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people\"<br><br>If Mr. Limbaugh wishes to advance his career by means of acerbic and caustic commentary about the character, failings and appearance of others, then he's got no complaint coming when the same linguistic weapons are aimed at him.  In other words, sauce for the goose is sauce for the big, fat druggie Limbaugh gander.<br><br><br>\"plus Rush doesn't use drugs and is not a boozer.\"<br><br>Rush has committed multiple drug offenses.  The presumption that he uses drugs meets the \"reasonable person\" standard in courtrooms all across this country.  I made no comment regarding his use or non-use of alcohol.<br><br><br>\"Am I correct that 52% or great of young college student's are using drugs and booze presenting a big problem in the college's today as stated on the internet. \"<br><br>52% of young college students don't have highly-rated nationwide radio programs.  So rather than giving Mr. Limbaugh a pass by comparing him with college kids, perhaps you should be holding him to a higher standard of behavior.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-26_19:12:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "bbeddbb40f3945018211ed67cd0f25fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5554387, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5553771": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The bottom line here is that the vast majority of  Americans are most comfortable somewhere near the center of the political spectrum.  <br><br>Yes, we have our fringe nuts and we have  \"personalities\" on both fringes who profit from the fact that the loonies, both left and right,  are more emotional than intellectual when it comes to their politics.  We also have politicians who are willing to exploit the paranoia of the ideological purists.<br><br>But the majority of us are in the middle.  We are pragmatic.  We realize that democracy works best when we treat each other respectfully, inform ourselves regarding all points of view and find a point of consensus from which we can progress.  This approach brings  the moderate left and right leaners closer to the center rather than driving them away.  <br><br>President Obama understands this so he can build in the middle and solve problems.  The wingnuts don't  want to build consensus so they will continue to create discord with their my way or the highway approach to governance.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-26_14:20:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "91d2e6e78f546a2aa9fc4698d5656da0", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5552785": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "yes, Rush loves this country so much, he dodged the draft his country was fighting when he was young, admitted that he \"carried water\" for politicians he didn't believe in, and now hopes the current president fails in his attempt to rescue our economy.  is this malleable definition of \"love of country\" unique to the baby boomers?  cause everyone i know thinks Rush is a pill-popper who's out for himself.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-26_13:29:58", "killed": false, "user_key": "6e521f980bcf7772661acebffcdb2d11", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5552559, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5569219": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Hubris? Hubris you say?<br>Have you run your head into the Patriot Post again, Joesmith?<br>In ancient Greece, hubris referred to actions which, intentionally or not, shamed and humiliated the victim--you know, like the way the Bush administration handled prisoners in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Oh yeah, and Gitmo. <br>But Joesmith, my candidate won. <br>Where is your house? We still need to put these (some of them victims) somewhere. <br>I'm not afraid. Never was. I have been a fire fighter. You afraid?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-27_00:09:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "64e65ef1ec9aa9bdbdb90743c8cdd27f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5551380": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Lets be honest all the people who listen to Rush Limbaugh are fringe period.  Just a group of people who enjoy a constant stream of negativity.. The real joke is some people say he tells it like it is, .. well in his own twisted mind perhaps, Americans are as a whole sick of all this endless doom a gloom the guy spits up.. get a clue listeners, Americans want some hope and promise now not a guy who says he hopes Obama will fail.. what kind of unpatriotic crap is that ?  Is that what the GOP represents in this country today?  they Hope our president will fail to fix the economy and make our country great again?  Is not that sort of talk treason?  Perhaps if we did to Rush what we should do to Traitors then the GOP would start being a real party again.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-26_12:13:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "f5bdba54f671339bc0abda56ec44901d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5552917": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I like listening to Rush because he makes statements (for those of you from the left coast, that mean sentences about the facts and circumstances) and then he presents his argument based on the statements.  The left coast listeners and non-listeners of Rush may not understand critical thinking, so I can understand how Rush's show confuses them.  You can disagree with his argument, but to call him fat, drugged, stupid, fringe without a few statement of facts to support your statements is just dribble and it is illogical, but a frequent exercise of the left coast.   How much does he weight, how fat is too fat, and isn't it a little righteous to degrade fat people?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-26_13:36:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "b13380b8c7040e15b0b8a910a3526152", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5663894": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Only when he's off the oxycontin... at which point they hunt him in the night and haunt his dreams.<br><br>Which is why he's a junkie. Gotta keep the pain of a wasted life at bay by whatever means I suppose.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-29_19:46:31", "killed": false, "user_key": "0b3e22becc8764a5d64b4fbb9446672c", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5554406, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5552541": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "When it comes to fundraising Obama is the far-rights dream come true. If Limbaugh really does represent the GOP as he claims to then the Dems really are sitting pretty. America is a nation of centrists, not extremists.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-26_13:15:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "23acf33830bea3448109cd096a56c04d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5554591": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "O'Reilly screamed during the Bush years that wishing for the President to fail, no matter what party, was treasonous. Now Rush is arguing for just that.<br><br>And here I thought Republicans had their talking points together. <br><br>They really have totally fallen apart. After the last 8 years, I wouldn't trust a Republican to run a gas station much less a bank, a brokerage firm, a government agency... much less a nation.<br><br>We saw where they took  us.<br><br>Republican whackjob policies brought us to the brink of a Great Depression... in 2009??!!???<br><br>For chrissake... they're ridiculous.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-26_14:58:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "32af3294fd10fd5edc560bfafa49db29", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5564451": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"If I am wrong prove me wrong!\"<br><br>The onus is on *you* to demonstrate your veracity.  Please cite specific examples of legislation blocked by Reid and Pelosi that you contend would have \"saved\" the economy.  Furthermore, given that the Dow *peaked* less than two years ago, I'm not sure what legislation you will show prior to fall 2007, particularly given that Congressional Republicans were still shrieking about tax cuts in the face of a still-charging bull market.<br><br>But indulge me.  Show me your homework, Joe.<br><br><br>\"Show me a liberal state where the liberal agenda has fixed the economy, oh wait you can't.