d He only showed a (very sketchy) \u201cCertification of Live Birth,\u201d which does NOT prove much of anything. Hawaiian residents born elsewhere can obtain a COLB.<br><br>OBAMA, STOP HIDING. SHOW US THE LONG FORM BIRTH CERTIFICATE!!!!!<br><br>Mr Weigel. . .GET SOME INTEGRITY!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-15_02:58:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "captainsteve", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12645962": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Googling \"Charles Lincoln\" and \"disbarred\" yields some interesting results. As does googling his name and deo vindice...apparently he has a real estate redemption website at deovindice DOT us...interesting if he is Orly's  \"law clerk\" now.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_14:55:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "3e24162881f7b765b3e12e294a54aaba", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12676030": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Cook has two choices:  Afghanistan, or the brig.  Since he's a month plus overdue to report, it looks like the brig!  Dentist Taitz's motion for a TRO is a bad joke.  The court must find it likely that she will prevail on the merits, to grant a TRO.  So far, she hasn't figured out how to get jurisdiction so that the court can hear her motion.<br><br>Can't wait to see her next press release!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-15_00:28:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "thrh", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12652782, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12728639": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The fact is that every idiotic lie that has been disproven on this theory has been met by the closet racists coming up with a new version of their slander, explaining why the fact that they have been proven wrong on every step of the claim to date should not be held against them.<br><br>To anyone stupid enough to believe this lunacy at this point there is NOTHING that will change their mind.  That would require them admitting that they are, AT BEST, legally incompetent buffoons.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-16_02:01:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "2677cfe51917150bc86cc09aaf018a88", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12676467, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12677696": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Wave bye-bye to Major Cook!  He won't be out for a while!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-15_02:15:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "thrh", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12652225": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Bull... do your homework, jackass.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_17:12:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "d2cfd6cc0f4732b33e811fd4966cb329", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12643773, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12676681": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That seems to be the only arrow they have left in their quiver.  Sad, when the fate of the natiion depends upon bozos like Jeff Sessions and Orly Taitz!  But extremely comic!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-15_01:07:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "thrh", "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": 12673632, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12719178": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The authentic Birth Certificate was showen all over the internet, proven authentic in a court of law, Release for review by the Hawaii courts who ruled it authentic to their state! People get over it. The black man is your president, an you can cry a pool of water for the next 8 years, or try to change your racist view points, so you don't continue over and over agains to argue the same stupid talking point! But, than again you can join the rank of Ensign,Sanford, Palin and the rest of the down and out GOP, if you can't move on for the better of your party!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-15_19:58:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "jupitor", "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": 12676467, "depth": 1, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12675703": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "How's this?<br><br>Associated Press Nov 1, 2008:<br>The Associated Press quoted Chiyome Fukino as saying that both she and the  registrar of vital statistics, Alvin Onaka, have personally verified that the health department holds Obama's original birth certificate.<br><br>Fukino also was quoted by several other news organizations. The Honolulu Advertiser quoted Fukino as saying the agency had been bombarded by requests, and that the registrar of statistics had even been called in at home in the middle of the night.<br><br>[...]<br><br>Fukino said she has \u201cpersonally seen and verified that the Hawaii State Department of Health has Sen. Obama\u2019s original birth certificate on record in accordance with state policies and procedures.\" <br><br>So, how's my \"homework\"? /Sarcasm.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-15_00:10:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "LaLee", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12652225, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12729934": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Dual citizenship makes Obama a one-time American before he was adopted by the Indonesian.  Too bad he was NEVER a natural-born citizen as defined by the constitition hence he must keep all important records sealed from the public. One day he will be imprisoned, hanged or deported.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-16_02:09:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "RedGraham", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12677368": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Problem for Obama?  Hardly!  Problem for Cook?  He hired a lawyer who can't figure out how to file a lawsit!  And who thinks not getting dismissed is the occasion for a press release!  FOR GOD'S SAKE:  the legal profession used to require minimal competence!  Orly Taitz has displayed only total incompetence so far, except in the PR realm.  Let's just disbar her and move on.  She can stiill be a dentist, until the professional standards board looks into her practice.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-15_01:48:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "thrh", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12652155, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12642771": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think you're missing a point here. If Obama\u2019s not legally commander in chief, soldiers could be convicted of war crimes because their orders were illegal. The Nuremburg trials established that Officers can be found liable for following unlawful orders.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_13:30:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "kuma", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12643790": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "*IF* he's not legally commander in chief? That's the best you can do?<br><br>He's been in the public spotlight for years, and there's not a single credible soul who believes there's the slightest evidence that he's not eligible to be POTUS.<br><br>Sorry, you've had plenty of time to come up with evidence. \"If\" doesn't do it any more.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_13:56:17", "killed": false, "user_key": "11083592110a9e81c48db74cd1f7659d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12646617": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "In Vietnam, conscripts were ordered to fight in a war that Congress did not declare<br><br>In Iraq and Afghanistan, volunteer soldiers were ordered by then-President Bush to fight in a war that Congress specifically authorized.   Issues of President Obama's birth have been raised and rejected, as he is a US citizen born in Hawaii.   That one major in the Army doesn't believe it is hardly equivalent to the moral outrage that Vietnam turned out to be.<br><br>This guy doesn't like it?   Shouldn't have volunteered.  But if you're in, you obey the Commander-in-Chief, or face courtmartial.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_15:14:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "millgrist", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12894044": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "NULLIFY the Usurper!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-18_21:08:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "RedGraham", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12673632": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Indeed, we're shaking in our boots.<br><br>I can only hope that the Republican party will make Obama's birth certificate an even larger issue in 2012 than it was in 2008.  Please try to convince them to do so, after all, its a real problem for Obama, right?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_22:40:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "SamR", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12652155, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12656483": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Then how come only Charles Graner, Lynde England and their buddy were the only ones prosecuted for torturing, raping and abusing prisoners in custody at Abu Ghraib?  