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Where were you when ole W. was taking this country of ours to hell in a handbasket ???", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-15_21:47:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "7d0229ae0c109a4c5b3205f12923db0a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "7 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 8247338, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8356761": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I can tell you that I am a devoted christian and I was at my tea party along with several other thousands of christians across this country. . I will be at the next one along with several hundred thousand more christians who are not only protesting taxes but we are down right tired of God being taken out of everything. Obama gave a speech recently at one of the Christian colleges and he and his adminstration covered up the religious material in the background. He gives a speech stating the we are not a Christian Judeo nation and if you read the constitution, you will clearly see the relationship stated in almost every document by every one of our founders. You are twisting what Jesus stated, \" Give to Ceasar what is Ceasars\" well Ceasar has enough and he needs to learn how to stay within a budget like the rest of us do.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-19_18:27:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "c012c071bd0a454abcddf9f72ae88468", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "7 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 8338077, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8251290": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Joe the P,<br><br>Tea?<br><br>(_)(_)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-15_23:36:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "4d965cc2a37f28e4922d4701a2555bd5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "7 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}, "8338077": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "There were NO Chrisitans at the tea parties.  Jesus was very clear that we are not to complain about taxes - \u201cRender unto Caesar the things which are Caesar\u2019s, and unto God the things that are God\u2019s\u201d Matthew 22:21.<br><br>there were only heathens at these events.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-18_18:38:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "51e6e4f08ccd19c819442601df59f0f1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "7 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 8260578, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8253086": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Right. Atheists with guns. In America? Soviet Russia for sure, but here? I'm sure there are some militant radical Trotskyites out there, but I'm more scared of the Christian fundamentalists hoarding guns for the Tribulations. Now that's a statement that would get you shot in MOST of America! <br><br>Where was this outrage when Bush was handing out bailouts? Oh, right, it's not REALLY about THAT. Where's the outrage over tax havens and corporations using tax loopholes to stiff to taxpayers because of deregulation and lack of oversight? Oh, right, that's socialism. Just like tax breaks for the middle class and tax hikes 10% below those paid under Reagan for the wealthiest Americans is spurring this ersatz outrage. News to me that the Gipper was a dirty Commie... logical coherence, where art thou?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-16_01:24:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "9d21930575d5d1351ab0ee8fa2655383", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "7 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}, "8250911": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Why do you hate America?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-15_23:19:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "9e19a41e4b67db442b9de6bd9a026ecc", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "7 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 8247437, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8247584": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I love it. I am a retired veteran and this out of control spending is not what I served my great country for. It is not a democrat, republican, liberal or conservative issue. This is an issue of a government that has grown out of control. It goes back to the early 1900's. Our country was founded on the rule of LAW!!!!!<br>Not mob rule. Things swing both ways at times, but we always have the rule of law ( the constitution) to guide us. I don't know how we got so far from our roots, but it must stop!!!!!. We do not have any leaders in politics that are worthy of representing us. We need new leaders.  Kevin", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-15_21:42:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "bb5fb8f4a65069d0cd5871ebb9692aaa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "7 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8251425": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "People who read huffington post should go to the rallies with signs that say <br>\"We don't need a military!\" <br>or \"Why should I pay more for schools that I never use(d)!\"<br>or \"Stop picking up my garbage!\" <br>or how about \"Make the people who vote FOR BUSH pay for Iraq, NOT ME!\"  <br>Or I'd get a real hoot out of a sign that says \"Just because I make millions doesn't mean I should pay more than Joe!\" <br>or \"Why does 'Joe' pay less than me and my millionaire friends?\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-15_23:45:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "0e9e90d88860d1b7177127a5ad1eea37", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "7 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}, "8252323": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I guess you're unhappy about govt spending and the fact that some of the poorest don't pay taxes, plus the left-over canard about welfare queens, etc. It would help your cause if you could be a bit more coherent.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-16_00:35:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "Jason_M", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "7 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 8249722, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8249508": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I read the constitution too, things are not even close to being even in this country as far as taxes go. And many other things are not as the founders intended. Too many people have figured out they can just stick their hand out and the government will take care of them. Makes me sick so many people teach their children. to do the same, now you have generations of families that have never worked and blame the government for their lack of success in their lives. But they are still glad to hold their hand out and ask for more.  Kevin", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-15_22:15:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "bb5fb8f4a65069d0cd5871ebb9692aaa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "7 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 8248694, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8247462": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What do you mean you will shoot him? Should I call the police?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-15_21:37:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "b173bb391f6ef490018d93b55d9a9b79", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "7 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 8247197, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8249384": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "where exactly will you get shot for saying \"in god we trust?\"  i dont think i've heard of any such thing.  