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then trying to tone it down the next when it was getting out of hand) and then telling these bankers that he's the only one standing between them and the pitchforks? How is that not an abuse of his power?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-03_16:50:32", "killed": false, "user_key": "CStanley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 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}, "7740163": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Right, Hemm- that's why I pointed out the difference between the situation then vs. now. It was an existential crisis for the union then, and that's why history has judged Lincoln to have been right in using emergency powers and getting the i's dotted and t's crossed after the fact. The same type of crisis does not exist now- the Constitution and the Union are not at risk from the economic crisis.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-02_08:23:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "CStanley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7734038, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7790468": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "CS -<br><br>\"A side note- isn't it funny how our points are climbing now that people can't ding them when they get ticked off because they're losing an argument?\"<br><br>Yeah, funny about that. Or knocked down just for having a 'wrong' opinion.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-03_11:25:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "AustinRoth", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7786730, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7715718": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "AR<br><br>Don't get side tracked.  Of  course you didn't hate Bush.  but DON'T shut up.<br><br>Tell me how economic persuasion by Obama is unconstitutional.  How bankruptcy courts deciding the fate of contracts is unconstitutional.  <br>Come on, bury your bitterness like I did for Florida in the 2000 election.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_10:57:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "HemmD", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 15, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7729287": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "AR<br><br>Ok. Doesn't it also specify exactly the oath a President is to take.  Doesn't that kind of show they knew exactly what they wanted the President to do in terms of the \"part of the first part?\"  Article II, Section I of the U.S. Constitution<br><br>how bout Lincoln?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_19:26:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "HemmD", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7728468, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7744980": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I know that's the fear you have, but my german heritage thinks that makes a lot of sense.<br><br><br>Seriously,  I think the non-participation thing is to stop that very criticism.  It would be decidedly at bad thing if all Obama's youth started to march in support of a plan.  That, I believe was the point of the bill introduced.  It was an attempt to remove volunteerism from political and religious meddling.<br><br>Hitler youth had a political affiliation (Nazism) and a religion (Hitler).  Obama's volunteerism is closer to the  peace corps, only inside America.  That's change I can believe in.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-02_11:50:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "HemmD", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7743253, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7733815": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "HemmD - you can keep using inappropriate legalese-like terms, but 'we the people' in the preamble does not make 'the people' the 'party of the first part' in the sense you are tying to use it.<br><br>Here is a good overview, which admittedly shows I did overstate somewhat the Court's lack of use of the Preamble:<br><br><a href=\"http://www.answers.com/topic/preamble-to-the-constitution\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.answers.com/topic/preamble-to-the-co...</a><br><br>However, a key takeaway in that article DOES support the main point I have been trying to make:<br><br>\"On the other hand, courts will not interpret the Preamble to give the government powers that are not articulated elsewhere in the Constitution. United States v. Kinnebrew Motor Co., 8 F. Supp. 535 (W.D. Okla. 1934) is an example of this. In that case, the defendants were a car manufacturer and dealership indicted for a criminal violation of the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA). The Congress passed the statute in order to cope with the Great Depression, and one of its provisions purported to give to the President authority to fix \"the prices at which new cars may be sold.\"<br><br>Kind of relevant to what is happening now, although not yet identical.<br><br>p.s., enjoying the give and take. But when does the name calling start? Now? HemmD you ignorant slut...<br><br>:)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_22:55:30", "killed": false, "user_key": "AustinRoth", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7730128, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7742851": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "CS and AR<br><br>I admit, we kind of got into the tall grass on this one.  :)<br><br>Let's narrow this down to a simple question.  Obama is persuading, not ordering.  There is no law against persuasion.<br><br>Just to throw a wrench into the bill you mentioned.   Don't Armed forces personnel agree to similar stipulations?  You can't advocate for a particular candidate while dressed in your uniform, can you?  Just thought I'd add to touch of chaos....", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-02_10:38:15", "killed": false, "user_key": "HemmD", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7740848, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7740432": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "AR  <br>oops<br>that was meant to say \"he's NOT done much to disbelieve...\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-02_08:39:53", "killed": false, "user_key": "HemmD", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7740322, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7745449": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I, too, come from German heritage.<br><br>This is just one of those that has the feel of 'the road to hell, good intentions, etc.'