\"<br><br>Show me *any* state -- conservative or liberal -- that has avoided the present economic downturn.  Oh, wait -- you can't.<br><br><br>\"California the most liberal state in the union by any messure,\"<br><br>You mean Republican-Governor-Schwarzenegger-having-California?  (laughing)  <br><br><br>\"is completly broken, their socialist agenda has driven out business and jobs,\"<br><br>In the meantime, hard-working and formerly Red Ohio is going broke-er faster.  You don't keep up with many state government balance sheets, do you?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-26_19:24:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "bbeddbb40f3945018211ed67cd0f25fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5553394, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5554469": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The Joe the Plumber, Palin, Rush Limbaugh brand loony-tune Republicans are what's killing their party. I mean really... Joe the Plumber is pretty much the best thing they've got? At least Palin and McCain thought so. A plumber who isn't a plumber who cheats on his taxes, quit being a plumber as soon as he could, tried to write a book and become a country music star but had no talent so he got shipped to Israel to spew his neonazi tripe for a rightwing blog nobody cares about called \"Pajamas Media?!!??\" Are you kidding me?<br><br>I hope they keep it up. Palin 2012!!! <br><br>... for a Democratic majority!!!<br><br>With a 2nd New Deal coming to rescue the economy, Republican heads are exploding and it couldn't possibly be funnier. Watching O'Reilly and Limbaugh right now is like watching a huge pumpkin explode. You think it's going to be filled with goo, but then it just turns out to be all hot air.... ffffffttt.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-26_14:53:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "32af3294fd10fd5edc560bfafa49db29", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5564202": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"I like listening to Rush because he makes statements (for those of you from the left coast, that mean sentences about the facts and circumstances)\"<br><br>Objection!  Assuming facts not in evidence, Counselor.  Please provide evidentiary proofs pertaining to your assertion.<br><br><br>\"You can disagree with his argument, but to call him fat, drugged, stupid, fringe without a few statement of facts to support your statements\"<br><br>In case you hadn't noticed, this is a board for commentary.  If you don't like my comments and opinions, that's too bad for you.<br><br><br>\"is just dribble and it is illogical,\"<br><br>You can disagree with my argument, but to call it \"dribble\" and \"illogical\" without a few statement of facts to support your statements is *drivel* as well as specious and jejune.  Arguing for facts to be provided in support of opinions is quite a risible position to take.<br><br><br>\"but a frequent exercise of the left coast.\"<br><br>Your analysis is in error.  I am not located on the \"left coast,\" nor am I located on the West Coast.  Greater specificity and detail in your objections would go a long way in permitting others (such as myself) to provide you the help you so obviously need.<br><br><br>\"How much does he weight, how fat is too fat, and isn't it a little righteous to degrade fat people?\"<br><br>If you don't like my opinions, you don't have to read them.  Or you can offer opinions of your own.  If you find those choices unsatisfying, that's a shame.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-26_19:09:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "bbeddbb40f3945018211ed67cd0f25fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5552917, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5552498": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Fat, drugged and stupid is no way to go through life, Mr. Limbaugh.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-26_13:15:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "bbeddbb40f3945018211ed67cd0f25fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5552559": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "um if you actually listen to Rush you'd hear that he is full of optimism, the guy loves his country as much as any other American. What frustrates him and me as well is the naievete of this last election and how negative the dems were. Sure we can all talk about hope and change until our face turns blue but that is really meaningless and abstract concepts, can we say vote for Obama and he will make you happy! we might as well. And the race card was thrown around like if you didn't vote for Obama you are a racists and only racist whites would vote for McCain/Palin, well yeah Sarah Palin is so lily white she married a guy who is part Alaskan Native American? And McCains are so racist they rescued and adopted a Bangladesh orphan name Bridget? Those racist republican how dare they right?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-26_13:19:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "ed76a6ffa29b8351ffeeb097179fa18e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5552561": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Limbaugh enjoys his right to freedom of speech. He can say anything he wants to his 15 or 20 million listeners. President Obama also has the right to express himself. If President Obama thinks its a good idea to let every citizen in the country know what Limbaugh is saying...as long as President Obama is accurately describing Limbaugh's comments, the President has every right to call attention to Limbaugh. The effect will be that the whole country will realize (if they don't already) that Limbaugh is all about Limbaugh. Limbaugh is not a patriot. Limbaugh is a gasbag. The dittoheads will remain sheep--following their beloved Rush, but the rest of us know, or will soon know the truth about Limbaugh.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-26_13:18:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "1a8cb892c38293abe020f8e75ec1d42e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5567926": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Joesmith, you don't read anything but blogs do you?<br>You say, \"Funding for abortion?\" I'm sooo glad you asked...<br>It just doesn't sound so inflammatory if you say our tax dollars will provide condoms to poor women in Africa, whose husbands have AIDS., or who can't feed the children they already have.<br>The truth about the executive orders is this. President Obama rescinded two of President Bush's actions: 1) a ban on U.S. funds to international family planning agencies that use their own money for abortions, abortion counseling or advocacy, and 2) a cutoff of financial support for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).<br>These executive orders do not make federal money available to promote abortion. That is against US law. They do use our money to promote birth control, which is against the extreme stance of the Vatican (and probably the source of all this misinformation). Any abortion or abortion education funding comes from their own money.<br>The UNFPA estimates that some 200 million women worldwide would like to delay or prevent pregnancy, but are not using effective contraception. They cannot afford it or are not knowledgeable about it. Universal access to family planning could save the lives of 175,000 women each year and prevent the deaths of 1.8 million children under age 5. <br>It would also dramatically reduce the number of abortions. That is what President Obama promissed to do.<br>Don\u2019t stay uninformed and petty.  It is time to take some responsibility.<br>Family planning for poor women is necessary.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-26_22:54:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "64e65ef1ec9aa9bdbdb90743c8cdd27f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5564063": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "If you'd like some dialogue, I will gladly oblige you.  If, on the other hand, you would prefer to simply tell everyone here what you think they think, then I believe you will be disappointed.<br><br>Demonizing your political opponents is always easier when you don't listen to anything they have to say.  And yes, I listen to Mr. Limbaugh's program a couple of times a month (I like to know what my opponents are saying and thinking), and I don't see a shred of the optimism you claim he exudes.