perhaps i missed it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-15_22:09:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "80e0e5d21251d7690b5f9db38814cca6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "7 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}, "8247338": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The Republican party had nothing to do with this. In fact, Michael Steele (the Republican Leader) wanted to speak, but they said they would rather not have politicians speaking. They wanted the politicians to listen. Regular mom's and dad's spoke and Joe the Plumber.<br><br>We are not stupid - we have looked at the facts and are worried about the direction our country is being taken. We want to do something before it is too late and government is entrenched everywhere.<br><br>Why is it that we are \"stupid\" when we have a protest, but the left-wing isn't. Why don't we have the right to our opinion without being insulted?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-15_21:32:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "b173bb391f6ef490018d93b55d9a9b79", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "7 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 8247208, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8263340": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Comparing partly pregnant to fairly spiritual could be the funniest thing I've read all day.  You're kind of a moron, aren't you?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-16_12:02:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "aa25ccc6ef7ca9313e579026d7861853", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "7 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 8260578, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8247197": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Joe the Plumber is an attention-getting nobody - an opportunist. I am an atheist, but I don't intend to shoot anybody - unless they force me to support Joe the Plumber.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-15_21:26:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "f8234ae2602d43e987c26900af8bc7cd", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "7 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}, "8252850": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Where in America would one be shot for saying \"in God we trust?\"  I hope we socialize!  I hope we all end up paying higher taxes and get universal healthcare.  I hope the government ends up running everything and everyone!  Let's halt prayer everywhere.  Let's give back our guns.  Let's all be socialists!!!  Seriously, I don't think this is going to happen, but it's fun to watch the loonies think it is.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-16_01:08:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "174c0c0d3d216a4288504b6ed3a3eec1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "7 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}, "8252979": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Putting God's name on a graven image, such as money, is idolatry.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-16_01:17:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "27cad47377d0e7b091c03dff4b979e32", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "7 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}, "8261188": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "My father was exempt from serving in the Korean war because he was in the Highway Patrol at the time. He also had met his only wife to be. Dad felt it was his duty to sign up because of  his love of our country. He served 22 months in active duty, a scout or spy. He then came back and married mom,(lasting 50 years before his death). He did not receive VA benefits, ect. He was self made success from hard, honest work ethics.  However, dad taught <br>all nine of his children, one marriage, to respect our veterans. He said they deserve whatever benefits they get. You and I can speak FREELY today BECAUSE of these great men who fight for our freedom. We ARE the greatest nation in the world. We WERE founded on Christian values. We are very generous in helping other countries. Stopping Nazism was simply HUMANE . The tea parties are 'we the people', simply  giving our voice, a freedom so dearly  fought for by our couragous veterans. We don't like The outragious spending for programs that WILL NOT be sustainable finacially. BIGGER government  is not just this administration. President Bush did start the TARP. This is your country. This is my country. Do we want  us to survive?  This is why the people are having tea parties.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-16_10:51:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "024da8fe02f3cbd54d22a66a8459d7e8", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "7 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 8254020, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8271676": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I wonder when all the infighting will stop and people will realize that these wedge issues are part of a deliberate divide and conquer technique. You are all as screwed as I am, I am as screwed as all of you. This protest isn't about obama or bush, it's about all of it as a whole. We are a Constitutional Republic founded on principals that have held us together for over 200 years. That is what we are fighting for. To keep what is quickly being lost.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-16_16:11:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "38eeb2391ec5dd816e38e31b2a4f55d2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "7 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}, "8249919": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ok... what are you talking about again?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-15_22:32:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "80e0e5d21251d7690b5f9db38814cca6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "7 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 8249722, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8263105": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Christians killing Jews? check<br>Christians killing Muslims? check<br>Muslims killing Jews and Christians? check<br>Hindus killing Muslims? check<br>Atheists killing... um... no one as far as I can find.<br><br>No Atheist secession movement. No Atheist militia movement. No Atheist protest movement.<br><br>I think this rates as \"clinging to guns and religion\"?<br><br>Oh, and BTW - Writing in Fortune magazine, conservative policy analyst Bruce Bartlett, who has a long anti-tax history, says: \"The irony of these protests is that federal revenues as a share of the gross domestic product will be lower this year than any year since 1950.  The truth is that the U.S. is a relatively low-tax country no matter how you slice the data.\"<br><br>These people are Faux Nudes watching, partisan Republican sheeple who don't dive a damn about spending, just about the (anaemic) Republican agenda. Period. They are not patriots. They came out in support of this corporate powers-that-be astroturf movement 2 1/2 months ago, but said narry a peep when, for instance, the single greatest increase in the American national deficit occurred in 2003 when GWB rammed the Prescription Drug Benefit through Congress and increased the long-term indebtedness of this country by 20 Trillion dollars!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-16_11:54:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "JetSetter", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "7 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}, "8247671": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I agree and support that Republicans did nothing about this. I wish someone would tell fox news. Ron Paul's supporters, much more liberatarians, brought this on, and they DO NOT SUPPORT WAR. When you don't fight wars you can't win and don't end, you don't need to tax the crap out of people.<br><br>I do not understand your \"doing something before government is entrenched everywhere.\" You want government around in case shit hits the fans. What you don't want is Wall Street entrenched everywhere, because those private interests will surely get you screwed - oh wait - already happened.<br><br>Nothing about this is stupid, what is is vague. It's vague because nothing was said of this when the previous administration was running us into the ground in debt with war, except democrats. And when we spoke out, we were criticized for being anti-american.