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I think we should go with the middle states . That way most of us won't have to move.  I don't think the liberals would last ten years", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-05_09:46:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "lillybart123", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6797515, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6718827": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Your commitment to employing the retarded is commendable, Doctor Trent.  For the sake of your customers, I hope you're not a real doctor.  I'd be very surprised if you were.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_23:43:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "b6b71bffda6dfcd55a4975977abc822d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6718389, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6713348": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "500? Looks more like 50.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_17:45:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "e648901d914940a030ed72f37c0c1e33", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6709230, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6718471": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Maybe 20? Tops!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_23:13:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "8a5bd4be27cb69dfb2539fd575a3f256", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6713348, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6723721": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Ron Paul nuts\" \"Michell Malkin\" and \"teabag\" in one context is just too much for me this morning. Though it's making me kind of hot, in a way.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-28_10:45:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "96ebd21f8bc0e83d0e241873fab4cd6b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6709975, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6709975": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Looks like the Ron Paul nuts have joined up with Michell Malkin. <br><br>Let the madness commence!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_15:53:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "8672cf4451823b7d5f4b619044386c28", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6722828": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hmmmm...who are the Stalinists again? The teabaggers? or the Obamunists? Is it really American to discriminate based on political creed?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-28_09:17:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "68d30ddfa4f133a3453557cd3824871a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6718389, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6717839": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes, it must suck so why don't you drop it?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_22:28:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "Lawnguylander", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6713814, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6717840": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I find this all very encouraging.  It is time for all Americans to stand up and express their outrage over what Obama, Pelosi, Reid and the rest of the liberal dunderheads are trying to do to our country.   Those conservatives who think we need to be \"polite\" about what is happening to us, are the very ones who let the Obamacrats take over our country.  We need to stop making nice and express our anger.  We need to let our government representatives know we are going to kick their ass out if this spending boodoggle continues.  We are the greatest country the world has ever known and we didn't get that way by cowtowing to Marxist Socialists.  Obama fooled a lot of people with his B.S. and hopefully now they will wake up and realize the fox is in the hen house.  No one seems to realize that the downward spiral began  when Democrats started coercing banks and other institutions into lending money to home buyers who couldn't afford to pay it back.  In spite of President Bush, John McCain, and other Republicans calling for congress to rein in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mack.............Barney Frank and cohorts just let the home mortgage market go down the tubes.  All the while assuring us everything was okay.  Barney Frank should be run out of Washington D.C. on a rail, with Nancy Pelosi right behind him.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_22:28:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "5e6525d9184a286bdb3aaf19007da9bf", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6944145": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "John Wall says it all.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-06_09:51:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "9d5c9acbe6ab2025bf2f5d0cbe44c23f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6797515, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6724115": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LOOKS TO ME THAT THE DONKEYS ARE GOING TO LET OUR COUNTRY GO DOWN THE TOILET THEY HAVE SPENT 36 MIL SINCE THEY TOOK OVER. NOT TO MENTION THE 2 YEARS BEFORE THIS WHEN THEY WERE THE MAJORITY WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A TEA PARTY AND YOU WILL SE HOW A REAL  AMERICANS ROLL", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-28_11:18:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "ee584f0a41bc162a885f7543517b3c5e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6718471, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6924185": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You go ahead and retain the right to invade anyplace you want to freak!! as long as its you or your kids fighting for it.  My sons in the Military along with alot of other Democrats children and if you or your child are not the ones fighting than shut the F___ up and I don't usually cuss!!! How dare you act like because were democrats we don't love our country, and if you hate the American system so bad than go ahead and move to Iraq or Afganistan because everything you just said is how they feel about each other and about Americans, and they blow each other up daily because of political differences and religious differences, so if thats what you want buddy than move over there!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-05_16:56:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "f56e286d67bcc64af944cfa00a21a74f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6797515, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6937627": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-06_00:34:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "6276cdbef79f1947545514b76f8f61b8", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6924185, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7174940": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "jOHN,  I WOULD VOTE YOU FOR MY PRESIDENT.  YOU SAID EVERYTHING THAT I'VE BEEN SAYING FOR MONTHS NOW AND HAVE GOTTEN  \"LOOKS\".  I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A SPLIT. I CAN'T STAND LIVING AMONGST PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO COMMON SENSE AND I DON'T SEE IT GETTING BETTER ANY TIME SOON.  CONSERVATIVES WOULD BE HAPPY TO RUN OUR BUSINESSES, GO TO CHURCH, AND SUCCEED ON OUR OWN WITHOUT WORKING FOR THE IDIOT DOWN THE STREET.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-13_14:37:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "a7dddd669ef868c58f0ab4971d63db67", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6797515, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6715682": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm a liberal dem, so they can tea bag me until I shoot my skeet.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_19:50:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "a862199799c01e8dea095308b04902ec", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6718371": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You said: \"They are playing to the 50% who don't pay taxes and could care less if the country goes into extreem (Sic)debit as long as they get their goodies; so they reelect the goody providers.\"<br><br>What part of the \"50% who don't pay taxes\" would this man be?<br><br>\"For people like Henry Kight, 59, of Austin, Tex., the possibility that the money might be turned down is a deeply personal issue.<br><br>Mr. Kight, who worked for more than three decades as an engineering technician, discovered in September that because of complex state rules, he was not eligible for unemployment insurance after losing a job at a major electronics manufacturer he had landed at the beginning of the year.\"<br><br><a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/27/us/27govs.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=all\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/27/us/27govs.htm...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_23:06:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "dbec0c3d27e21549a46e954ccc829288", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6717803, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6716196": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I didn't attend, and after seeing these signs I'm glad I didn't.  If I'm correct \"teabagging\" is NOT an act conservatives want to be associated with. Gold! Could you be more of a scrooge caricature? <br>Well actually, yes. \"It's not my problem\" is accurate but cold. Freezing. <br>Add in exaggeration(lying) by Jindal, Greggs, and possible impropriety by Coleman? And bless little Bachmann's heart.... \"You be the man\" is just wrong.<br><br>Friends, this is not good. For all their accuracy, and good intentions, all the activity lately has been bloody awful. Let me propose that Tucker Carlson has a point. This would be a very good time to relax, sit back, and let the Democrats do their thing. And while that thing is going on, see if our objections to it match our claims.  <br><br>We have an agenda of \"no\". Fine, but telling people \"no\" because they are losers, is no way to win friends and influence people. If we conservatives really believe that our ideas are better, we can politely say \"we disagree and here's why.\" If we conservatives really believe our ideas are better, then letting the Democrats try their best will only make our case. Better yet, something they do might actually work. If we conservatives really believe our ideas are better, let's be more pure than Ceasar's wife. <br><br>The real truth here is that ever since Clinton raised rates, Democrats have equated it to prosperity as demonstrated by the .com boom. That conveniently ignores problems after the hikes, and the whopping cut in capital gains in 1997. Letting stuff like this go without challenge is anathema. We can't do anything about the Dem legacy that has begun. I say we walk softly and carry a big note book to catalog progress(or lack). How about comparing inclusive marginal income tax rates over 50% as indentured servitude. Is it fair that other people get more of your salary than you do? Of course not. <br><br>So I'm into class warfare and taxing. Other issues can do the same thing by using lib language to frame objections. In any event, things have to get much worse for people to abandon the idea that Big Brother can provide. Let's use the time wisely.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_20:25:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "147aabb5da790f04433fd6cc2b886ee9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6883655": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This was probably written 'tongue in cheek' but it may be the only viable solution.  Thanks for the time it took to write this letter, I appreciated every word - and agree 100%.