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She will carry him across the stage, show the crowd and dump him on the other side of the stage.  He is a prop;<br><br>Watch her body language with her daughters at the two hockey games for example.  It's the Sarah show.  The children are invisible, until they are needed in a photo op.<br><br>What is glaringly obvious is that these children have been neglected by their mother.  Her oldest son Track abused alchohol and drugs, vandalized property and dropped out of high school.  Bristol's own alchoholic adventures are well-chronicled in photos on my sp ace pages and the baby is seen being schlepped around late at night and dumped either with an aide or the two other girls who, if you will notice their body language, crave their mother's attention.<br><br>Why aren't the children in school?  Is education a \"value\" that they just don't need up in Alaska?  Where is a nanny?  A private tutor, and aide or physical/occupational therapist for that sweet little baby?<br><br>Lastly, her personal story is suspicious.  In every instance where she has climbed up the ladder, she has stabbed in the back each of her mentors, all the way to the top.  If she were to serve as veep, I doubt seriously she will be looking to stay within the margins, but rather will do her best to marginalize her own boss.  <br><br>Palin has yet to release her medical record, which she promised early last week.  Today is Friday.  The election is Tuesday.  What are you hiding Sarah?  Treatment for depression?  Plastic surgery?  The details of Trig?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-31_16:12:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "c449209ff6fac9682c2c939f17afefe7", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "3365526": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "True, but the one our children have to worry about is her adorable Piper who's a Republican Right-Wing in training!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-29_13:14:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "janemas", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3364847, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3401866": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Most definitely keep the baby.  What crime did the baby commit?  None.  What crime did the father commit?  Rape.  It is completely unjust that the baby should get the death sentence (abortion) because of the crime of the father (rape).    The abortion would not have undone the crime of rape.  It would have just added another crime -- abortion -- a dead child.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_21:22:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "e909c54482e48ba0b1d8aedf59e4abb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3368683, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3378957": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Is that the title of a book?", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-29_16:32:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "janemas", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3366144, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3366032": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "what a stupid lying whore", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-29_13:39:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "0ffb8b7f0b3254f51744236929447e96", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "3367978": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Well Ms. McGann thanks for bringing up an important issue, but Palin is more Pro-Abortion then most Pro-Choice individuals or families.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-29_15:25:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "janemas", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3366116, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3365141": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ms. McGann:  Funny that in an article highlighting the importance of language and choice of words, YOU have chosen to use the term \"pro-abortion.\"  No one is \"pro-abortion.\"  Many of us are \"pro-choice\" but may choose to NOT have an abortion, ever, while respecting that other women have the right to make that same decision for themselves.  I've been in the pro-choice movement for years and have yet to meet anyone who is FOR abortion.  We simply believe that it should be one of 3 options available to any pregnant woman or girl, and that she has the right to access any of these options, safely and freely, without judgment or fear of punishment, regardless of her socioeconomic status or any other mitigating factor.  Let me repeat:  No one is \"pro-abortion.\"  Hmm...that sounds familiar.  Oh yes - Barack Obama had to make the same point during one of the presidential debates when John McCain used that same language.  Please be more careful in future.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-29_12:50:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "36eb5cde4c5dfcbeca5b358142d5ffdc", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "3367318": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "All this talk of the special olypmics, I would think I walked up on the WET MOP THROW contest by reading all the stupid comment and participants on this blog.....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-29_14:52:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "20ba82070a4c22fef3409d95b2b7f185", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "3366041": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"THE PILL\" a book that documents the history of WOMEN Struggling for birth control features the work of pioneer in that movement Margaret Sanger. Right off the bat we hear her account of her mother giving birth to yet another unwanted child.Born as a result of a drunken husband coming home after cashing in his paycheck and having his way with his wife.<br>Sanger has umpteen stories of the sufferings and of women from botched backroom abortions.<br>Here in Canada,which some of you Americans  may see from your yard,we have honoured Dr. Henry Morgentaler  with the Order of Canada award. He went to jail for us. He had compassion for us and he performed safe abortions for us.<br>Did the Right to Lifers protest about such a prestigious award going to him? You betcha'!<br>One Catholic priest even handed back his own award as a protest even tho\" his church recently had to apologize for the treatment of First Nations children at the Residential schools,rapes included.<br>Has Ms Palin never read this book or know of the history of womens' struggles with undesirable pregnancies?<br>What is so very disturbing to me is their belief that the state will somehow care for all these unwanted babies when America has so many children living in poverty. The world has a huge log of babies and children not being cared for, be it from war,AIDS, diseases,abandonment,family crises.<br>ProLIFERS should and could be putting their energies there.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-29_13:40:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "c4d8086a5d9a36b03fa62232f6f40dcb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3368475": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hmmmm......I've always wondered how she knew she was going to have a Downs child unless she had amnio or CVS - both tests are done to see if anything is wrong with the fetus.   Her knowing ahead of time WOULD explain keeping the pregnancy under her hat until the 7th month, since I'm sure she and her husband had to digest the news which must have been quite a shock.    You gotta admit, one special needs child and one child in \"Eye-rack\" trumps one pregnant daughter if you're looking to not appear as a moralistic hypocrite.   That poor daughter #2, I'll bet she'll be put on the pill or threatened with death not to spoil any \"dreamed of\" run for the Presidency in 2012!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-29_15:55:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "f2f4bfc641d1cdc4537312e02394e2e5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "3401946": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Margaret Sanger was a racist and a fan of Hitler.  Read her material before you comment next time...", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_21:28:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "e909c54482e48ba0b1d8aedf59e4abb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3366041, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3365150": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Palin is such a hypocrite !....She's cut funding for special needs children by 62% in Alaska,but now that she has a special needs child she's changed her tune on the issue. I can't wait for this election to be over,I hope Obama wins cause I can't take another minute of this vile woman or her siekick who's been around since moses!