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It seems, to me at least, that the fact his Father was not an American Citizen at the time of his sons birth makes BO not a NATURAL BORN citizen.  You see Father BO was a Kenyan, a fact no one seems to dispute. Being a Kenyan he was a British citizen. He was baby BOs father, therefore he had rights like any man at the time. His right was to transfer his citizenship to his son at birth.  Therefore baby BO was born a citizen of England by his Fathers citizenship at the time of his birth. It does not really matter if his mother, who was to young at his birth to give her citizenship to her son, was an American or not. I does not matter if he was born in Hawaii or Hell. Baby BO was born a Brit. Even if he was also 1/2 American he was not Natural Born. Persons with dual citizenship are not Natural Born. There are many other situations in BOs life that make him unfit to serve as POTUS but this should be enough to make a point. Now what?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_14:23:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "b8d7a8b2a080708f8e44d4fa4816dc62", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6695682": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This is awesome.  I bet you all think that Bush knocked down the towers too.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_06:35:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "9ad4ee4cc0d11c94545c17048909c6df", "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}, "6714627": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\" Now what?\"<br><br>Now you're stupid. He was born in the US, that makes him a natural born citizen of the US. End of story.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_19:02:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "d1f0d8918fa0ef227a17a90ad5073ccf", "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": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6707457, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6704905": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's not the Republicans who care about this.  They are as morally, and intellectually bankrupt as the the Democrats.  (Well,  I guess you could add that the Democrats are living in their usually fantasy land existence and have considerably less moral tone.)  The Republicans don't want to touch this issue for fear of upsetting the volatile sub-surface racial tensions that exist at all times in this most un-natural of all nations.  This issue is purely Constitutional in it's nature.  Not partisan. It will not go away until it is met head-on.  Military officers have \"standing\" in court cases requiring the certification of the \"Presidents\" credentials.  Alan Keyes has \"standing\" as a former POTUS candidate, however laughable.  In fact, it may be Keyes who is able to force the SCOTUS to actually hear the case.  Since the Congress and Senate failed to act (certify Obama's birth status), and the SCOTUS continues to shirk it's duty to do so, then the more constitutionally oriented members of the military upper hierarchy may move to \"rectify\" the situation.  We may see this already happening in a sort of class-action suit by active and retired military members who will most assuredly be joined by many more.  What will the \"President\" do if say..... thousands of military officers join in a civil insurrection against him for not proving to them that he is who he says he is?  Will he have them all court marshaled for sedition?  How would that go over with the rest of the military and civilian population?  So, to all of you name-calling, oh-so-smart, gee, I'm just so happenin', lefty types out there, I say this:  You had better start considering what will happen when your OBAMACRACY starts to come apart at the seems.  I'm fairly sure we are already seeing the beginnings of it here.  Got ammo?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_12:51:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "1ce0727b714c4177942bf4b4d13ec9f2", "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": 6696170, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6720527": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"He was born in hawaii, a US state, and if you're born in America you're a natural born citizen, per 14th Amendment (\"All persons born...in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States...\")\"<br><br>HEY MORON, people like you are beyond annoying. You don't know the whole story on Obama, and you know how I know that? Because NO ONE KNOWS THE WHOLE STORY ON OBAMA!<br><br>If you would do just a LITTLE research you would know that Obamas story has a lot of holes! Even if Obama was born in Hawaii, he also lived in Indonesia with his mom and step dad. If he went to school in Indonesia, he COULD NOT BE A DUAL CITIZEN, IT WAS AGAINST INDONESIAN LAW!! Obama more then likely gave up his American citizenship while in Indonesia and when returning to the United States would have to apply again for US Citizenship. You know what that means moron? It MEANS, Obama would not be a natural born citizen, but a NATURALIZED CITIZEN! You can not give up US Citizenship for any length of time, and then regain your natural born citizenship, you can at that point only be a NATURALIZED CITIZEN and a NATURALIZED CITIZEN is NOT ELIBLE TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.<br><br>It amazes me how you idiots do not want to know the truth. This is not conspiracy, these are facts we know about Obama, just read his books! Conspiracies are difficult to prove or disprove, the FACT is Obama could put this all to rest with a simple phone requesting the long form of his original birth certificate to show to the media. Why is he spending so much money to keep his records sealed?????? Because he has something to hide! Get clue MORONS!!!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-28_03:00:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "f620f4647fb816073c9152a284245e64", "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": 6716352, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6708113": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "One could not travel to Indonesia in 1981 with an American passport either. But BO says he did.  What countries passport did he use in 1981?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_14:48:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "b8d7a8b2a080708f8e44d4fa4816dc62", "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": 6682824, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6675219": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Obama has never produced a legitimate birth certificate.  A certificate of live birth IS NOT a legal birth certificate.  If this issue needs to go away, Obama needs to produce a LEGAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE, AND if he insists on being President of the United States and Commander-in-Chief of the Military he needs to produce a LEGAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE.  Until that time I will not accept him as either President or CINC.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-26_20:46:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "a23acb0814286a121baa0cb2b2a9a523", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6720020": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Tossed out?    After the Porkyoulus package I bet you find us in the New Majority.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-28_01:47:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "b8d7a8b2a080708f8e44d4fa4816dc62", "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": 6696170, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6723093": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "agorabum, Typical Obot. <br>1. The Communist left media caused the rise of the Evil 1.<br>2. Obama was popular before the Porkulus bill.<br>3. see above<br>4. agorabum DOES NOT KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CITIZEN AND \"NATURAL BORN CITIZEN\"<br>5. ANYONE who likes Obama's polices is blind, insane, & an idiot communist.<br>6. No challenges against Obama's eligibility have been given their day in court. They were dismissed by judges afraid to view the TRUTH.<br>7. People who see a conspiracy can actually see.<br>8. M O R A N S ???<br>9. Glad you had a good time.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-28_09:46:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "b8d7a8b2a080708f8e44d4fa4816dc62", "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": 6716352, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6701206": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Sorry, McCain was ineligible as well.  He was NOT born on a military base.  The military hospital on the naval base where is father was stationed was not built until after his birth.  Clearly, on his vault BC, his place of birth is Colon, Panama.  Colon is not now, and never has been under the control of the US; therefore, McCain was NOT born on US controlled soil.  While he was born to two (2) US Citizens, he himself is ONLY a US CItizen as well.  He is NOT a natural born citizen and just as Obama, was NOT eligible to run for POTUS.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_10:24:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "d13c4b748126148e442e3a8803791582", "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": 6682446, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6707609": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He's not POTUS", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_14:28:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "b8d7a8b2a080708f8e44d4fa4816dc62", "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": 6679906, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6706592": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If is found out Obama is NOT a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN,  he will have EVERYTHING TO LOSE! Are you a complete idiot? Of coarse Obama has something to hide!! If he didn't WHY ISN'T HE PRODUCING THE DOCUMENTS?? AND WHY IS HE SPENDING MONEY TO KEEP THESE DOCUMENTS SEALED? Just answer  those 2 questions. My guess is you won't answer those questions, because you don't want to know the truth.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_13:47:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "f620f4647fb816073c9152a284245e64", "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": 6701409, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6720547": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Who cares about McCain?? He's not the guy sitting in the Oval Office, is he? You are so typical, stick to the real issue!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-28_03:03:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "f620f4647fb816073c9152a284245e64", "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": 6701206, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6676267": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Speaking of passports, how was Obama able to travel to Pakistan when it was a no-go country for holders of US passports?  How is it that we haven't heard more about the hacking of the federal passport records of Obama and a couple of other presidential candidates (wing-dragging) back in March of 2008.  Could it be that someone was trying to alter something in Obama's passport file, like.........WHERE HE WA REALLY BORN  or HOW HE WENT FROM BEING A KID IN INDONESIA TO A YOUNG ADULT IN THE US?  I wonder if there is a back-up disk.   And wasn't the guy in charge of that government agency hired to serve as some kind of \"security advisor\" for Obama?  And did anyone check the passport of the Obamamama when she came home from Kenya to Hawaii with her bouncing baby bama in tow and note such?  Yes, many interesting passport questions.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-26_21:34:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "1ce0727b714c4177942bf4b4d13ec9f2", "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": 6675792, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6720178": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Randwulf, we don't need a back-up disc. This was back in my day, it is probably on microfich in an old file somewhere. They may have scanned it to disc but I bet u the old film is still there.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-28_02:06:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "b8d7a8b2a080708f8e44d4fa4816dc62", "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": 6676267, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6741192": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Not even close, Moron. Get a clue.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-01_05:52:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "f620f4647fb816073c9152a284245e64", "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": 6714769, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6714674": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"The facts are Obama has not shown a valid birth certificate.\"<br><br>Yes he did. The documents provided are more than adequate to satisfy all legal tests.<br><br>Nothing can satisfy crazy people like yourself.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_19:05:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "d1f0d8918fa0ef227a17a90ad5073ccf", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6680563, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6720131": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "NO! It's not!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-28_02:01:23", "killed": false, "user_key": "b8d7a8b2a080708f8e44d4fa4816dc62", "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": 6675792, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6715574": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "DONT YOU WISH IT WAS THE END OF THE STORY ....DONT HOLD YOUR BAD BREATH <br>DIPPO, CAUSE WHAT ALL YOU OBAMO'S DID WAS ONLY LOOK AT THE ONE SIDE OF A STORY, AND COMMON SENSE, WHICH APPEARS TO BE LOST ON YOU, KNOWS THERE IS ALWAYS TWO (2) SIDES TO EVERY STORY.....", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_19:44:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "1dd7384d08da8f370fa464df32273e90", "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": 6714627, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6720055": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The crap on \"fight the smears\" could not get him a passport! Wait? He did not have an American Passport until he got his Diplomatic passport when he became Senator. Did he?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-28_01:53:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "b8d7a8b2a080708f8e44d4fa4816dc62", "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": 6714674, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6716352": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "1: America elected Obama (no evidence of voter fraud significant enough to put McCain in lead)<br>2: Obama is currently popular<br>3: The left/liberal proposals set forth by Obama are currently popular<br>4: He was born in hawaii, a US state, and if you're born in America you're a natural born citizen, per 14th Amendment (\"All persons born...in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States...\")<br>5: No one who likes Obama's policies has issues with his birth certificate<br>6: All lawsuits against Obama's election that have been fully litigated have been dismissed, and all pending ones will be dismissed as well<br>7: The people who see a conspiricay are crazy conspiricay theorists<br>8: Get a brain Morans<br>9: Bless Dave Weigel for brining out the nutters to help cheer my Friday afternoon", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_20:34:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "830218b6a40972555e9ae38f03a92f50", "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}, "6708000": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Since he became a Senator he has a Diplomatic Passport. The COLB he put on fight the smears says nothing. Hawaii officials have said nothing! They simply said there was a copy on file. They said NOTHING about what was on the document. When I was little I to believed in Santa Claus, he brought the presents. Some Communists in our country believe BO is Santa, bringing the gift of Beloved Communism to our corrupt capitalistic sewer. But like all children we grow up and learn to behave like adults. Now look at the countries Communism has destroyed. Grow up America!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_14:44:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "b8d7a8b2a080708f8e44d4fa4816dc62", "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": 6677079, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7065028": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hey Moron,<br>I don't know how many times someone has to say it, but to be President of the United States, you have to be a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN!!!!! Having a passport DOES NOT PROVE NATURAL BORN STATUS!! WHAT DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND ABOUT THAT??", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-10_04:34:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "f620f4647fb816073c9152a284245e64", "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": 6714604, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6701409": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Let's see...\"self, what does Obama have to hide?\" Nothing! Some melodramatic kooks obviously are getting their pretty panties in a bunch over nothing. <br>Get over it. No elections were stolen, and he was voted into office fair and square. I swear that some of you never learned how to act like mature adults in the face of loss.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_10:33:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "7b7887350a395cc029e52de278911b09", "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": 6682446, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6682824": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Just because Obama has a US passport does NOT mean he is a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN! You can be a NATURALIZED CITIZEN and obtain a US passport. But you CAN NOT be a NATURALIZED CITIZEN  and be eligible to be the President of the United States.<br><br>Please educate yourself.<br><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfIV1ntYggc\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfIV1ntYggc</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_01:52:06", "killed": false, "user_key": "f620f4647fb816073c9152a284245e64", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6677079, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6741200": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You a such an idiot, it's would be funny if it weren't so sad.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-01_05:55:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "f620f4647fb816073c9152a284245e64", "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": 6675792, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6683213": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Moron, just because Obama has a US passport does NOT mean he is a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN! You can be a NATURALIZED CITIZEN and obtain a US passport. But you CAN NOT be a NATURALIZED CITIZEN and be eligible to be the President of the United States. Moron.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_01:54:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "f620f4647fb816073c9152a284245e64", "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": 6675792, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6682446": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Jane, are we forgetting that when McCain was asked for his birth certificate that we released his ORIGINAL birth certificate and medical records? That is something Obama has yet to do, and has hired a law firm to fight in court for him on his behave on this issue. McCain is a natural born citizen because he was born on a U.S. base to TWO parents of US citizenship.