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-04_18:08:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "89544fa63c5d4c861fb37cccb7c2272b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6797515, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6719916": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "While it is illegal to base your hiring by directly asking a person's party affiliation it is still possible with a little bit of work. All you have to do is get in contact with your local Republican party. With the internet it is much easier to net work with fellow conservatives to establish a hiring pool. Also contact your local collage Republicans and ask them if they know any body who would fit your requirements. As long as you are not openly advertising for a position you can define the parameters of your hiring pool. Encourage the Collage Republicans to create a employee listing web site. Next contact your fellow business friends and encourage them to hire from this site.<br>Also don't be afraid to hire someone who is not a perfect fit for the job. It is more important to hire a Republican then a Democrat as long as they are close to what you need. <br>Also pay in cash as much as possible. The Government can't tax what they can't find.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-28_01:32:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "d23638921472ef09d72cab5563c2840e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6718389, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6724909": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yeah, especially since, after running the government (into the ground) for 8 years, the rest of us are all tired of listening to it.<br><br>How about you guys actually propose some ideas to fix some of our problems instead of all the incessant whining?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-28_12:18:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "6343db29166bdeb7a037309177803048", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6713814, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6718389": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "As a small business owner, I challenge other business owners to do the same.<br>If this Bill passes, I will only hire conservative Republicans in my small business.<br>I don\u2019t have to hire a liberal!  Before you hire check the voting registration of your employee!<br>If they want to spend our money for pork, then I can cut the fat and hire only lean conservatives<br>that have fallen on hard times.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_23:07:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "e0f2461dbf62793e326676263ced1721", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 13, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6724873": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Personally, I would stay away from the Collage Republicans and only hire the Papier-Mache Republicans.<br><br>And that advice about paying in cash?  Brilliant.  I hear the government has no experience at all in tracking down off-the-books transactions.  Probably better if you don't hire any Democrats.  It would be sad to see any of us go to jail with you.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-28_12:16:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "143ec3fd9021f08495d9910dcda2bc28", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6719916, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6725179": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "A couple of points:<br><br>Do you seriously believe that Republicans have been civil or polite at any point in the past twenty years?  You don't have any gloves to take off anymore.<br><br>Obama fooled the nation by.... fulfilling the promises he made on the campaign trail?  Name one thing he has done that is surprising to you.  The American people voted for Obama in a landslide specifically because he promised to do what he is now doing.  Elections have consequences, and this one wasn't even close.<br><br>The current downturn in the economy is not being caused by mortgage defaults.  They are a symptom, not a cause.  The current crisis was enabled when Phil Gramm almost single-handedly gutted oversight of the bond market.  Then in the early part of this decade, Bush's SEC relaxed regulations on the amount of debt that could be leveraged in purchases of CDOs.  A few failed mortgages, or even many failed mortgages, could never do the kind of damage to the economy that we're seeing now.  Stop listening to talk radio and read some economists instead.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-28_12:35:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "143ec3fd9021f08495d9910dcda2bc28", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6717840, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6718271": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Thank you Bill, your tirade helps Obama's image as cool and smart politician.<br><br>In other words you've (and the \"tea party\") unwittingly helped make Obama looks BETTER.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_22:58:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "dbec0c3d27e21549a46e954ccc829288", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6717840, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6719297": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "That, of course, is illegal. When the EEOE says you can't discriminate based on \"race, creed, or national origin,\" the \"creed\" means political affiliation. OH NO Big government just stepped into your crappy little business and emasculated you. You now sit down to pee.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-28_00:24:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "a3687b288b2b103dc7609f30cecbb43d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6718389, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6723650": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Enjoy fixing your roads and bridges yourself, pal. And I guess if you lose your job, you don't care if you don't get unemployment insurance. Oh, and home schooling apparently worked out just fine for you, so it's okay for your kids, too, I suppose .... so we might as well shut down all the public schools. And I'm sure looking forward to hiring my own personal policeman, fireman, garbageman and paying for them out of my own pocket.<br><br>You folks need to grow up.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-28_10:37:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "73dacbcd356767376b5427957f744d1f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6713956, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6725796": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well, since you're being so nosey, make sure those conservatives you hire have never accepted any entitlement monies of any kind.  Unemployment insurance, public education, that sort of thing. <br><br>And to be fair, you should probably also exclude anyone who voted for anyone who had a hand in doubling the national debt over the last 8 years.  Good luck with that.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-28_13:13:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "9ff057334765793358d20ecb569cfe2a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6718389, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6728900": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Furthermore, note that SS and Medicare taxes, which everyone pays, make up close to 34% of govt. revenues, and those contributions are capped at a certain income, so these taxes are actually regressive in that higher income people pay a smaller percentage of their income for these taxes. So spare me the crap about the CEOs and professional athletes who are about to be oppressed by the paltry 4% increase. The top tax rate should actually go even higher, but baby steps here, since folks like yourself need to unlearn three decades of BS right wing propaganda.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-28_14:29:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "b908b6e5bd233f153141beeaeb64e472", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6728825, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6724038": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "And I daren't even contemplate, following this reading of your unfortunate phraseology, what you mean about \"PACKING\".  You conservatives are a curious lot is all I can say.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-28_11:11:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "96ebd21f8bc0e83d0e241873fab4cd6b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6723965, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6724935": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This is so delightfully incoherent, I can only assume you're the next Joe the Plumber/Reporter/Hanger-on.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-28_12:18:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "6343db29166bdeb7a037309177803048", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6724115, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6797515": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "John Wall couldn't have said this any better. <br><br>Dear American liberals, leftists, social progressives, socialists, Marxists, Obama supporters, et al:<br><br>We have stuck together since the late 1950\u2019s, but the whole of this latest election process has made me realize that I want a divorce. I know we tolerated each other for many years for the sake of future generations, but sadly, this relationship has run its course. Our two ideological sides of   America cannot, and will not ever agree on what is right, so let\u2019s just end it on friendly terms. We can smile, chalk it up to irreconcilable differences, and go our own way\u2026<br><br>Here is a model separation agreement: Our two groups will equitably divide up the country by landmass, each taking a portion. That will be the difficult part, but I am sure our two sides can come to a friendly agreement. After that it should be relatively easy! Our respective representatives can effortlessly divide other assets since both sides have such distinct and disparate tastes. We don\u2019t like redistributive taxes so you can keep them. You are welcome to the liberal judges and the ACLU. Since you hate guns and war, we\u2019ll take our firearms, the cops, the NRA, and the military. You can keep Oprah, Michael Moore, and Rosie O\u2019Donnell (You are, however, responsible for finding a bio-diesel vehicle big enough to move all three of them) \u2026<br><br>We\u2019ll keep the capitalism, greedy corporations, pharmaceutical companies, Wal-Mart, and Wall Street. You can have your beloved homeless, girlieboys, hippies, and illegal aliens. We\u2019ll keep the hot Alaskan hockey moms, greedy CEOs, and rednecks. We\u2019ll keep the bibles and give you NBC and Hollywood . You can make nice with Iran and Palestine and we\u2019ll retain the right to invade and hammer any place that threatens us. You can have the peaceniks, and war protesters. When our allies or our way of life are under assault, we\u2019ll provide them security.<br><br>We\u2019ll keep our Judeo-Christian values.. You are welcome to Islam, Scientology, Humanism, and Shirley McClaine. You can also have the U.N.  We, of course, will no longer be paying the bill.<br><br>We\u2019ll keep the SUVs, pickup trucks, and oversized luxury cars. You can take every Subaru station wagon and Prius you can find.<br><br>You can give everyone healthcare, if you can find any willing, practicing doctors. We\u2019ll continue to believe healthcare is a need and not a right. We\u2019ll keep The Battle Hymn of the Republic and the National Anthem. I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll be happy to substitute \"Imagine\", \"I\u2019d Like to Teach the World to Sing\", Kum Ba Ya, or We Are the World\".<br><br>We\u2019ll practice trickle down economics, and you can give trickle up poverty your best shot. Since it often so offends you, we\u2019ll keep our history, our name, and our flag.<br><br>Would you agree to this? If so please pass it along to other like minded liberal and conservative patriots, and if you do not agree, just hit delete. In the spirit of friendly parting, I\u2019ll bet you ANWAR which one of us will need whose help in 15 years.<br><br>Sincerely, John J. Wall.<br>Law Student and an American<br><br>P.S. Also, please take Barbra Streisand.