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-29_12:50:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "2e96dd2d57549e02ec6afc7eb49d7c3d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "3368223": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"Having a child with Downs syndrome is horrendous. This child will have a terrible life. There is no reason to subject these poor fetuses to a incredibly horrible life.\"<br><br>Shame on you for saying that!  Although as far as evidence has shown me Palin is not leader and an inadequate politician, many of these children live wonderful lives and bring great joy to their families.  What you said is not a type of thinking or believing Pro-Choice people would utter.  Your comments are uncalled for no matter how hypocritical Palin is.  Attacking an innocent child is uncalled for.    I do believe Palin is a regular mom like many who LET HER KIDS drink underage and should be ashamed of herself and stop acting like she's a perfect mother, but you were way out of line.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-29_15:40:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "janemas", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3367347, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3364784": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Before Palin had a special needs child, she cut special needs funding in Alaska. Apparently it's a cause dear to her heart only now that it affects her.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-29_12:31:38", "killed": false, "user_key": "1caae01241f79bbd34b90e302f6b0351", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "3402025": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "So what's your point?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_21:34:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "72b0cdf21529e90e30b3c7289b347970", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3368376, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3366058": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If she was interested in children with special needs, why did she make fun of research for children with Autism.  During her coming out policy speech, she rediculed research that has proven most valuable.  Perhaps she thinks that Downs Syndrome is the only \"special need\" that needs attention.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-29_13:41:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "b1b059827391f478227b747f2fb751e7", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "3368237": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The pro-life movement would have met with much greater success in reducing the number of abortions in the 25 intervening years since Roe vs. Wade, if the had concentrated their efforts on providing support (both financial and facilities) for single moms.  If Sarah Palin really wants to  reduce the number of abortions, she should consider keeping a record of all of the support that she provides to her daughter, to enable Bristol to complete her education and care for her child, and make that degree of support available for all women.<br><br>Sarah Palin might be 'pro-life' but she does not believe in the government programs that provide a life for those children that are born into to straitened circumstances.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-29_15:41:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "88e5531ffa52b67141dd2c31e5db575d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "3399727": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Horrendous! You need to volunteer to work with children with downs. They are wonderful, loving, trusting people. How can you make such an ugly comment, are you projecting?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_18:35:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "db5cb083d24b7509366fc9cddf8eba7b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3367347, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3367216": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "People, I recommend reading the republican party's anti-abortion platform. Palin's carrying that banner.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-29_14:46:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "7e1fdf11fb71ffe26733622f589ee104", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "3367347": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Palin is vile. By using this phrase \"commitment to a culture of life\" is hog wash. It's insulting because she's implying anyone supporting abortion rights doesn't have a concern for life. Where is the concern for the mother? Rape absolutely is a valid reason for abortion. Health of the mother is a valid reason for abortion. Even a mother's inability to care for the child is a reason for abortion. <br><br>I think that having too many children is also vile. There are too many people in the world. This is religious fanaticism to the extreme. Having a child with Downs syndrome is horrendous. This child will have a terrible life. There is no reason to subject these poor fetuses to a incredibly horrible life. <br><br>An I say all this despite being adopted before Roe v. Wade.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-29_14:54:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "b050c1846b182e6f30d2c9546dd52704", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "3364663": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "It's simple.... Quite activism.<br><br>I did this already, and so have many of my friends, male and female.<br>Make an Honorary Donation in Sarah Palin's name to Planned Parenthood.<br><br>When the donation is made, PP will send a thank you card to Ms. Palin.<br>They ask for an address so, use the McCain base address (found on the website).<br><br>You help out Planned Parenthood and you sock it to Palin in on fell swoop.<br>There's no need to put women through the inevitable tortures of choosing, mentally or physically.<br>If you've never been on that path, you can't speak as if you've worn those shoes.<br><br>ProChoice is not about abortion as a birth control, it's about avoiding that possibilty, safely.<br>ProChoice activists want to avoid abortion as much as anyone else and by teaching sex-ed the hope is that it will never come to that. <br><br>There's no denying that we ALL discover sex one way or another but, in these modern times, with<br>all we know about disease, birth rates, over population, poverty, rape, incest, reproductive health... <br>why in god's name would we deny our own flesh and blood the right to this information? <br>To make them suffer? To tell them 'I told you so'? Because you're so uptight about your own sexuality that you can't accept that millions of other people out there have great sex, safely? <br><br>These are contemporary issues, let's get on the bandwagon and be responsible already!<br>For our kids and future kids, planned or not.<br>Awareness and responsibility. Because abstinence just isn't working. <br>(Just look at Bristol palin)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-29_12:24:35", "killed": false, "user_key": "afabdcb5c12d29ffaa7aba0b97ab5862", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "3368376": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I am a Christian. I am a member of the NRA. I am a US Army Veteran. I was the PTA president at my children's school. I have field dressed deer. I am a parent to a child (6 yr old) with Down syndrome. I am an advocate of children with special needs and a member and coprporate sponsor of the Down Syndrome Association of Atlanta. I am a supporter of the Kennedy Brownback Bill (Pre-natally and Post-natally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act)<br><br>No way am I voting for McCain/Palin.<br><br>Absolutely no way.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-29_15:49:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "f1a456088cfdf78f8aec4a387bb338a9", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "3384735": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "ok - now are you a plumber? can you get yourself on national tv...PLEASE!?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-29_22:40:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "ac4d74c7377c604ff08661c4f59a5e68", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3368376, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3364314": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "My body, my business.  The government or anyone else should have no say in what I choose to do with it and with what is inside it.  She's cut funding for the Special Olympics in her state.  In her speech she mad fun of funding for the study of fruit flies in France.  if she really knew what she was talking about she'd realize the study of fruit flies are important in helping us find out more about autism and a number of other issues with the people on this planet and the planet itself.  Why France?  Because our country doesn't have the proper equipment and scientists to perform this kind of research.  