Would Cheney/Bush let the little guys go down for their bad policies?<br><br><br>You betcha.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_18:49:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "Swami_Binkinanda", "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": 12642771, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12677863": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "In approximately seven hours, Major Cook will be sent either to Afghanistan or to jail.  Probably his choice.  As his employer, I don't really care, so long as he goes away and quits bothering me.  A TAXPAYER!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-15_02:27:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "thrh", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12675944": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Orly Taitz \"can't find the courthouse,\" as my Civil Procedure professor used to drill into us.  If she can't effect proper service, then the court has no jurisdiction to hear the case, and must dismiss it.  She's got 60 days.  That is what the judge REALLY ruled today:  not that he would hear the case, that if somehow Ms. Taitz figured out how to \"find the courthouse,\" the case could proceed.  If not, it will be dismissed.<br><br>I could tell her where to look it up, but as a dentist, she should know how to use the law library....<br><br>She is a joke!  And so are her repeated lawsuits.<br><br>Hope she has malpractice insurance!  Actually, I hope she doesn't.  If not, then both she and the dopes who hired her can file for bankruptcy.  Friendly judges waiting to greet them there!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-15_00:22:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "thrh", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12813351": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I have noticed a trend with the folks that support Obama you accept what you're fed about him with out truely knowing almost cult like. We all seen the same behavior with the David Keresh and the Jim Jones Followers. I don't believe he has it.....half of America doesn't believe he has his Birth Certificate so he needs to clear the air.....The man loves being on TV so lets him give an hour to present the facts that back him up and let some independent investigaters who Obama gave access to ALL his records have an hour to give the info they find............All I'm saying if it's proven Obama is a fraud I expect a Coup by the end of the day........ We need to question authority and we need to question Obama hourly because he has already proven himself a liar to protect himself. I mean come on who doesn't know their own Auntie is in this country Illegally but an idiot and if he's that stupid then he shouldn't be president in the first place.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-17_10:36:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "davefromthewest", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12720621": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Sorry, but you are wrong.  <br><br>The courts HAVE NOT ruled on the merits of the case.  <br><br>Obama has NEVER EVER released his \u201cbirth certificate.\u201d He only showed a (very sketchy) \u201cCertification of Live Birth.\u201d There's a very big difference.  Go do some research. <br><br> And forget McCain, I didn't vote for him.  Plus,  he lost.<br><br>OBAMA, STOP HIDING. SHOW US THE LONG FORM BIRTH CERTIFICATE!!!!!<br><br><a href=\"http://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2009/04/aka-obama-fans-all-together-now-say-omg.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2009/04/aka-o...</a>", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-15_20:57:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "captainsteve", "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": 12719027, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12652782": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I think you are missing the real point of the lawsuit.  That being to have Obama removed from the presidency.  They've been waiting for a soldier to be willing to file suit, as the courts said that the private citizens that have previously challenged his presidency didn't have \"standing\" in such a lawsuit.  Now they have one.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_17:22:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "311e8099958ed508521d62919493ca72", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12646901, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12643773": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Obama has already adequately shown he is a Natural Born US Citizen.  Those who froth at the mouth spewing conspiracy theories about this have a screw or two loose. Get OVER IT.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_13:55:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "0fd2530b62998b453ae9533847bd9c2a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12676467": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What I don't understand is why Obama just doesn't come clean and let independent investigators clear his name this will go on forever do it on TV let the investigators dig up any dirt they can on the Obamas and bring it out once and for all Barack can answer all charges on TV being that he is transparent and all", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-15_00:53:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "davefromthewest", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12676724": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Even if Ms Taitz somehow miraculously prevails on the merits, months or years down the road, and Obama is impeachable:  HE'S STILL THE PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF until impeached.  Check the Constitution.   And so poor Major Cook is still rotting in the brig!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-15_01:10:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "thrh", "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": 12652782, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12701685": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "See major development:<br><a href=\"http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=104009\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bombshell: Orders revoked for soldier challenging prez</a><br>Major victory for Army warrior questioning Obama's birthplace<br>Posted: July 14, 2009 9:53 pm Eastern<br><br>By Chelsea Schilling and Joe Kovacs<br>\u00a9 2009 WorldNetDaily<br><br>Dr. Orly Taitz<br><br>A U.S. Army Reserve major from Florida scheduled to report for deployment to Afghanistan within days has had his military orders revoked after arguing he should not be required to serve under a president who has not proven his eligibility for office.<br><br>His attorney, Orly Taitz, confirmed to WND the military has rescinded his impending deployment orders.<br><br>\"We won! We won before we even arrived,\" she said with excitement. \"It means that the military has nothing to show for Obama. It means that the military has directly responded by saying Obama is illegitimate \u2013 and they cannot fight it. Therefore, they are revoking the order!\"<br><br>She continued, \"They just said, 'Order revoked.' No explanation. No reasons \u2013 just revoked.\"<br><br>A hearing on the questions raised by Maj. Stefan Frederick Cook, an engineer who told WND he wants to serve his country in Afghanistan, was scheduled for July 16 at 9:30 a.m.<br><br>Join the petition campaign to make President Obama reveal his long-form, hospital-generated birth certificate!<br><br>\"As an officer in the armed forces of the United States, it is [my] duty to gain clarification on any order we may believe illegal. With that said, if President Obama is found not to be a 'natural-born citizen,' he is not eligible to be commander-in-chief,\" he told WND only hours after the case was filed.<br><br> \"[Then] any order coming out of the presidency or his chain of command is illegal. Should I deploy, I would essentially be following an illegal [order]. If I happened to be captured by the enemy in a foreign land, I would not be privy to the Geneva Convention protections,\" he said.<br><br>The order for the hearing in the federal court for the Middle District of Georgia from U.S. District Judge Clay D. Land said the hearing on the request for a temporary restraining order would be held Thursday.<br><br>Want to turn up the pressure to learn the facts? Get your signs and postcards asking for the president's birth certificate documentation here.<br><br>Cook said without a legitimate president as commander-in-chief, members of the U.S. military in overseas actions could be determined to be \"war criminals and subject to prosecution.\"<br><br>He said the vast array of information about Obama that is not available to the public confirms to him \"something is amiss.\"<br><br>\"That and the fact the individual who is occupying the White House has not been entirely truthful with anybody,\" he said. \"Every time anyone has made an inquiry, it has been either cast aside, it has been maligned, it has been laughed at or just dismissed summarily without further investigation.<br><br>\"You know what. It would be so simple to solve. Just produce the long-form document, certificate of live birth,\" he said.