<br><br>Ask yourself, what does Obama have to hide?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_01:49:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "f620f4647fb816073c9152a284245e64", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6679906, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6675792": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "What he's provided is good enough to get a passport, moron.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-26_21:12:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "d1f0d8918fa0ef227a17a90ad5073ccf", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6675219, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6714604": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Dumbass, the birth certificate as provided is a valid document accepted for all government purposes, such as getting a passport. As such, it's good enough to prove that he can be president.<br><br>In any case, in addition to the birth certificate, there are the newspaper birth announcements from 1961. Are you seriously stupid enough to think they falsely placed those announcements in Hawaii papers in case Obama ran for president decades later?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_19:01:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "d1f0d8918fa0ef227a17a90ad5073ccf", "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": 6683213, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "15243862": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You are the biggest fool. It is obviously paining you that a black man is in power. Well, sorry.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-08-22_18:32:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "wendy34", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "3 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 6899064, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6677079": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "There is no secret. He doesn't address it b ecause there is nothing to address. He has a passport(obviously). The state department OBVIOUSLY has seen his birth certificate. The state of Hawaii has send the short-form that is seen online is what they give out for the 10$ everyone WANTS to think you can pay to get a copy of this almost mystical 'vault copy'.  They do not  give you a copy of your 'long form' aka 'vault copy'(neither does Michigan) for the 10$ fee. There is no place on the form to even request one. The state of Hawaii(despite how people want to distort it) have said the short form is valid and is good enough for the state dept. They've read the original and it doesn't matter they didn't explicitely say the original said he was born in Hawaii since they were clear that the short form is based on the date they get from long form birth certificate. The answer to this problem doesn't lay with Obama it lays with how conspiracy theories start and perpetuate themselves. One faulty assumption leading to another one and on and on...There is no secret. The state department would have on record his travels to Indonesia as a child and his return to the states at age 10, when he went back to school and lived with his grandparents. There is no evidence he was born in Kenya. There is no evidence his mother ever left the country, no less traveled to Kenya at what age 17 to have a baby? The conspiracists want us to believe Odinga is some sort of 'radical muslim' yet he is Anglican.  If you give half the scrutiny to all this garbage put forth that they put towards the smallest of details it is fairly easy to find all the distortions and faulty assumptions. These people actually think Obama is as worried about this as they obesessed with it. That is just nuts.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-26_22:14:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "a32e38440a68a98eb59f1c366bcea846", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6723161": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Again \"citizen\" & 'NATURAL BORN CITIZEN\" are two completely different things. Arnold Swartzenager is a Citizen but he is not a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN, He can not be President.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-28_09:53:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "b8d7a8b2a080708f8e44d4fa4816dc62", "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": 6714627, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6676188": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "For those who are quick to say the Obama Birth Certificate matter is a non-issue, there are close to 40 lawsuits still pending across the U.S. regarding the elusive birth certificate.<br><br>Also, those who believe the \"Certificate of Live Birth\" the Obama Campaign posted proves he's a U.S. Citizen, should maybe look at that document again. Never mind it's not an actual birth certificate, but that document is signed by no one, doesn't list the doctor's name, nor list the hospital of birth, and continues to raise more questions than answers.<br><br>Argue away, but the question that continues to linger, if he has nothing to hide, why can't he release a \"vault copy\" of his birth certificate? It would cost him all of $12 to put the matter to rest, but instead he's hired 3 separate law firms (not lawyers, law firms) to fight these lawsuits.<br><br>Let us not forget other odds and ends questions like these:<br><br>Why has the Kenyan government put a gag order on Obama's Kenyan relatives, forbidding them from speaking to the media? Obama's Kenyan grandmother said she was in the delivery room in Kenya at the time when BHO was born. The Kenyan ambassador said they're raising a statue for BHO in Kenya, and that everyone knows he was born in Kenya. . . Oh yeah, that's right, the ambassador has recently deferred all Obama citizenship questions to the U.S. Government after he made those statements.<br><br>So, which is it? Was he born in Kenya? Was he born in Hawaii, but then lost his U.S. Citizenship when his mother married an Indonesian Citizen? Is he a dual citizen of the U.K. and the U.S.?<br><br>Why won't BHO release his college records, or medical records? What's to hide?<br><br>Really, this has nothing to do with who won or lost the election, but wanting to know more about the man who has been elected to the highest office in our Union. Being a betting man, I'm sure if this were a republican going through said antics, the left would be up in arms, demanding answers and congressional hearings until the veil was lifted. These are simple questions, that should have simple answers, not shrouded in secrecy, and poo-poo'd away by the mainstream media, or the anointed one. Christ, even Tom Brokaw has been quoted saying, \"We don't know much about the man.\" Like it or not, until BHO releases such documents, stories, propaganda, conspiracy theories like this will continue to dog the Obama Administration.<br><br>Uh. . . yeah. . . that sounds like the transparent government he promised to bring to Washington.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-26_21:30:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "70ccaedfb082289f021869e6194e39c8", "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}, "6878047": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "14 reasons to doubt Obama's so called birth certificate.<br><br>Registered #-NONE<br>Registration district#- NONE<br>Child's birth#-NONE<br>Father's place of birth-NONE<br>Mother's place of birth-NONE<br>Father's occupation-NONE<br>Signature of registrar-NONE<br>Name of hospital-NONE<br>Name of doctor-NONE<br>Name of witness or registrar-NONE<br>Raised seal-NONE<br>Doctor's license#-NONE<br>State the doctor is licensed in?-NONE<br>Signature of doctor-NONE", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-04_14:41:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "ffa2644fb2b3085bd13adf64500030de", "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}, "6693857": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This is beyond obvious that this man was fraudulently elected by a media blinded mass of liberal americans (if in fact the electoral votes were in fact legitimate.) But first and foremost this fraud I mean person came out of no where, without any type of real qualifications, works, or experience that would even remotely qualify him for such a hi office. But the most obvious blasphemy of this countries name is to associate it with a Kenyan born, illegitimate, ill qualified, fraudulent, lying, socialistic, self righteous, bigot (reference Rev. wright.) <br>How could we stand by and not revolt when the birth certificate issue first came into realization.<br>I mean why are we so few? Is everyone else blind , don't care, or just  plagued with idiocy?<br>This person has spent over 1 million dollars to hide his great skeleton. <br>We must all join together and bring that skeleton out of his closet and show everyone what a liar he is.<br>He now  fraudulently occupies the most sacred place in our nation. Making decisions that are ruining this nation. His stimulus program? A joke. <br>His birth certificate non existent. <br>Lets do the math. <br>Spend $10 and show America that you are a fraud.  or spend over a million to hide the truth so that you have enough time to destroy the country before they find out the truth or better yet just hope the courts just don't care(which judging by the dismissals of all the cases so far.)<br>So we now his agenda. We must proliferate this movement to compel him and force him to answer to America. BHO belongs in jail for fraud. Enough said.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_02:52:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "2dd61a3837e2372f364a99b2f9107811", "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}, "6679906": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Are we forgetting that McCain was also not born in the US?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_00:47:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "7b7887350a395cc029e52de278911b09", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "9 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6708325": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Randwulf, ever wonder what happened to Howard Dean? He was supposed to vet Obama. Now he disappeared and has not been seen?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_14:53:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "b8d7a8b2a080708f8e44d4fa4816dc62", "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": 6676267, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6701414": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "How do you know he has a US passport?  Have you seen it?  Where?  I want to see it too.  We ONLY know that he has a 'passport file', because that was what was breeched.  However, you have a 'passport file' whenever you arrive or leave the country regardless of the passports origin.  <br><br>Devin - please provide the quote where the Hawaiian officials confirmed that the information shown on the COLB accurately depicted the information contained on the vault copy.  I wish you could, unfortunately you are 'reading into' their comment.  In order to objectively evaluate ANY information regarding the issue, you must read it and interpret it as though you are on the OTHER SIDE of your arguement.  You cannot read into a statement that which is not there and call it fact.  Just because you want to interpret something in a way that bolsters your arguement, it's just not good enough.  The words from the Officials were chosen VERY carefully so as not to confirm nor deny.  <br><br>And I'll bet you money if Obama himself explains to the Hawaiian Officicals why he needed a certified copy of his vault BC they would give it to him.  I'm not 100% positive on this, but I just have a hunch he wouldn't have any problems.  However - to be clear - it matters NOT what is on his BC.  He was a dual-citizen with dual-loyalties AT BIRTH and therefore - regardless of what his BC says or if he even has one - he is NOT a natural born citizen and is NOT eligible to be POTUS.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_10:33:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "d13c4b748126148e442e3a8803791582", "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": 6682824, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6714769": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"And I'll bet you money if Obama himself explains to the Hawaiian Officicals why he needed a certified copy of his vault BC they would give it to him\"<br><br>What's he gonna say, \"Crazy people on the Internet who don't know anything about legal documents think the regular COLB isn't 'good enough'\"?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_19:11:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "d1f0d8918fa0ef227a17a90ad5073ccf", "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": 6701414, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6696170": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "YAWM.... This just another typical obsessive Republican tantrum. Rather than facing the REAL issues confronting our nation and people, little whining children like this would rather sit in the mud and scream for attention. Is it any wonder this party of clueless morons was tossed out?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_07:29:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "a859da61522c24dc347b0563ab0744f7", "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}, "6707692": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "He's not POTUS", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_14:32:22", "killed": false, "user_key": "b8d7a8b2a080708f8e44d4fa4816dc62", "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": 6701206, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6720109": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's not!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-28_01:58:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "b8d7a8b2a080708f8e44d4fa4816dc62", "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": 6714769, "depth": 4, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6680563": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "The facts are Obama has not shown a valid birth certificate.<br><br>But the other issue is that he clearly was not eligible to run for president because on Obama's own website he says his father was a british citizen by way of Kenay being part of the british empire. As a result Obama is subject to the control of the british empire because he is the son of a british citizen.<br><br>Article 2 section 1 states that you cannot have dual citizenship. Think about it, Obama has dual citizenship given who is father is. The framers of our constitution did not want ANYONE to have split loyalty.  4 Supreme Court Justices agree, the other 5 don't want to deal with it.<br><br>Obama has put this country in a bad situation when all this comes out. He knew it too because he was a constitutional professor.  <br><br>Do your research, you will see all the facts. Go look up Obama Surpreme court and you will see there have been 4 cases so far that actually made it to round 2 of the process and was heard and voted on by the justices. Not many cases go this far, yet all 4 of these disputing Obama's eligibility went that far.<br><br>It is all very simple stuff. If you can't figure this out then you deserve to live under communism. The rest of us wll fight Obama and his communism.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_01:33:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "3da0d12d6d8667963392a446262b1773", "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}, "6705909": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I seem to remember  a lot of dems crying and whining about how G Bush stole the election ftom al gore.  Get a grip dude, why  won't the man settle this argument by showing his birth certificate?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_13:20:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "550672a08b87d97ebbda02224fb4e789", "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": 6696170, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6739830": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "This is a Constitutional issue and should be taken seriously.  If it weren't serious, then why was it put into the Constitution?  Also, why would anyone have questioned is birth status in the first place?  Could it be because the Left brought up McCain's in order to discredit the Republican front runner?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-01_01:59:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "b3d8c316f6b567e33315edf112bb07e4", "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}, "6899064": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"Ironically, I missed this because I had run into Jerome Corsi, author of The Obama Nation and a proponent of alternative (i.e. wrong) theories of where President Obama was born\"<br><br>It's amazing how screwed up one's mind can be when they refuse to do any research on an issue. There is no, hard evidence that Obama was born in Hawaii; whereas, we already have the proof that he is NOT a natural-born US citizen -- his father wasa British citizen at the time of Obama's birth (regardless of where he was born), along with a mother who was not old enough to automatically pass along her citizenship on to her son.<br><br>Only a natural-born citizen can become President. That is the Law of the land, and every day this imposter remains usurping the Office of President, is an affront to all of us true Americans, as well as breaking the law.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-03-05_08:05:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "363717f6892e5347a7d997be43d8fe07", "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}, "6683629": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The answer is, Obama is a fraud. The real question in whether the people of the US feel the Constitution is important enough to be upheld. So far the judges feel that it is not.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-27_01:57:27", "killed": false, "user_key": "f620f4647fb816073c9152a284245e64", "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": 6676267, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6719998": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "No, that would make him a citizen if it were today. But a Citizen can not be President nor Vice President. These two positions of power have to be \"NATURAL BORN CITIZENS\" quite different than a plain everyday citizen. You will not listen to me, so go back to text from 1775 and read the letters our founding fathers wrote to each other. Obots are like young dogs, their eyes are closed, but fortunately as they get older their eyes finally open. Good Luck, when you can finally see, look for the truth.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-28_01:43:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "b8d7a8b2a080708f8e44d4fa4816dc62", "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": 6714627, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "6720533": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You are a complete idiot.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-02-28_03:01:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "f620f4647fb816073c9152a284245e64", "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": 6714627, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 1, "reply_position": false, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "12663357", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "34441", "hash": 7232888300037949771}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "show_us_the_birth_certificate", "paginate": true, "num_pages": 2, "num_posts": 50, "per_page": 50, "total_posts": 62, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 12663357, "queued": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": true, "use_fb_connect": false, "forum_facebook_key": "", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": false, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
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	};