This was told to me by a friend who is in the science field. <br><br>So the next time she's going to give a speech about special needs children, she should read some of those magazines or books she couldn't remember the name of when being interviewed by Couric.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-29_12:06:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "e6a5f87cc92ecf69f96a72b605a9c580", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "3367873": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "To \"Crit\" re: your comment:<br><br>\"Having a child with Downs syndrome is horrendous. This child will have a terrible life. There is no reason to subject these poor fetuses to a incredibly horrible life.\"<br><br>UNTIL YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO HAVE A CHILD WITH DOWN SYNDROME, SHUT YOUR MOUTH!  My son is wonderful and has a wonderful life.  This comment only shows your utter lack of any type of knowledge, but it DOES show your ignorance on the subject!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-29_15:20:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "6be760722c361ada633cac5d2bf684a5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3367347, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3378628": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "We had some what similar thoughts.  I think her amnio test was done to see if her life was in danger cause of her age.  If it were, she would have aborted it quietly and is why she stayed quiet till the 7th month.  Remember she approves of killing a fetus to save her life.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-29_16:27:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "janemas", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3368475, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3656054": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"My body, my business. The government or anyone else should have no say in what I choose to do with it and with what is inside it.\"<br><br>But what's inside you is a human being. So yes, the gov. can say what you do with it as it's purpose is to ensure LIFE, liberty.......for all. If we have laws to protect babies outside the womb, why can we not see that the laws also apply to those inside the womb. I don't see the difference!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-09_22:30:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "2460ca54dfa3a18c523b2c982a2cd6a7", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3364314, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3364847": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "cute baby, crazy mother", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-29_12:35:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "40b1b579ef5ed28582c0ec29c7573948", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "3364936": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Yes, and is that baby really hers? She didn't look pregnant at all at ...8 months into this pregnancy, but looked really round with one of her other children (at 8 months, as well). There are pictures available on the net.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-29_12:40:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "86cfc6816ec9d1173afab33af88d3feb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3364841, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3364811": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "She's probably spent a total of 2 weeks with that child -- so much for loving and caring for it.  I think the sister is playing mom not Sarah.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-29_12:32:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "fa8109782aa3613104325c307077b7f3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "3383372": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "she's so baby-crazy she'd make her daughter have a 'rape-baby'? So how compassionate will she be toward strangers?<br><br>ObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObama", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-29_20:57:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "840890eb88fa861312db6c3bb7926a2b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "3368151": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The Pill's success was at the expense of Puerto Rican women used as guinea pigs, yet they cannot vote in the presidential elections.  Check out La Operacion documentary which further details the sterilzation of 2/3rds of these women without their consent or knowledge.  <br><br><a href=\"http://librarymedia.org/health/Titles/operacion.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://librarymedia.org/health/Titles/operacion...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-29_15:34:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "janemas", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3366041, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3366232": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "She needs to go home and take care of her own kids. DO NOT DICTATE to other women how  they should run their lives and make choices. Take care of you own first.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-29_13:51:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "cad9b46798176d01eb9c930f72a56503", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "3378906": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "good point!  and we must add she does not know how the pill works.  she thinks its an abortion pill vs a prevention pill.  Dumb woman.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-29_16:29:52", "killed": false, "user_key": "janemas", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3367788, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3402078": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You need professional help", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_21:39:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "72b0cdf21529e90e30b3c7289b347970", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3380220, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3365090": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "lol it is obvious and I bet he's calling Bristol or Piper mommy.  She uses the poor baby when he should be sleeping as a prop at 11pm during rally's and tv speeches.  Is this sexist?  No way but I know some christians who would be outraged, yet they are silent on this.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-29_12:47:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "janemas", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3364811, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3366116": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hi Beth -- I'm careful to say someone is either \"pro-abortion rights\" or \"anti-abortion rights.\" I think that is the most direct way to describe the issue.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-29_13:44:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "6b8123bb7834dc69539b8e8eb44783a2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3365141, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3364841": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Yes, I'd be curious about Palin's medical records.  Has SHE ever had an abortion?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-29_12:34:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "fa8109782aa3613104325c307077b7f3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "3368683": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If her daughter was raped by a black man or a hispanic man would she allow her daughter keep the child or have an abortion. I would like to get an  answer from every one who is pro- life", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-29_16:06:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "032f33241abf72c61ac778f819978ef3", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "3367788": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I believe that the reason that Palin & Wasilla refused to pay for the rape kits is because rape kits have the Morning-after Plan-B pill in them.   This proves that she will interfere with public policy in order to push these anti-abortion views on all of us- even underage rape victims immediately after she is brutally raped. <br><br>She would rather have a vile rapist go completely free than use a pill to prevent 2-cells from being implanted in a raped woman's uterus.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-29_15:17:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "9b5208ecfc100958a819b5d40540dd98", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "3367790": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Sorry, but I'm a single, full-time working Mom of a son with Down syndrome, and I find this woman nauseating.  Puleeze....gimme a break.  Someone needs to inform her that actions speak louder than words.  And the fact that she cut Special Olympics funding in Alaska from $550,000 to a mere $275,000 tells me everything I want or need to know.  