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-02_18:07:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "o4petesake", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6723023": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm with you on this 100%.I am going to make this a mission in my work place,it should't be much of problem,because most liberals are looking for a hand out not a job.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-28_09:40:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "3c2c63ecda4970730c9766f4bc8f85ce", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6719916, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6729170": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Last year there was the conservative who went into the liberal church with a shot gun and killed innocent people purely because they were liberal.  There was the wing-nut in Maine who wanted to make a dirty bomb to kill liberals before his wife killed him first.  Just the other day, there was the conservative in Florida who decided to walk across the street and start shooting immigrants for simply being immigrants.  Remember that the right's anger towards the gov't during the Clinton years gave us the likes of Eric Rudolph (and his war against abortion and the homosexual agenda) and Timothy McVeigh (both former members of the US army, btw).<br><br>Here is a letter McVeigh wrote to a newspaper:<br><br>\"Taxes are a joke. Regardless of what a political candidate \"promises,\" they will increase. More taxes are always the answer to government mismanagement. They mess up. We suffer. Taxes are reaching cataclysmic levels, with no slowdown in sight ... Is a Civil War Imminent? Do we have to shed blood to reform the current system? I hope it doesn't come to that. But it might.\"<br><br>It sounds WAY too much like the thousands what we see on thousands of conservative message boards on the internet. (cf. Sean Hannity website poll about preferred method of armed rebellion, Glenn Beck's obsession with Militia uprisings, etc.)<br><br>I do not find it surprising at all that a SWAT team was there at all.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-28_14:49:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "fac4150c42c0ab6ee25056ea30e35091", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6717803, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6713814": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "WE ARE SICK OF THE VICTIM ATTITUDE!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_18:11:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "191eed39a56bcd86e7c29f0dfee0bb3a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6963799": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Dear Mr. Wall,<br>     Thanks for saying it nice and plain!    I'm sending it on!!!<br>Linda N.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-06_16:29:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "f1b631099073d782c105c695fa0b14a3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6797515, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6716888": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yeah, David, you should really take down the \"tea bag the liberal dems\".  Posting photographs of inappropriate signs is not helpful.  I was there, and that sign was embarrassing.  I think it is fine for conservatives to have demonstrations like this, but we need to show some class.  That sign was classless, and the organizer of the event should have told the person with the sign to put it away.  This is a sign of inexperience in holding these sorts of events.  <br><br>I also found the \"POOP\" stickers to be classless and juvenile.  If you want to attract people to a movement for liberty, that's not the way to do it.<br><br>And then there was the part where J. P.  Freire, after he ran out of things to say himself (after about 2 minutes) walks through the crowd to let anyone with a pulse go on a little rant.<br><br>I don't mean to nit-pick on people who are making an effort to bring attention to the problem, and I know this was put on with short notice, but a little more thought needs to go into these things if the right message is going to be sent.<br><br>For JasperJava:  I was there and there were definitely several hundred people there.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_21:12:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "54d3dc61a48e046f5f2362540b9bb95e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6725604": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "To be fair, this liberal is looking for a hand job", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-28_13:00:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "4333fe92484ed38b5578be7a8e059bd5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6723023, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6714462": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "1. Back in 2002, I was the first person to go to an anti-war protest and come back with pictures. I stopped doing that about a year later because the whole \"go take some pictures of wacky signs\" bit got monotonous. Maybe in another decade Weigel will be doing the things I'm doing now.<br><br>2. If Weigel's bosses really want to quash this movement, maybe he could find some newsletters or something (reference to the Ron Paul NewsletterGate issue that Weigel pushed: reason.com/blog/show/130943.html)<br><br>3. Because Pajamas Media doesn't have clear goals, they're attracting the \"taxation is theft\" crowd as well as those whose signs will no doubt appear \"mean-spirited\" or selfish to many. OTOH, the great majority of Americans - leftwing Dems, subsidy-supporting \"libertarians\", and crooks excluded - would oppose stimulus jobs going to illegal aliens. And, <a href=\"http://24ahead.com/ask-stimulus-bill-question-illegal-aliens-taking-jobs-us-cit\" rel=\"nofollow\">pressing a stimulus bill supporter on that on video could have a major impact on their career</a>. Yet, Pajamas Media has consistently shown no interest in holding politicians accountable on video, but instead puts on largely worthless shows like this.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_18:51:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "LonewackoDotCom", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6724963": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Honestly, most of the Republicans with whom I've worked have been really nice people (and disproportionately accountants), but the few raging Conservatives with whom I've worked have mostly been unbearable. Frankly, you'd be doing Dems a favor by not hiring us.<br><br>But please have the courage of your convictions and be sure to refuse to perform any services for us or sell any goods to us as well.  I'd hate to think that you are a cowardly hypocrite willing to take the dirty government money after it has been laundered through liberal hands.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-28_12:21:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "143ec3fd9021f08495d9910dcda2bc28", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6723023, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6713956": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "LIVE FREE OR DIE!!!!   TAX REVOLT NOW!!!!  SEND ALL THE BUMS IN CONGRESS PACKING!!!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_18:19:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "f492e9c1f2e55ffbcfd1156a5fd2f5cf", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6717803": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I was there waving the navy ensign on the fringes of the crowd.  As usual there were some who were on the extreme edge of a civil demonstration.  Nothing unusual there.  Did any of you see the SWAT supervisor there and question why SWAT.  Police in case some extreme ones from the Left showed up is one thing, but SWAT.  The officer said it was SOP.  <br><br>There is a lot of pent-up anger out there, our national and state leadership is ignoring the people who actually financially support government.  They are playing to the 50% who don't pay taxes and could care less if the country goes into extreem debit as long as they get their goodies; so they reelect the goody providers.  Look at corrupt Rep. Murtha and Rep Frank being reelected.  I could name dozens as well as Senators.  Want be bet whether Dodd will be reelected.<br><br>We don't need a Ruby Ridge sparking another Shays' Rebellion;  that was the final straw that finished off the Articles of Confederation.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_22:25:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "c4d7ec460d5a765551cf3bbca1b8fff6", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6725842": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Or maybe Dr Trent can simply hire a bunch of tax cheats.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-28_13:17:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "9ff057334765793358d20ecb569cfe2a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6719916, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6709230": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Uh, Michele, there's about 500 people there and you naturally send people diving for the remote to turn the volume down whenever your head pops up on their TV.<br><br>No need for the megaphone, hun.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_15:25:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "be6d039abe4b189bc139ec864339cb4a", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6724850": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Keeping believing your own fantasies, keep up the silly gimmicks, and the Dems will keep winning elections.<br><br>Fine by us...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-28_12:15:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "6343db29166bdeb7a037309177803048", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6723023, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6723958": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "i hope you are in my field so I can take over your customers when your chucklehead employees run the business into the ground.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-28_11:05:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "d6d16fe0d2776adcfae20c207341813e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6718389, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6950903": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "In case you don't realize it, but the Kitchen has burned down,  we are next", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-06_14:32:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "d2c4bd249cf93a209bb0177657b18df3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6937627, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6937592": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I believe there was nothing said about Democrats -", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-06_00:31:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "6276cdbef79f1947545514b76f8f61b8", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6797515, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6728825": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"50% who don't pay taxes\" is utter and complete BS. Any analysis in which this even comes close to being true considers only income taxes and leaves out payroll taxes, which fall most heavily on the poor. I made less than $30,000 last year, which puts me squarely in the bottom 40%, and I paid around $2000 in federal income taxes, so I know firsthand that you're full of crap. I'm so sick of hearing this lie, but I suppose it has been repeated enough that gullible voters such as yourself accept it as truth without checking the facts. That you are up in arms against a president with a 70% approval rating over a 4 percentage point tax increase on the portion of income above $250,000 is laughable. Good luck with that. You are pathetic, and an idiot.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-28_14:24:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "b908b6e5bd233f153141beeaeb64e472", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6717803, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6723965": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "don't you mean \"LICK FREE\"?  And what's this about bums? 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var disqus_popup_reference = null;