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





Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN = '21bc467119200cb06806902fa8e2f5b0';
Dsq.COMMENTS_RE = /(<li.*?id="?dsq-comment-(\d+)"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*?)(<\/li>)/gim;
Dsq.POST_RE = /(<div.*?id="?dsq-comment-header-(\d+)"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*?)(<\/div>)\s*(<div.*?class="?dsq-comment-body"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*)(<\/div>)/gim;
Dsq.POST_BODY_RE = /\s*(<div.*?id="?dsq-comment-message-(\d+)"?.*?>)((?:.|\s)*)(<\/div>)/gim;
// HACK: Safari ends with "-->" while other browsers end with "--&gt;" as expected.
Dsq.MEDIA_POST_RE = /&lt;!--\[(.*?)\]--(?:>|&gt;)/gim;



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

	content = content.replace(Dsq.POST_RE, Dsq.PostHandler);
	Dsq.Templates.postLoopCounter++;
	head = Dsq.Templates.Filters.commentContainer(post_id, head);
	return prepend_post + head + content + tail + append_post;
};

Dsq.PostHandler = function(str, h_head, post_id, h_content, h_tail, b_head, b_content, b_tail, offset, s) {
	var prepend_header = Dsq.Templates.postPrependHeader(post_id);
	var append_header = Dsq.Templates.postAppendHeader(post_id);
	var prepend_body = Dsq.Templates.preBody(post_id);
	var append_body = Dsq.Templates.postBody(post_id);
	var append_footer = Dsq.Templates.postFooter(post_id);

	b_content = b_content.replace(Dsq.POST_BODY_RE, Dsq.PostBodyHandler);
	return h_head + prepend_header + h_content + append_header + h_tail + b_head + prepend_body + b_content + append_body + b_tail + append_footer;
};

Dsq.PostBodyHandler = function(str, head, post_id, content, tail, offset, s) {
	content = Dsq.Templates.Filters.commentContent(post_id, content);
	return head + content + tail;
};

Dsq.MediaPostHandler = function(str, args, offset, s) {
	args = args.split(' ');
	if(args[0] == 'seesmic') {
		return '<br />' + Dsq.Templates.mediaSeesmic(args[1], args[2]);
	}
	return '';
};


/**
 * Shorcuts
 */
Dsq.$ = function(element) { return document.getElementById(element); };
Dsq.$b = document.body || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];


/**
 * Dsq.Debug: Logging functions.
 */

Dsq.Debug = new function() {this.log=function(s){};this.profile=function(f){if(typeof f == 'function')return f();else return eval(f);};};


/**
 * Dsq.Urls: URL paths
 */
Dsq.Urls = new function() {
	this.LOGIN = '/profile/login/';
	this.LOGOUT = '/logout/';
	this.REPLY = 'http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/show_us_the_birth_certificate/reply.html';
	this.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE = '/AnonymousUser/';
	this.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR = 'http://media.disqus.com/images/noavatar92.png';
};
// Dsq.Urls

/**
 * Dsq.Validators: Validation for form fields
 */
Dsq.Validators = new function() {
	this.VALID_EMAIL_RE = /^[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+(\.[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+)*\@(([a-z0-9\-\_\+]+(\.[a-z0-9\-\_\+]+)*)+\.[a-z]{2,}|([0-9]+\.){3}[0-9]+)$/i;
	this.name = function(name) {
		var error = false;

		if(typeof Dsq.Templates.placeholder !== 'undefined' &&
		   name == Dsq.Templates.placeholder.name) {
			error = true;
		}
		if(name.length <= 1) {
			error = true;
		}

		if(error) {
			return "Please enter a name to comment.";
		} else {
			return true;
		}
	};
	this.email = function(addr) {
		if(Dsq.Validators.VALID_EMAIL_RE.test(addr)) {
			return true;
		} else {
			return "Please enter a valid email to comment.";
		}
	};
	this.url = function(addr) {
		if(!addr || addr.indexOf('.') != -1) {
			return true;
		} else {
			return "Please check your website URL (this field is optional).";
		}
	};

	this.validate = function(bulk_validation, failure_callback) {
		failure_callback = failure_callback || function(e){ alert(e); };

		for(var i = 0; i < bulk_validation.length; i++) {
			v = bulk_validation[i];
			ret = v.validator(v.value);
			if(ret !== true) {
				failure_callback(ret);
				return false;
			}
		}
		return true;
	};
};

/**
 * Dsq.Utils: Generic utility functions.
 */
Dsq.Utils = new function() {
	this.ie = /msie/i.test(navigator.userAgent) && !/opera/i.test(navigator.userAgent);
	this.ie7 = (document.all && !window.opera && window.XMLHttpRequest) ? true : false;
	this.ie6 = (!window.XMLHttpRequest) ? true: false;
	this.webkit = navigator.userAgent.indexOf('AppleWebKit/') >= 0;
	this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache = {};
	this._styleSheet = null;

	this.gebiFromElement = function(el, id, tag) {
		// This only method only helps IE.
		if(!this.ie) {
			return Dsq.$(id);
		} else {
			var cacheKey = el.id + '-' + tag;
			tag = tag || 'div';
			if(typeof this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey] != 'undefined') {
				collection = this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey];
			} else {
				collection = el.getElementsByTagName(tag);
				this.gebiFromElementCollectionCache[cacheKey] = collection;
			}

			for(var i = 0; i < collection.length; i++) {
				if(collection[i].id == id) {
					return collection[i];
				}
			}
			return null;
		}
	};

	this.execOnReady = function(func) {
		var node = document.createElement('document:ready');
		try {
			node.doScroll('left');
			func();
			node = null;
		} catch(err) {
			setTimeout(function() { Dsq.Utils.execOnReady(func); }, 10);
		}
	};


	// Courtesy of http://www.quirksmode.org/js/cookies.html
	this.createCookie = function(name,value,days) {
		if (days) {
			var date = new Date();
			date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
			var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
		}
		else var expires = "";
		document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
	};

	this.readCookie = function(name) {
		var nameEQ = name + "=";
		var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
		for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
			var c = ca[i];
			while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
			if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
		}
		return null;
	};

	this.eraseCookie = function(name) {
		Dsq.Utils.createCookie(name,"",-1);
	};

	this.deleteNode = function(node) {
		if(node) {
			this.deleteChildren(node);
			if(typeof node.outerHTML != 'undefined') { node.outerHTML = ''; }
			else if(node.parentNode) { node.parentNode.removeChild(node); }
			delete node;
		}
	};

	this.deleteChildren = function(node) {
		if(node) {
			for(var x = node.childNodes.length-1; x >= 0; x--) {
				var childNode = node.childNodes[x];
				if(childNode.hasChildNodes()) { this.deleteChildren(childNode); }
				if(typeof childNode.outerHTML != 'undefined') { childNode.outerHTML = ''; }
				else node.removeChild(childNode);
				delete childNode;
			}
		}
	};

	this.findPos = function(obj) {
		var curleft = 0;
		var curtop = 0;
		if (obj.offsetParent) {
			do {
				curleft += obj.offsetLeft;
				curtop += obj.offsetTop;
			} while (obj = obj.offsetParent);
		}
		return [curleft,curtop];
	};

	this.getWindowSize = function() {
		var windowWidth = -1;
		var windowHeight = -1;

		if(typeof(window.innerWidth) == 'number') { //Non-IE
			windowWidth = window.innerWidth;
			windowHeight = window.innerHeight;
		} else if(document.documentElement) { // IE 6+ in 'standards compliant mode'
			windowWidth = document.documentElement.clientWidth || document.body.clientWidth;
			windowHeight = document.documentElement.clientHeight || document.body.clientHeight;
		}

		return [windowWidth, windowHeight];
	}

	this.getScrollPos = function() {
		var scrollWidth, scrollTop;