My son is now 17....Sarah's is only 5-6 months old.  I don't care WHAT she says.  Even with a 13-year-old nephew with autism, she has NO idea yet what is in store for her.  Children with Down syndrome are wonderful, and I wouldn't trade my son for anything!  But she has only just started on her journey and has a long ways to go, to say the least.  And given everything and everyone else that this woman has 'put under the bus', I take her comments about special needs children with a grain of salt!<br><br>And the fact that we were both raised in an Assemblies of God church (but I am an Independent voter), well, I think she uses her faith as more of a tool than anything else.<br><br>Plus, I was trained as a professional model and, believe me, given this woman's background in 'pageantry,' she'll use whatever she can to get where she wants to go!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-29_15:17:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "6be760722c361ada633cac5d2bf684a5", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "3364861": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "So, in order to appeal to more voters, she should be more hypocritical still? I wonder what her views would be if she would be the one to be raped. I don't think she cares about anybody but herself. Just look at the pictures of her holding her new baby at the beginning of her quest for VP and at the recent ones. She seems to hold him tighter and warmer now, than he is useful to her to make her point... Shame on her! I wouldn't wish she was my mother! AMERICAN WOMEN, BE VEEEEERY AFRAID OF HER!!!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-29_12:36:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "86cfc6816ec9d1173afab33af88d3feb", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "3384822": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I'm no fan of Sarah Palin, but that's a bit extreme. Down's Syndrome can be visible in an ultrasound, which would then lead to other tests to confirm that. (There is a sort of fold of flesh at the back of the neck which can be seen.) In People, or OK or one of the magazines that did a profile on her after she was named VP she said she didn't tell any of her children about it - they didn't know until they saw him. Unbelievable.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-29_22:48:14", "killed": false, "user_key": "cdb1ee05bc53eb663ff40c26ac60fe10", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3378628, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3380727": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I have trouble understanding how GOPs who advocate less govt --\"hands off govt\" can be for anything that would restrict a woman's right to decide whether or not to have an abortion.  Why interject govt policy in an issue that is intensely personal???   Gov Palin and her family sat down and discussed how to handle the teenage daughter's pregnancy and decided together and I presue they did the same when they learned about Trig.... why would they want to limit other families' ability to thoughtfully decided the best course for them in such a situation????", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-29_17:59:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "7fa446304880f630c6f7a105bc12cf52", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "3401976": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Planned Parenthood kills babies and injures their mothers.  Women in crisis deserve better than PP and abortion.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-30_21:31:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "e909c54482e48ba0b1d8aedf59e4abb4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3364663, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3436794": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I didn't say or imply she had a test done to see if the fetus was Downs.  I'm saying she wanted to know if her life was in danger so should could have a quiet abortion if it were.  In doing the test she found out the unborn was Downs which is no threat to life.  I know many women who are democrats, even atheists who keep their Down baby.  She did nothing special, something she parades on the stage as if it is a Christian right-wing Republican value.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-11-01_21:33:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "janemas", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3384822, "depth": 3, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3380220": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If her daughter was raped by a black man or a hispanic man, Sarah would \"field-dress\" her own daughter, scraping the fetus out with a dirty, blunt knife.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-29_17:27:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "28af41523f90195787de649e4945c1d8", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}, "3383421": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hallelulah!", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-29_21:01:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "840890eb88fa861312db6c3bb7926a2b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 3368376, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "3366655": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "the problem with this woman is that she doesn't seem to take into account what kind of psychological damage raped women go thru. and then to have a kid they did not ask for? so that child can grow up and endure abuse (probably), and the ugly cycle will just continue. has she noticed how many people are just dropping their kids off in Nebraska at that hospital where they're ALLOWED to disown their kids? She needs to review the OTHER side of keeping unwanted children before she opens her legs. i mean trap.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2008-10-29_14:14:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "0fcc4fcd32bd110215beb1406557f0bf", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "1 year 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}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 1, "reply_position": false, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "6378750", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "34441", "hash": 3985693576741384007}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "special_needs", "paginate": true, "num_pages": 2, "num_posts": 50, "per_page": 50, "total_posts": 68, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 6378750, "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.TWEET_THIS_COMMENT = "Tweet this comment";
	this.SHARE_ON_NEWSFEED = "Share on news feed";
	this.SEND_UPDATE_TO_YAHOO = "Send update to Yahoo!";
	this.REBLOG_ON = "Reblog on";
	this.CONFIGURE_OPTIONS = "Configure options";
	this.POST_AS = "Post as";
	this.SORT_BY = "Sort by";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_BY_EMAIL = "Subscribe by email";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_BY_RSS = "Subscribe by RSS";
	this.POPULAR_NOW = "Popular now";
	this.BEST_RATING = "Best Rating";
	this.NEWEST_FIRST = "Newest first";
	this.OLDEST_FIRST = "Oldest first";
	this.HIGHLIGHTED = "Highlighted";
	this.UNSUBSCRIBE = "Unsubscribe";
	this.REQUIRED = "Required";
	this.OPTIONAL = "Optional";
	this.YOU_ARE_COMMENTING_AS_A = "You are commenting as a";
	this.LOGIN_BELOW = "Login below";
	this.PLEASE_LOGIN_BELOW_TO_COMMENT = "Please login below to comment.";
	this.SUBSCRIBE_TO_ALL_COMMENTS_BY_EMAIL = "Subscribe to all comments by email";
	this.DO_NOT_SUBSCRIBE_TO_COMMENTS = "Do not subscribe to comments";
	this.REALTIME_UPDATING_IS = "Real-time updating is";
	this.ENABLED = "enabled";
	this.PAUSED = "paused";
	this.PAUSE = "Pause";
	this.RESUME = "Resume";
	this.SHOW = "Show";
	this.JUST_NOW = "Just now";
	this.REPLY = "Reply";
	this.EDIT = "Edit";
	this.FLAG = "Flag";
	this.MODERATE = "Moderate";
	this.CANCEL = "Cancel";
	this.REPLYING_TO = "Replying to";
	this.REPORT_MISSING_REACTIONS = "Report missing reactions";
	this.POST_A_COMMENT = "Post a comment";
	this.FLAG_INAPPROPRIATE_COMMENT = "Flag inappropriate comment";
	this.FLAGGED = "Flagged";
	this.NO = "No";
	this.YES = "Yes";
	this.NEVER_MIND = "Never mind";
	this.ARE_YOU_SURE_YOU_WOULD_LIKE_TO_REPORT_THIS_COMMENT_TO_A_MODERATOR = "Are you sure you would like to report this comment to a moderator";
	this.THIS_WILL_FLAG_COMMENTS_FOR_MODERATORS_TO_TAKE_ACTION = "This will flag comments for moderators to take action";
	this.TO_RATE_PLEASE_LOG_IN = "To rate, please log in";
	this.JUST_A_MOMENT = "Just a moment...";
	this.GUEST = "Guest";
	this.NAME = "Name";
	this.EMAIL = "Email";
  this.WEBSITE = "Website";
  this.SETTINGS = "Settings";
  this.MODERATOR_OPTIONS = "Moderator options: ";
};
// Dsq.Strings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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





Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN = '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/special_needs/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">68</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/special_needs/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/special_needs/">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/special_needs/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:6378750" 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'				: 'special_needs',
			// 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/special_needs/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='	+ 'special_needs'
			+ '&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='	+ 'special_needs'
			+ '&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='		+ 'special_needs'
				+ '&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/6378750/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() {
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3422721">Nin</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3422721" class="dsq-comment-message">I have watched the way she whips that baby around.  She will carry him across the stage, show the crowd and dump him on the other side of the stage.  He is a prop;<br><br>Watch her body language with her daughters at the two hockey games for example.  It\'s the Sarah show.  The children are invisible, until they are needed in a photo op.<br><br>What is glaringly obvious is that these children have been neglected by their mother.  Her oldest son Track abused alchohol and drugs, vandalized property and dropped out of high school.  Bristol\'s own alchoholic adventures are well-chronicled in photos on my sp ace pages and the baby is seen being schlepped around late at night and dumped either with an aide or the two other girls who, if you will notice their body language, crave their mother\'s attention.<br><br>Why aren\'t the children in school?  Is education a "value" that they just don\'t need up in Alaska?  Where is a nanny?  A private tutor, and aide or physical/occupational therapist for that sweet little baby?<br><br>Lastly, her personal story is suspicious.  In every instance where she has climbed up the ladder, she has stabbed in the back each of her mentors, all the way to the top.  If she were to serve as veep, I doubt seriously she will be looking to stay within the margins, but rather will do her best to marginalize her own boss.  <br><br>Palin has yet to release her medical record, which she promised early last week.  Today is Friday.  The election is Tuesday.  What are you hiding Sarah?  Treatment for depression?  Plastic surgery?  The details of Trig?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3383372">Alexandria</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3383372" class="dsq-comment-message">she\'s so baby-crazy she\'d make her daughter have a \'rape-baby\'? So how compassionate will she be toward strangers?<br><br>ObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObamaObama</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3380727">AEin PHX</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3380727" class="dsq-comment-message">I have trouble understanding how GOPs who advocate less govt --"hands off govt" can be for anything that would restrict a woman\'s right to decide whether or not to have an abortion.  Why interject govt policy in an issue that is intensely personal???   Gov Palin and her family sat down and discussed how to handle the teenage daughter\'s pregnancy and decided together and I presue they did the same when they learned about Trig.... why would they want to limit other families\' ability to thoughtfully decided the best course for them in such a situation????</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3380220">HARMONIKA</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3380220" class="dsq-comment-message">If her daughter was raped by a black man or a hispanic man, Sarah would "field-dress" her own daughter, scraping the fetus out with a dirty, blunt knife.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3402078">AE PHX</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3402078" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3402078" class="dsq-comment-message">You need professional help</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3368683" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3368683" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3368683">dee</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3368683" class="dsq-comment-message">If her daughter was raped by a black man or a hispanic man would she allow her daughter keep the child or have an abortion. I would like to get an  answer from every one who is pro- life</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3401866">IUS</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3401866" class="dsq-comment-message">Most definitely keep the baby.  What crime did the baby commit?  None.  What crime did the father commit?  Rape.  It is completely unjust that the baby should get the death sentence (abortion) because of the crime of the father (rape).    The abortion would not have undone the crime of rape.  It would have just added another crime -- abortion -- a dead child.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3368475">lucy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3368475" class="dsq-comment-message">Hmmmm......I\'ve always wondered how she knew she was going to have a Downs child unless she had amnio or CVS - both tests are done to see if anything is wrong with the fetus.   Her knowing ahead of time WOULD explain keeping the pregnancy under her hat until the 7th month, since I\'m sure she and her husband had to digest the news which must have been quite a shock.    You gotta admit, one special needs child and one child in "Eye-rack" trumps one pregnant daughter if you\'re looking to not appear as a moralistic hypocrite.   That poor daughter #2, I\'ll bet she\'ll be put on the pill or threatened with death not to spoil any "dreamed of" run for the Presidency in 2012!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3378628">janemas</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3378628" class="dsq-comment-message">We had some what similar thoughts.  I think her amnio test was done to see if her life was in danger cause of her age.  If it were, she would have aborted it quietly and is why she stayed quiet till the 7th month.  Remember she approves of killing a fetus to save her life.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3384822">Violet</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3384822" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m no fan of Sarah Palin, but that\'s a bit extreme. Down\'s Syndrome can be visible in an ultrasound, which would then lead to other tests to confirm that. (There is a sort of fold of flesh at the back of the neck which can be seen.) In People, or OK or one of the magazines that did a profile on her after she was named VP she said she didn\'t tell any of her children about it - they didn\'t know until they saw him. Unbelievable.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3436794" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3436794">janemas</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3436794" class="dsq-comment-message">I didn\'t say or imply she had a test done to see if the fetus was Downs.  I\'m saying she wanted to know if her life was in danger so should could have a quiet abortion if it were.  In doing the test she found out the unborn was Downs which is no threat to life.  I know many women who are democrats, even atheists who keep their Down baby.  She did nothing special, something she parades on the stage as if it is a Christian right-wing Republican value.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3368376">Bobby T.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3368376" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3368376" class="dsq-comment-message">I am a Christian. I am a member of the NRA. I am a US Army Veteran. I was the PTA president at my children\'s school. I have field dressed deer. I am a parent to a child (6 yr old) with Down syndrome. I am an advocate of children with special needs and a member and coprporate sponsor of the Down Syndrome Association of Atlanta. I am a supporter of the Kennedy Brownback Bill (Pre-natally and Post-natally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act)<br><br>No way am I voting for McCain/Palin.<br><br>Absolutely no way.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3402025">XYZ</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3402025" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3402025" class="dsq-comment-message">So what\'s your point?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3384735">L.A.</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3384735" class="dsq-comment-message">ok - now are you a plumber? can you get yourself on national tv...PLEASE!?