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-26_19:01:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "bbeddbb40f3945018211ed67cd0f25fa", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5552559, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5568064": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Oh and Joesmith, I know (from your reply) you didn't really GET the CA governor thing.<br>Arnold Schwarzenegger runs CA. Your argument is that the liberal Dems are running it wrong. Arnold Schwarzenegger is in the same party as Ronald Reagan. <br>You probably haven't seen their names in print, but maybe you've seen some movies.<br>Guess what party... starts with R... you may think it starts with G... as in GET IT NOW?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-26_23:03:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "64e65ef1ec9aa9bdbdb90743c8cdd27f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5658315": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Republicans, at least one of the columnists in my local newspaper, actually believe Social Security Disability Income is welfare!   This particular columnist also showed how truly ignorant he is, unfortunately, by practicing medicine without a license when he \"diagnosed\" some persons picking up their checks at the post office as being perfectly well because they weren't \"cripples\".  Their legs worked. Poor guy doesn't know what else might not have been working that kept these recipients from working. And obviously, he knows nothing about Social Security Disability Income and how it is that people receive it.  I receive it, and my legs work, too.  <br><br>In order to receive it, one HAS to have a doctor's statement that one cannot work AT ANY JOB for at least 12 months/one year.  I had depression so severe that I had attempted suicide.  I had been put on the wrong medicine for me.  Lots of side effects.  Am on a better medicine now.  Trying to get going with work that I can do at home on my computer because after a wreck and two falls, I have severe back problems.  But I hope to get my little home business going and get off Social Security. Wish me luck.  Please.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-29_16:06:16", "killed": false, "user_key": "c3b27f8c6a0c132327dc10519d593bd0", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5552586": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Right. When people make constructive criticism, it's always AGAINST you, right republicans?<br>It's called working together. Not tearing each other apart when we don't agree. [Jackasses]", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-26_13:20:49", "killed": false, "user_key": "b4aaa8bd4a22d01180f7f989f84add52", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5553355": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm a conservative Republican and Rush does not speak for me. Rush puts himself ahead of EVERYTHING, with party being a distance second and country dead last. It's time for the mainstream GOP to distance itself from this clown.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-26_13:58:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "51c679fd7d00792f32ec9a79ec5fd99b", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5555875": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Rush Limpball hopes that Obama's proposals fail. Like the other reactionary neo-cons, he more concerned about validation of his irrational ego, than he is with the condition of the United States. He is a traitor.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-26_15:48:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "2721c795b2fb778af713e482081d7f5f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5553622": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Michael is right. Rush supporters listen to his BS because he makes the same statements (that means sentences about facts and circumstances, for all of us left coasters) and he presents the same arguments as all the other voices they hear in their heads.  I just want to make a statement that, I don't think it is even a little righteous to degrade fat, stupid, pill-popping gasbags, and so I would not degrade Rush any more if I were you.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-26_14:12:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "64e65ef1ec9aa9bdbdb90743c8cdd27f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5555031": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Rush and Al Qaeda are on the same page now. Does that give you all warm fuzzies?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-26_15:14:12", "killed": false, "user_key": "64e65ef1ec9aa9bdbdb90743c8cdd27f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5554648": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Let me go on record to say, the economy will never be fixed for years to come. First of all when Bush invaded Iraq it cost us millions of dollars of our tax money and now the deficit will take a long time to fix. When Bill Clinton left office the deficit was balanced. Maybe we need him to balance it again because Obama is not going to do what Bill Clinton can do. Rush knows what is going on in Washington and he is right when he said nothing changed in Washington. Its the Clinton administration back in power again. Get real. Obama needs Clinton's people because he lacks the experience they have and he hasn't learned yet.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-26_14:58:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "5127c481193a1a6fe49f9c04a51aa54d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5551380, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5552478": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I don't recall many leftist pundits saying \"I hope the President fails\" in January 2001. Even so, let's not pretend it's about anything but money. The more sensible and unified America becomes, the more desperate Rush and Coulter will become to divide, stay in the limelight, and sell books and radio ad space.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-26_13:14:57", "killed": false, "user_key": "18caf2c9274fa12fbcb500df377b0ff4", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5554406": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "WOW, Rush has feelings?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-26_14:51:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "27ed95580b5a8a23334c18346e2a217e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5555817": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "obviously I didn't vote the guy, (yeah THAT GUY) but I too had some hope he atleast won't do any harm. but all the news, all the things hes done already is just blowing my mind. He wants to delay the HDTV transition, the only bright spot in our economy. Hes closing down gitmo but no idea where do put these terrorist, hey Jockstrap supporter can they stay at your house for the next 4 years? Funding for abortion? Increase regulation on the big 3 automakers, following the example of the failed state of California? What the hell? The audacity of his arrogance, the hubris!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-26_15:48:19", "killed": false, "user_key": "ed76a6ffa29b8351ffeeb097179fa18e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5554027": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Rush says something ignorant every day, but to WISH THE PRESIDENT TO FAIL? That takes the cake.  <br><br>Whether you like Obama or not, he's still trying to save our economy.  To wish for his failure is pretty much the statement of A TRAITOR.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-26_14:33:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "4f792428bc1df931307ed1973c392f5e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5553776": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Joesmith, the governor of CA is Arnold Schwarzenegger.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-26_14:20:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "64e65ef1ec9aa9bdbdb90743c8cdd27f", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5563633": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Mariann, if you think Rush has his story checked out for truth before he goes on the air, maybe you'd better start checking the...uhhhh...facts...he's giving you.<br><br>Oh, but maybe I misunderstood you, as I am quite certain that Rush has his story checked out for truth to make sure there isn't a shred of it left when he's done.