		if(document.documentElement && (document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.documentElement.scrollWidth)) {
			scrollWidth = document.documentElement.scrollWidth;
			// IE is weird here.  If no doctype is provided, document.body.scrollTop is 0,
			// otherwise document.documentElement.scrollTop is 0.
			scrollTop = document.documentElement.scrollTop || document.body.scrollTop;
		} else if(document.body.scrollTop && document.body.scrollWidth) {
			scrollWidth = document.body.scrollWidth;
			scrollTop = document.body.scrollTop;
		}

		return [scrollWidth, scrollTop];
	}

	this.addEventListener = function(instance, eventName, listener) {
		var listenerFn = listener;
		if (instance.addEventListener) {
			instance.addEventListener(eventName, listenerFn, false);
		} else if (instance.attachEvent) {
			listenerFn = function() {
				listener(window.event);
			};
			instance.attachEvent("on" + eventName, listenerFn);
		} else {
			throw new Error("Event registration not supported");
		}
		return {
			instance: instance,
			name: eventName,
			listener: listenerFn
		};
	};

	this.removeEventListener = function(event) {
		var instance = event.instance;
		if (instance.removeEventListener) {
			instance.removeEventListener(event.name, event.listener, false);
		} else if (instance.detachEvent) {
			instance.detachEvent("on" + event.name, event.listener);
		}
	};

	this.fixIframesIE = function(id) {
		var disqusThread = Dsq.$(disqus_container_id);
		var iframes = disqusThread.getElementsByTagName('iframe');

		if(id) {
			var container = Dsq.$(id);
		} else {
			var container = Dsq.$('dsq-content');
		}

		for(i = 0; i < iframes.length; i++) {
			if (container) {
				iframes[i].style.width = container.offsetWidth;
			}
		}
	};

	this.getElementsByClassName = function(oElm, strTagName, strClassName) {
	/* Credit: Jonathan Snook [http://www.snook.ca/jonathan], Robert Nyman [http://www.robertnyman.com] */
		var arrElements = (strTagName == "*" && oElm.all)? oElm.all : oElm.getElementsByTagName(strTagName);
		var arrReturnElements = new Array();
		strClassName = strClassName.replace(/\-/g, "\\-");
		var oRegExp = new RegExp("(^|\\s)" + strClassName + "(\\s|$)");
		var oElement;
		for(var i = 0; i < arrElements.length; i++) {
			oElement = arrElements[i];
			if(oRegExp.test(oElement.className)) {
				arrReturnElements.push(oElement);
			}
		}
		return (arrReturnElements);
	};

	this.postToUrl = function(url, post_data, opt_redirect) {
		var form = document.createElement('form');
		var iframe_container = document.createElement('div');
		var id = 'dsq-temp-iframe-' + (new Date()).getTime();

		form.method = 'POST';
		form.action = url;
		if (!opt_redirect) {
			form.target = id;
		}
		iframe_container.innerHTML = '<iframe style="display:none" name="' + id + '" id="' + id + '"></iframe>';

		for(var key in post_data) {
			if(post_data.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				var input = document.createElement('input');
				input.name = key;
				input.type = 'hidden';
				input.value = post_data[key];

				form.appendChild(input);
			}
		}

		Dsq.$b.appendChild(iframe_container);
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(form);
		form.submit();
	};

	// Strips integer id from id of element in the form ('some-id-###')
	this.extractId = function(e) {
		var chunks = e.id.split('-');
		if(chunks.length <= 1) {
			return 0;
		} else {
			return parseInt(chunks[chunks.length-1]);
		}
	};

	this.getStyle = function(el, styleProp) {
		if(el.currentStyle) {
			var y = el.currentStyle[styleProp];
		} else if(window.getComputedStyle) {
			var y = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(el, null).getPropertyValue(styleProp);
		}

		if(y == 'transparent' || y == '') {
			this.getStyle(el.parentNode, styleProp);
		} else {
			return y;
		}
	};

	this.execScript = function(url, append_qs, container) {
		var script = document.createElement('script');
		append_qs = typeof append_qs == 'undefined' ? true : append_qs;
		container = container || Dsq.container;

		if(append_qs) {
			var j = (url.indexOf('?') >= 0) ? '&' : '?';
			url += j + (new Date()).getTime();
		}
		script.type = 'text/javascript';
		script.charset = 'UTF-8';
		script.src = url;
		container.appendChild(script);
		return script;
	};

	this.pluralize = function(num, singular, plural) {
		return (num != 1) ? plural || 's' : singular || '';
	};

	this.getRequestParams = function(queryString /* optional */) {
		var pairs, tuple;
		var params = {};

		queryString = queryString || window.location.search.substring(1);
		pairs = queryString.split('&');

		for (var i = 0, pair; pair = pairs[i]; i++) {
			tuple = pair.split('=');
			params[tuple[0]] = (tuple[1] || true);
		}

		return params;
	};

	this.addCssRule = function(selector, styleText, index) {
		var stylesheet;
		index = index || 0;

		if(!this._styleSheet) {
			var styleEl = document.createElement('style');
			document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(styleEl);
			this._styleSheet = styleEl.sheet;
			if(!this._styleSheet) {
				// IE does not like our newly created stylesheet.
				this._styleSheet = document.styleSheets[document.styleSheets.length-1];
			}
		}
		stylesheet = this._styleSheet;

		if(stylesheet.insertRule) {
			var ruleText = selector + ' { ' + styleText + ' }';
			if(index == -1) {
				index = stylesheet.cssRules.length;
			}
			stylesheet.insertRule(ruleText, index);
		} else if(stylesheet.addRule) {
			stylesheet.addRule(selector, styleText, index);
		}
	};

	this.forEachIn = function(obj, callback) {
		for(var key in obj) {
			if(obj.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
				callback(key, obj[key]);
			}
		}
	};

	this._interpolateGlobalContext = {
		// values that get used a lot and are global to the request
		'profile_url': Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE,

		'disqus_url': Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url,
		'media_url': Dsq.jsonData.settings.media_url,
		'request_username': Dsq.jsonData.request.username,
		'request_display_username': Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username,
		'forum_name': Dsq.jsonData.forum.name
	};

	this.renderFromContextStack = function(key, contexts) {
		// Returns the first instance of `key` in the array of objects `contexts` or else ''
		for (var i=0; i<contexts.length; i++) {
			if (contexts[i][key] !== undefined) {
				return String(contexts[i][key]);
			}
		}
		throw new Error('key ' + key + ' not found in context');
	};

	var that = this;
	this.interpolate = function(fmt, opt_localContext) {
		// Interpolate `fmt` named-format string with an assumed global context.
		// Based on `interpolate` in django.views.i18n
		var contextStack = [opt_localContext || {}, that._interpolateGlobalContext];
		return fmt.replace(/%\(\w+\)s/g, function(match){
			return that.renderFromContextStack(match.slice(2,-2), contextStack);
		});
	};

	this.stripTags = function(s) {
		// Removes HTML tags from `s`
		return s.replace(/(<([^>]+)>)/g,"");

	};

	this.assert = function(b) {
		if (!b) {
			throw new Error('Assertion error.');
		}
	};

};
// Dsq.Utils

/**
 * Dsq.Popup: Popup helper functions.
 */
Dsq.Popup = new function() {
	this.timeHide = new Array();
	this.timeShow = new Array();
	this.activePopup = {};
	this.profileCache = {};
	this.statusCache = {};

	this.showTimer = function(post_id) {
		// clear the hide timer
		clearTimeout(this.timeHide[post_id]);

		// start the timer
		if(!Dsq.Popup.profileIsOn && !Dsq.Thread.adminIsOn) {
			this.timeShow[post_id] = setTimeout("Dsq.Popup.popProfile(\"" + post_id + "\")", 400);
		}
	};

	this.hideTimer = function(post_id) {
		// clear the show timer
		clearTimeout(this.timeShow[post_id]);
	};

	this.updateProfile = function(username) {
		// Callback from /embed/profile.js
		if (this.statusCache[username]) {
			var statusEl = Dsq.$('dsq-profile-status-' + username);
			statusEl.innerHTML = this.statusCache[username];
			statusEl.style.display = 'block';
		}

		if (this.profileCache[username]) {
			var _cache = this.profileCache[username];

			var _genhtml = function(text) { return '<span><big>' + text + '</big></span>'; };
			var _no_comments = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_COMMENTS(_cache.comments_count));
			var _no_likes = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_LIKES(_cache.likes_count));
			var _no_points = _genhtml(Dsq.FmtStrings.NUMBER_OF_POINTS(_cache.points));

			var statsEl = Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-user-stats-' + username);
			statsEl.innerHTML = '';

			if (Dsq.jsonData.users[username].registered) {
				statsEl.innerHTML = _no_comments + _no_likes;
			}
			statsEl.innerHTML += _no_points;

			var activeSites = '';
			for (var i = 0; i < _cache.active_sites.length; i++) {
				var site = _cache.active_sites[i];
				activeSites += '<li><a href="' + site.url + '"> \
					<img src="' + site.favicon + '"/ width="16" height="16"/></a>\
					<a href="' + site.url + '">' + site.name + '</a></li>';
			}
			if (activeSites !== '') {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + username).innerHTML = activeSites;
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-active-sites-' + username).innerHTML = 'This site.';
			}

			var moderatedSites = '';
			for (var i = 0; i < _cache.moderated_sites.length; i++) {
				var site = _cache.moderated_sites[i];
				moderatedSites += '<li><a href="' + site.url + '"> \
					<img src="' + site.favicon + '"/ width="16" height="16"/></a>\
					<a href="' + site.url + '">' + site.name + '</a></li>';
			}
			if (moderatedSites !== '') {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-moderated-' + username).innerHTML = moderatedSites;
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-popup-profile-moderated-wrapper-' + username).innerHTML = '';
			}
		}

		// Reposition popup after full HTML is rendered
		if(Dsq.Popup.activePopup && Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el) {
			Dsq.Popup.initPopup(Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el, Dsq.Popup.activePopup.id, Dsq.Popup.activePopup.type);
		}

	};

	this.showCookieMsgs = function() {
		var title = '';
		var message = '';
		var numAlerts = 0;