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3383421">Alexandria</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3383421" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3383421" class="dsq-comment-message">Hallelulah!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3368237">Viva</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3368237" class="dsq-comment-message">The pro-life movement would have met with much greater success in reducing the number of abortions in the 25 intervening years since Roe vs. Wade, if the had concentrated their efforts on providing support (both financial and facilities) for single moms.  If Sarah Palin really wants to  reduce the number of abortions, she should consider keeping a record of all of the support that she provides to her daughter, to enable Bristol to complete her education and care for her child, and make that degree of support available for all women.<br><br>Sarah Palin might be \'pro-life\' but she does not believe in the government programs that provide a life for those children that are born into to straitened circumstances.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3367790">BJD</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3367790" class="dsq-comment-message">Sorry, but I\'m a single, full-time working Mom of a son with Down syndrome, and I find this woman nauseating.  Puleeze....gimme a break.  Someone needs to inform her that actions speak louder than words.  And the fact that she cut Special Olympics funding in Alaska from $550,000 to a mere $275,000 tells me everything I want or need to know.  My son is now 17....Sarah\'s is only 5-6 months old.  I don\'t care WHAT she says.  Even with a 13-year-old nephew with autism, she has NO idea yet what is in store for her.  Children with Down syndrome are wonderful, and I wouldn\'t trade my son for anything!  But she has only just started on her journey and has a long ways to go, to say the least.  And given everything and everyone else that this woman has \'put under the bus\', I take her comments about special needs children with a grain of salt!<br><br>And the fact that we were both raised in an Assemblies of God church (but I am an Independent voter), well, I think she uses her faith as more of a tool than anything else.<br><br>Plus, I was trained as a professional model and, believe me, given this woman\'s background in \'pageantry,\' she\'ll use whatever she can to get where she wants to go!</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3367788">notcontainedtwenhatnboots</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3367788" class="dsq-comment-message">I believe that the reason that Palin & Wasilla refused to pay for the rape kits is because rape kits have the Morning-after Plan-B pill in them.   This proves that she will interfere with public policy in order to push these anti-abortion views on all of us- even underage rape victims immediately after she is brutally raped. <br><br>She would rather have a vile rapist go completely free than use a pill to prevent 2-cells from being implanted in a raped woman\'s uterus.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3378906" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3378906" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3378906">janemas</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3378906" class="dsq-comment-message">good point!  and we must add she does not know how the pill works.  she thinks its an abortion pill vs a prevention pill.  Dumb woman.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3367347">Crit</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3367347" class="dsq-comment-message">Palin is vile. By using this phrase "commitment to a culture of life" is hog wash. It\'s insulting because she\'s implying anyone supporting abortion rights doesn\'t have a concern for life. Where is the concern for the mother? Rape absolutely is a valid reason for abortion. Health of the mother is a valid reason for abortion. Even a mother\'s inability to care for the child is a reason for abortion. <br><br>I think that having too many children is also vile. There are too many people in the world. This is religious fanaticism to the extreme. Having a child with Downs syndrome is horrendous. This child will have a terrible life. There is no reason to subject these poor fetuses to a incredibly horrible life. <br><br>An I say all this despite being adopted before Roe v. Wade.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3399727" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3399727">brodey</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3399727" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3399727" class="dsq-comment-message">Horrendous! You need to volunteer to work with children with downs. They are wonderful, loving, trusting people. How can you make such an ugly comment, are you projecting?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3368223" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3368223" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3368223">janemas</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3368223" class="dsq-comment-message">"Having a child with Downs syndrome is horrendous. This child will have a terrible life. There is no reason to subject these poor fetuses to a incredibly horrible life."<br><br>Shame on you for saying that!  Although as far as evidence has shown me Palin is not leader and an inadequate politician, many of these children live wonderful lives and bring great joy to their families.  What you said is not a type of thinking or believing Pro-Choice people would utter.  Your comments are uncalled for no matter how hypocritical Palin is.  Attacking an innocent child is uncalled for.    I do believe Palin is a regular mom like many who LET HER KIDS drink underage and should be ashamed of herself and stop acting like she\'s a perfect mother, but you were way out of line.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3367873" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3367873">BJD</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3367873" class="dsq-comment-message">To "Crit" re: your comment:<br><br>"Having a child with Downs syndrome is horrendous. This child will have a terrible life. There is no reason to subject these poor fetuses to a incredibly horrible life."<br><br>UNTIL YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO HAVE A CHILD WITH DOWN SYNDROME, SHUT YOUR MOUTH!  My son is wonderful and has a wonderful life.  This comment only shows your utter lack of any type of knowledge, but it DOES show your ignorance on the subject!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3367318" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3367318">Independent Mind</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3367318" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3367318" class="dsq-comment-message">All this talk of the special olypmics, I would think I walked up on the WET MOP THROW contest by reading all the stupid comment and participants on this blog.....</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3367216">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3367216" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3367216" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3367216">JoeTheAccountant</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3367216" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3367216" class="dsq-comment-message">People, I recommend reading the republican party\'s anti-abortion platform. Palin\'s carrying that banner.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3366655">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3366655" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3366655" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3366655">TuffCookie</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3366655" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3366655" class="dsq-comment-message">the problem with this woman is that she doesn\'t seem to take into account what kind of psychological damage raped women go thru. and then to have a kid they did not ask for? so that child can grow up and endure abuse (probably), and the ugly cycle will just continue. has she noticed how many people are just dropping their kids off in Nebraska at that hospital where they\'re ALLOWED to disown their kids? She needs to review the OTHER side of keeping unwanted children before she opens her legs. i mean trap.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3366232">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3366232" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3366232" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3366232">independvoter9</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3366232" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3366232" class="dsq-comment-message">She needs to go home and take care of her own kids. DO NOT DICTATE to other women how  they should run their lives and make choices. Take care of you own first.