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-26_18:37:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "d7cb10a768c7578d35cad2b9d45e7e47", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5554387, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5553394": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Whats been the scary thing is the fact that the do nothing congress led by Reid and Pelosi, have blocked any work and attempt to save the economy for the last 2 years, and now they will continue to make it worse now that prez Uh-bama is in the office. If I am wrong prove me wrong! Show me a liberal state where the liberal agenda has fixed the economy, oh wait you can't. California the most liberal state in the union by any messure, is completly broken, their socialist agenda has driven out business and jobs, losing 27,000 people a week, and unemployment is at 9.3% highest in the union? these are scary facts. Its a shame what the liberals have done to such a great state, now watch as UH-bama tries to do that to the whole country, enjoy your economic depression for the next 4 years everyone!", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-26_14:02:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "ed76a6ffa29b8351ffeeb097179fa18e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5554387": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I had start listening to Rush during the campaigning of Obama and Hillary. I am a democrat who voted republican and will vote that way again if I don't like the democratic candidate. Rush has his story checked out for truth before he goes on the air. Now, how many liars do we have in Congress. And didn't Obama lie when he said that Ayers was just a neighborhood guy when he had close ties to him. Some of these commentor's should get real and wake up to facts. Maybe Rush is overweight, however so are thousand's of  people plus Rush doesn't use drugs and is not a boozer. Am I correct that 52% or great of young college student's are using drugs and booze presenting a big problem in the college's today as stated on the internet.  Obama made two good changes, closing Gitmo and the Stimulus Package. But, funding for abortion clinic's is a bad change. Abortion clinic's should be closed and never to open again. Every child has the right to live. Obama is not pro-life. I am.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-26_14:50:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "5127c481193a1a6fe49f9c04a51aa54d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5552917, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5552245": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "People that listen to Rush want their ideas given to them and then regurgitated over and over. They are not thinkers and represent the worst fringe of the Republican Party. I say keep listening to him, it will keep them a minority party for a long time. They are morally bankrupt and out ao any ideas to move this county forward.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-26_13:02:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "45182c07e3f906c3a0469725be03883d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5655548": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Joe - your stupid inane comments are making us THINKING republicans look like dumb turds. If you have a rational bone in your body, you would understand that the vast majority of all CA citizens are wildly enthusiastic about their environment. Which is why they protect their coastlines et al. Dumping the word \"socialist\" is something you must have inherited from your beloved dimwit Sarah who runs the most socialist state in the nation: Take $billion$ from oil (paid by citizens in the lower-48) and the feds and dole it out to Alaskans. No income tax for them...they suck off the rest of the nation. Please do some learnin' before you sign on to these blogs. Thanks.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-29_14:15:02", "killed": false, "user_key": "a9e30adabf6e68008e46f7944ebad851", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5554686, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5554813": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Joesmith: You are absolutely right. Obama will never be able to fix the economy because he doesn't have the experience to do so. I guarantee that he will make several mistakes in his policies and one of them now is funding abortion clinic's. Why should our taxes go to clinic's that kill babies. Pelosi, Reid, Dean (who retired) and Durbin are a problem in congress and Pelosi is one of the worst housespeaker's in a long time. All four of them are corrupt and double crossed Hillary with the superdelegates and the delegates from MI and FL. And Obama has an illegal aunt living here that he said he didn't know about it. If she can stay her then the illegal Mexican's should be able to. I agree with Rush in many ways because he knows the truth and the lies in congress.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-26_15:07:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "5127c481193a1a6fe49f9c04a51aa54d", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5553394, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5554686": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "oh yeah I remember in my civics class governor=king right? so he doesn't have to worry about the state legislature at all right? Whatever the hell that is.<br><br>please go look up Arnold's record and his agenda its a shame, he has done very little to save the state. And Cailfornia is so far to the left, even Regan is turning in his grave. No one can save that sad state, socialism does make everyone equal but it doesn't make everyone's life better, it makes everyone worse. Its just sad to see a state with so much potential so many resources, mile mile's coastline, and furtile farm land, all go to waste. But go ahead and keep over regulating every business, keep up the red tape on development. Keep wasting time and money on looking for ways to get cars to magically run on water, keep putting up expensive inefficient solar panels in San Fransico one of the foggiest rainiest cities in the US. Go ahead and raise your unemployment to 20%, because it looks like the rest of the country is following suit and going that direction.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-26_14:59:56", "killed": false, "user_key": "ed76a6ffa29b8351ffeeb097179fa18e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": true, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5553776, "depth": 1, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "5556117": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "You can be pro-life. That doesn't give you the right to eliminate for others, the right to be pro-choice. Your morality is no more valuable than my morality. People live with the consequences of whatever choices they make. You live with your choices.You do not have the right to limit other people's choices.", "is_last_child": true, "can_reply": true, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-01-26_16:00:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "1a8cb892c38293abe020f8e75ec1d42e", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": null, "votable": true, "date": "10 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 5554387, "depth": 2, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "", "theme": 1, "reply_position": false, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "10554932", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "34441", "hash": 1004422077117416339}, "thread": {"days_alive": 0, "slug": "they_hurt_rush8217s_feelings", "paginate": true, "num_pages": 1, "num_posts": 38, "per_page": 50, "total_posts": 38, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 10554932, "queued": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": true, "use_fb_connect": false, "forum_facebook_key": "", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": false, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
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/**
 * Dsq.FmtStrings: functions that return interpolated UI strings
 */
Dsq.FmtStrings = new function() {
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Dsq.CommentsHandler = function(str, head, post_id, content, tail, offset, s) {
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Dsq.PostBodyHandler = function(str, head, post_id, content, tail, offset, s) {
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Dsq.MediaPostHandler = function(str, args, offset, s) {
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Dsq.$ = function(element) { return document.getElementById(element); };
Dsq.$b = document.body || document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];