<br><br>Cook said he was scheduled to report for duty tomorrow, on July 15, to deploy to Afghanistan as part of President Obama's plan to increase pressure of insurgent forces there.<br><br>He told WND he would be prepared for a backlash against him as a military officer, since members of the military swear to uphold and follow their orders. However, he noted that following an illegal order would be just as bad as failing to follow a legal order.<br><br>Before news of the orders being revoked were reported, MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann tonight called Cook a \"jackass\" and Taitz a \"conwoman,\" as he labeled both of them the \"worst persons in the world.\" He flayed the soldier as \"an embarrassment to all those who have served without cowardice.\"<br><br>Named as defendants in the case are Col. Wanda Good, Col. Thomas Macdonald, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Obama, described as \"de facto president of the United States.\"<br><br>According to the court filing, Cook affirmed when he joined the military, he took the following oath: \"I, Stefan Frederick Cook, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the president of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to the regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.\"<br><br>According to the claim, \"Plaintiff submits that it is implicit though not expressly stated that an officer is and should be subject to court-martial, because he will be derelict in the performance of his duties, if he does not inquire as to the lawfulness, the legality, the legitimacy of the orders which he has received, whether those orders are specific or general.\"<br><br>The military courts offer no option for raising the question, so he turned to civilian courts to consider \"a question of paramount constitutional and legal importance: the validity of the chain of command under a president whose election, eligibility, and constitutional status appear open to serious question.\"<br><br>\"Barack Hussein Obama, in order to prove his constitutional eligibility to serve as president, basically needs only produce a single unique historical document for the Plaintiff\u2019s inspection and authentication: namely, the 'long-form' birth certificate which will confirm whether Barack Hussein Obama was in fact born to parents who were both citizens of the United States in Honolulu, Hawaii, in or about 1961,\" explains the complaint.<br><br>Taitz said she will attend the hearing to amend the temporary restraining order to an injunction because more members of the military have joined the cause.<br><br>\"We are going to be asking for release of Obama's records because now this completely undermines the military. It revoked this order, but it can come up with another order tomorrow. It can come up with orders for other people,\" she said. \"Am I going to be flying around the country 1,000 times and paying the fees every time they issue an order?\"<br><br>Taitz said the issue \"must be resolved immediately,\" and she will continue working to ensure Obama proves he is eligible for office.<br><br>\"We're going to be asking the judge to issue an order for Obama to provide his vital records to show he is legitimately president,\" she said. \"We're going to say, we have orders every day, and we'll have revocations every day. This issue has to be decided.\"<br><br>She said there cannot be any harm to the president if he is legitimately holding office.<br><br>\"If he is legitimate, then his vital records will prove it,\" Taitz said. \"If he is illegitimate, then he should not have been there in the first place.\"<br><br>Asked what this decision means for every other serviceman who objects to deployment under a president who has not proven he is eligible for office, Taitz responded:<br><br>\"Now, we can have each and every member of the military \u2013 each and every enlistee and officer \u2013 file something similar saying 'I will not take orders until Obama is legitimately vetted.'\"<br><br>Multiple questions have been raised about what that would mean to the 2008 election, to the orders and laws Obama has signed and other issues, including whether he then is a valid commander-in-chief of the military.  . . . <br>------------------------- <br><a href=\"http://www.orlytaitzesq.com/blog1/?p=3064\" rel=\"nofollow\">See the original TRO for Major Cook</a><br><a href=\"http://www.orlytaitzesq.com/blog1/?p=3064\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.orlytaitzesq.com/blog1/?p=3064</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-15_11:35:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "5cb680406f87f69622d21db604b4a33b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12727927": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "&lt;&lt;Where did she get her law degree? Mail-order?&gt;&gt;<br><br>Uhh actually, they prefer the term \"remote learning institution\".", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-16_01:58:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "2677cfe51917150bc86cc09aaf018a88", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12677675, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12683512": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Where did she get her law degree? Mail-order?\"<br><br>Yep.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-15_08:44:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "83eda451520627434f0dcd4443271438", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12677675, "depth": 1, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12652155": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Anyone who has seriously looked at this issue understands that this is a REAL problem for Obama.  Ignore the deceit and smoke-screen lies from the liberal lefties.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-14_17:10:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "128cbad80fd06c1b8c4134ca2be05749", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12676222": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What is most comical in this is that poor Orly doesn't realize that she has just lost her dental practice through her foray into being a pretend lawyer!  What fun!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-15_00:38:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "thrh", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "4 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 12644144, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "12676757": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "BOTTOM LINE:  Obama is still President.<br><br>And still Black.<br><br>And you're neither!<br><br>Boo-hoo!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-07-15_01:12:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "thrh", "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": 12676030, "depth": 3, "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": "25441655", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "34441", "hash": -3511866364058836622}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "does_the_obama_birther_soldier_have_a_case", "paginate": true, "num_pages": 2, "num_posts": 50, "per_page": 50, "total_posts": 59, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 25441655, "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.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/does_the_obama_birther_soldier_have_a_case/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">59</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/does_the_obama_birther_soldier_have_a_case/latest.rss"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/bullet-feed.png"></a>\
	 </span>\
	 </h3>\
	 <div id="dsq-options" style="margin:15px 0">\
	 <span class="dsq-item-sort">\
	 Sort by\
	 <select id="dsq-sort-select" onchange="Dsq.Thread.sortBy(this.value);">\
	 <option value="hot" >Popular now</option>\
	 <option value="best" >Best Rating</option>\
	 <option value="newest" selected="selected">Newest first</option>\
	 <option value="oldest" >Oldest first</option>\
	 </select>\
	 &nbsp;\
	 </span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-cp"><a href="http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/does_the_obama_birther_soldier_have_a_case/">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/does_the_obama_birther_soldier_have_a_case/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:25441655" 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'				: 'does_the_obama_birther_soldier_have_a_case',
			// 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/does_the_obama_birther_soldier_have_a_case/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='	+ 'does_the_obama_birther_soldier_have_a_case'
			+ '&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='	+ 'does_the_obama_birther_soldier_have_a_case'
			+ '&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='		+ 'does_the_obama_birther_soldier_have_a_case'
				+ '&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/25441655/realtime.js?timestamp=' + last_checked);
		}
	};

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

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

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

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

}();

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		if (isblank(openid_url)) {
			return;
		}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();


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









(function() {
	//
	// Load theme.  This overrides the base templates with template functions
	// from the respective themes.