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3366058">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3366058" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3366058" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3366058">just askin&#39;</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3366058" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3366058" class="dsq-comment-message">If she was interested in children with special needs, why did she make fun of research for children with Autism.  During her coming out policy speech, she rediculed research that has proven most valuable.  Perhaps she thinks that Downs Syndrome is the only "special need" that needs attention.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3366041">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3366041" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3366041" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3366041">ml johnstone</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3366041" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3366041" class="dsq-comment-message">"THE PILL" a book that documents the history of WOMEN Struggling for birth control features the work of pioneer in that movement Margaret Sanger. Right off the bat we hear her account of her mother giving birth to yet another unwanted child.Born as a result of a drunken husband coming home after cashing in his paycheck and having his way with his wife.<br>Sanger has umpteen stories of the sufferings and of women from botched backroom abortions.<br>Here in Canada,which some of you Americans  may see from your yard,we have honoured Dr. Henry Morgentaler  with the Order of Canada award. He went to jail for us. He had compassion for us and he performed safe abortions for us.<br>Did the Right to Lifers protest about such a prestigious award going to him? You betcha\'!<br>One Catholic priest even handed back his own award as a protest even tho" his church recently had to apologize for the treatment of First Nations children at the Residential schools,rapes included.<br>Has Ms Palin never read this book or know of the history of womens\' struggles with undesirable pregnancies?<br>What is so very disturbing to me is their belief that the state will somehow care for all these unwanted babies when America has so many children living in poverty. The world has a huge log of babies and children not being cared for, be it from war,AIDS, diseases,abandonment,family crises.<br>ProLIFERS should and could be putting their energies there.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3401946">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3401946" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3401946" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3401946">IUS</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3401946" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3401946" class="dsq-comment-message">Margaret Sanger was a racist and a fan of Hitler.  Read her material before you comment next time...</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3368151">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3368151" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3368151" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3368151">janemas</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3368151" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3368151" class="dsq-comment-message">The Pill\'s success was at the expense of Puerto Rican women used as guinea pigs, yet they cannot vote in the presidential elections.  Check out La Operacion documentary which further details the sterilzation of 2/3rds of these women without their consent or knowledge.  <br><br><a href="http://librarymedia.org/health/Titles/operacion.html" rel="nofollow">http://librarymedia.org/health/Titles/operacion...</a></div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3366144">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3366144" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3366144" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3366144">ml johnstone</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3366144" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3366144" class="dsq-comment-message">should read: of the sufferings and DEATHS</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3378957">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3378957" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3378957" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3378957">janemas</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3378957" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3378957" class="dsq-comment-message">Is that the title of a book?</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3366032">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3366032" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3366032" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3366032">mean person</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3366032" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3366032" class="dsq-comment-message">what a stupid lying whore</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3365150">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3365150" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3365150" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3365150">mesuki</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3365150" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3365150" class="dsq-comment-message">Palin is such a hypocrite !....She\'s cut funding for special needs children by 62% in Alaska,but now that she has a special needs child she\'s changed her tune on the issue. I can\'t wait for this election to be over,I hope Obama wins cause I can\'t take another minute of this vile woman or her siekick who\'s been around since moses!</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-3365141">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3365141" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3365141" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3365141">Beth</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3365141" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3365141" class="dsq-comment-message">Ms. McGann:  Funny that in an article highlighting the importance of language and choice of words, YOU have chosen to use the term "pro-abortion."  No one is "pro-abortion."  Many of us are "pro-choice" but may choose to NOT have an abortion, ever, while respecting that other women have the right to make that same decision for themselves.  I\'ve been in the pro-choice movement for years and have yet to meet anyone who is FOR abortion.  We simply believe that it should be one of 3 options available to any pregnant woman or girl, and that she has the right to access any of these options, safely and freely, without judgment or fear of punishment, regardless of her socioeconomic status or any other mitigating factor.  Let me repeat:  No one is "pro-abortion."  Hmm...that sounds familiar.  Oh yes - Barack Obama had to make the same point during one of the presidential debates when John McCain used that same language.  Please be more careful in future.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3366116">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3366116" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3366116" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3366116">Laura McGann</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3366116" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3366116" class="dsq-comment-message">Hi Beth -- I\'m careful to say someone is either "pro-abortion rights" or "anti-abortion rights." I think that is the most direct way to describe the issue.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3367978">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3367978" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3367978" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3367978">janemas</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3367978" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3367978" class="dsq-comment-message">Well Ms. McGann thanks for bringing up an important issue, but Palin is more Pro-Abortion then most Pro-Choice individuals or families.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3364861">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3364861" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3364861" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3364861">Valdanis</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3364861" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3364861" class="dsq-comment-message">So, in order to appeal to more voters, she should be more hypocritical still? I wonder what her views would be if she would be the one to be raped. I don\'t think she cares about anybody but herself. Just look at the pictures of her holding her new baby at the beginning of her quest for VP and at the recent ones. She seems to hold him tighter and warmer now, than he is useful to her to make her point... Shame on her! I wouldn\'t wish she was my mother! AMERICAN WOMEN, BE VEEEEERY AFRAID OF HER!!!