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


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Dsq.Urls = new function() {
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Dsq.Validators = new function() {
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			return "Please enter a valid email to comment.";
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				failure_callback(ret);
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		return true;
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};

/**
 * Dsq.Utils: Generic utility functions.
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	this.execOnReady = function(func) {
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			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">38</span> of <span id="dsq-total-posts">38</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://disqus.com/forums/washingtonindependent/they_hurt_rush8217s_feelings/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/they_hurt_rush8217s_feelings/">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/they_hurt_rush8217s_feelings/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:10554932" 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'				: 'they_hurt_rush8217s_feelings',
			// 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/they_hurt_rush8217s_feelings/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='	+ 'they_hurt_rush8217s_feelings'
			+ '&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='	+ 'they_hurt_rush8217s_feelings'
			+ '&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='		+ 'they_hurt_rush8217s_feelings'
				+ '&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/10554932/realtime.js?timestamp=' + last_checked);
		}
	};

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

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

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

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

}();

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		if (isblank(openid_url)) {
			return;
		}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	return obj;
}();


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









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

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

	//
	// Register templates.  This must be done after all themes are loaded.
	//
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('authPost', Dsq.Templates.authPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('header', Dsq.Templates.header);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('footer', Dsq.Templates.footer);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('trackbacks', Dsq.Templates.trackbacks);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('reactions', Dsq.Templates.reactions);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('prependPost', Dsq.Templates.prependPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('appendPost', Dsq.Templates.appendPost);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postPrependHeader', Dsq.Templates.postPrependHeader);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postAppendHeader', Dsq.Templates.postAppendHeader);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('preBody', Dsq.Templates.preBody);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postBody', Dsq.Templates.postBody);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postFooter', Dsq.Templates.postFooter);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('_popupGeneric', Dsq.Templates._popupGeneric);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('voted', Dsq.Templates.voted);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('popupProfile', Dsq.Templates.popupProfile);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postBox', Dsq.Templates.postBox);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('pagination', Dsq.Templates.pagination);
	Dsq.Templates.registerTemplate('postComment_onSuccess', Dsq.Templates.postComment_onSuccess);

})();