if(typeof DsqLocal == 'undefined') {
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 * Dsq.Strings: UI strings
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Dsq.Strings = new function() {
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	this.SHARE_ON = "Share on";
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	this.RESUME = "Resume";
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	this.REPLY = "Reply";
	this.EDIT = "Edit";
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/**
 * Dsq.FmtStrings: functions that return interpolated UI strings
 */
Dsq.FmtStrings = new function() {
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	this.SHOWING_COMMENTS_WITHOUT_PAGINATION = function(num) {
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			return Dsq.Utils.interpolate("Showing <span id='dsq-num-posts'>%(num)s</span> comments", {num:num});
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	};

	this.NUMBER_OF_COMMENTS = function(num) {
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				: '%(num)s comments'
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	};

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

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





Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN = '4f0bfca82e06c976a1efdd7c783a5fd0';
Dsq.COMMENTS_RE = /(<li.*?id="?dsq-comment-(\d+)"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*?)(<\/li>)/gim;
Dsq.POST_RE = /(<div.*?id="?dsq-comment-header-(\d+)"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*?)(<\/div>)\s*(<div.*?class="?dsq-comment-body"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*)(<\/div>)/gim;
Dsq.POST_BODY_RE = /\s*(<div.*?id="?dsq-comment-message-(\d+)"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*)(<\/div>)/gim;
// HACK: Safari ends with "-->" while other browsers end with "--&gt;" as expected.
Dsq.MEDIA_POST_RE = /&lt;!--\[(.*?)\]--(?:>|&gt;)/gim;



// TODO: It might be faster to use string methods to find all <li (...) </li> blocks and pass to Dsq.PostHandler manually.
Dsq.CommentsHandler = function(str, head, post_id, content, tail, offset, s) {
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};

Dsq.PostHandler = function(str, h_head, post_id, h_content, h_tail, b_head, b_content, b_tail, offset, s) {
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	b_content = b_content.replace(Dsq.POST_BODY_RE, Dsq.PostBodyHandler);
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};

Dsq.PostBodyHandler = function(str, head, post_id, content, tail, offset, s) {
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};

Dsq.MediaPostHandler = function(str, args, offset, s) {
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	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() {
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	this.LOGOUT = '/logout/';
	this.REPLY = 'http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/scenes_from_the_new_american_tea_party/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() {
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	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); };

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			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) {
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			return Dsq.$(id);
		} else {
			var cacheKey = el.id + '-' + tag;
			tag = tag || 'div';
			if(typeof this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey] != 'undefined') {
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			for(var i = 0; i < collection.length; i++) {
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			}
			return null;
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	};

	this.execOnReady = function(func) {
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			node.doScroll('left');
			func();
			node = null;
		} catch(err) {
			setTimeout(function() { Dsq.Utils.execOnReady(func); }, 10);
		}
	};


	// Courtesy of http://www.quirksmode.org/js/cookies.html
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	this.eraseCookie = function(name) {
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	this.deleteNode = function(node) {
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			this.deleteChildren(node);
			if(typeof node.outerHTML != 'undefined') { node.outerHTML = ''; }
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	this.deleteChildren = function(node) {
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	};

	this.findPos = function(obj) {
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				curtop += obj.offsetTop;
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	this.getWindowSize = function() {
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		var windowHeight = -1;