</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3364847">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3364847" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3364847" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3364847">i want to sleep in my crib</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3364847" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3364847" class="dsq-comment-message">cute baby, crazy mother</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3365526">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3365526" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3365526" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3365526">janemas</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3365526" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3365526" class="dsq-comment-message">True, but the one our children have to worry about is her adorable Piper who\'s a Republican Right-Wing in training!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3364841">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3364841" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3364841" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3364841" href="http://coonsey.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Coonsey</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3364841" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3364841" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, I\'d be curious about Palin\'s medical records.  Has SHE ever had an abortion?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3364936">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3364936" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3364936" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3364936">Valdanis</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3364936" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3364936" class="dsq-comment-message">Yes, and is that baby really hers? She didn\'t look pregnant at all at ...8 months into this pregnancy, but looked really round with one of her other children (at 8 months, as well). There are pictures available on the net.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3364811">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3364811" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3364811" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-3364811" href="http://coonsey.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Coonsey</a>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3364811" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3364811" class="dsq-comment-message">She\'s probably spent a total of 2 weeks with that child -- so much for loving and caring for it.  I think the sister is playing mom not Sarah.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3365090">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3365090" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3365090" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3365090">janemas</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3365090" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3365090" class="dsq-comment-message">lol it is obvious and I bet he\'s calling Bristol or Piper mommy.  She uses the poor baby when he should be sleeping as a prop at 11pm during rally\'s and tv speeches.  Is this sexist?  No way but I know some christians who would be outraged, yet they are silent on this.</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3364784">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3364784" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3364784" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3364784">NYCEditor</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3364784" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3364784" class="dsq-comment-message">Before Palin had a special needs child, she cut special needs funding in Alaska. Apparently it\'s a cause dear to her heart only now that it affects her.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3364663">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3364663" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3364663" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3364663">RuffNReddy</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3364663" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3364663" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s simple.... Quite activism.<br><br>I did this already, and so have many of my friends, male and female.<br>Make an Honorary Donation in Sarah Palin\'s name to Planned Parenthood.<br><br>When the donation is made, PP will send a thank you card to Ms. Palin.<br>They ask for an address so, use the McCain base address (found on the website).<br><br>You help out Planned Parenthood and you sock it to Palin in on fell swoop.<br>There\'s no need to put women through the inevitable tortures of choosing, mentally or physically.<br>If you\'ve never been on that path, you can\'t speak as if you\'ve worn those shoes.<br><br>ProChoice is not about abortion as a birth control, it\'s about avoiding that possibilty, safely.<br>ProChoice activists want to avoid abortion as much as anyone else and by teaching sex-ed the hope is that it will never come to that. <br><br>There\'s no denying that we ALL discover sex one way or another but, in these modern times, with<br>all we know about disease, birth rates, over population, poverty, rape, incest, reproductive health... <br>why in god\'s name would we deny our own flesh and blood the right to this information? <br>To make them suffer? To tell them \'I told you so\'? Because you\'re so uptight about your own sexuality that you can\'t accept that millions of other people out there have great sex, safely? <br><br>These are contemporary issues, let\'s get on the bandwagon and be responsible already!<br>For our kids and future kids, planned or not.<br>Awareness and responsibility. Because abstinence just isn\'t working. <br>(Just look at Bristol palin)</div>\
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	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3401976">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3401976" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3401976" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3401976">IUS</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3401976" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3401976" class="dsq-comment-message">Planned Parenthood kills babies and injures their mothers.  Women in crisis deserve better than PP and abortion.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3364314">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3364314" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3364314" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3364314">Chkit</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3364314" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3364314" class="dsq-comment-message">My body, my business.  The government or anyone else should have no say in what I choose to do with it and with what is inside it.  She\'s cut funding for the Special Olympics in her state.  In her speech she mad fun of funding for the study of fruit flies in France.  if she really knew what she was talking about she\'d realize the study of fruit flies are important in helping us find out more about autism and a number of other issues with the people on this planet and the planet itself.  Why France?  Because our country doesn\'t have the proper equipment and scientists to perform this kind of research.  This was told to me by a friend who is in the science field. <br><br>So the next time she\'s going to give a speech about special needs children, she should read some of those magazines or books she couldn\'t remember the name of when being interviewed by Couric.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-3656054">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-3656054" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-3656054" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-3656054">annie</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-3656054" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-3656054" class="dsq-comment-message">"My body, my business. The government or anyone else should have no say in what I choose to do with it and with what is inside it."<br><br>But what\'s inside you is a human being. So yes, the gov. can say what you do with it as it\'s purpose is to ensure LIFE, liberty.......for all. If we have laws to protect babies outside the womb, why can we not see that the laws also apply to those inside the womb. I don\'t see the difference!</div>\
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	// HACK: We don't know if the callback wraps our container, which may
	// possibly result in a new DOM element.
	Dsq.container = document.getElementById('dsq-content');
}

})();