		Dsq.Utils.forEachIn(Dsq.jsonData.cookie_messages, function(k, v) {
			if (!v) return;

			switch(k) {
				// Cookie: Twitter
				case 'post_twitter':
					if (v === 'error') {
						title = 'Twitter Error!';
						message += '<li id="dsq-msg-twitter-error">Oops, we couldn\'t tweet this comment. Please check your <a href="http://disqus.com/account/services">account settings</a>.</li>';
					} else {
						var _msg = v.split(':');
						title = 'Tweeted!';
						message += '<li id="dsq-msg-twitter-success">Your comment was successfully tweeted. <a href="http://twitter.com/' + _msg[0] + '/status/' + _msg[1] + '">Click here to view the tweet</a>.</li>';
					}
					break;
				// Cookie: Unapproved Post
				case 'post_not_approved':
					title = 'Comment awaiting approval by a moderator';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-post-not-approved">Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.</li>';
					break;
				// Cookie: Profile Found
				case 'post_has_profile':
					title = 'Use your existing commenter profile';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-post-has-profile">You have just posted your commment as a <span class="dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span>, but you may already have a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile.<br /><br /><a href="http://disqus.com/claim">Log in and claim this comment!</a></li>';
					break;
				case 'user_created':
					var _data = v.split(':');
					title = 'Profile created!';
					message += '<li id="dsq-msg-user-created">You have just created a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile, the best way to claim, manage, and track your comments all over the web. \
					<br /><br />A confirmation is being sent to <strong>' + _data[1] + '</strong>. Please check for this email in order to verify your profile. \
					<ul class="dsq-list-tick"> \
						<li>Your username is <strong>' + _data[0] +'</strong>. <a href="http://disqus.com/people/' + _data[0] + '/" target="_blank">Click here to view your public profile</a>.</li> \
						<li>Be sure to set your profile picture, as well as connect your <span class="dsq-badge-facebook">Facebook</span> and <span class="dsq-badge-twitter">Twitter</span> accounts. <a href="http://disqus.com/account/" target="_blank">Click here for account settings</a>.</li> \
					</ul> \
					</li>'
					break;
				default:
					break;
			}
			numAlerts++;
		});

		if(numAlerts > 1) {
			message = '<ul class="dsq-list-bluebullet">' + message;
			message += '</ul>';
			title = 'Thanks for posting!';
		}
		if(numAlerts > 0) {
			if(typeof(disqus_cookie_msgs) == 'function') {
				disqus_cookie_msgs(message, title);
			} else {
				Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
			}
		}
	};

	this.helpBadges = function(post_id) {
		var html = ' \
			<ul class="dsq-popup-help"> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span> has a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile with a confirmed email address.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span> has a <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> Profile, but has not yet confirmed his or her email address.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-guest">Guest</span> is not logged in with any account and has not claimed his or her comments.</li> \
				<li class="dsq-help-otheraccts">Other accounts</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-facebook">Facebook</span> is using his or her Facebook profile via Facebook Connect.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-twitter">Twitter</span> is using his or her Twitter profile via Twitter Sign-in.</li> \
				<li><span class="dsq-badge dsq-badge-openid">OpenID</span> is using his or her OpenID.</li> \
			</ul> \
		';

		this.popModal(html, 'Help: Types of Commenters', post_id);
		return;
	};

	this.permalink = function(post_id) {
		var header = 'Link to this comment';
		var body = '<strong>You are anchored to</strong>:<br />' + document.location.protocol + '//' + document.location.host + document.location.pathname + document.location.search + '#comment-' + post_id;

		this.popModal(body, header, post_id);
	};

	this.login = function(header, body) {
		var h = header || 'Login or Register';
		var b = body || '';
		b += Dsq.Templates.frameLogin({id: 'dsq-popup-login'});
		b += '</iframe>'; // HACK: Sometimes there is something funky with the IFRAME SRC that causes no end tag
		this.popModal(b, h, null, true, 'dsq-popup-login');
	};

	this.blacklist = function(id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		var title = 'Add to Blacklist';
		var message = ' \
		Adding this person to the blacklist will block him or her from commenting on this site. Check the following types that you would like to add to the blacklist:'
		+ (userData['registered'] ?
			'<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
				<input id="dsq-blacklist-username" type="checkbox" checked> \
				<label for="dsq-blacklist-username"><strong>Username</strong>: ' + userData['username'] + '</label> \
			</div>'
			: '')
		+ (_meta.email ?
			'<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
				<input id="dsq-blacklist-email" type="checkbox" checked> \
				<label for="dsq-blacklist-email"><strong>Email address</strong>: ' + _meta.email + '</label> \
			</div>'
			: '')
		+ '<div class="dsq-blacklist-option"> \
			<input id="dsq-blacklist-ip" type="checkbox" onclick="Dsq.$(\'dsq-blacklist-ip-warning\').style.display=\'block\'"> \
			<label for="dsq-blacklist-ip"><strong>IP address</strong>: ' + _meta.ip + '</label> \
		</div> \
		';

		message += ' \
			<p id="dsq-blacklist-ip-warning" style="display:none">	\
				Note: Blocking this person\'s IP address may also unintentionally prevent others, who share his/her IP address, from commenting on this site. \
				This may include people who are sharing the same computer, living in the same house, or using the same Internet provider. Only block an IP address as a last resort. \
			</p> \
		';

		message += ' \
			<p style="text-align:center"><button onclick="Dsq.Post.blockUser(' + id + '); this.disabled=true; this.innerHTML=\'Just one moment...\'">Add to Blacklist</button></p> \
		';

		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title);
	};

	this.remoteAccountSettings = function() {
		var body = '';
		// Set up IFrame.
		var params = {};
		var base_url = 'http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/_auth/embed/remote_settings/';
		var attributes = {id: 'dsq-popup-account-settings'};
		if (typeof disqus_frame_theme != 'undefined') {
			params['theme'] = disqus_frame_theme;
		}

		body = Dsq.Templates._frameGeneric(base_url, params, attributes);
		this.popModal(body, 'Account Settings', null, true, 'dsq-popup-account-settings');
	};

	this.popModal = function(message, title, post_id, use_listener, extra_classes) {
		var container = document.createElement('div');
		var header, body;

		Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);

		if(typeof(title) == 'undefined') { title = ''; }
		if(typeof(use_listener) == 'undefined') { use_listener = true; }

		if(post_id) {
			container.id = 'dsq-popup-message-' + post_id;
		} else {
			container.id = 'dsq-popup-message';
		}

		header = title;
		body = message;

		container.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.popupModal(header, body);
		Dsq.Popup.initPopup(container, post_id, 'message', extra_classes);
		if(use_listener) {
			Dsq.Popup.popupListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', Dsq.Popup._closePopup);
		}
	};

	this.popAlert = this.popModal;

	this.loading = function(post_id) {
		var title = Dsq.Strings.JUST_A_MOMENT;
		var body = '<div style="text-align:center; padding: 5px 0 10px 0"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading.gif" alt="" /></div>'
		Dsq.Popup.lightbox(body, title, post_id);
	};

	this.lightbox = function(message, title, post_id) {
		// Wraps Dsq.Popup.popModal

		var overlay = document.createElement('div');
		overlay.id = 'dsq-overlay';
		overlay.className = 'dsq-overlay';
		Dsq.$b.appendChild(overlay);
		
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, title, post_id, false, 'dsq-lightbox');
	};

	this.popProfile = function(post_id, userKey) {
		var post = Dsq.jsonData['posts'][post_id];
		if (post && post.has_been_anonymized) {
			Dsq.Popup.popModal('This message was anonymized by its previous owner.', 'Anonymized', post_id);
			return;
		}

		if(post_id) {
			userKey = Dsq.jsonData['posts'][post_id].user_key;	
		}
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][userKey];
		var elId = 'dsq-popup-profile-' + userKey;
		var container = document.createElement('div');

		if(this.activePopup.el) {
			this._closePopup(null, true);
			if(this.activePopup.linkClicked) {
				this.activePopup.linkClicked = false;
				return;
			}
		}

		container.id = elId;
		container.innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.popupProfile(userKey);

		this.initPopup(container, post_id, 'profile');
		this.popupListener = Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(document, 'mouseup', this._closePopup);

		if(!this.profileCache[userKey]) {
			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/embed/profile.js'
				+ '?username=' + userKey
				+ '&anon=' + (userData['registered'] ? 0 : 1)
				+ '&f=' + Dsq.jsonData['request'].forum);
		} else {
			this.updateProfile(userKey);
		}
	};

	this._closePopup = function(e, force) {
		var activePopup = Dsq.Popup.activePopup.el;
		var id = Dsq.Popup.activePopup.id;
		var link = 'dsq-avatar-' + id; // HACK: Specific to profile toggle target

		// HACK: This event should be gone if there is no active popup.
		if(!activePopup) {
			return;
		}
		if(force || !Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, activePopup.id)) {
			// TODO: This is breaking iE?
			if(Dsq.Popup.popupListener) {
				Dsq.Utils.removeEventListener(Dsq.Popup.popupListener);
			}
			
			// Kill overlay
			var overlay = Dsq.$('dsq-overlay');
			if(overlay) { Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(overlay); }
			
			try {
				Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(activePopup);
			} catch(e) {
				// HACK: IE6 throws an error when using deleteNode() with a node containing a <table> in the html.
				activePopup.parentNode.removeChild(activePopup);
			}
			Dsq.Popup.activePopup = {};
		}

		if(!force && Dsq.Popup.isClicked(e, link)) {
 			Dsq.Popup.activePopup.linkClicked = true;
		}

	};

	this.initPopup = function(popup, post_id, type, extra_classes) {
		popup.className = 'dsq-popup dsq-popup-' + type + ' ' + (extra_classes ? extra_classes : '');
		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6 || Dsq.Utils.ie7) {
			// HACK: We can't modify the body before it's ready, so we need
			//       to use an IE-safe "DOMReady" workaround before loading
			//       our popup.
			Dsq.Utils.execOnReady(function() {Dsq.$b.appendChild(popup); });
		} else {
			Dsq.$b.appendChild(popup);
		}

		popup.style.display = 'block';

		var xPos = (Dsq.Utils.getWindowSize()[0] - popup.offsetWidth) / 2;
		var yPos = (Dsq.Utils.getWindowSize()[1] - popup.offsetHeight) / 2;

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie6) {
			yPos += Dsq.Utils.getScrollPos()[1];
		}

		popup.style.left = xPos + 'px';
		popup.style.top = yPos + 'px';

		Dsq.Popup.activePopup = {
			'el' : popup,
			'id' : post_id,
			'type': type,
			'linkClicked' : false
		};
	};

	this.isClicked = function(e, id) {
		var t = e.target || e.srcElement;
		while(t && t.parentNode) {
			if(t.id == id) {
				return true;
			}

			t = t.parentNode;
		}
		return false;
	};
};
// Dsq.Popup

/**
 * Dsq.Templates
 */
Dsq.Templates = new function() {
	/*
	 * Counter keeping track of the number of posts iterated over.
	 */
	this.postLoopCounter = 0;
	this.filters = {};
	this.addPostContainer = 'dsq-post-add';
	this.textareaContainer = 'dsq-post-add';

	this.registerTemplate = function(name, func) {
		this['$$_' + name] = func;

		if(typeof DsqLocal.Filters != 'undefined'
		&& typeof DsqLocal.Filters[name] == 'function') {
			// Push filters to this.filters to unify code.
			this.filters[name] = this.filters[name] || [];
			this.filters[name].push(DsqLocal.Filters[name]);
		}

		this[name] = function() {
			var ret;

			if(typeof DsqLocal.Templates != 'undefined'
			&& typeof DsqLocal.Templates[name] == 'function') {
				ret = DsqLocal.Templates[name].apply(this, arguments);
			}

			if(ret === undefined) {
				ret = this['$$_' + name].apply(this, arguments);
			}

			if(this.filters[name]) {
				var args = [ret];

				args.push.apply(args, arguments);
				for(var i = 0; i < this.filters[name].length; i++) {
					ret = this.filters[name][i].apply(this, args);
				}
			}

			return ret;
		};
	};

	this.registerFilter = function(name, func) {
		this.filters[name] = this.filters[name] || [];
		this.filters[name].push(func);
	};

	/**
	 * Dsq.Templates.Filters
	 */
	this.Filters = new function() {
		this.commentContainer = function(post_id, s) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			var classes = [];
			if(Dsq.jsonData.request.page > 1) {
				classes.push('dsq-append');
			}

			//
			// Extra classes used for custom themes
			//

			if(_meta.depth) {
				classes.push('dsq-comment-child', 'dsq-depth-' + _meta.depth, 'dsq-parent-is-' + _meta.parent_post_id);
			}