<br><br>All I want is for people to be clear. If you are a liberatarian, you are against ALL government spending, this includes war, missiles, weapons, and killing muslims. The problem is that I don't see this clarity. I see signs like, \"I am small business owner being taxed, and now I got my gun.\" We are making up for lost 8 years of debt collection, and that is shitty for anyone to have to do... but sometimes shit needs to be done right.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-15_21:46:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "74db763a9f9a9e3368edc299a3962ae0", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "7 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 8247338, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8254020": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh, and by the way, the military is the biggest government program of them all. Do you get VA benefits? We would not have this kind of military if back in the early 1900s we did not get involved in \"foreign wars\" or if we didn't basically rescue Europe from Nazism (and ourselves) and the government didn't come up with the GI Bill that sent vets to school and got them homes.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-16_02:29:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "Jason_M", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "7 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 8247584, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8247475": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Stupid and not Nazi\"? Aren't they trying to control us with religion? The Naxis had the same mindset, but a different agenda.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-15_21:38:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "f8234ae2602d43e987c26900af8bc7cd", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "7 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 8247208, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8249158": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Sounds like a lot of crazy talk.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-15_21:57:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "309f97f6ce57f80e722bb6e1d715de5e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "7 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}, "8265543": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I believe the recent spending is a necessary step in trying to right the economy and financial systems which are listing badly, partly as a result of too LITTLE government regulation and oversight over the last 20 years. Even the radical deregulators, some of them, realize that things went too far and that people were not as great at self-regulation as they wished.  <br><br>We agree that this is not a republican or democratic issues, although the impression from the media -- I wasn't there -- is that this group is largely republican voters who don't like Obama. I guess the core, coming from Ron Paul's group, are fundamentalist small-government folks. Maybe that's you.<br><br>Vets? Of course, they deserve the benefits and great healthcare and our gratitude and our compassion when they get in trouble. Wonder where you got the idea that I was criticizing the military and your father. It is government that provides those benefits, isn't it? Government as \"we the people,\" by the way. OUr treatment of vets has been in recent years terrible. I'm hoping for change there.<br><br>Folks applaud themselves for their work ethic and grit and determination, but when forces beyond their control hit, they may need help. One source of help is the government; not the only, but one. Very-small-govt people want to eliminate unemployment insurance. Do you? <br><br>We can be mad at TARP for being the wrong approach to dealing with the banks. \"Let them fail\" is okay if you really know what you're talking about; otherwise, it's just blowing off steam.  Satisfying but not very useful.  But the really outrageous expenditures in the last 8 years, in my opinion, has been for the Iraq War, along with the Bush tax cuts.  Combined they have taken us from surplus (remember?) to huge deficits. <br><br>Fighting the Nazis was perhaps humane, but it was also essential for our survival. If we had not closed in on ourselves after WWI, when we had become one of the great powers, WWII might not have happened, or at least in the same way. <br><br>I of course respect the right to protest. Good luck.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-16_13:12:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "Jason_M", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "7 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 8261188, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8272458": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "i am with you", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-16_16:31:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "d9c5ac42b76cf7dbe755398a18720658", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "7 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 8271676, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8247755": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "please cite the specific constitutional provision you are referring to. I have heard it a million times, mostly from Rush, Eric Kantor, Rob Boner, Jindal. Please cite the constitutional provision you are referring to. Art 1, cl. 11, permits the government to tax the citizenry. Please rebut.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-15_21:49:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "74db763a9f9a9e3368edc299a3962ae0", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "7 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 8247584, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8279886": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "AMURRICA", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-16_21:18:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "148af9b5412e83e88e4796a6aba04b89", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "7 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}, "8248400": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He is not really on Earth,  but on Mars, along with Sarah Palin.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-15_21:51:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "f8234ae2602d43e987c26900af8bc7cd", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "7 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 8247511, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8252878": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Only because he's an idiot!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-16_01:10:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "174c0c0d3d216a4288504b6ed3a3eec1", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "7 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 8247437, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8258391": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "i'm fairly a spiritual person but if all these people like Joe are God's spokesmen, well, I have no other choice but to conclude that God's a moron.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-16_09:02:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "michaelt", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "7 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}, "8249180": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Where in my statement did you read anything about taxing the people????? Having trouble understanding what I am saying? I am talking the provisions that call for limited government, and things not delegated to the federal government where to be up to the states, in other words the PEOPLE!!!!!!    Understand now?????  Kevin", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-15_21:59:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "bb5fb8f4a65069d0cd5871ebb9692aaa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "7 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 8247755, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8260578": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "michaelt, you obviously weren't there.  