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			windowHeight = window.innerHeight;
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			windowWidth = document.documentElement.clientWidth || document.body.clientWidth;
			windowHeight = document.documentElement.clientHeight || document.body.clientHeight;
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	this.getScrollPos = function() {
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			// 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;
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		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);
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			throw new Error("Event registration not supported");
		}
		return {
			instance: instance,
			name: eventName,
			listener: listenerFn
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	};

	this.removeEventListener = function(event) {
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			instance.removeEventListener(event.name, event.listener, false);
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			instance.detachEvent("on" + event.name, event.listener);
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	this.fixIframesIE = function(id) {
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		if(id) {
			var container = Dsq.$(id);
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			var container = Dsq.$('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">625</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/scenes_from_the_new_american_tea_party/latest.rss"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/bullet-feed.png"></a>\
	 </span>\
	 </h3>\
	 <div id="dsq-options" style="margin:15px 0">\
	 <span class="dsq-item-sort">\
	 Sort by\
	 <select id="dsq-sort-select" onchange="Dsq.Thread.sortBy(this.value);">\
	 <option value="hot" selected="selected">Popular now</option>\
	 <option value="best" >Best Rating</option>\
	 <option value="newest" >Newest first</option>\
	 <option value="oldest" >Oldest first</option>\
	 </select>\
	 &nbsp;\
	 </span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-cp"><a href="http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/scenes_from_the_new_american_tea_party/">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/scenes_from_the_new_american_tea_party/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:12728180" 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'				: 'scenes_from_the_new_american_tea_party',
			// 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/scenes_from_the_new_american_tea_party/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='	+ 'scenes_from_the_new_american_tea_party'
			+ '&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='	+ 'scenes_from_the_new_american_tea_party'
			+ '&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='		+ 'scenes_from_the_new_american_tea_party'
				+ '&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/12728180/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);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postComment_onSuccess', Dsq.Templates.postComment_onSuccess);

})();