			//

			if(_meta.author_is_creator) {
				// TODO: We need to deprecate the "special" class since it is not properly prefixed.
				classes.push('special', 'dsq-special');
			}
			if(_meta.author_is_moderator) {
				classes.push('dsq-moderator');
			}
			classes.push(['dsq-odd', 'dsq-even'][Dsq.Templates.postLoopCounter % 2]);

			s = s.substring(0, s.lastIndexOf('>'));
			return s + ' class="dsq-comment ' + classes.join(' ') + '" style="margin-left:' + _meta.depth*30 + 'px">';
		};

		this.commentContent = function(post_id, s) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			if (_meta.killed) {
				return '<em>Comment removed.</em>';
			} else if (!_meta.approved) {
				return '<em>This comment was flagged for review.</em>';
			}

			s = s.replace(Dsq.MEDIA_POST_RE, Dsq.MediaPostHandler);
			return s;
		};
	};

	//
	// Thread
	//
	// TODO: These need to be stripped of all Django template tags.

	this.authPost = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {
			return '';
		}
		var result = [];
		result = result.concat([
				'<div id="dsq-auth"',
						Dsq.jsonData.integration.reply_position ? 'class="dsq-auth-bottom"' : '',
						'>',
					'<div class="dsq-by">',
						'<a href="http://disqus.com" target="_blank">',
							(Dsq.jsonData.integration.disqus_logo ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img src="%(media_url)s/images/embed/by-disqus.png" alt="discussion by DISQUS">') :
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img src="%(media_url)s/images/embed/dsq-button-120x19.png" alt="discussion by DISQUS">')
							),
						'</a>',
					'</div>',
					'<div class="dsq-auth-header">',
						'<h3 id="dsq-add-new-comment" class="dsq-h3-addcomment">',
								Dsq.Strings.ADD_NEW_COMMENT,
						'</h3>',
						'<div id="dsq-login">',
						(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
								? '<p class="dsq-login-message" id="dsq-login-message">You are commenting as a <a class="dsq-help" title="Click for more information" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Guest</a>. You may log into:</p>'
								: '')
		]);
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
			result = result.concat([
							Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
								'<a id="dsq-login-toggle" href="%(disqus_url)s%(login_url)s?next=article:%(thread_id)s" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false"><img class="dsq-login-icon" src="%(media_url)s/images/dsq-profile-btn.png" title="%(log_into)s" alt="%(log_into)s"/></a>',
								{login_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGIN, thread_id: Dsq.jsonData.thread.id, log_into: Dsq.Strings.LOG_INTO_DISQUS}
								),
							'&nbsp; ',
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ?
								'<div id="dsq-fbc-login" onlogin="DisqusFbcParentController.onLogin()" size="medium" background="light" length="short" style="display:inline; margin-right:7px"></div>' :
								''
							),
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
									'<div id="dsq-twitter-login" class="dsq-twitter-login" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect();" style="display:inline; cursor: pointer"><img src="%(media_url)s/images/twitter-signin-short.png" style="margin-right:7px" /></div>', {}) : ''),
							(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ?
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate(
									'<div id="dsq-openid-login" class="dsq-openid-login" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.requestURL();" style="display:inline; cursor:pointer;"><img src="%(media_url)s/images/openid-login-button.png"/></div>', {}
								) : '')
			]);
		}
		result = result.concat([
						'</div>', // dsq-login
					'</div>', // dsq-auth-header
					'<div id="dsq-authenticated" class="dsq-authenticated" ',
						Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated ? 'style="display:block"' : '',
						'>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-pic">',
								Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">' +
																			'<img class="dsq-post-avatar" src="%(avatar_url)s" alt="" /></a>',
																			{avatar_url: Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR,
																			url: (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
																					 ? Dsq.jsonData.request.url
																					 : Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE) }),
						'</div>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-info">',
							'<ul>',
								'<li>',
									(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(
												Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">%(request_display_username)s</a>', {url:Dsq.jsonData.request.url})
										  )
										: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(
												Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(profile_url)s" title="%(request_display_username)s">%(request_display_username)s</a>')
											)
									),
								'</li>',
								'<li class="logout">',
									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<img class="dsq-login-icon" src="%(media_url)s/images/dsqicon12.png" alt="%(logged_in_as)s"/>&nbsp',
											{logged_in_as: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGGED_IN_AS(Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username)})
										: ''),

									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
										? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="%(logout_from_disqus)s">',
											{logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN, logout_from_disqus: Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGOUT_FROM('DISQUS')})
										: ((Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'twitter')
												? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('using Twitter (<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="Logout">Logout</a>)',
												 {logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN})
												: ((Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'openid')
													 ? Dsq.Utils.interpolate('using OpenID (<a href="%(disqus_url)s%(logout_url)s?ctkn=%(csrf_token)s" title="Logout">Logout</a>)',
													 {logout_url: Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT, csrf_token: Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN})
													 : ''
													)
											)
									),

									(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote ? Dsq.FmtStrings.LOGOUT_FROM('<span class="logo-disqus">DISQUS</span>') : ''),
									'</a>',
								'</li>',
							'</ul>',
						'</div>',
					'</div>'
		]);
		if (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect) {
			result = result.concat([
					'<div id="dsq-fbc-authenticated" class="dsq-authenticated">',
						'<div id="dsq-fbc-profilepic" class="dsq-authenticated-pic" uid="loggedinuser" type="FB.XFBML.ProfilePic" size="square" facebook-logo="true"></div>',
						'<div class="dsq-authenticated-info">',
							'<ul>',
								'<li>',
									'Logged in as <span id="dsq-fbc-name" uid="loggedinuser" type="FB.XFBML.Name" linked="true" useyou="false"></span>',
								'</li>',
								'<li class="logout">using Facebook Connect <a href="#" onclick="javascript:DisqusFbcParentController.logout();return false;">(Logout)</a></li>',
							'</ul>',
						'</div>',
					'</div>'
			]);
		}
		result = result.concat([
				'</div>', // dsq-auth
				'<div id="dsq-toolbar-items">',
				'</div>'
		]);
		result = result.concat([
					//
					//
					//
				((!Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post && !Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) ?
					// Needs to be translated:
					('<p id="dsq-no-anon-msg">Required: Please log into <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span> ' +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ? 'or connect with Facebook ' : '') +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ? 'or sign in with Twitter ' : '') +
					(Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ? 'or sign in using OpenID ' : '') +
					Dsq.Utils.interpolate('to comment on <strong>%(forum_name)s</strong>.</p>')) :
					''
				),
				'<div id="dsq-post-add"></div>',
				'<div style="margin:10px 0">',
				((Dsq.jsonData.forum.use_media) ?
						'<a href="#" id="dsq-media-link" onclick="Dsq.Post.showMenu(this, false, \'media\'); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.USE_MEDIA + ' <small>&#9660;</small></a>' :
						''),
				'</div>'
		]);
		return result.join('');
	};


	this.header = function() {

		var html = '\<h3 id="dsq-comments-count" class="dsq-h3-commentcount">\
	 Showing <span id="dsq-num-posts">50</span> of <span id="dsq-total-posts">62</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/show_us_the_birth_certificate/latest.rss"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/bullet-feed.png"></a>\
	 </span>\
	 </h3>\
	 <div id="dsq-options" style="margin:15px 0">\
	 <span class="dsq-item-sort">\
	 Sort by\
	 <select id="dsq-sort-select" onchange="Dsq.Thread.sortBy(this.value);">\
	 <option value="hot" >Popular now</option>\
	 <option value="best" >Best Rating</option>\
	 <option value="newest" selected="selected">Newest first</option>\
	 <option value="oldest" >Oldest first</option>\
	 </select>\
	 &nbsp;\
	 </span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-cp"><a href="http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/show_us_the_birth_certificate/">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/show_us_the_birth_certificate/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:12663357" 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'				: 'show_us_the_birth_certificate',
			// 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/show_us_the_birth_certificate/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='	+ 'show_us_the_birth_certificate'
			+ '&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='	+ 'show_us_the_birth_certificate'
			+ '&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='		+ 'show_us_the_birth_certificate'
				+ '&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/12663357/realtime.js?timestamp=' + last_checked);
		}
	};

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

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

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

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

}();

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		if (isblank(openid_url)) {
			return;
		}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();