	//
	if (Dsq.jsonData.integration.theme == 4) {
		var theme = 'narcissus';
		// HACK: Set variable on window to use post message.
		window.disqus_use_postmessage = true;

		
		for(var prop in Dsq.Themes[theme]) {
			if(Dsq.Themes[theme] && Dsq.Themes[theme].hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
				Dsq.Templates[prop] = Dsq.Themes[theme][prop];
			}
		}
		
		for(var prop in Dsq.Post) {
			if(Dsq.Themes[theme] && Dsq.Themes[theme].hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
				Dsq.Post[prop] = Dsq.Themes[theme][prop];
			}
		}
	}

	//
	// Register templates.  This must be done after all themes are loaded.
	//
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('authPost', Dsq.Templates.authPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('header', Dsq.Templates.header);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('footer', Dsq.Templates.footer);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('trackbacks', Dsq.Templates.trackbacks);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('reactions', Dsq.Templates.reactions);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('prependPost', Dsq.Templates.prependPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('appendPost', Dsq.Templates.appendPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postPrependHeader', Dsq.Templates.postPrependHeader);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postAppendHeader', Dsq.Templates.postAppendHeader);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('preBody', Dsq.Templates.preBody);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postBody', Dsq.Templates.postBody);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postFooter', Dsq.Templates.postFooter);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('_popupGeneric', Dsq.Templates._popupGeneric);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('voted', Dsq.Templates.voted);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('popupProfile', Dsq.Templates.popupProfile);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postBox', Dsq.Templates.postBox);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('pagination', Dsq.Templates.pagination);
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13495602" class="dsq-comment-message">Still Obama refuses to produce his original BC, Indonesian adoption records , any school or college records are under wraps, the draft-registration cloudiness and the passport to Pakistan in 1981, evidence he has used more than one Social Security#, and the government gag-order on his family in Kenya look a little suspicious almost as if the birthers are right.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13487761" class="dsq-comment-message">davefromthewest.......how stupid are you........really?????</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12894044" class="dsq-comment-message">NULLIFY the Usurper!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12813351">davefromthewest</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12813351" class="dsq-comment-message">I have noticed a trend with the folks that support Obama you accept what you\'re fed about him with out truely knowing almost cult like. We all seen the same behavior with the David Keresh and the Jim Jones Followers. I don\'t believe he has it.....half of America doesn\'t believe he has his Birth Certificate so he needs to clear the air.....The man loves being on TV so lets him give an hour to present the facts that back him up and let some independent investigaters who Obama gave access to ALL his records have an hour to give the info they find............All I\'m saying if it\'s proven Obama is a fraud I expect a Coup by the end of the day........ We need to question authority and we need to question Obama hourly because he has already proven himself a liar to protect himself. I mean come on who doesn\'t know their own Auntie is in this country Illegally but an idiot and if he\'s that stupid then he shouldn\'t be president in the first place.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12729934" class="dsq-comment-message">Dual citizenship makes Obama a one-time American before he was adopted by the Indonesian.  Too bad he was NEVER a natural-born citizen as defined by the constitition hence he must keep all important records sealed from the public. One day he will be imprisoned, hanged or deported.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13238311" class="dsq-comment-message">You know, your walking a thin line on sedition....<br><br>There have been 24 attempts in the United States to regulate speech that has been deemed seditious. In 1798, President John Adams signed into law the Alien and Sedition Acts, the fourth of which, the Sedition Act or "An Act for the Punishment of Certain Crimes against the United States" set out punishments of up to two years\' imprisonment for "opposing or resisting any law of the United States" or writing or publishing "false, scandalous, and malicious writing" about the President or Congress (but specifically not the Vice-President). The act was allowed to expire in 1801 after the election of Thomas Jefferson to the presidency. He was Vice President at the time of the Act\'s passage.<br><br>Under the Espionage Act of 1917, section 3 made it a crime, punishable by 20 years\' imprisonment and a fine of up to $10,000, to wilfully spread false news of the US military with an intent to disrupt their operations, to foment mutiny in the ranks, or obstruct recruiting. The act was amended in 1918 by the Sedition Act, which expanded the purview of the Espionage Act to any statement criticizing the government. The act was upheld in 1919 in Schenck v. United States, but was largely repealed in 1921, leaving laws forbidding espionage and allowing military censorship of sensitive material.<br><br>In 1940, the Alien Registration Act or Smith Act was passed, which made it a crime to advocate or teach the desirability of overthrowing the United States Government, or to be a member of any organization which does the same. It was often used against Communist organizations. The act was invoked in three major trials, one of the Socialist Worker\'s Party in Minneapolis in 1941, resulting in 23 convictions, and again in 1944 in what became known as "The Great Sedition Trial", of pro-Nazi figures which ended in a mistrial. A series of trials of 140 leaders of the Communist Party USA was also predicated upon the Smith Act beginning in 1949, and lasting until 1957. Although the Supreme Court upheld the convictions of 11 CPUSA leaders in 1951, the court reversed itself in 1957 in Yates v. United States by ruling that teaching an ideal, no matter how harmful it may seem, does not equal advocating or planning its implementation. Although unused since at least 1961[citation needed], the Smith Act remains US law.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12701685">DLH</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12701685" class="dsq-comment-message">See major development:<br><a href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=104009" rel="nofollow">Bombshell: Orders revoked for soldier challenging prez</a><br>Major victory for Army warrior questioning Obama\'s birthplace<br>Posted: July 14, 2009 9:53 pm Eastern<br><br>By Chelsea Schilling and Joe Kovacs<br>© 2009 WorldNetDaily<br><br>Dr. Orly Taitz<br><br>A U.S. Army Reserve major from Florida scheduled to report for deployment to Afghanistan within days has had his military orders revoked after arguing he should not be required to serve under a president who has not proven his eligibility for office.<br><br>His attorney, Orly Taitz, confirmed to WND the military has rescinded his impending deployment orders.<br><br>"We won! We won before we even arrived," she said with excitement. "It means that the military has nothing to show for Obama. It means that the military has directly responded by saying Obama is illegitimate – and they cannot fight it. Therefore, they are revoking the order!"<br><br>She continued, "They just said, \'Order revoked.\' No explanation. No reasons – just revoked."<br><br>A hearing on the questions raised by Maj. Stefan Frederick Cook, an engineer who told WND he wants to serve his country in Afghanistan, was scheduled for July 16 at 9:30 a.m.<br><br>Join the petition campaign to make President Obama reveal his long-form, hospital-generated birth certificate!<br><br>"As an officer in the armed forces of the United States, it is [my] duty to gain clarification on any order we may believe illegal. With that said, if President Obama is found not to be a \'natural-born citizen,\' he is not eligible to be commander-in-chief," he told WND only hours after the case was filed.