Dsq.container.className = "clearfix";
Dsq.container.innerHTML = ' \
<ul id="dsq-comments">\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-6797515">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6797515" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6797515" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6797515">o4petesake</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6797515" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6797515" class="dsq-comment-message">John Wall couldn\'t have said this any better. <br><br>Dear American liberals, leftists, social progressives, socialists, Marxists, Obama supporters, et al:<br><br>We have stuck together since the late 1950’s, but the whole of this latest election process has made me realize that I want a divorce. I know we tolerated each other for many years for the sake of future generations, but sadly, this relationship has run its course. Our two ideological sides of   America cannot, and will not ever agree on what is right, so let’s just end it on friendly terms. We can smile, chalk it up to irreconcilable differences, and go our own way…<br><br>Here is a model separation agreement: Our two groups will equitably divide up the country by landmass, each taking a portion. That will be the difficult part, but I am sure our two sides can come to a friendly agreement. After that it should be relatively easy! Our respective representatives can effortlessly divide other assets since both sides have such distinct and disparate tastes. We don’t like redistributive taxes so you can keep them. You are welcome to the liberal judges and the ACLU. Since you hate guns and war, we’ll take our firearms, the cops, the NRA, and the military. You can keep Oprah, Michael Moore, and Rosie O’Donnell (You are, however, responsible for finding a bio-diesel vehicle big enough to move all three of them) …<br><br>We’ll keep the capitalism, greedy corporations, pharmaceutical companies, Wal-Mart, and Wall Street. You can have your beloved homeless, girlieboys, hippies, and illegal aliens. We’ll keep the hot Alaskan hockey moms, greedy CEOs, and rednecks. We’ll keep the bibles and give you NBC and Hollywood . You can make nice with Iran and Palestine and we’ll retain the right to invade and hammer any place that threatens us. You can have the peaceniks, and war protesters. When our allies or our way of life are under assault, we’ll provide them security.<br><br>We’ll keep our Judeo-Christian values.. You are welcome to Islam, Scientology, Humanism, and Shirley McClaine. You can also have the U.N.  We, of course, will no longer be paying the bill.<br><br>We’ll keep the SUVs, pickup trucks, and oversized luxury cars. You can take every Subaru station wagon and Prius you can find.<br><br>You can give everyone healthcare, if you can find any willing, practicing doctors. We’ll continue to believe healthcare is a need and not a right. We’ll keep The Battle Hymn of the Republic and the National Anthem. I’m sure you’ll be happy to substitute "Imagine", "I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing", Kum Ba Ya, or We Are the World".<br><br>We’ll practice trickle down economics, and you can give trickle up poverty your best shot. Since it often so offends you, we’ll keep our history, our name, and our flag.<br><br>Would you agree to this? If so please pass it along to other like minded liberal and conservative patriots, and if you do not agree, just hit delete. In the spirit of friendly parting, I’ll bet you ANWAR which one of us will need whose help in 15 years.<br><br>Sincerely, John J. Wall.<br>Law Student and an American<br><br>P.S. Also, please take Barbra Streisand.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-6883655">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6883655" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6883655" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6883655">D.L. Deahl</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6883655" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6883655" class="dsq-comment-message">This was probably written \'tongue in cheek\' but it may be the only viable solution.  Thanks for the time it took to write this letter, I appreciated every word - and agree 100%.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-6900737">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6900737" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6900737" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6900737">lillybart123</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6900737" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6900737" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m with you buddy.  I think we should go with the middle states . That way most of us won\'t have to move.  I don\'t think the liberals would last ten years</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-6924185">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6924185" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6924185" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6924185">jj</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6924185" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6924185" class="dsq-comment-message">You go ahead and retain the right to invade anyplace you want to freak!! as long as its you or your kids fighting for it.  My sons in the Military along with alot of other Democrats children and if you or your child are not the ones fighting than shut the F___ up and I don\'t usually cuss!!! How dare you act like because were democrats we don\'t love our country, and if you hate the American system so bad than go ahead and move to Iraq or Afganistan because everything you just said is how they feel about each other and about Americans, and they blow each other up daily because of political differences and religious differences, so if thats what you want buddy than move over there!!!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-6937627">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6937627" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6937627" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6937627">Pete </span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6937627" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6937627" class="dsq-comment-message">Can\'t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-6950903">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6950903" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6950903" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6950903">april</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6950903" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6950903" class="dsq-comment-message">In case you don\'t realize it, but the Kitchen has burned down,  we are next</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-6937592">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6937592" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6937592" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6937592">Pete </span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6937592" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6937592" class="dsq-comment-message">I believe there was nothing said about Democrats -</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-6944145">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6944145" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6944145" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6944145">Stubby</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6944145" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6944145" class="dsq-comment-message">John Wall says it all.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-6963799">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6963799" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6963799" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6963799">Linda N.</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6963799" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6963799" class="dsq-comment-message">Dear Mr. Wall,<br>     Thanks for saying it nice and plain!    I\'m sending it on!!!<br>Linda N.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-7174940">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7174940" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7174940" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7174940">Jean  P.</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7174940" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7174940" class="dsq-comment-message">jOHN,  I WOULD VOTE YOU FOR MY PRESIDENT.  YOU SAID EVERYTHING THAT I\'VE BEEN SAYING FOR MONTHS NOW AND HAVE GOTTEN  "LOOKS".  I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A SPLIT. I CAN\'T STAND LIVING AMONGST PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO COMMON SENSE AND I DON\'T SEE IT GETTING BETTER ANY TIME SOON.  CONSERVATIVES WOULD BE HAPPY TO RUN OUR BUSINESSES, GO TO CHURCH, AND SUCCEED ON OUR OWN WITHOUT WORKING FOR THE IDIOT DOWN THE STREET.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-6709230">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6709230" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6709230" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6709230">Double D</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6709230" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6709230" class="dsq-comment-message">Uh, Michele, there\'s about 500 people there and you naturally send people diving for the remote to turn the volume down whenever your head pops up on their TV.<br><br>No need for the megaphone, hun.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-6713348">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6713348" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6713348" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6713348">jasperjava</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6713348" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6713348" class="dsq-comment-message">500? Looks more like 50.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-6718471">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6718471" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6718471" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6718471">greg</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6718471" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6718471" class="dsq-comment-message">Maybe 20? Tops!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-6724115">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6724115" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6724115" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6724115">MIKE MCLAUGHLIN</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6724115" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6724115" class="dsq-comment-message">LOOKS TO ME THAT THE DONKEYS ARE GOING TO LET OUR COUNTRY GO DOWN THE TOILET THEY HAVE SPENT 36 MIL SINCE THEY TOOK OVER. NOT TO MENTION THE 2 YEARS BEFORE THIS WHEN THEY WERE THE MAJORITY WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A TEA PARTY AND YOU WILL SE HOW A REAL  AMERICANS ROLL</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6724935" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6724935" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6724935">jvill</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6724935" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6724935" class="dsq-comment-message">This is so delightfully incoherent, I can only assume you\'re the next Joe the Plumber/Reporter/Hanger-on.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6709975" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6709975" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6709975">Joe Isuzu</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6709975" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6709975" class="dsq-comment-message">Looks like the Ron Paul nuts have joined up with Michell Malkin. <br><br>Let the madness commence!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6723721" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6723721" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6723721">wial</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6723721" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6723721" class="dsq-comment-message">"Ron Paul nuts" "Michell Malkin" and "teabag" in one context is just too much for me this morning. Though it\'s making me kind of hot, in a way.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6711936" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6711936" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6711936">Janice Moon</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6711936" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6711936" class="dsq-comment-message">I AM MAD AS HELL AND WILL NOT TAKE THIS ANYMORE</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6713814" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6713814" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6713814">c ampie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6713814" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6713814" class="dsq-comment-message">WE ARE SICK OF THE VICTIM ATTITUDE!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6717839" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6717839" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6717839">Lawnguylander</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6717839" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6717839" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, it must suck so why don\'t you drop it?