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









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

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

	//
	// Register templates.  This must be done after all themes are loaded.
	//
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('authPost', Dsq.Templates.authPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('header', Dsq.Templates.header);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('footer', Dsq.Templates.footer);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('trackbacks', Dsq.Templates.trackbacks);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('reactions', Dsq.Templates.reactions);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('prependPost', Dsq.Templates.prependPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('appendPost', Dsq.Templates.appendPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postPrependHeader', Dsq.Templates.postPrependHeader);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postAppendHeader', Dsq.Templates.postAppendHeader);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('preBody', Dsq.Templates.preBody);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postBody', Dsq.Templates.postBody);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postFooter', Dsq.Templates.postFooter);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('_popupGeneric', Dsq.Templates._popupGeneric);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('voted', Dsq.Templates.voted);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('popupProfile', Dsq.Templates.popupProfile);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postBox', Dsq.Templates.postBox);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('pagination', Dsq.Templates.pagination);
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6899064" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-6899064" href="http://polarik.blogtownhall.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Polarik</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6899064" class="dsq-comment-message">"Ironically, I missed this because I had run into Jerome Corsi, author of The Obama Nation and a proponent of alternative (i.e. wrong) theories of where President Obama was born"<br><br>It\'s amazing how screwed up one\'s mind can be when they refuse to do any research on an issue. There is no, hard evidence that Obama was born in Hawaii; whereas, we already have the proof that he is NOT a natural-born US citizen -- his father wasa British citizen at the time of Obama\'s birth (regardless of where he was born), along with a mother who was not old enough to automatically pass along her citizenship on to her son.<br><br>Only a natural-born citizen can become President. That is the Law of the land, and every day this imposter remains usurping the Office of President, is an affront to all of us true Americans, as well as breaking the law.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-15243862">wendy34</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-15243862" class="dsq-comment-message">You are the biggest fool. It is obviously paining you that a black man is in power. Well, sorry.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6878047">rockman</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6878047" class="dsq-comment-message">14 reasons to doubt Obama\'s so called birth certificate.<br><br>Registered #-NONE<br>Registration district#- NONE<br>Child\'s birth#-NONE<br>Father\'s place of birth-NONE<br>Mother\'s place of birth-NONE<br>Father\'s occupation-NONE<br>Signature of registrar-NONE<br>Name of hospital-NONE<br>Name of doctor-NONE<br>Name of witness or registrar-NONE<br>Raised seal-NONE<br>Doctor\'s license#-NONE<br>State the doctor is licensed in?-NONE<br>Signature of doctor-NONE</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6739830" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6739830">Rojer Ramjet</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6739830" class="dsq-comment-message">This is a Constitutional issue and should be taken seriously.  If it weren\'t serious, then why was it put into the Constitution?  Also, why would anyone have questioned is birth status in the first place?  Could it be because the Left brought up McCain\'s in order to discredit the Republican front runner?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6716352">agorabum</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6716352" class="dsq-comment-message">1: America elected Obama (no evidence of voter fraud significant enough to put McCain in lead)<br>2: Obama is currently popular<br>3: The left/liberal proposals set forth by Obama are currently popular<br>4: He was born in hawaii, a US state, and if you\'re born in America you\'re a natural born citizen, per 14th Amendment ("All persons born...in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States...")<br>5: No one who likes Obama\'s policies has issues with his birth certificate<br>6: All lawsuits against Obama\'s election that have been fully litigated have been dismissed, and all pending ones will be dismissed as well<br>7: The people who see a conspiricay are crazy conspiricay theorists<br>8: Get a brain Morans<br>9: Bless Dave Weigel for brining out the nutters to help cheer my Friday afternoon</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6723093">old1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6723093" class="dsq-comment-message">agorabum, Typical Obot. <br>1. The Communist left media caused the rise of the Evil 1.<br>2. Obama was popular before the Porkulus bill.<br>3. see above<br>4. agorabum DOES NOT KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CITIZEN AND "NATURAL BORN CITIZEN"<br>5. ANYONE who likes Obama\'s polices is blind, insane, & an idiot communist.<br>6. No challenges against Obama\'s eligibility have been given their day in court. They were dismissed by judges afraid to view the TRUTH.<br>7. People who see a conspiracy can actually see.<br>8. M O R A N S ???<br>9. Glad you had a good time.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6720527">Me</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6720527" class="dsq-comment-message">"He was born in hawaii, a US state, and if you\'re born in America you\'re a natural born citizen, per 14th Amendment ("All persons born...in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States...")"<br><br>HEY MORON, people like you are beyond annoying. You don\'t know the whole story on Obama, and you know how I know that? Because NO ONE KNOWS THE WHOLE STORY ON OBAMA!<br><br>If you would do just a LITTLE research you would know that Obamas story has a lot of holes! Even if Obama was born in Hawaii, he also lived in Indonesia with his mom and step dad. If he went to school in Indonesia, he COULD NOT BE A DUAL CITIZEN, IT WAS AGAINST INDONESIAN LAW!! Obama more then likely gave up his American citizenship while in Indonesia and when returning to the United States would have to apply again for US Citizenship. You know what that means moron? It MEANS, Obama would not be a natural born citizen, but a NATURALIZED CITIZEN! You can not give up US Citizenship for any length of time, and then regain your natural born citizenship, you can at that point only be a NATURALIZED CITIZEN and a NATURALIZED CITIZEN is NOT ELIBLE TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.<br><br>It amazes me how you idiots do not want to know the truth. This is not conspiracy, these are facts we know about Obama, just read his books! Conspiracies are difficult to prove or disprove, the FACT is Obama could put this all to rest with a simple phone requesting the long form of his original birth certificate to show to the media. Why is he spending so much money to keep his records sealed?????? Because he has something to hide! Get clue MORONS!!!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6707457">old1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6707457" class="dsq-comment-message">The Birth certificate does not matter. It seems, to me at least, that the fact his Father was not an American Citizen at the time of his sons birth makes BO not a NATURAL BORN citizen.  You see Father BO was a Kenyan, a fact no one seems to dispute. Being a Kenyan he was a British citizen. He was baby BOs father, therefore he had rights like any man at the time. His right was to transfer his citizenship to his son at birth.  Therefore baby BO was born a citizen of England by his Fathers citizenship at the time of his birth. It does not really matter if his mother, who was to young at his birth to give her citizenship to her son, was an American or not. I does not matter if he was born in Hawaii or Hell. Baby BO was born a Brit. Even if he was also 1/2 American he was not Natural Born. Persons with dual citizenship are not Natural Born. There are many other situations in BOs life that make him unfit to serve as POTUS but this should be enough to make a point. Now what?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6714627" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6714627">Jon H</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6714627" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6714627" class="dsq-comment-message">" Now what?"<br><br>Now you\'re stupid. He was born in the US, that makes him a natural born citizen of the US. End of story.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6723161">old1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6723161" class="dsq-comment-message">Again "citizen" & \'NATURAL BORN CITIZEN" are two completely different things. Arnold Swartzenager is a Citizen but he is not a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN, He can not be President.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6720533" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6720533" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6720533">Me</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6720533" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6720533" class="dsq-comment-message">You are a complete idiot.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6719998">old1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6719998" class="dsq-comment-message">No, that would make him a citizen if it were today. But a Citizen can not be President nor Vice President. These two positions of power have to be "NATURAL BORN CITIZENS" quite different than a plain everyday citizen. You will not listen to me, so go back to text from 1775 and read the letters our founding fathers wrote to each other. Obots are like young dogs, their eyes are closed, but fortunately as they get older their eyes finally open. Good Luck, when you can finally see, look for the truth.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6715574">J.J.M</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6715574" class="dsq-comment-message">DONT YOU WISH IT WAS THE END OF THE STORY ....DONT HOLD YOUR BAD BREATH <br>DIPPO, CAUSE WHAT ALL YOU OBAMO\'S DID WAS ONLY LOOK AT THE ONE SIDE OF A STORY, AND COMMON SENSE, WHICH APPEARS TO BE LOST ON YOU, KNOWS THERE IS ALWAYS TWO (2) SIDES TO EVERY STORY.....</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6696170">Jesus St. Jesus</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6696170" class="dsq-comment-message">YAWM.... This just another typical obsessive Republican tantrum. Rather than facing the REAL issues confronting our nation and people, little whining children like this would rather sit in the mud and scream for attention. Is it any wonder this party of clueless morons was tossed out?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6720020">old1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6720020" class="dsq-comment-message">Tossed out?    After the Porkyoulus package I bet you find us in the New Majority.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6705909" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6705909">bob berhow</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6705909" class="dsq-comment-message">I seem to remember  a lot of dems crying and whining about how G Bush stole the election ftom al gore.  Get a grip dude, why  won\'t the man settle this argument by showing his birth certificate?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6704905">Randwulf</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6704905" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s not the Republicans who care about this.  They are as morally, and intellectually bankrupt as the the Democrats.  (Well,  I guess you could add that the Democrats are living in their usually fantasy land existence and have considerably less moral tone.)  The Republicans don\'t want to touch this issue for fear of upsetting the volatile sub-surface racial tensions that exist at all times in this most un-natural of all nations.  This issue is purely Constitutional in it\'s nature.  Not partisan. It will not go away until it is met head-on.  Military officers have "standing" in court cases requiring the certification of the "Presidents" credentials.  Alan Keyes has "standing" as a former POTUS candidate, however laughable.  In fact, it may be Keyes who is able to force the SCOTUS to actually hear the case.  Since the Congress and Senate failed to act (certify Obama\'s birth status), and the SCOTUS continues to shirk it\'s duty to do so, then the more constitutionally oriented members of the military upper hierarchy may move to "rectify" the situation.  We may see this already happening in a sort of class-action suit by active and retired military members who will most assuredly be joined by many more.  What will the "President" do if say..... thousands of military officers join in a civil insurrection against him for not proving to them that he is who he says he is?  Will he have them all court marshaled for sedition?  How would that go over with the rest of the military and civilian population?  So, to all of you name-calling, oh-so-smart, gee, I\'m just so happenin\', lefty types out there, I say this:  You had better start considering what will happen when your OBAMACRACY starts to come apart at the seems.  I\'m fairly sure we are already seeing the beginnings of it here.  Got ammo?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6695682">NBM</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6695682" class="dsq-comment-message">This is awesome.  I bet you all think that Bush knocked down the towers too.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6693857">Obamination</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6693857" class="dsq-comment-message">This is beyond obvious that this man was fraudulently elected by a media blinded mass of liberal americans (if in fact the electoral votes were in fact legitimate.) But first and foremost this fraud I mean person came out of no where, without any type of real qualifications, works, or experience that would even remotely qualify him for such a hi office. But the most obvious blasphemy of this countries name is to associate it with a Kenyan born, illegitimate, ill qualified, fraudulent, lying, socialistic, self righteous, bigot (reference Rev. wright.) <br>How could we stand by and not revolt when the birth certificate issue first came into realization.<br>I mean why are we so few? Is everyone else blind , don\'t care, or just  plagued with idiocy?<br>This person has spent over 1 million dollars to hide his great skeleton. <br>We must all join together and bring that skeleton out of his closet and show everyone what a liar he is.<br>He now  fraudulently occupies the most sacred place in our nation. Making decisions that are ruining this nation. His stimulus program? A joke. <br>His birth certificate non existent. <br>Lets do the math. <br>Spend $10 and show America that you are a fraud.  or spend over a million to hide the truth so that you have enough time to destroy the country before they find out the truth or better yet just hope the courts just don\'t care(which judging by the dismissals of all the cases so far.)<br>So we now his agenda. We must proliferate this movement to compel him and force him to answer to America. BHO belongs in jail for fraud. Enough said.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6680563" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6680563" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6680563">jj</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6680563" class="dsq-comment-message">The facts are Obama has not shown a valid birth certificate.<br><br>But the other issue is that he clearly was not eligible to run for president because on Obama\'s own website he says his father was a british citizen by way of Kenay being part of the british empire. As a result Obama is subject to the control of the british empire because he is the son of a british citizen.<br><br>Article 2 section 1 states that you cannot have dual citizenship. Think about it, Obama has dual citizenship given who is father is. The framers of our constitution did not want ANYONE to have split loyalty.  4 Supreme Court Justices agree, the other 5 don\'t want to deal with it.<br><br>Obama has put this country in a bad situation when all this comes out. He knew it too because he was a constitutional professor.  <br><br>Do your research, you will see all the facts. Go look up Obama Surpreme court and you will see there have been 4 cases so far that actually made it to round 2 of the process and was heard and voted on by the justices. Not many cases go this far, yet all 4 of these disputing Obama\'s eligibility went that far.<br><br>It is all very simple stuff. If you can\'t figure this out then you deserve to live under communism. The rest of us wll fight Obama and his communism.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6714674" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6714674" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6714674">Jon H</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6714674" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6714674" class="dsq-comment-message">"The facts are Obama has not shown a valid birth certificate."<br><br>Yes he did. The documents provided are more than adequate to satisfy all legal tests.<br><br>Nothing can satisfy crazy people like yourself.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6720055" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6720055" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6720055">old1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6720055" class="dsq-comment-message">The crap on "fight the smears" could not get him a passport! Wait? He did not have an American Passport until he got his Diplomatic passport when he became Senator. Did he?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6679906" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6679906" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6679906">Jane</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6679906" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6679906" class="dsq-comment-message">Are we forgetting that McCain was also not born in the US?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6707609" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6707609" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6707609">old1</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6707609" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6707609" class="dsq-comment-message">He\'s not POTUS</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6682446" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6682446" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6682446">Me</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6682446" class="dsq-comment-message">Jane, are we forgetting that when McCain was asked for his birth certificate that we released his ORIGINAL birth certificate and medical records? That is something Obama has yet to do, and has hired a law firm to fight in court for him on his behave on this issue. McCain is a natural born citizen because he was born on a U.S. base to TWO parents of US citizenship.<br><br>Ask yourself, what does Obama have to hide?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6701409" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6701409" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6701409">Jane</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6701409" class="dsq-comment-message">Let\'s see..."self, what does Obama have to hide?" Nothing! Some melodramatic kooks obviously are getting their pretty panties in a bunch over nothing. <br>Get over it. No elections were stolen, and he was voted into office fair and square. I swear that some of you never learned how to act like mature adults in the face of loss.