I guess \"fairly spiritual\" people don't know that spiritual people ask God for direction and ask that God's will be done even when their efforts are imperfect.  Spiritual people don't \"speak\" for God.  Spiritual people seek and follow God.  If you were at the tea party you would have seen the difference.  And by the way, being \"fairly spiritual\" is like being \"partly pregnant.\"  You either are or you aren't.  If you think you can speak for God, or that you are spiritual when you choose to follow some (but not all) of the teachings of the Lord, at your discretion, then I am afraid someone has misled you about God.  Please, for the sake of your eternal life and the surpassing peace that comes with truly knowing the Lord, please go and talk with your Pastor.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-16_10:29:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "740a194dc88830b1458c104158297d88", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "7 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}, "8252220": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You are talking about the 10th amendment and the growth of federal government, first to reform terrible abuses of business -- remember? --, then to deal with war and depression. You probably believe that we should have stayed out of the wars, never had a fed income tax, etc. I disagree with you, but still, it's a point of view, though not expressed so anybody who doesn't know history would understand it. But it's too late to return to those golden days of sweatshops, strikebreaking, and lynching. What do you specifically propose we do now?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-16_00:28:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "Jason_M", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "7 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 8249508, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8247314": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "In many parts of the country, \"In god we do not trust\" will definitely get you killed. We call them them the fly-over parts of America.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-15_21:30:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "f543283bcf08f7f05ef692041fa4f686", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "7 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}, "8266734": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm mad as hell that so few people have any knowledge of our history or any awareness of their ignorance of it and that so many are so susceptible to sloganeering and appeals to emotion!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-16_13:49:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "Jason_M", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "7 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}, "8250480": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Silly me; as he was reported as having said \"Let me give you another extremist view, \u2018In God We Trust,'\" [...] \"Say that too loud in some parts of America and you will be shot. It\u2019s terrible.\u201d I jumped to the conclusion that he meant shot with a gun. Perhaps that's just my high falutin' college education getting in the way of understanding the Higher Wisdom of Joe.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-15_22:57:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "bornagainbirdwatcher", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "7 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}, "8247208": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It is stupidity gone Ph.D.! It is amazing that the a major political party in America is propagating this stuff. I thank my stars that Republicans have gone 'Stupid' and not 'Nazi' so far. But who knows?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-15_21:26:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "f543283bcf08f7f05ef692041fa4f686", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "7 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8249331": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Why do you think that?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-15_22:07:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "b173bb391f6ef490018d93b55d9a9b79", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "7 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 8247556, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8262260": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I thought the conservatives were the ones with the guns.<br><br>His \"In God We Trust\" statement says a lot for his intelligence.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-16_11:27:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "3277cc05a075aa68ec0e27fbeb893013", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "7 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}, "8261237": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Gotta love all the references to guns!  and they wonder why the Dept. of Homeland Security issued a report of \"concern\" of right-wing extremism.  And sounds like they're clinging to their guns!!!???", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-16_10:53:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "078aeed6e71402f32564d379ef539416", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "7 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}, "8248694": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Section 8. The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-15_21:52:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "74db763a9f9a9e3368edc299a3962ae0", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "7 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 8247755, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "8247287": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The problem with Joe the Tea-Bagger is that his argument is fundamentally flawed. Suggesting that people will got shot for saying \"in god we trust\" supports America's propensity to resort to gun violence for outrageous things - like loving things. We all know that \"Joe the Tea-Baggin' America Lover\" would be flatly agaisnt stricter gun regulations, but yet he is fully willing to address a problem caused by lack of intelligent gun regulations - namely, that you can get shot for saying just about anything, including what you love, what you trust, and what you believe in - all in the same sentence, which happens to be on our currency.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-15_21:29:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "74db763a9f9a9e3368edc299a3962ae0", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "7 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}, "8249722": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "This is the real thing.  We are mad as hell and we won't take it anymore.  Stop the spending and the unfair taxing.  Everyone should pay some tax.  We need to stop supportiing those who refuse to cotribute.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-15_22:24:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "af8433189d78513277c7243541bc14ad", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "7 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 1, "reply_position": false, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "15847925", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "34441", "hash": -5244378141449166603}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "joe_the_plumber_at_michigan_tea_party_saying_8216god_bless_america8217_will_get_you_shot_in_some_par", "paginate": true, "num_pages": 3, "num_posts": 50, "per_page": 50, "total_posts": 105, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 15847925, "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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// HACK: Safari ends with "-->" while other browsers end with "--&gt;" as expected.