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6724909" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6724909" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6724909">jvill</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6724909" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6724909" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah, especially since, after running the government (into the ground) for 8 years, the rest of us are all tired of listening to it.<br><br>How about you guys actually propose some ideas to fix some of our problems instead of all the incessant whining?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6713956" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6713956" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6713956">eas</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6713956" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6713956" class="dsq-comment-message">LIVE FREE OR DIE!!!!   TAX REVOLT NOW!!!!  SEND ALL THE BUMS IN CONGRESS PACKING!!!!!</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6723650" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6723650" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6723650">BG</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6723650" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6723650" class="dsq-comment-message">Enjoy fixing your roads and bridges yourself, pal. And I guess if you lose your job, you don\'t care if you don\'t get unemployment insurance. Oh, and home schooling apparently worked out just fine for you, so it\'s okay for your kids, too, I suppose .... so we might as well shut down all the public schools. And I\'m sure looking forward to hiring my own personal policeman, fireman, garbageman and paying for them out of my own pocket.<br><br>You folks need to grow up.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6723965" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6723965" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6723965">wial</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6723965" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6723965" class="dsq-comment-message">don\'t you mean "LICK FREE"?  And what\'s this about bums? Isn\'t that more a teabag and sandwich, rather than just a teabag?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6724038" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6724038" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6724038">wial</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6724038" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6724038" class="dsq-comment-message">And I daren\'t even contemplate, following this reading of your unfortunate phraseology, what you mean about "PACKING".  You conservatives are a curious lot is all I can say.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6714462" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6714462" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-6714462" href="http://24Ahead.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">24AheadDotCom</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6714462" class="dsq-comment-message">1. Back in 2002, I was the first person to go to an anti-war protest and come back with pictures. I stopped doing that about a year later because the whole "go take some pictures of wacky signs" bit got monotonous. Maybe in another decade Weigel will be doing the things I\'m doing now.<br><br>2. If Weigel\'s bosses really want to quash this movement, maybe he could find some newsletters or something (reference to the Ron Paul NewsletterGate issue that Weigel pushed: reason.com/blog/show/130943.html)<br><br>3. Because Pajamas Media doesn\'t have clear goals, they\'re attracting the "taxation is theft" crowd as well as those whose signs will no doubt appear "mean-spirited" or selfish to many. OTOH, the great majority of Americans - leftwing Dems, subsidy-supporting "libertarians", and crooks excluded - would oppose stimulus jobs going to illegal aliens. And, <a href="http://24ahead.com/ask-stimulus-bill-question-illegal-aliens-taking-jobs-us-cit" rel="nofollow">pressing a stimulus bill supporter on that on video could have a major impact on their career</a>. Yet, Pajamas Media has consistently shown no interest in holding politicians accountable on video, but instead puts on largely worthless shows like this.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6715682" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-6715682" href="http://urbandictionary.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">unclear of the meaning</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6715682" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6715682" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m a liberal dem, so they can tea bag me until I shoot my skeet.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6716196" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6716196" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6716196">Shooter242</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6716196" class="dsq-comment-message">I didn\'t attend, and after seeing these signs I\'m glad I didn\'t.  If I\'m correct "teabagging" is NOT an act conservatives want to be associated with. Gold! Could you be more of a scrooge caricature? <br>Well actually, yes. "It\'s not my problem" is accurate but cold. Freezing. <br>Add in exaggeration(lying) by Jindal, Greggs, and possible impropriety by Coleman? And bless little Bachmann\'s heart.... "You be the man" is just wrong.<br><br>Friends, this is not good. For all their accuracy, and good intentions, all the activity lately has been bloody awful. Let me propose that Tucker Carlson has a point. This would be a very good time to relax, sit back, and let the Democrats do their thing. And while that thing is going on, see if our objections to it match our claims.  <br><br>We have an agenda of "no". Fine, but telling people "no" because they are losers, is no way to win friends and influence people. If we conservatives really believe that our ideas are better, we can politely say "we disagree and here\'s why." If we conservatives really believe our ideas are better, then letting the Democrats try their best will only make our case. Better yet, something they do might actually work. If we conservatives really believe our ideas are better, let\'s be more pure than Ceasar\'s wife. <br><br>The real truth here is that ever since Clinton raised rates, Democrats have equated it to prosperity as demonstrated by the .com boom. That conveniently ignores problems after the hikes, and the whopping cut in capital gains in 1997. Letting stuff like this go without challenge is anathema. We can\'t do anything about the Dem legacy that has begun. I say we walk softly and carry a big note book to catalog progress(or lack). How about comparing inclusive marginal income tax rates over 50% as indentured servitude. Is it fair that other people get more of your salary than you do? Of course not. <br><br>So I\'m into class warfare and taxing. Other issues can do the same thing by using lib language to frame objections. In any event, things have to get much worse for people to abandon the idea that Big Brother can provide. Let\'s use the time wisely.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6716888" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6716888" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6716888">Eric</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6716888" class="dsq-comment-message">Yeah, David, you should really take down the "tea bag the liberal dems".  Posting photographs of inappropriate signs is not helpful.  I was there, and that sign was embarrassing.  I think it is fine for conservatives to have demonstrations like this, but we need to show some class.  That sign was classless, and the organizer of the event should have told the person with the sign to put it away.  This is a sign of inexperience in holding these sorts of events.  <br><br>I also found the "POOP" stickers to be classless and juvenile.  If you want to attract people to a movement for liberty, that\'s not the way to do it.<br><br>And then there was the part where J. P.  Freire, after he ran out of things to say himself (after about 2 minutes) walks through the crowd to let anyone with a pulse go on a little rant.<br><br>I don\'t mean to nit-pick on people who are making an effort to bring attention to the problem, and I know this was put on with short notice, but a little more thought needs to go into these things if the right message is going to be sent.<br><br>For JasperJava:  I was there and there were definitely several hundred people there.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6717803" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6717803" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-6717803" href="http://americanconservativeparty.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Al Reasin</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6717803" class="dsq-comment-message">I was there waving the navy ensign on the fringes of the crowd.  As usual there were some who were on the extreme edge of a civil demonstration.  Nothing unusual there.  Did any of you see the SWAT supervisor there and question why SWAT.  Police in case some extreme ones from the Left showed up is one thing, but SWAT.  The officer said it was SOP.  <br><br>There is a lot of pent-up anger out there, our national and state leadership is ignoring the people who actually financially support government.  They are playing to the 50% who don\'t pay taxes and could care less if the country goes into extreem debit as long as they get their goodies; so they reelect the goody providers.  Look at corrupt Rep. Murtha and Rep Frank being reelected.  I could name dozens as well as Senators.  Want be bet whether Dodd will be reelected.<br><br>We don\'t need a Ruby Ridge sparking another Shays\' Rebellion;  that was the final straw that finished off the Articles of Confederation.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6718371" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6718371" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6718371">MyOpinion</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6718371" class="dsq-comment-message">You said: "They are playing to the 50% who don\'t pay taxes and could care less if the country goes into extreem (Sic)debit as long as they get their goodies; so they reelect the goody providers."<br><br>What part of the "50% who don\'t pay taxes" would this man be?<br><br>"For people like Henry Kight, 59, of Austin, Tex., the possibility that the money might be turned down is a deeply personal issue.<br><br>Mr. Kight, who worked for more than three decades as an engineering technician, discovered in September that because of complex state rules, he was not eligible for unemployment insurance after losing a job at a major electronics manufacturer he had landed at the beginning of the year."<br><br><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/27/us/27govs.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=all" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/27/us/27govs.htm...</a></div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6728825" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6728825" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6728825">Andrew P</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6728825" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6728825" class="dsq-comment-message">"50% who don\'t pay taxes" is utter and complete BS. Any analysis in which this even comes close to being true considers only income taxes and leaves out payroll taxes, which fall most heavily on the poor. I made less than $30,000 last year, which puts me squarely in the bottom 40%, and I paid around $2000 in federal income taxes, so I know firsthand that you\'re full of crap. I\'m so sick of hearing this lie, but I suppose it has been repeated enough that gullible voters such as yourself accept it as truth without checking the facts. That you are up in arms against a president with a 70% approval rating over a 4 percentage point tax increase on the portion of income above $250,000 is laughable. Good luck with that. You are pathetic, and an idiot.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6728900" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6728900" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6728900">Andrew P</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6728900" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6728900" class="dsq-comment-message">Furthermore, note that SS and Medicare taxes, which everyone pays, make up close to 34% of govt. revenues, and those contributions are capped at a certain income, so these taxes are actually regressive in that higher income people pay a smaller percentage of their income for these taxes. So spare me the crap about the CEOs and professional athletes who are about to be oppressed by the paltry 4% increase. The top tax rate should actually go even higher, but baby steps here, since folks like yourself need to unlearn three decades of BS right wing propaganda.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6729170" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6729170" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6729170">Nylund</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6729170" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6729170" class="dsq-comment-message">Last year there was the conservative who went into the liberal church with a shot gun and killed innocent people purely because they were liberal.  