<br><br>Couple that with my general cynicism towards all politicians, and a firm belief that all government programs grow and expand their power, and in doing so become more corrupt, well...<br><br>You haven't been around this board enough to know, but I have mentioned before I am Jeffersonian in my opinion on how to keep government in check.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-02_12:07:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "AustinRoth", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7744980, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7715523": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>Obama has to date dictated no action by GM, AIG, or anyone else. He merely offers the incentive of bailout financing in exchange for a set of actions that these companies must agree to.</i><br>Actually that's not true at all, and that's the problem as I see it. Had these conditions been set before the companies accepted the bailout funds, it wouldn't have been so problematic.<br><br>It's one thing to negotiate conditions of a loan beforehand, but that's not what has happened.<br><br>And there's also the question of the power of the executive here in making these decisions, when Congress as the keeper of the purse should be providing oversight. Yet as a link I posted yesterday showed, the person appointed by Congress to oversee these funds can't even get her phone calls returned by Treasury.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_10:51:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "CStanley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7726613": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The U.S. is both a constitutional republic and a democracy. It's a constitutional republic when Republicans need it to be, so that they can argue against policies that go directly to protecting the political and economic rights of the people -- as opposed to those of big business or powerful political interests . It's a democracy when Republicans need it to be, so that they can argue in favor of invading other countries to give them the same form of government that the U.S. has.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_17:23:09", "killed": false, "user_key": "kathyedits", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7734038": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "CS<br><br>As for as the thirteenth, that came after the fact,  Lincoln freed property, the 13th made them citizens. <br><br>As far as Will is concerned.<br>Sorry I don't buy it.  Congress passes a budget, they don't go out and spend the money.  Congress authorizes expenditures in many ways and through many people. <br>\"Congress said to the executive branch, in effect: \"Here is $700 billion. You say you will use some of it to buy up banks' 'troubled assets.' But if you prefer to do anything else with the money -- even, say, subsidize automobile companies -- well, whatever.\" \"<br><br>Congress passes laws that state that the dept of defense is to spend x dollars.  The budget does not specify, \"buy 100 belts, three rockets, etc.\"  The money is spent along general lines just like congress did with the Tarp funds.<br>There is no difference.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_22:59:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "HemmD", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7730971, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7730971": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Wow, little did I know that George Will had written an article that makes all the points I've been attempting here, in a much more coherent fashion.<br><br><a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/27/AR2009032702504.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_20:27:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "CStanley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7724701": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Oh come on. Not even a 1L would buy THAT logic. Heck, not even Dershowitz would try it!<br><br>:)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_16:09:10", "killed": false, "user_key": "AustinRoth", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 8, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7724196, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7726878": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<i>I believe Obama's intention is to bring change to Washington.</i><br>I have no idea if he's worthy of that kind of power or not, but it doesn't matter. If you'll recall, some of the founders wanted to make George Washington king because he was such a good and honorable man, but wiser minds prevailed and saw the need to limit the powers of the office and put in checks and balances.<br><br>If he really wants to 'change the way things are done', the appropriate manner would be for him to use his considerable political capital to lean on the goons in his own party (that's not to say that the GOP isn't just as bad- I'm just saying that the Democratic majority is where Obama could have influence, and they're the ones in power right now anyway.)<br><br><i> Congress has part and parcel been much the cause of the current economic problem.</i><br>Right, but only because we allowed it to happen. It's time for people to wake up.<br><br><i>If they are not going to do their jobs, somebody needs to.</i><br>NO, NO, NO. If they are not going to do their jobs properly, they need to be tossed out.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_17:36:03", "killed": false, "user_key": "CStanley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7729567": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Um, you are losing me. <br><br>The Preamble does not specify the Oath of Office for the Presidency, or that a President must take it, but indeed Article II, Section I, Clause 8 does. And it states, as i pointed out, that the President:<br><br>\"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.\"<br><br>Not the People. The Constitution. So, as the South was trying to Succeed, Lincoln claimed he was defending the Constitution, because there is no provision for succession in it. There are still a lot of Constitutional scholars, though, that believe his actions exceeded his authority even under these terms. I think some did, but you cannot change the past.<br><br>You can only worry about today. Which is what I am indeed worrying about.<br><br>So, what was the point you were trying to make in your last reply? I have to admit it was lost on me, if I didn't address it with this reply.