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// 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/joe_the_plumber_at_michigan_tea_party_saying_8216god_bless_america8217_will_get_you_shot_in_some_par/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">105</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/joe_the_plumber_at_michigan_tea_party_saying_8216god_bless_america8217_will_get_you_shot_in_some_par/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/joe_the_plumber_at_michigan_tea_party_saying_8216god_bless_america8217_will_get_you_shot_in_some_par/">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/joe_the_plumber_at_michigan_tea_party_saying_8216god_bless_america8217_will_get_you_shot_in_some_par/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:15847925" 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'				: 'joe_the_plumber_at_michigan_tea_party_saying_8216god_bless_america8217_will_get_you_shot_in_some_par',
			// 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/joe_the_plumber_at_michigan_tea_party_saying_8216god_bless_america8217_will_get_you_shot_in_some_par/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='	+ 'joe_the_plumber_at_michigan_tea_party_saying_8216god_bless_america8217_will_get_you_shot_in_some_par'
			+ '&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='	+ 'joe_the_plumber_at_michigan_tea_party_saying_8216god_bless_america8217_will_get_you_shot_in_some_par'
			+ '&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='		+ 'joe_the_plumber_at_michigan_tea_party_saying_8216god_bless_america8217_will_get_you_shot_in_some_par'
				+ '&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/15847925/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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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8279886">saoirse</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8279886" class="dsq-comment-message">AMURRICA</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8271676">RyanK</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8271676" class="dsq-comment-message">I wonder when all the infighting will stop and people will realize that these wedge issues are part of a deliberate divide and conquer technique. You are all as screwed as I am, I am as screwed as all of you. This protest isn\'t about obama or bush, it\'s about all of it as a whole. We are a Constitutional Republic founded on principals that have held us together for over 200 years. That is what we are fighting for. To keep what is quickly being lost.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8272458" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8272458">you</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8272458" class="dsq-comment-message">i am with you</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8266734">Jason_M</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8266734" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m mad as hell that so few people have any knowledge of our history or any awareness of their ignorance of it and that so many are so susceptible to sloganeering and appeals to emotion!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8263105" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8263105">JetSetter</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8263105" class="dsq-comment-message">Christians killing Jews? check<br>Christians killing Muslims? check<br>Muslims killing Jews and Christians? check<br>Hindus killing Muslims? check<br>Atheists killing... um... no one as far as I can find.<br><br>No Atheist secession movement. No Atheist militia movement. No Atheist protest movement.<br><br>I think this rates as "clinging to guns and religion"?<br><br>Oh, and BTW - Writing in Fortune magazine, conservative policy analyst Bruce Bartlett, who has a long anti-tax history, says: "The irony of these protests is that federal revenues as a share of the gross domestic product will be lower this year than any year since 1950.  The truth is that the U.S. is a relatively low-tax country no matter how you slice the data."<br><br>These people are Faux Nudes watching, partisan Republican sheeple who don\'t dive a damn about spending, just about the (anaemic) Republican agenda. Period. They are not patriots. They came out in support of this corporate powers-that-be astroturf movement 2 1/2 months ago, but said narry a peep when, for instance, the single greatest increase in the American national deficit occurred in 2003 when GWB rammed the Prescription Drug Benefit through Congress and increased the long-term indebtedness of this country by 20 Trillion dollars!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8262260">aloha43</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8262260" class="dsq-comment-message">I thought the conservatives were the ones with the guns.<br><br>His "In God We Trust" statement says a lot for his intelligence.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8261237" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8261237">Lori</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8261237" class="dsq-comment-message">Gotta love all the references to guns!  and they wonder why the Dept. of Homeland Security issued a report of "concern" of right-wing extremism.  And sounds like they\'re clinging to their guns!!!???</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8260578">Brenda</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8260578" class="dsq-comment-message">michaelt, you obviously weren\'t there.  I guess "fairly spiritual" people don\'t know that spiritual people ask God for direction and ask that God\'s will be done even when their efforts are imperfect.  Spiritual people don\'t "speak" for God.  Spiritual people seek and follow God.  If you were at the tea party you would have seen the difference.  And by the way, being "fairly spiritual" is like being "partly pregnant."  You either are or you aren\'t.  If you think you can speak for God, or that you are spiritual when you choose to follow some (but not all) of the teachings of the Lord, at your discretion, then I am afraid someone has misled you about God.  Please, for the sake of your eternal life and the surpassing peace that comes with truly knowing the Lord, please go and talk with your Pastor.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8338077">Karen</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8338077" class="dsq-comment-message">There were NO Chrisitans at the tea parties.  Jesus was very clear that we are not to complain about taxes - “Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s” Matthew 22:21.<br><br>there were only heathens at these events.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8356761">Izzy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8356761" class="dsq-comment-message">I can tell you that I am a devoted christian and I was at my tea party along with several other thousands of christians across this country. . I will be at the next one along with several hundred thousand more christians who are not only protesting taxes but we are down right tired of God being taken out of everything. Obama gave a speech recently at one of the Christian colleges and he and his adminstration covered up the religious material in the background. He gives a speech stating the we are not a Christian Judeo nation and if you read the constitution, you will clearly see the relationship stated in almost every document by every one of our founders. You are twisting what Jesus stated, " Give to Ceasar what is Ceasars" well Ceasar has enough and he needs to learn how to stay within a budget like the rest of us do.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8263340">George</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8263340" class="dsq-comment-message">Comparing partly pregnant to fairly spiritual could be the funniest thing I\'ve read all day.  You\'re kind of a moron, aren\'t you?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8258391">michaelt</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8258391" class="dsq-comment-message">i\'m fairly a spiritual person but if all these people like Joe are God\'s spokesmen, well, I have no other choice but to conclude that God\'s a moron.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8253970">Jason_M</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8253970" class="dsq-comment-message">He says he\'s just regurgitating. Well, that\'s honest, but not particularly useful, now is it?