There was the wing-nut in Maine who wanted to make a dirty bomb to kill liberals before his wife killed him first.  Just the other day, there was the conservative in Florida who decided to walk across the street and start shooting immigrants for simply being immigrants.  Remember that the right\'s anger towards the gov\'t during the Clinton years gave us the likes of Eric Rudolph (and his war against abortion and the homosexual agenda) and Timothy McVeigh (both former members of the US army, btw).<br><br>Here is a letter McVeigh wrote to a newspaper:<br><br>"Taxes are a joke. Regardless of what a political candidate "promises," they will increase. More taxes are always the answer to government mismanagement. They mess up. We suffer. Taxes are reaching cataclysmic levels, with no slowdown in sight ... Is a Civil War Imminent? Do we have to shed blood to reform the current system? I hope it doesn\'t come to that. But it might."<br><br>It sounds WAY too much like the thousands what we see on thousands of conservative message boards on the internet. (cf. Sean Hannity website poll about preferred method of armed rebellion, Glenn Beck\'s obsession with Militia uprisings, etc.)<br><br>I do not find it surprising at all that a SWAT team was there at all.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6717840" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6717840" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6717840">Bronco Bill</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6717840" class="dsq-comment-message">I find this all very encouraging.  It is time for all Americans to stand up and express their outrage over what Obama, Pelosi, Reid and the rest of the liberal dunderheads are trying to do to our country.   Those conservatives who think we need to be "polite" about what is happening to us, are the very ones who let the Obamacrats take over our country.  We need to stop making nice and express our anger.  We need to let our government representatives know we are going to kick their ass out if this spending boodoggle continues.  We are the greatest country the world has ever known and we didn\'t get that way by cowtowing to Marxist Socialists.  Obama fooled a lot of people with his B.S. and hopefully now they will wake up and realize the fox is in the hen house.  No one seems to realize that the downward spiral began  when Democrats started coercing banks and other institutions into lending money to home buyers who couldn\'t afford to pay it back.  In spite of President Bush, John McCain, and other Republicans calling for congress to rein in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mack.............Barney Frank and cohorts just let the home mortgage market go down the tubes.  All the while assuring us everything was okay.  Barney Frank should be run out of Washington D.C. on a rail, with Nancy Pelosi right behind him.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6718271" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6718271">MyOpinion</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6718271" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6718271" class="dsq-comment-message">Thank you Bill, your tirade helps Obama\'s image as cool and smart politician.<br><br>In other words you\'ve (and the "tea party") unwittingly helped make Obama looks BETTER.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6725179" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6725179" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6725179">Singularity</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6725179" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6725179" class="dsq-comment-message">A couple of points:<br><br>Do you seriously believe that Republicans have been civil or polite at any point in the past twenty years?  You don\'t have any gloves to take off anymore.<br><br>Obama fooled the nation by.... fulfilling the promises he made on the campaign trail?  Name one thing he has done that is surprising to you.  The American people voted for Obama in a landslide specifically because he promised to do what he is now doing.  Elections have consequences, and this one wasn\'t even close.<br><br>The current downturn in the economy is not being caused by mortgage defaults.  They are a symptom, not a cause.  The current crisis was enabled when Phil Gramm almost single-handedly gutted oversight of the bond market.  Then in the early part of this decade, Bush\'s SEC relaxed regulations on the amount of debt that could be leveraged in purchases of CDOs.  A few failed mortgages, or even many failed mortgages, could never do the kind of damage to the economy that we\'re seeing now.  Stop listening to talk radio and read some economists instead.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6718389" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6718389">Dr. Trent</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6718389" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6718389" class="dsq-comment-message">As a small business owner, I challenge other business owners to do the same.<br>If this Bill passes, I will only hire conservative Republicans in my small business.<br>I don’t have to hire a liberal!  Before you hire check the voting registration of your employee!<br>If they want to spend our money for pork, then I can cut the fat and hire only lean conservatives<br>that have fallen on hard times.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6718827" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6718827">Porkulus Dickus</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6718827" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6718827" class="dsq-comment-message">Your commitment to employing the retarded is commendable, Doctor Trent.  For the sake of your customers, I hope you\'re not a real doctor.  I\'d be very surprised if you were.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6719297" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6719297">Some guy on the Internet</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6719297" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6719297" class="dsq-comment-message">That, of course, is illegal. When the EEOE says you can\'t discriminate based on "race, creed, or national origin," the "creed" means political affiliation. OH NO Big government just stepped into your crappy little business and emasculated you. You now sit down to pee.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-6719916">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6719916" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6719916" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6719916">southdakotaboy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6719916" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6719916" class="dsq-comment-message">While it is illegal to base your hiring by directly asking a person\'s party affiliation it is still possible with a little bit of work. All you have to do is get in contact with your local Republican party. With the internet it is much easier to net work with fellow conservatives to establish a hiring pool. Also contact your local collage Republicans and ask them if they know any body who would fit your requirements. As long as you are not openly advertising for a position you can define the parameters of your hiring pool. Encourage the Collage Republicans to create a employee listing web site. Next contact your fellow business friends and encourage them to hire from this site.<br>Also don\'t be afraid to hire someone who is not a perfect fit for the job. It is more important to hire a Republican then a Democrat as long as they are close to what you need. <br>Also pay in cash as much as possible. The Government can\'t tax what they can\'t find.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-6723023">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6723023" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6723023" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6723023">Lawrence Lawson</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6723023" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6723023" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m with you on this 100%.I am going to make this a mission in my work place,it should\'t be much of problem,because most liberals are looking for a hand out not a job.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-6724850">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6724850" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6724850" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6724850">jvill</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6724850" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6724850" class="dsq-comment-message">Keeping believing your own fantasies, keep up the silly gimmicks, and the Dems will keep winning elections.<br><br>Fine by us...</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-6724963">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6724963" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6724963" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6724963">Singularity</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6724963" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6724963" class="dsq-comment-message">Honestly, most of the Republicans with whom I\'ve worked have been really nice people (and disproportionately accountants), but the few raging Conservatives with whom I\'ve worked have mostly been unbearable. Frankly, you\'d be doing Dems a favor by not hiring us.<br><br>But please have the courage of your convictions and be sure to refuse to perform any services for us or sell any goods to us as well.  I\'d hate to think that you are a cowardly hypocrite willing to take the dirty government money after it has been laundered through liberal hands.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-6725604">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6725604" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6725604" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6725604">Mystic</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6725604" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6725604" class="dsq-comment-message">To be fair, this liberal is looking for a hand job</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-6724873">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6724873" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6724873" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6724873">Singularity</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6724873" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6724873" class="dsq-comment-message">Personally, I would stay away from the Collage Republicans and only hire the Papier-Mache Republicans.<br><br>And that advice about paying in cash?  Brilliant.  I hear the government has no experience at all in tracking down off-the-books transactions.  Probably better if you don\'t hire any Democrats.  It would be sad to see any of us go to jail with you.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-6725842">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6725842" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6725842" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6725842">Barney Fife</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6725842" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6725842" class="dsq-comment-message">Or maybe Dr Trent can simply hire a bunch of tax cheats.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-6722828">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6722828" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6722828" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6722828">john</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6722828" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6722828" class="dsq-comment-message">Hmmmm...who are the Stalinists again? The teabaggers? or the Obamunists? Is it really American to discriminate based on political creed?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-6723958">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6723958" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6723958" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6723958">rootless-e</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6723958" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6723958" class="dsq-comment-message">i hope you are in my field so I can take over your customers when your chucklehead employees run the business into the ground.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-6725796">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6725796" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6725796" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6725796">Barney Fife</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6725796" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6725796" class="dsq-comment-message">Well, since you\'re being so nosey, make sure those conservatives you hire have never accepted any entitlement monies of any kind.  Unemployment insurance, public education, that sort of thing. <br><br>And to be fair, you should probably also exclude anyone who voted for anyone who had a hand in doubling the national debt over the last 8 years.  Good luck with that.</div>\
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