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6706592">Me</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6706592" class="dsq-comment-message">If is found out Obama is NOT a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN,  he will have EVERYTHING TO LOSE! Are you a complete idiot? Of coarse Obama has something to hide!! If he didn\'t WHY ISN\'T HE PRODUCING THE DOCUMENTS?? AND WHY IS HE SPENDING MONEY TO KEEP THESE DOCUMENTS SEALED? Just answer  those 2 questions. My guess is you won\'t answer those questions, because you don\'t want to know the truth.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-6701206">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6701206" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6701206" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6701206">Sally Hill</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6701206" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6701206" class="dsq-comment-message">Sorry, McCain was ineligible as well.  He was NOT born on a military base.  The military hospital on the naval base where is father was stationed was not built until after his birth.  Clearly, on his vault BC, his place of birth is Colon, Panama.  Colon is not now, and never has been under the control of the US; therefore, McCain was NOT born on US controlled soil.  While he was born to two (2) US Citizens, he himself is ONLY a US CItizen as well.  He is NOT a natural born citizen and just as Obama, was NOT eligible to run for POTUS.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-6720547">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6720547" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6720547" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6720547">Me</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6720547" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6720547" class="dsq-comment-message">Who cares about McCain?? He\'s not the guy sitting in the Oval Office, is he? You are so typical, stick to the real issue!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-6707692">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6707692" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6707692" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6707692">old1</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6707692" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6707692" class="dsq-comment-message">He\'s not POTUS</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-6677079">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6677079" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6677079" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6677079">devin</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6677079" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6677079" class="dsq-comment-message">There is no secret. He doesn\'t address it b ecause there is nothing to address. He has a passport(obviously). The state department OBVIOUSLY has seen his birth certificate. The state of Hawaii has send the short-form that is seen online is what they give out for the 10$ everyone WANTS to think you can pay to get a copy of this almost mystical \'vault copy\'.  They do not  give you a copy of your \'long form\' aka \'vault copy\'(neither does Michigan) for the 10$ fee. There is no place on the form to even request one. The state of Hawaii(despite how people want to distort it) have said the short form is valid and is good enough for the state dept. They\'ve read the original and it doesn\'t matter they didn\'t explicitely say the original said he was born in Hawaii since they were clear that the short form is based on the date they get from long form birth certificate. The answer to this problem doesn\'t lay with Obama it lays with how conspiracy theories start and perpetuate themselves. One faulty assumption leading to another one and on and on...There is no secret. The state department would have on record his travels to Indonesia as a child and his return to the states at age 10, when he went back to school and lived with his grandparents. There is no evidence he was born in Kenya. There is no evidence his mother ever left the country, no less traveled to Kenya at what age 17 to have a baby? The conspiracists want us to believe Odinga is some sort of \'radical muslim\' yet he is Anglican.  If you give half the scrutiny to all this garbage put forth that they put towards the smallest of details it is fairly easy to find all the distortions and faulty assumptions. These people actually think Obama is as worried about this as they obesessed with it. That is just nuts.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-6708000">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6708000" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6708000" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6708000">old1</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6708000" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6708000" class="dsq-comment-message">Since he became a Senator he has a Diplomatic Passport. The COLB he put on fight the smears says nothing. Hawaii officials have said nothing! They simply said there was a copy on file. They said NOTHING about what was on the document. When I was little I to believed in Santa Claus, he brought the presents. Some Communists in our country believe BO is Santa, bringing the gift of Beloved Communism to our corrupt capitalistic sewer. But like all children we grow up and learn to behave like adults. Now look at the countries Communism has destroyed. Grow up America!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-6682824">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6682824" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6682824" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6682824">Me</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6682824" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6682824" class="dsq-comment-message">Just because Obama has a US passport does NOT mean he is a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN! You can be a NATURALIZED CITIZEN and obtain a US passport. But you CAN NOT be a NATURALIZED CITIZEN  and be eligible to be the President of the United States.<br><br>Please educate yourself.<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfIV1ntYggc" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfIV1ntYggc</a></div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-6708113">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6708113" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6708113" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6708113">old1</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6708113" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6708113" class="dsq-comment-message">One could not travel to Indonesia in 1981 with an American passport either. But BO says he did.  What countries passport did he use in 1981?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-6701414">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6701414" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6701414" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6701414">Sally Hill</span>\
	 </cite>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6701414" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6701414" class="dsq-comment-message">How do you know he has a US passport?  Have you seen it?  Where?  I want to see it too.  We ONLY know that he has a \'passport file\', because that was what was breeched.  However, you have a \'passport file\' whenever you arrive or leave the country regardless of the passports origin.  <br><br>Devin - please provide the quote where the Hawaiian officials confirmed that the information shown on the COLB accurately depicted the information contained on the vault copy.  I wish you could, unfortunately you are \'reading into\' their comment.  In order to objectively evaluate ANY information regarding the issue, you must read it and interpret it as though you are on the OTHER SIDE of your arguement.  You cannot read into a statement that which is not there and call it fact.  Just because you want to interpret something in a way that bolsters your arguement, it\'s just not good enough.  The words from the Officials were chosen VERY carefully so as not to confirm nor deny.  <br><br>And I\'ll bet you money if Obama himself explains to the Hawaiian Officicals why he needed a certified copy of his vault BC they would give it to him.  I\'m not 100% positive on this, but I just have a hunch he wouldn\'t have any problems.  However - to be clear - it matters NOT what is on his BC.  He was a dual-citizen with dual-loyalties AT BIRTH and therefore - regardless of what his BC says or if he even has one - he is NOT a natural born citizen and is NOT eligible to be POTUS.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-6714769">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6714769" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6714769" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6714769">Jon H</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6714769" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6714769" class="dsq-comment-message">"And I\'ll bet you money if Obama himself explains to the Hawaiian Officicals why he needed a certified copy of his vault BC they would give it to him"<br><br>What\'s he gonna say, "Crazy people on the Internet who don\'t know anything about legal documents think the regular COLB isn\'t \'good enough\'"?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-6741192">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6741192" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6741192" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6741192">Me</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6741192" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6741192" class="dsq-comment-message">Not even close, Moron. Get a clue.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-6720109">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6720109" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6720109" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6720109">old1</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6720109" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6720109" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s not!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-6676188">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6676188" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6676188" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6676188">damngringo</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6676188" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6676188" class="dsq-comment-message">For those who are quick to say the Obama Birth Certificate matter is a non-issue, there are close to 40 lawsuits still pending across the U.S. regarding the elusive birth certificate.<br><br>Also, those who believe the "Certificate of Live Birth" the Obama Campaign posted proves he\'s a U.S. Citizen, should maybe look at that document again. Never mind it\'s not an actual birth certificate, but that document is signed by no one, doesn\'t list the doctor\'s name, nor list the hospital of birth, and continues to raise more questions than answers.<br><br>Argue away, but the question that continues to linger, if he has nothing to hide, why can\'t he release a "vault copy" of his birth certificate? It would cost him all of $12 to put the matter to rest, but instead he\'s hired 3 separate law firms (not lawyers, law firms) to fight these lawsuits.<br><br>Let us not forget other odds and ends questions like these:<br><br>Why has the Kenyan government put a gag order on Obama\'s Kenyan relatives, forbidding them from speaking to the media? Obama\'s Kenyan grandmother said she was in the delivery room in Kenya at the time when BHO was born. The Kenyan ambassador said they\'re raising a statue for BHO in Kenya, and that everyone knows he was born in Kenya. . . Oh yeah, that\'s right, the ambassador has recently deferred all Obama citizenship questions to the U.S. Government after he made those statements.<br><br>So, which is it? Was he born in Kenya? Was he born in Hawaii, but then lost his U.S. Citizenship when his mother married an Indonesian Citizen? Is he a dual citizen of the U.K. and the U.S.?<br><br>Why won\'t BHO release his college records, or medical records? What\'s to hide?<br><br>Really, this has nothing to do with who won or lost the election, but wanting to know more about the man who has been elected to the highest office in our Union. Being a betting man, I\'m sure if this were a republican going through said antics, the left would be up in arms, demanding answers and congressional hearings until the veil was lifted. These are simple questions, that should have simple answers, not shrouded in secrecy, and poo-poo\'d away by the mainstream media, or the anointed one. Christ, even Tom Brokaw has been quoted saying, "We don\'t know much about the man." Like it or not, until BHO releases such documents, stories, propaganda, conspiracy theories like this will continue to dog the Obama Administration.<br><br>Uh. . . yeah. . . that sounds like the transparent government he promised to bring to Washington.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-6675219">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6675219" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6675219" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6675219">Jerry</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6675219" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6675219" class="dsq-comment-message">Obama has never produced a legitimate birth certificate.  A certificate of live birth IS NOT a legal birth certificate.  If this issue needs to go away, Obama needs to produce a LEGAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE, AND if he insists on being President of the United States and Commander-in-Chief of the Military he needs to produce a LEGAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE.  Until that time I will not accept him as either President or CINC.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-6675792">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6675792" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6675792" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6675792">Jon H</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6675792" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6675792" class="dsq-comment-message">What he\'s provided is good enough to get a passport, moron.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-6741200">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6741200" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6741200" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6741200">Me</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6741200" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6741200" class="dsq-comment-message">You a such an idiot, it\'s would be funny if it weren\'t so sad.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-6720131">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6720131" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6720131" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6720131">old1</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6720131" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6720131" class="dsq-comment-message">NO! It\'s not!</div>\
	 </div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-6683213">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6683213" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6683213" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6683213">Me</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6683213" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6683213" class="dsq-comment-message">Moron, just because Obama has a US passport does NOT mean he is a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN! You can be a NATURALIZED CITIZEN and obtain a US passport. But you CAN NOT be a NATURALIZED CITIZEN and be eligible to be the President of the United States. Moron.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-6714604">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6714604" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6714604" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6714604">Jon H</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6714604" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6714604" class="dsq-comment-message">Dumbass, the birth certificate as provided is a valid document accepted for all government purposes, such as getting a passport. As such, it\'s good enough to prove that he can be president.<br><br>In any case, in addition to the birth certificate, there are the newspaper birth announcements from 1961. Are you seriously stupid enough to think they falsely placed those announcements in Hawaii papers in case Obama ran for president decades later?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-7065028">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7065028" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7065028" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7065028">Me</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7065028" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7065028" class="dsq-comment-message">Hey Moron,<br>I don\'t know how many times someone has to say it, but to be President of the United States, you have to be a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN!!!!! Having a passport DOES NOT PROVE NATURAL BORN STATUS!! WHAT DON\'T YOU UNDERSTAND ABOUT THAT??</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-6676267">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6676267" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6676267" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6676267">Randwulf</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6676267" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6676267" class="dsq-comment-message">Speaking of passports, how was Obama able to travel to Pakistan when it was a no-go country for holders of US passports?  How is it that we haven\'t heard more about the hacking of the federal passport records of Obama and a couple of other presidential candidates (wing-dragging) back in March of 2008.  Could it be that someone was trying to alter something in Obama\'s passport file, like.........WHERE HE WA REALLY BORN  or HOW HE WENT FROM BEING A KID IN INDONESIA TO A YOUNG ADULT IN THE US?  I wonder if there is a back-up disk.   And wasn\'t the guy in charge of that government agency hired to serve as some kind of "security advisor" for Obama?  And did anyone check the passport of the Obamamama when she came home from Kenya to Hawaii with her bouncing baby bama in tow and note such?  Yes, many interesting passport questions.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-6720178">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6720178" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6720178" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6720178">old1</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6720178" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6720178" class="dsq-comment-message">Randwulf, we don\'t need a back-up disc. This was back in my day, it is probably on microfich in an old file somewhere. They may have scanned it to disc but I bet u the old film is still there.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-6708325">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6708325" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6708325" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6708325">old1</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6708325" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6708325" class="dsq-comment-message">Randwulf, ever wonder what happened to Howard Dean? He was supposed to vet Obama. Now he disappeared and has not been seen?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-6683629">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-6683629" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-6683629" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-6683629">Me</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-6683629" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-6683629" class="dsq-comment-message">The answer is, Obama is a fraud. The real question in whether the people of the US feel the Constitution is important enough to be upheld. So far the judges feel that it is not.</div>\
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