<br><br> "[Then] any order coming out of the presidency or his chain of command is illegal. Should I deploy, I would essentially be following an illegal [order]. If I happened to be captured by the enemy in a foreign land, I would not be privy to the Geneva Convention protections," he said.<br><br>The order for the hearing in the federal court for the Middle District of Georgia from U.S. District Judge Clay D. Land said the hearing on the request for a temporary restraining order would be held Thursday.<br><br>Want to turn up the pressure to learn the facts? Get your signs and postcards asking for the president\'s birth certificate documentation here.<br><br>Cook said without a legitimate president as commander-in-chief, members of the U.S. military in overseas actions could be determined to be "war criminals and subject to prosecution."<br><br>He said the vast array of information about Obama that is not available to the public confirms to him "something is amiss."<br><br>"That and the fact the individual who is occupying the White House has not been entirely truthful with anybody," he said. "Every time anyone has made an inquiry, it has been either cast aside, it has been maligned, it has been laughed at or just dismissed summarily without further investigation.<br><br>"You know what. It would be so simple to solve. Just produce the long-form document, certificate of live birth," he said.<br><br>Cook said he was scheduled to report for duty tomorrow, on July 15, to deploy to Afghanistan as part of President Obama\'s plan to increase pressure of insurgent forces there.<br><br>He told WND he would be prepared for a backlash against him as a military officer, since members of the military swear to uphold and follow their orders. However, he noted that following an illegal order would be just as bad as failing to follow a legal order.<br><br>Before news of the orders being revoked were reported, MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann tonight called Cook a "jackass" and Taitz a "conwoman," as he labeled both of them the "worst persons in the world." He flayed the soldier as "an embarrassment to all those who have served without cowardice."<br><br>Named as defendants in the case are Col. Wanda Good, Col. Thomas Macdonald, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Obama, described as "de facto president of the United States."<br><br>According to the court filing, Cook affirmed when he joined the military, he took the following oath: "I, Stefan Frederick Cook, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the president of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to the regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God."<br><br>According to the claim, "Plaintiff submits that it is implicit though not expressly stated that an officer is and should be subject to court-martial, because he will be derelict in the performance of his duties, if he does not inquire as to the lawfulness, the legality, the legitimacy of the orders which he has received, whether those orders are specific or general."<br><br>The military courts offer no option for raising the question, so he turned to civilian courts to consider "a question of paramount constitutional and legal importance: the validity of the chain of command under a president whose election, eligibility, and constitutional status appear open to serious question."<br><br>"Barack Hussein Obama, in order to prove his constitutional eligibility to serve as president, basically needs only produce a single unique historical document for the Plaintiff’s inspection and authentication: namely, the \'long-form\' birth certificate which will confirm whether Barack Hussein Obama was in fact born to parents who were both citizens of the United States in Honolulu, Hawaii, in or about 1961," explains the complaint.<br><br>Taitz said she will attend the hearing to amend the temporary restraining order to an injunction because more members of the military have joined the cause.<br><br>"We are going to be asking for release of Obama\'s records because now this completely undermines the military. It revoked this order, but it can come up with another order tomorrow. It can come up with orders for other people," she said. "Am I going to be flying around the country 1,000 times and paying the fees every time they issue an order?"<br><br>Taitz said the issue "must be resolved immediately," and she will continue working to ensure Obama proves he is eligible for office.<br><br>"We\'re going to be asking the judge to issue an order for Obama to provide his vital records to show he is legitimately president," she said. "We\'re going to say, we have orders every day, and we\'ll have revocations every day. This issue has to be decided."<br><br>She said there cannot be any harm to the president if he is legitimately holding office.<br><br>"If he is legitimate, then his vital records will prove it," Taitz said. "If he is illegitimate, then he should not have been there in the first place."<br><br>Asked what this decision means for every other serviceman who objects to deployment under a president who has not proven he is eligible for office, Taitz responded:<br><br>"Now, we can have each and every member of the military – each and every enlistee and officer – file something similar saying \'I will not take orders until Obama is legitimately vetted.\'"<br><br>Multiple questions have been raised about what that would mean to the 2008 election, to the orders and laws Obama has signed and other issues, including whether he then is a valid commander-in-chief of the military.  . . . <br>------------------------- <br><a href="http://www.orlytaitzesq.com/blog1/?p=3064" rel="nofollow">See the original TRO for Major Cook</a><br><a href="http://www.orlytaitzesq.com/blog1/?p=3064" rel="nofollow">http://www.orlytaitzesq.com/blog1/?p=3064</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12901281" class="dsq-comment-message">Except for one little problem for "Dr." Taitz.  Maj. Cook is a *reservist* who *volunteered* to go to the front, and because of this, he was able to back out of deployment at anytime if he wanted to.  <br>And since he was a reservist, he had a regular job... emphasis on the word "had".  Because he was working for a military contractor, that is, until this frivolous lawsuit of Taitz.  It should come to no surprise, then, that the Army decided to yank Mr. Cook\'s clearances and therefore he lost his job.  Now his job is unemployed.<br>Mission Accomplished, "Dr." Taitz.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12678299" class="dsq-comment-message">Just when did "the best and the brightest" become "the worst and the dumbest?"  Major Cook should, and proabably will, be court-martialed for dereliction of duty.  Ain\'t you proud?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12678197">captainsteve</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12678197" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama has NEVER released his “birth certificate.” He only showed a (very sketchy) “Certification of Live Birth,” which does NOT prove much of anything. Hawaiian residents born elsewhere can obtain a COLB.<br><br>OBAMA, STOP HIDING. SHOW US THE LONG FORM BIRTH CERTIFICATE!!!!!<br><br>Mr Weigel. . .GET SOME INTEGRITY!</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12727573" href="http://electioncorrection.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Matt Taylor</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12727573" class="dsq-comment-message">&lt;&lt;&lt;Hawaiian residents born elsewhere can obtain a COLB.&gt;&gt;&gt;<br><br>You mean the ones who were born there can.  Or are you claiming that the Hawaiian Govt is handing them out to people who were not born in the state?  If so you would be blatantly lying, but reality and facts have never been a requirement for any people believing the birther delusion.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12719027" class="dsq-comment-message">You don\'t know what you are talkling about captainsteve! Obama Birth certificate has been ruled authentic by the court, after it was produced by the Hawaian court for examination! how often does this man have to prove his birth to the uneducated baboons who wouldn\'t know a authentic B.C if they saw one? If you want to go that route let\'s go after Mccain who was born out of the United states all together! Who\'s to say he belongs to the mccain family at all, an he wasn\'t illegaly adopted? You therorist thugs, go on, an on, and on. Simply because you can\'t believe a black man, and a Demacrate to boot took ya all to the cleaners!  