Dsq.container.className = "clearfix";
Dsq.container.innerHTML = ' \
<ul id="dsq-comments">\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5658315">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5658315" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5658315" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5658315">cherokeerose</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5658315" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5658315" class="dsq-comment-message">Republicans, at least one of the columnists in my local newspaper, actually believe Social Security Disability Income is welfare!   This particular columnist also showed how truly ignorant he is, unfortunately, by practicing medicine without a license when he "diagnosed" some persons picking up their checks at the post office as being perfectly well because they weren\'t "cripples".  Their legs worked. Poor guy doesn\'t know what else might not have been working that kept these recipients from working. And obviously, he knows nothing about Social Security Disability Income and how it is that people receive it.  I receive it, and my legs work, too.  <br><br>In order to receive it, one HAS to have a doctor\'s statement that one cannot work AT ANY JOB for at least 12 months/one year.  I had depression so severe that I had attempted suicide.  I had been put on the wrong medicine for me.  Lots of side effects.  Am on a better medicine now.  Trying to get going with work that I can do at home on my computer because after a wreck and two falls, I have severe back problems.  But I hope to get my little home business going and get off Social Security. Wish me luck.  Please.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5569219">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5569219" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5569219" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5569219">ASupporterIsAJockstrap</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5569219" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5569219" class="dsq-comment-message">Hubris? Hubris you say?<br>Have you run your head into the Patriot Post again, Joesmith?<br>In ancient Greece, hubris referred to actions which, intentionally or not, shamed and humiliated the victim--you know, like the way the Bush administration handled prisoners in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Oh yeah, and Gitmo. <br>But Joesmith, my candidate won. <br>Where is your house? We still need to put these (some of them victims) somewhere. <br>I\'m not afraid. Never was. I have been a fire fighter. You afraid?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5568064">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5568064" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5568064" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5568064">ASupporterIsAJockstrap</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5568064" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5568064" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh and Joesmith, I know (from your reply) you didn\'t really GET the CA governor thing.<br>Arnold Schwarzenegger runs CA. Your argument is that the liberal Dems are running it wrong. Arnold Schwarzenegger is in the same party as Ronald Reagan. <br>You probably haven\'t seen their names in print, but maybe you\'ve seen some movies.<br>Guess what party... starts with R... you may think it starts with G... as in GET IT NOW?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5567926">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5567926" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5567926" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5567926">ASupporterIsAJockstrap</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5567926" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5567926" class="dsq-comment-message">Joesmith, you don\'t read anything but blogs do you?<br>You say, "Funding for abortion?" I\'m sooo glad you asked...<br>It just doesn\'t sound so inflammatory if you say our tax dollars will provide condoms to poor women in Africa, whose husbands have AIDS., or who can\'t feed the children they already have.<br>The truth about the executive orders is this. President Obama rescinded two of President Bush\'s actions: 1) a ban on U.S. funds to international family planning agencies that use their own money for abortions, abortion counseling or advocacy, and 2) a cutoff of financial support for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).<br>These executive orders do not make federal money available to promote abortion. That is against US law. They do use our money to promote birth control, which is against the extreme stance of the Vatican (and probably the source of all this misinformation). Any abortion or abortion education funding comes from their own money.<br>The UNFPA estimates that some 200 million women worldwide would like to delay or prevent pregnancy, but are not using effective contraception. They cannot afford it or are not knowledgeable about it. Universal access to family planning could save the lives of 175,000 women each year and prevent the deaths of 1.8 million children under age 5. <br>It would also dramatically reduce the number of abortions. That is what President Obama promissed to do.<br>Don’t stay uninformed and petty.  It is time to take some responsibility.<br>Family planning for poor women is necessary.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5555875">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5555875" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5555875" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5555875">Larry Linn</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5555875" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5555875" class="dsq-comment-message">Rush Limpball hopes that Obama\'s proposals fail. Like the other reactionary neo-cons, he more concerned about validation of his irrational ego, than he is with the condition of the United States. He is a traitor.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5555817">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5555817" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5555817" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5555817">joesmith</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5555817" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5555817" class="dsq-comment-message">obviously I didn\'t vote the guy, (yeah THAT GUY) but I too had some hope he atleast won\'t do any harm. but all the news, all the things hes done already is just blowing my mind. He wants to delay the HDTV transition, the only bright spot in our economy. Hes closing down gitmo but no idea where do put these terrorist, hey Jockstrap supporter can they stay at your house for the next 4 years? Funding for abortion? Increase regulation on the big 3 automakers, following the example of the failed state of California? What the hell? The audacity of his arrogance, the hubris!</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5555031">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5555031" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5555031" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5555031">ASupporterIsAJockstrap</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5555031" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5555031" class="dsq-comment-message">Rush and Al Qaeda are on the same page now. Does that give you all warm fuzzies?</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
	 <li id="dsq-comment-5554591">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5554591" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5554591" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5554591">James</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5554591" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5554591" class="dsq-comment-message">O\'Reilly screamed during the Bush years that wishing for the President to fail, no matter what party, was treasonous. Now Rush is arguing for just that.<br><br>And here I thought Republicans had their talking points together. <br><br>They really have totally fallen apart. After the last 8 years, I wouldn\'t trust a Republican to run a gas station much less a bank, a brokerage firm, a government agency... much less a nation.<br><br>We saw where they took  us.<br><br>Republican whackjob policies brought us to the brink of a Great Depression... in 2009??!!???<br><br>For chrissake... they\'re ridiculous.</div>\
	 </div>\
	 </li>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5554469" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5554469">James</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5554469" class="dsq-comment-message">The Joe the Plumber, Palin, Rush Limbaugh brand loony-tune Republicans are what\'s killing their party. I mean really... Joe the Plumber is pretty much the best thing they\'ve got? At least Palin and McCain thought so. A plumber who isn\'t a plumber who cheats on his taxes, quit being a plumber as soon as he could, tried to write a book and become a country music star but had no talent so he got shipped to Israel to spew his neonazi tripe for a rightwing blog nobody cares about called "Pajamas Media?!!??" Are you kidding me?<br><br>I hope they keep it up. Palin 2012!!! <br><br>... for a Democratic majority!!!<br><br>With a 2nd New Deal coming to rescue the economy, Republican heads are exploding and it couldn\'t possibly be funnier. Watching O\'Reilly and Limbaugh right now is like watching a huge pumpkin explode. You think it\'s going to be filled with goo, but then it just turns out to be all hot air.... ffffffttt.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5554406" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5554406">SA</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5554406" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5554406" class="dsq-comment-message">WOW, Rush has feelings?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5663894" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5663894">Rush&#39;s Pharmabuddy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5663894" class="dsq-comment-message">Only when he\'s off the oxycontin... at which point they hunt him in the night and haunt his dreams.<br><br>Which is why he\'s a junkie. Gotta keep the pain of a wasted life at bay by whatever means I suppose.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5554027" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5554027">average joe</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5554027" class="dsq-comment-message">Rush says something ignorant every day, but to WISH THE PRESIDENT TO FAIL? That takes the cake.  <br><br>Whether you like Obama or not, he\'s still trying to save our economy.  To wish for his failure is pretty much the statement of A TRAITOR.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5553776" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5553776">ASupporterIsAJockstrap</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5553776" class="dsq-comment-message">Joesmith, the governor of CA is Arnold Schwarzenegger.