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8253198" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8253198">James Allen</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8253198" class="dsq-comment-message">Why is it the whenever we have a Democrat in the White House, the conservative fringe starts talking about revolution, buying guns, and generally raising the level fear in the country?  This is especially truse if you happen to be a non-white American.  When Bill Clinton was President we experienced the militia movement, the rise of the Aryan Brotherhood and so forth.  When we were being "Bushed" I don\'t recall people on the Left, arming themselves, or speaking of Revolution.  <br><br>Were there ANY non-white Americans attending these "Teabag" rallies?</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8253086" href="http://www.radicalreaction.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Kurt</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8253086" class="dsq-comment-message">Right. Atheists with guns. In America? Soviet Russia for sure, but here? I\'m sure there are some militant radical Trotskyites out there, but I\'m more scared of the Christian fundamentalists hoarding guns for the Tribulations. Now that\'s a statement that would get you shot in MOST of America! <br><br>Where was this outrage when Bush was handing out bailouts? Oh, right, it\'s not REALLY about THAT. Where\'s the outrage over tax havens and corporations using tax loopholes to stiff to taxpayers because of deregulation and lack of oversight? Oh, right, that\'s socialism. Just like tax breaks for the middle class and tax hikes 10% below those paid under Reagan for the wealthiest Americans is spurring this ersatz outrage. News to me that the Gipper was a dirty Commie... logical coherence, where art thou?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8252979" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8252979" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8252979">Jack Smith</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8252979" class="dsq-comment-message">Putting God\'s name on a graven image, such as money, is idolatry.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8252850">Lisa</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8252850" class="dsq-comment-message">Where in America would one be shot for saying "in God we trust?"  I hope we socialize!  I hope we all end up paying higher taxes and get universal healthcare.  I hope the government ends up running everything and everyone!  Let\'s halt prayer everywhere.  Let\'s give back our guns.  Let\'s all be socialists!!!  Seriously, I don\'t think this is going to happen, but it\'s fun to watch the loonies think it is.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8251425">charles</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8251425" class="dsq-comment-message">People who read huffington post should go to the rallies with signs that say <br>"We don\'t need a military!" <br>or "Why should I pay more for schools that I never use(d)!"<br>or "Stop picking up my garbage!" <br>or how about "Make the people who vote FOR BUSH pay for Iraq, NOT ME!"  <br>Or I\'d get a real hoot out of a sign that says "Just because I make millions doesn\'t mean I should pay more than Joe!" <br>or "Why does \'Joe\' pay less than me and my millionaire friends?"</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8251290">ray rose</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8251290" class="dsq-comment-message">Joe the P,<br><br>Tea?<br><br>(_)(_)</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-8250480" href="http://www.bornagainbirdwatcher.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Born Again Bird Watcher</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8250480" class="dsq-comment-message">Silly me; as he was reported as having said "Let me give you another extremist view, ‘In God We Trust,\'" [...] "Say that too loud in some parts of America and you will be shot. It’s terrible.” I jumped to the conclusion that he meant shot with a gun. Perhaps that\'s just my high falutin\' college education getting in the way of understanding the Higher Wisdom of Joe.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8249722" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8249722">David McCuen</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8249722" class="dsq-comment-message">This is the real thing.  We are mad as hell and we won\'t take it anymore.  Stop the spending and the unfair taxing.  Everyone should pay some tax.  We need to stop supportiing those who refuse to cotribute.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8252323">Jason_M</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8252323" class="dsq-comment-message">I guess you\'re unhappy about govt spending and the fact that some of the poorest don\'t pay taxes, plus the left-over canard about welfare queens, etc. It would help your cause if you could be a bit more coherent.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8249919">holga</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8249919" class="dsq-comment-message">ok... what are you talking about again?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8249384" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8249384">holga</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8249384" class="dsq-comment-message">where exactly will you get shot for saying "in god we trust?"  i dont think i\'ve heard of any such thing.  perhaps i missed it.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8249158">Abby</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8249158" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8249158" class="dsq-comment-message">Sounds like a lot of crazy talk.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8247584">Kevin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8247584" class="dsq-comment-message">I love it. I am a retired veteran and this out of control spending is not what I served my great country for. It is not a democrat, republican, liberal or conservative issue. This is an issue of a government that has grown out of control. It goes back to the early 1900\'s. Our country was founded on the rule of LAW!!!!!<br>Not mob rule. Things swing both ways at times, but we always have the rule of law ( the constitution) to guide us. I don\'t know how we got so far from our roots, but it must stop!!!!!. We do not have any leaders in politics that are worthy of representing us. We need new leaders.  Kevin</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8254020" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8254020">Jason_M</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8254020" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8254020" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh, and by the way, the military is the biggest government program of them all. Do you get VA benefits? We would not have this kind of military if back in the early 1900s we did not get involved in "foreign wars" or if we didn\'t basically rescue Europe from Nazism (and ourselves) and the government didn\'t come up with the GI Bill that sent vets to school and got them homes.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8261188" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8261188">Anne</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8261188" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8261188" class="dsq-comment-message">My father was exempt from serving in the Korean war because he was in the Highway Patrol at the time. He also had met his only wife to be. Dad felt it was his duty to sign up because of  his love of our country. He served 22 months in active duty, a scout or spy. He then came back and married mom,(lasting 50 years before his death). He did not receive VA benefits, ect. He was self made success from hard, honest work ethics.  However, dad taught <br>all nine of his children, one marriage, to respect our veterans. He said they deserve whatever benefits they get. You and I can speak FREELY today BECAUSE of these great men who fight for our freedom. We ARE the greatest nation in the world. We WERE founded on Christian values. We are very generous in helping other countries. Stopping Nazism was simply HUMANE . The tea parties are \'we the people\', simply  giving our voice, a freedom so dearly  fought for by our couragous veterans. We don\'t like The outragious spending for programs that WILL NOT be sustainable finacially. BIGGER government  is not just this administration. President Bush did start the TARP. This is your country. This is my country. Do we want  us to survive?  