Hawaii is part of the United States, Mccain wasn\'t even born in the United States! There\'s a few others in question to, shall we also talk about them. It\'s time to move on people!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12720621">captainsteve</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12720621" class="dsq-comment-message">Sorry, but you are wrong.  <br><br>The courts HAVE NOT ruled on the merits of the case.  <br><br>Obama has NEVER EVER released his “birth certificate.” He only showed a (very sketchy) “Certification of Live Birth.” There\'s a very big difference.  Go do some research. <br><br> And forget McCain, I didn\'t vote for him.  Plus,  he lost.<br><br>OBAMA, STOP HIDING. SHOW US THE LONG FORM BIRTH CERTIFICATE!!!!!<br><br><a href="http://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2009/04/aka-obama-fans-all-together-now-say-omg.html" rel="nofollow">http://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2009/04/aka-o...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12677863">thrh</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12677863" class="dsq-comment-message">In approximately seven hours, Major Cook will be sent either to Afghanistan or to jail.  Probably his choice.  As his employer, I don\'t really care, so long as he goes away and quits bothering me.  A TAXPAYER!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12677766">thrh</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12677766" class="dsq-comment-message">Can I get a rebate on my taxes for my portion of Major Cook\'s salary?  Wimpy traitor!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12677696">thrh</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12677696" class="dsq-comment-message">Wave bye-bye to Major Cook!  He won\'t be out for a while!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12677675">thrh</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12677675" class="dsq-comment-message">What Orly isn\'t telling you kids is that even if she should win her lawsuit[s]--which is a one in a million chance, at best--Obama is STILL PRESIDENT!  And unless she wins the TRO tomorrow, Cook is GOING TO AFGHANISTAN OR JAIL!<br><br>And she still hasn\'t let you in on the little secret that jurisdiction in the federal courts has not attached to her lawsuit, until she figures out how to get service of process on Obama.<br><br>There are books that tell her how.  First she has to read!<br><br>Where did she get her law degree?  Mail-order?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-13239689">2sun</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-13239689" class="dsq-comment-message">Sufficient for the US Supreme Court to authorize her as a Member of the Court and Officer of the Court authorized to practice before the Supreme Court.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12727927" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12727927" href="http://electioncorrection.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Matt Taylor</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12727927" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12727927" class="dsq-comment-message">&lt;&lt;Where did she get her law degree? Mail-order?&gt;&gt;<br><br>Uhh actually, they prefer the term "remote learning institution".</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12683512">No, Seriously</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12683512" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12683512" class="dsq-comment-message">"Where did she get her law degree? Mail-order?"<br><br>Yep.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12676914">thrh</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12676914" class="dsq-comment-message">I just searched for "Orly Taitz" on the NYTimes website and got shuttle schedules at a Paris airport....</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12676467">davefromthewest</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12676467" class="dsq-comment-message">What I don\'t understand is why Obama just doesn\'t come clean and let independent investigators clear his name this will go on forever do it on TV let the investigators dig up any dirt they can on the Obamas and bring it out once and for all Barack can answer all charges on TV being that he is transparent and all</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12728639" href="http://electioncorrection.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Matt Taylor</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12728639" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12728639" class="dsq-comment-message">The fact is that every idiotic lie that has been disproven on this theory has been met by the closet racists coming up with a new version of their slander, explaining why the fact that they have been proven wrong on every step of the claim to date should not be held against them.<br><br>To anyone stupid enough to believe this lunacy at this point there is NOTHING that will change their mind.  That would require them admitting that they are, AT BEST, legally incompetent buffoons.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12719178">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12719178" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12719178" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12719178">jupitor</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12719178" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12719178" class="dsq-comment-message">The authentic Birth Certificate was showen all over the internet, proven authentic in a court of law, Release for review by the Hawaii courts who ruled it authentic to their state! People get over it. The black man is your president, an you can cry a pool of water for the next 8 years, or try to change your racist view points, so you don\'t continue over and over agains to argue the same stupid talking point! But, than again you can join the rank of Ensign,Sanford, Palin and the rest of the down and out GOP, if you can\'t move on for the better of your party!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12677893">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12677893" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12677893" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12677893">thrh</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12677893" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12677893" class="dsq-comment-message">He has posted his birth certificate, dummy!  The proper authorities in Hawaii have verified it!  What more do you want?  Him to quit being black?  Get used to it!  Or else pay the fees when Orly Taitz is disbarred for perpetual stupidity.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12677607">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12677607" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12677607" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12677607">thrh</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12677607" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12677607" class="dsq-comment-message">What I don\'t understand is why Cook doesn\'t report for duty tomorrow, as ordered.  If he loses the Temporary Restraining Order [scheduled for hearing on Thursday], then he\'s eligible for the brig!  It\'s nice to have a soldier willing to go to prision for his misguided principles:  I\'d rather he died for his country!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12676870">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12676870" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12676870" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12676870">thrh</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12676870" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12676870" class="dsq-comment-message">Why bother to respond to stupid claims from swine like you?  He has important things to do, like running the country, not answering stupid questions from stupid people.  Like you.  Or [giggle!!!] Orly Taitz!</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12675944">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12675944" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12675944" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12675944">thrh</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12675944" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12675944" class="dsq-comment-message">Orly Taitz "can\'t find the courthouse," as my Civil Procedure professor used to drill into us.  If she can\'t effect proper service, then the court has no jurisdiction to hear the case, and must dismiss it.  She\'s got 60 days.  