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5554686" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5554686" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5554686">joesmith</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5554686" class="dsq-comment-message">oh yeah I remember in my civics class governor=king right? so he doesn\'t have to worry about the state legislature at all right? Whatever the hell that is.<br><br>please go look up Arnold\'s record and his agenda its a shame, he has done very little to save the state. And Cailfornia is so far to the left, even Regan is turning in his grave. No one can save that sad state, socialism does make everyone equal but it doesn\'t make everyone\'s life better, it makes everyone worse. Its just sad to see a state with so much potential so many resources, mile mile\'s coastline, and furtile farm land, all go to waste. But go ahead and keep over regulating every business, keep up the red tape on development. Keep wasting time and money on looking for ways to get cars to magically run on water, keep putting up expensive inefficient solar panels in San Fransico one of the foggiest rainiest cities in the US. Go ahead and raise your unemployment to 20%, because it looks like the rest of the country is following suit and going that direction.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5655548" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5655548">repubstud</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5655548" class="dsq-comment-message">Joe - your stupid inane comments are making us THINKING republicans look like dumb turds. If you have a rational bone in your body, you would understand that the vast majority of all CA citizens are wildly enthusiastic about their environment. Which is why they protect their coastlines et al. Dumping the word "socialist" is something you must have inherited from your beloved dimwit Sarah who runs the most socialist state in the nation: Take $billion$ from oil (paid by citizens in the lower-48) and the feds and dole it out to Alaskans. No income tax for them...they suck off the rest of the nation. Please do some learnin\' before you sign on to these blogs. Thanks.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5553771" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5553771">david dial</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5553771" class="dsq-comment-message">The bottom line here is that the vast majority of  Americans are most comfortable somewhere near the center of the political spectrum.  <br><br>Yes, we have our fringe nuts and we have  "personalities" on both fringes who profit from the fact that the loonies, both left and right,  are more emotional than intellectual when it comes to their politics.  We also have politicians who are willing to exploit the paranoia of the ideological purists.<br><br>But the majority of us are in the middle.  We are pragmatic.  We realize that democracy works best when we treat each other respectfully, inform ourselves regarding all points of view and find a point of consensus from which we can progress.  This approach brings  the moderate left and right leaners closer to the center rather than driving them away.  <br><br>President Obama understands this so he can build in the middle and solve problems.  The wingnuts don\'t  want to build consensus so they will continue to create discord with their my way or the highway approach to governance.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5553622" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5553622">ASupporterIsAJockstrap</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5553622" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5553622" class="dsq-comment-message">Michael is right. Rush supporters listen to his BS because he makes the same statements (that means sentences about facts and circumstances, for all of us left coasters) and he presents the same arguments as all the other voices they hear in their heads.  I just want to make a statement that, I don\'t think it is even a little righteous to degrade fat, stupid, pill-popping gasbags, and so I would not degrade Rush any more if I were you.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5553394" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5553394">joesmith</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5553394" class="dsq-comment-message">Whats been the scary thing is the fact that the do nothing congress led by Reid and Pelosi, have blocked any work and attempt to save the economy for the last 2 years, and now they will continue to make it worse now that prez Uh-bama is in the office. If I am wrong prove me wrong! Show me a liberal state where the liberal agenda has fixed the economy, oh wait you can\'t. California the most liberal state in the union by any messure, is completly broken, their socialist agenda has driven out business and jobs, losing 27,000 people a week, and unemployment is at 9.3% highest in the union? these are scary facts. Its a shame what the liberals have done to such a great state, now watch as UH-bama tries to do that to the whole country, enjoy your economic depression for the next 4 years everyone!</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5564451" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5564451">Porkchopicus of Borg</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5564451" class="dsq-comment-message">"If I am wrong prove me wrong!"<br><br>The onus is on *you* to demonstrate your veracity.  Please cite specific examples of legislation blocked by Reid and Pelosi that you contend would have "saved" the economy.  Furthermore, given that the Dow *peaked* less than two years ago, I\'m not sure what legislation you will show prior to fall 2007, particularly given that Congressional Republicans were still shrieking about tax cuts in the face of a still-charging bull market.<br><br>But indulge me.  Show me your homework, Joe.<br><br><br>"Show me a liberal state where the liberal agenda has fixed the economy, oh wait you can\'t."<br><br>Show me *any* state -- conservative or liberal -- that has avoided the present economic downturn.  Oh, wait -- you can\'t.<br><br><br>"California the most liberal state in the union by any messure,"<br><br>You mean Republican-Governor-Schwarzenegger-having-California?  (laughing)  <br><br><br>"is completly broken, their socialist agenda has driven out business and jobs,"<br><br>In the meantime, hard-working and formerly Red Ohio is going broke-er faster.  You don\'t keep up with many state government balance sheets, do you?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5554813" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5554813">Mariann Pepitone</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5554813" class="dsq-comment-message">Joesmith: You are absolutely right. Obama will never be able to fix the economy because he doesn\'t have the experience to do so. I guarantee that he will make several mistakes in his policies and one of them now is funding abortion clinic\'s. Why should our taxes go to clinic\'s that kill babies. Pelosi, Reid, Dean (who retired) and Durbin are a problem in congress and Pelosi is one of the worst housespeaker\'s in a long time. All four of them are corrupt and double crossed Hillary with the superdelegates and the delegates from MI and FL. And Obama has an illegal aunt living here that he said he didn\'t know about it. If she can stay her then the illegal Mexican\'s should be able to. I agree with Rush in many ways because he knows the truth and the lies in congress.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5553355" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5553355">Marcos El Malo</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5553355" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m a conservative Republican and Rush does not speak for me. Rush puts himself ahead of EVERYTHING, with party being a distance second and country dead last. It\'s time for the mainstream GOP to distance itself from this clown.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5552917" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5552917">Rush Supporter</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5552917" class="dsq-comment-message">I like listening to Rush because he makes statements (for those of you from the left coast, that mean sentences about the facts and circumstances) and then he presents his argument based on the statements.  The left coast listeners and non-listeners of Rush may not understand critical thinking, so I can understand how Rush\'s show confuses them.  You can disagree with his argument, but to call him fat, drugged, stupid, fringe without a few statement of facts to support your statements is just dribble and it is illogical, but a frequent exercise of the left coast.   How much does he weight, how fat is too fat, and isn\'t it a little righteous to degrade fat people?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5564202" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5564202">Porkchopicus of Borg</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5564202" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5564202" class="dsq-comment-message">"I like listening to Rush because he makes statements (for those of you from the left coast, that mean sentences about the facts and circumstances)"<br><br>Objection!  Assuming facts not in evidence, Counselor.  Please provide evidentiary proofs pertaining to your assertion.<br><br><br>"You can disagree with his argument, but to call him fat, drugged, stupid, fringe without a few statement of facts to support your statements"<br><br>In case you hadn\'t noticed, this is a board for commentary.  If you don\'t like my comments and opinions, that\'s too bad for you.<br><br><br>"is just dribble and it is illogical,"<br><br>You can disagree with my argument, but to call it "dribble" and "illogical" without a few statement of facts to support your statements is *drivel* as well as specious and jejune.  Arguing for facts to be provided in support of opinions is quite a risible position to take.<br><br><br>"but a frequent exercise of the left coast."<br><br>Your analysis is in error.  I am not located on the "left coast," nor am I located on the West Coast.  Greater specificity and detail in your objections would go a long way in permitting others (such as myself) to provide you the help you so obviously need.<br><br><br>"How much does he weight, how fat is too fat, and isn\'t it a little righteous to degrade fat people?"<br><br>If you don\'t like my opinions, you don\'t have to read them.  Or you can offer opinions of your own.  If you find those choices unsatisfying, that\'s a shame.