This is why the people are having tea parties.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8265543">Jason_M</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8265543" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8265543" class="dsq-comment-message">I believe the recent spending is a necessary step in trying to right the economy and financial systems which are listing badly, partly as a result of too LITTLE government regulation and oversight over the last 20 years. Even the radical deregulators, some of them, realize that things went too far and that people were not as great at self-regulation as they wished.  <br><br>We agree that this is not a republican or democratic issues, although the impression from the media -- I wasn\'t there -- is that this group is largely republican voters who don\'t like Obama. I guess the core, coming from Ron Paul\'s group, are fundamentalist small-government folks. Maybe that\'s you.<br><br>Vets? Of course, they deserve the benefits and great healthcare and our gratitude and our compassion when they get in trouble. Wonder where you got the idea that I was criticizing the military and your father. It is government that provides those benefits, isn\'t it? Government as "we the people," by the way. OUr treatment of vets has been in recent years terrible. I\'m hoping for change there.<br><br>Folks applaud themselves for their work ethic and grit and determination, but when forces beyond their control hit, they may need help. One source of help is the government; not the only, but one. Very-small-govt people want to eliminate unemployment insurance. Do you? <br><br>We can be mad at TARP for being the wrong approach to dealing with the banks. "Let them fail" is okay if you really know what you\'re talking about; otherwise, it\'s just blowing off steam.  Satisfying but not very useful.  But the really outrageous expenditures in the last 8 years, in my opinion, has been for the Iraq War, along with the Bush tax cuts.  Combined they have taken us from surplus (remember?) to huge deficits. <br><br>Fighting the Nazis was perhaps humane, but it was also essential for our survival. If we had not closed in on ourselves after WWI, when we had become one of the great powers, WWII might not have happened, or at least in the same way. <br><br>I of course respect the right to protest. Good luck.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8247755" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8247755" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8247755">Young for Love</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8247755" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8247755" class="dsq-comment-message">please cite the specific constitutional provision you are referring to. I have heard it a million times, mostly from Rush, Eric Kantor, Rob Boner, Jindal. Please cite the constitutional provision you are referring to. Art 1, cl. 11, permits the government to tax the citizenry. Please rebut.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-8249180">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8249180" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8249180" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8249180">Kevin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8249180" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8249180" class="dsq-comment-message">Where in my statement did you read anything about taxing the people????? Having trouble understanding what I am saying? I am talking the provisions that call for limited government, and things not delegated to the federal government where to be up to the states, in other words the PEOPLE!!!!!!    Understand now?????  Kevin</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8248694" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8248694" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8248694">Young for Love</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8248694" class="dsq-comment-message">Section 8. The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8249508" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8249508" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8249508">Kevin</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8249508" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8249508" class="dsq-comment-message">I read the constitution too, things are not even close to being even in this country as far as taxes go. And many other things are not as the founders intended. Too many people have figured out they can just stick their hand out and the government will take care of them. Makes me sick so many people teach their children. to do the same, now you have generations of families that have never worked and blame the government for their lack of success in their lives. But they are still glad to hold their hand out and ask for more.  Kevin</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-8252220">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8252220" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8252220" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8252220">Jason_M</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8252220" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8252220" class="dsq-comment-message">You are talking about the 10th amendment and the growth of federal government, first to reform terrible abuses of business -- remember? --, then to deal with war and depression. You probably believe that we should have stayed out of the wars, never had a fed income tax, etc. I disagree with you, but still, it\'s a point of view, though not expressed so anybody who doesn\'t know history would understand it. But it\'s too late to return to those golden days of sweatshops, strikebreaking, and lynching. What do you specifically propose we do now?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-8247511">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8247511" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8247511" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8247511">awake108</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8247511" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8247511" class="dsq-comment-message">Joe  Where in this country will you get killed if you proclaim in God We trust?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-8248400">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8248400" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8248400" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8248400">allmymarbles</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8248400" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8248400" class="dsq-comment-message">He is not really on Earth,  but on Mars, along with Sarah Palin.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-8247314">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8247314" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8247314" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8247314">Jatinder</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8247314" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8247314" class="dsq-comment-message">In many parts of the country, "In god we do not trust" will definitely get you killed. We call them them the fly-over parts of America.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-8247287">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8247287" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8247287" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8247287">Young for Love</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8247287" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8247287" class="dsq-comment-message">The problem with Joe the Tea-Bagger is that his argument is fundamentally flawed. Suggesting that people will got shot for saying "in god we trust" supports America\'s propensity to resort to gun violence for outrageous things - like loving things. We all know that "Joe the Tea-Baggin\' America Lover" would be flatly agaisnt stricter gun regulations, but yet he is fully willing to address a problem caused by lack of intelligent gun regulations - namely, that you can get shot for saying just about anything, including what you love, what you trust, and what you believe in - all in the same sentence, which happens to be on our currency.