That is what the judge REALLY ruled today:  not that he would hear the case, that if somehow Ms. Taitz figured out how to "find the courthouse," the case could proceed.  If not, it will be dismissed.<br><br>I could tell her where to look it up, but as a dentist, she should know how to use the law library....<br><br>She is a joke!  And so are her repeated lawsuits.<br><br>Hope she has malpractice insurance!  Actually, I hope she doesn\'t.  If not, then both she and the dopes who hired her can file for bankruptcy.  Friendly judges waiting to greet them there!</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12652155">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12652155" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12652155" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12652155">RM</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12652155" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12652155" class="dsq-comment-message">Anyone who has seriously looked at this issue understands that this is a REAL problem for Obama.  Ignore the deceit and smoke-screen lies from the liberal lefties.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12677368">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12677368" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12677368" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12677368">thrh</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12677368" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12677368" class="dsq-comment-message">Problem for Obama?  Hardly!  Problem for Cook?  He hired a lawyer who can\'t figure out how to file a lawsit!  And who thinks not getting dismissed is the occasion for a press release!  FOR GOD\'S SAKE:  the legal profession used to require minimal competence!  Orly Taitz has displayed only total incompetence so far, except in the PR realm.  Let\'s just disbar her and move on.  She can stiill be a dentist, until the professional standards board looks into her practice.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12673632">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12673632" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12673632" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12673632">SamR</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12673632" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12673632" class="dsq-comment-message">Indeed, we\'re shaking in our boots.<br><br>I can only hope that the Republican party will make Obama\'s birth certificate an even larger issue in 2012 than it was in 2008.  Please try to convince them to do so, after all, its a real problem for Obama, right?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12676681">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12676681" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12676681" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12676681">thrh</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12676681" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12676681" class="dsq-comment-message">That seems to be the only arrow they have left in their quiver.  Sad, when the fate of the natiion depends upon bozos like Jeff Sessions and Orly Taitz!  But extremely comic!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12646901">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12646901" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12646901" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12646901">hgranger</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12646901" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12646901" class="dsq-comment-message">Even if hypothetically Obama were "ineligible" (buying into the whole birther nonsense).... Obama would STILL be the President and the Commander in Chief.  He would be the "de facto" President and all of his orders would be legal until such time as he was removed from office by legal means such as impeachment.  <br><br>So even interpreting the officer\'s claims in their best light -- Obama is still President and the orders he makes as Commander in Chief are valid.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12652782">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12652782" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12652782" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12652782">gdogs</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12652782" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12652782" class="dsq-comment-message">I think you are missing the real point of the lawsuit.  That being to have Obama removed from the presidency.  They\'ve been waiting for a soldier to be willing to file suit, as the courts said that the private citizens that have previously challenged his presidency didn\'t have "standing" in such a lawsuit.  Now they have one.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12676724">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12676724" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12676724" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12676724">thrh</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12676724" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12676724" class="dsq-comment-message">Even if Ms Taitz somehow miraculously prevails on the merits, months or years down the road, and Obama is impeachable:  HE\'S STILL THE PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF until impeached.  Check the Constitution.   And so poor Major Cook is still rotting in the brig!</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12676030">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12676030" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12676030" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12676030">thrh</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12676030" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12676030" class="dsq-comment-message">Cook has two choices:  Afghanistan, or the brig.  Since he\'s a month plus overdue to report, it looks like the brig!  Dentist Taitz\'s motion for a TRO is a bad joke.  The court must find it likely that she will prevail on the merits, to grant a TRO.  So far, she hasn\'t figured out how to get jurisdiction so that the court can hear her motion.<br><br>Can\'t wait to see her next press release!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12676784">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12676784" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12676784" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12676784">thrh</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12676784" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12676784" class="dsq-comment-message">Hope Major Cook gets a "friendly" roommate in prison named "Bubba."</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12676757">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12676757" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12676757" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12676757">thrh</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12676757" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12676757" class="dsq-comment-message">BOTTOM LINE:  Obama is still President.<br><br>And still Black.<br><br>And you\'re neither!<br><br>Boo-hoo!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12646617">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12646617" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12646617" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12646617">millgrist</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12646617" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12646617" class="dsq-comment-message">In Vietnam, conscripts were ordered to fight in a war that Congress did not declare<br><br>In Iraq and Afghanistan, volunteer soldiers were ordered by then-President Bush to fight in a war that Congress specifically authorized.   Issues of President Obama\'s birth have been raised and rejected, as he is a US citizen born in Hawaii.   That one major in the Army doesn\'t believe it is hardly equivalent to the moral outrage that Vietnam turned out to be.<br><br>This guy doesn\'t like it?   Shouldn\'t have volunteered.  But if you\'re in, you obey the Commander-in-Chief, or face courtmartial.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12645962">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12645962" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12645962" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12645962">Name</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12645962" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12645962" class="dsq-comment-message">Googling "Charles Lincoln" and "disbarred" yields some interesting results. As does googling his name and deo vindice...apparently he has a real estate redemption website at deovindice DOT us...interesting if he is Orly\'s  "law clerk" now.