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5554387" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5554387">Mariann Pepitone</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5554387" class="dsq-comment-message">I had start listening to Rush during the campaigning of Obama and Hillary. I am a democrat who voted republican and will vote that way again if I don\'t like the democratic candidate. Rush has his story checked out for truth before he goes on the air. Now, how many liars do we have in Congress. And didn\'t Obama lie when he said that Ayers was just a neighborhood guy when he had close ties to him. Some of these commentor\'s should get real and wake up to facts. Maybe Rush is overweight, however so are thousand\'s of  people plus Rush doesn\'t use drugs and is not a boozer. Am I correct that 52% or great of young college student\'s are using drugs and booze presenting a big problem in the college\'s today as stated on the internet.  Obama made two good changes, closing Gitmo and the Stimulus Package. But, funding for abortion clinic\'s is a bad change. Abortion clinic\'s should be closed and never to open again. Every child has the right to live. Obama is not pro-life. I am.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5564290" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5564290">Porkchopicus of Borg</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5564290" class="dsq-comment-message">"Maybe Rush is overweight, however so are thousand\'s of people"<br><br>If Mr. Limbaugh wishes to advance his career by means of acerbic and caustic commentary about the character, failings and appearance of others, then he\'s got no complaint coming when the same linguistic weapons are aimed at him.  In other words, sauce for the goose is sauce for the big, fat druggie Limbaugh gander.<br><br><br>"plus Rush doesn\'t use drugs and is not a boozer."<br><br>Rush has committed multiple drug offenses.  The presumption that he uses drugs meets the "reasonable person" standard in courtrooms all across this country.  I made no comment regarding his use or non-use of alcohol.<br><br><br>"Am I correct that 52% or great of young college student\'s are using drugs and booze presenting a big problem in the college\'s today as stated on the internet. "<br><br>52% of young college students don\'t have highly-rated nationwide radio programs.  So rather than giving Mr. Limbaugh a pass by comparing him with college kids, perhaps you should be holding him to a higher standard of behavior.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5563633">Glen</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5563633" class="dsq-comment-message">Mariann, if you think Rush has his story checked out for truth before he goes on the air, maybe you\'d better start checking the...uhhhh...facts...he\'s giving you.<br><br>Oh, but maybe I misunderstood you, as I am quite certain that Rush has his story checked out for truth to make sure there isn\'t a shred of it left when he\'s done.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5556117" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5556117">edsommers</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5556117" class="dsq-comment-message">You can be pro-life. That doesn\'t give you the right to eliminate for others, the right to be pro-choice. Your morality is no more valuable than my morality. People live with the consequences of whatever choices they make. You live with your choices.You do not have the right to limit other people\'s choices.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5552586" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5552586">Tired of Republican Anger</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5552586" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5552586" class="dsq-comment-message">Right. When people make constructive criticism, it\'s always AGAINST you, right republicans?<br>It\'s called working together. Not tearing each other apart when we don\'t agree. [Jackasses]</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5552559" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5552559">joesmith</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5552559" class="dsq-comment-message">um if you actually listen to Rush you\'d hear that he is full of optimism, the guy loves his country as much as any other American. What frustrates him and me as well is the naievete of this last election and how negative the dems were. Sure we can all talk about hope and change until our face turns blue but that is really meaningless and abstract concepts, can we say vote for Obama and he will make you happy! we might as well. And the race card was thrown around like if you didn\'t vote for Obama you are a racists and only racist whites would vote for McCain/Palin, well yeah Sarah Palin is so lily white she married a guy who is part Alaskan Native American? And McCains are so racist they rescued and adopted a Bangladesh orphan name Bridget? Those racist republican how dare they right?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5564063" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5564063">Porkchopicus of Borg</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5564063" class="dsq-comment-message">If you\'d like some dialogue, I will gladly oblige you.  If, on the other hand, you would prefer to simply tell everyone here what you think they think, then I believe you will be disappointed.<br><br>Demonizing your political opponents is always easier when you don\'t listen to anything they have to say.  And yes, I listen to Mr. Limbaugh\'s program a couple of times a month (I like to know what my opponents are saying and thinking), and I don\'t see a shred of the optimism you claim he exudes.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5552785" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5552785">homer</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5552785" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5552785" class="dsq-comment-message">yes, Rush loves this country so much, he dodged the draft his country was fighting when he was young, admitted that he "carried water" for politicians he didn\'t believe in, and now hopes the current president fails in his attempt to rescue our economy.  is this malleable definition of "love of country" unique to the baby boomers?  cause everyone i know thinks Rush is a pill-popper who\'s out for himself.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5552561" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5552561" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5552561">Ed Sommers</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5552561" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5552561" class="dsq-comment-message">Limbaugh enjoys his right to freedom of speech. He can say anything he wants to his 15 or 20 million listeners. President Obama also has the right to express himself. If President Obama thinks its a good idea to let every citizen in the country know what Limbaugh is saying...as long as President Obama is accurately describing Limbaugh\'s comments, the President has every right to call attention to Limbaugh. The effect will be that the whole country will realize (if they don\'t already) that Limbaugh is all about Limbaugh. Limbaugh is not a patriot. Limbaugh is a gasbag. The dittoheads will remain sheep--following their beloved Rush, but the rest of us know, or will soon know the truth about Limbaugh.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5552541" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5552541">RickW</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5552541" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5552541" class="dsq-comment-message">When it comes to fundraising Obama is the far-rights dream come true. If Limbaugh really does represent the GOP as he claims to then the Dems really are sitting pretty. America is a nation of centrists, not extremists.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5552498">Porkchopicus of Borg</span>\
	 </cite>\
	 </div>\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5552498" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5552498" class="dsq-comment-message">Fat, drugged and stupid is no way to go through life, Mr. Limbaugh.</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-5552478">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5552478" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5552478" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5552478">Jeremy</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5552478" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5552478" class="dsq-comment-message">I don\'t recall many leftist pundits saying "I hope the President fails" in January 2001. Even so, let\'s not pretend it\'s about anything but money. The more sensible and unified America becomes, the more desperate Rush and Coulter will become to divide, stay in the limelight, and sell books and radio ad space.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5552245">Michael</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5552245" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5552245" class="dsq-comment-message">People that listen to Rush want their ideas given to them and then regurgitated over and over. They are not thinkers and represent the worst fringe of the Republican Party. I say keep listening to him, it will keep them a minority party for a long time. They are morally bankrupt and out ao any ideas to move this county forward.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5551380" class="dsq-comment-header">\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5551380">Edgar Johnson</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5551380" class="dsq-comment-message">Lets be honest all the people who listen to Rush Limbaugh are fringe period.  Just a group of people who enjoy a constant stream of negativity.. The real joke is some people say he tells it like it is, .. well in his own twisted mind perhaps, Americans are as a whole sick of all this endless doom a gloom the guy spits up.. get a clue listeners, Americans want some hope and promise now not a guy who says he hopes Obama will fail.. what kind of unpatriotic crap is that ?  Is that what the GOP represents in this country today?  they Hope our president will fail to fix the economy and make our country great again?  Is not that sort of talk treason?  Perhaps if we did to Rush what we should do to Traitors then the GOP would start being a real party again.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-5554648" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-5554648" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-5554648">Mariann Pepitone</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-5554648" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-5554648" class="dsq-comment-message">Let me go on record to say, the economy will never be fixed for years to come. First of all when Bush invaded Iraq it cost us millions of dollars of our tax money and now the deficit will take a long time to fix. When Bill Clinton left office the deficit was balanced. Maybe we need him to balance it again because Obama is not going to do what Bill Clinton can do. Rush knows what is going on in Washington and he is right when he said nothing changed in Washington. Its the Clinton administration back in power again. Get real. Obama needs Clinton\'s people because he lacks the experience they have and he hasn\'t learned yet.</div>\
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