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-8247437">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8247437" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8247437" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8247437">dd</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8247437" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8247437" class="dsq-comment-message">I was at the rally and did not hear him say such a thing. <br><br>If he did, it must have been figuratively, meaning people will attack him and give him a hard time. He is right, because you are all attacking him here.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-8252878">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8252878" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8252878" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8252878">Lisa</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8252878" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8252878" class="dsq-comment-message">Only because he\'s an idiot!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-8250911">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8250911" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8250911" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8250911">ScoobyDubious</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8250911" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8250911" class="dsq-comment-message">Why do you hate America?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-8247556">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8247556" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8247556" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8247556">allmymarbles</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8247556" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8247556" class="dsq-comment-message">That is because he is a jerk.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-8249331">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8249331" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8249331" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8249331">dd</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8249331" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8249331" class="dsq-comment-message">Why do you think that?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-8247208">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8247208" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8247208" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8247208">Jatinder</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8247208" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8247208" class="dsq-comment-message">It is stupidity gone Ph.D.! It is amazing that the a major political party in America is propagating this stuff. I thank my stars that Republicans have gone \'Stupid\' and not \'Nazi\' so far. But who knows?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-8247475">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8247475" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8247475" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8247475">allmymarbles</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8247475" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8247475" class="dsq-comment-message">"Stupid and not Nazi"? Aren\'t they trying to control us with religion? The Naxis had the same mindset, but a different agenda.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-8247338">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8247338" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8247338" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8247338">dd</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8247338" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8247338" class="dsq-comment-message">The Republican party had nothing to do with this. In fact, Michael Steele (the Republican Leader) wanted to speak, but they said they would rather not have politicians speaking. They wanted the politicians to listen. Regular mom\'s and dad\'s spoke and Joe the Plumber.<br><br>We are not stupid - we have looked at the facts and are worried about the direction our country is being taken. We want to do something before it is too late and government is entrenched everywhere.<br><br>Why is it that we are "stupid" when we have a protest, but the left-wing isn\'t. Why don\'t we have the right to our opinion without being insulted?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-8247701">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8247701" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8247701" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8247701">J</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8247701" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8247701" class="dsq-comment-message">Why don\'t we have the right to our opinion without being insulted?<br><br>Hmmm maybe because you rethugs... do the same.  Where were you when ole W. was taking this country of ours to hell in a handbasket ???</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-8247671">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8247671" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8247671" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8247671">Young for Love</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8247671" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8247671" class="dsq-comment-message">I agree and support that Republicans did nothing about this. I wish someone would tell fox news. Ron Paul\'s supporters, much more liberatarians, brought this on, and they DO NOT SUPPORT WAR. When you don\'t fight wars you can\'t win and don\'t end, you don\'t need to tax the crap out of people.<br><br>I do not understand your "doing something before government is entrenched everywhere." You want government around in case shit hits the fans. What you don\'t want is Wall Street entrenched everywhere, because those private interests will surely get you screwed - oh wait - already happened.<br><br>Nothing about this is stupid, what is is vague. It\'s vague because nothing was said of this when the previous administration was running us into the ground in debt with war, except democrats. And when we spoke out, we were criticized for being anti-american.<br><br>All I want is for people to be clear. If you are a liberatarian, you are against ALL government spending, this includes war, missiles, weapons, and killing muslims. The problem is that I don\'t see this clarity. I see signs like, "I am small business owner being taxed, and now I got my gun." We are making up for lost 8 years of debt collection, and that is shitty for anyone to have to do... but sometimes shit needs to be done right.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-8247197">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8247197" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8247197" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8247197">allmymarbles</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8247197" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8247197" class="dsq-comment-message">Joe the Plumber is an attention-getting nobody - an opportunist. I am an atheist, but I don\'t intend to shoot anybody - unless they force me to support Joe the Plumber.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-8247462">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-8247462" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-8247462" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-8247462">dd</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-8247462" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-8247462" class="dsq-comment-message">What do you mean you will shoot him? Should I call the police?</div>\
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