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12644144">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12644144" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12644144" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12644144">Name</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12644144" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12644144" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, if one can try to distill the argument out of this wholly incoherent motion, it seems this guy wants to claim conscientious objector (CO) status even though he is not opposed to war in all its forms based on religious or moral beliefs (check out case law dealing with CO). The TRO motion makes no mention of him applying for CO status through the existing military procedure (yes, there is one), so, even IF he had a basis for CO status, he has not exhausted his administrative options as required before seeking relief in Federal Court.<br><br>Further, it does not appear that Orly has yet found local counsel (at least, none is listed on the Motion as filed) which she MUST have in order to be admitted pro-hac vice in GA, as she is not licensed to practice law in that state (she must be sponsored by a member of the GA Bar).<br><br>Finally, there are claims being made on various blogs that Charles Lincoln actually drafted this pleading and Orly simply filed it. Mr. Lincoln appears to have been disbarred in multiple states, and it is unclear if the CA Bar is aware that he is now assisting Orly (if indeed these claims are correct). There are specific provisions regarding "employment" of disbarred attorneys under the Rules of Professional Conduct in both CA and GA that need be followed if indeed he is assisting her...employment seems to include both paid and unpaid assistance on a case.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12676222">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12676222" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12676222" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12676222">thrh</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12676222" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12676222" class="dsq-comment-message">What is most comical in this is that poor Orly doesn\'t realize that she has just lost her dental practice through her foray into being a pretend lawyer!  What fun!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12643790">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12643790" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12643790" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12643790">MaineSkeptic</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12643790" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12643790" class="dsq-comment-message">*IF* he\'s not legally commander in chief? That\'s the best you can do?<br><br>He\'s been in the public spotlight for years, and there\'s not a single credible soul who believes there\'s the slightest evidence that he\'s not eligible to be POTUS.<br><br>Sorry, you\'ve had plenty of time to come up with evidence. "If" doesn\'t do it any more.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12643773">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12643773" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12643773" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12643773">David</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12643773" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12643773" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama has already adequately shown he is a Natural Born US Citizen.  Those who froth at the mouth spewing conspiracy theories about this have a screw or two loose. Get OVER IT.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12652225">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12652225" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12652225" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12652225">KRJ</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12652225" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12652225" class="dsq-comment-message">Bull... do your homework, jackass.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12675703">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12675703" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12675703" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12675703">LaLee</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12675703" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12675703" class="dsq-comment-message">How\'s this?<br><br>Associated Press Nov 1, 2008:<br>The Associated Press quoted Chiyome Fukino as saying that both she and the  registrar of vital statistics, Alvin Onaka, have personally verified that the health department holds Obama\'s original birth certificate.<br><br>Fukino also was quoted by several other news organizations. The Honolulu Advertiser quoted Fukino as saying the agency had been bombarded by requests, and that the registrar of statistics had even been called in at home in the middle of the night.<br><br>[...]<br><br>Fukino said she has “personally seen and verified that the Hawaii State Department of Health has Sen. Obama’s original birth certificate on record in accordance with state policies and procedures." <br><br>So, how\'s my "homework"? /Sarcasm.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12642771">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12642771" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12642771" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12642771">kuma</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12642771" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12642771" class="dsq-comment-message">I think you\'re missing a point here. If Obama’s not legally commander in chief, soldiers could be convicted of war crimes because their orders were illegal. The Nuremburg trials established that Officers can be found liable for following unlawful orders.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12676298">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12676298" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12676298" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12676298">thrh</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12676298" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12676298" class="dsq-comment-message">They needn\'t worry.  Obama was duly, and legally, sworn in as President about six months ago.  Besides, what is a Major in the Army doing claiming to be a conscientious objector? Ridculousness piled upon ridiculousness!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-12656483">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12656483" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12656483" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-12656483">Swami_Binkinanda</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12656483" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12656483" class="dsq-comment-message">Then how come only Charles Graner, Lynde England and their buddy were the only ones prosecuted for torturing, raping and abusing prisoners in custody at Abu Ghraib?  Would Cheney/Bush let the little guys go down for their bad policies?<br><br><br>You betcha.</div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-12642349">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-12642349" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-12642349" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-12642349" href="http://24Ahead.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">24AheadDotCom</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-12642349" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-12642349" class="dsq-comment-message">Here\'s something interesting: Weigel still hasn\'t explained why <a href="http://24ahead.com/barack-obama-gives-differing-accounts-which-hospital-he-was-" rel="nofollow">BHO, Snopes and Wikipedia can\'t get their stories straight on which hospital BHO was born in</a>.<br><br>Why can\'t they get their stories straight?</div>\
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	 </li>\
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	Dsq.Popup.showCookieMsgs();

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

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

})();