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_19:39:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "AustinRoth", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7729287, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7719200": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Chris - <br><br>\"but that still doesn't mean we're on the path to Marxism/Leninism/Stalinism. If that started happening, I'd join you guys in the protests.\"<br><br>Out of interest, what in your opinion would constitute that we are heading down that path?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_13:01:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "AustinRoth", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 15, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7716471, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7716784": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>Tarp fund management was deeded to the executive branch when they were established. </i><br><br>Which was wrong, and the decision should be subjected to judicial review.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_11:36:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "CStanley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 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}, "7740322": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "CS - I know this thread has been going on forever, but look up a couple posts to the one I directed at Chris last night. You heard about that, the cute little First Amendment restrictions they are adding to \"GIVE\"?<br><br>As someone else pointed out elsewhere, there real insidiousness of this revolves around the fact that kids will AHVE to volunteer if they want certain school loans for college now, but over time, history shows that quickly ANY financial assistance to people below a certain age will require it, and the system will end up modified so that almost ALL kids need that financial assitance.<br><br>Also, go do some primary research of your own on HR 1388 if you have not already. See what type of 'training' they must get, and what kind of 'volunteer duties' they will do. I will bet it reminds you things you hav seen described in other countries that use a different political system than we do.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-02_08:33:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "AustinRoth", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7740163, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7724196": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Ah Yes the 10th Amendment.<br><br>\"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.\"<br><br>\"or the people\" - Obama is responding to the crisis on the part of the people who he serves and has promised to protect and defend.<br><br>So Obama is fulfilling his sworn duty.  <br><br>The socialist.  :)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_15:50:21", "killed": false, "user_key": "HemmD", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7723210, "depth": 0, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7714345": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Tony<br><br>Obama has to date dictated no action by GM, AIG, or anyone else.  He merely offers the incentive of bailout financing in exchange for a set of actions that these companies must agree to.  If they have other options or financing, take them.  If Obama required Ford, who has not yet taken bailout funds, to \"break contracts,\" that would be unconstitutional. <br><br>\"If government can change private contracts, what about the contract the people have with their government?\"<br><br>Again, if GM does go under, it will be bankruptcy courts that will call the tune; and that too is constitutional.  You are falling down the slippery slope of Right wing paranoia.  By lending bailout funds to mis-managed and failing business, Obama is protecting the American people's interests by requiring changes to how the failing business operates.<br>  <br>It's a shame that someone under Bush hadn't done something similar with KBR; maybe some soldiers wouldn't have been electrocuted while taking a shower.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_10:24:00", "killed": false, "user_key": "HemmD", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7727274": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "AR<br><br>here we go:<br><br>The Constitution is a contract.<br><br>The party of the first part, is We the people. Obama has sworn to protect that agreement.<br> I'm not sure how the protection of the party of the first part of that agreement is different from the protection they have within the contract.  If he protects the contract of people's rights, is he not protecting those people rights?  'splain it to me lucy'<br><br>As to Lincoln, didn't he change property rights without employing Congress?  That Emancipation Proclamation certainly bent the way laws are supposed to be written, didn't it?<br><br>Lastly, tell me exactly why persuasion is the same as forcing.  We have two words for a reason.  They mean different things.  <br>If he compels through law or force, I'm with you.  But until he does, I'm with Obama.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_17:54:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "HemmD", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 5, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7725791, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7734828": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Hey Chris - <br><br>On the Socialist path question, how about this little doosy:<br><br>\"The House passed the Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act on Monday. The bill includes language indicating young people will be forced to participate in mandatory national service programs. The bill also states that \"service learning\" will be a mandatory part of the youth curriculum. <br><br>That doesn't sound much like \"volunteerism\" does it? The mandatory youth plan requires America's youth to participate in mandatory service youth programs.<br><br>But that's not all.<br><br>HR 1388 is called \u201cGenerations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education\u201d (GIVE). Here is part of the HR 1388 bill\u2019s wording:<br><br>    SEC. 1304. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND INELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS.<br><br>    Section 125 (42 U.S.C. 12575) is amended to read as follows:<br><br>    SEC. 125. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND INELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS.<br><br>    (a) Prohibited Activities- A participant in an approved national service position under this subtitle may not engage in the following activities:<br><br>    (1) Attempting to influence legislation.<br><br>    (2) Organizing or engaging in protests, petitions, boycotts, or strikes.<br>    \u2026<br><br>    (7) Engaging in religious instruction, conducting worship services, providing instruction as part of a program that includes mandatory religious instruction or worship, constructing or operating facilities devoted to religious instruction or worship, maintaining facilities primarily or inherently devoted to religious instruction or worship, or engaging in any form of religious proselytization.<br><br>Any thoughts on THAT one?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_23:42:37", "killed": false, "user_key": "AustinRoth", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7719505, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7740848": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "HemmD and CS -<br><br>OK, that is what I get for not doing more research last night.<br><br>First, the bill has been passed by both Houses, and now awaits Obama's signature.<br><br>However, I went to <a href=\"http://www.govtrack.us\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.govtrack.us</a>, and read (skimmed) the final bill as passed. Sec. 1304 (Section 125) (the nasty one in question) was indeed repealed in its entirety.<br><br>Always best to go to a primary source for accurate information.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-02_09:07:13", "killed": false, "user_key": "AustinRoth", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 9, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7740395, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7719155": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "HemmD - <br><br>I forgot to add, I have NO issue with your bankruptcy court question. I have said all along that if there is going to be forced reorganization, that is where it HAD to happen, and that I was seeing Obama stepping into the role of the Judiciary. It is the actual potential Constitutional issue I am concerned about.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_13:00:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "AustinRoth", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7715718, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7743253": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "HemmD -<br><br>If you want to take the 'volunteerism' bill and turn it into quasi-military service, quite frankly you are getting into Hitler Youth and Brownshirts territory. (Damn, I HATE being the one to invoke Godwin's Law).<br><br>Persuading? Ok, so, you go to your local bank for a loan to handle a credit crunch. The bank says, sorry, you are too high a risk.<br><br> So now you go to your local loan shark, who gladly loans you money in, say, November of last year. It is now March of this year. You need yet more money. You draw up a plan to show him how you plan to replay him, and why you need additional money to get there.<br><br>He says, 'I will draw up a new plan for you, and decide how you will earn and spend your money, what you will do for a job, and I think it is is your best interests that you do what I 'suggest'. <br><br>Persuasion?<br><br>Anyway, time to stop this thread, as we have both (I think) thown our best out there. Let's go find a new one to commandeer! The TMV Thread Pirates. ;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-02_10:53:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "AustinRoth", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7742851, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7791798": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "My only problem with 58 is every morning when I look in the mirror, I can see the eyes of that 20 year old looking back and saying \"What the hell have you done to me?\"<br><br>When I was in my early 50s, I always said that the only thing I wanted for my birthday was dyslexia so that I could be 25 or 35 again. :)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-03_12:16:29", "killed": false, "user_key": "HemmD", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7790424, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7716985": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm just going by memory here, but weren't judges to be instructed to change the terms of mortgage contracts?  And wasn't that to be applied to mortgage companies not receiving bailout money?  To me that would be a more glaring example of unconstitutionality than the GM issue.<br><br>I agree with other posters that when GM accepted government funds they left themselves open to abiding by the government's terms.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_11:44:08", "killed": false, "user_key": "DaGoat", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7746876": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "I actually am an optimist, very much so. I just distrust government. Those are not mutually exclusive.<br><br>Actually, I distrust authority in general. I am 48, and still don't trust the man. He is trying to put us down!.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-02_12:53:44", "killed": false, "user_key": "AustinRoth", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 3, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7746453, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7730237": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "The thirteenth amendment mitigated any constitutional issue with the Emancipation proclamation though, Hemm. And I think if you actually compare the situation then with now it becomes obvious that nothing today is provoking the kind of existential crisis that was present at that time- that's the difference.<br><br>And that's what AR is getting at by pointing out that the president swears to uphold the Constitution. He doesn't take an oath to directly serve the people's wishes. If the people wish to give powers to the president beyond that which is in the Constitution, there's a process for them to do so- amending the Constitution.<br><br>And yeah, I know, like you said before- we don't have time for that. Well, that just means then that we shouldn't be vesting all this power in the federal government to begin with and we need to move back in the proper direction.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_20:11:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "CStanley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 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}, "7720640": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "DQ - you are confusing Dictatorship/Facism with Marxism/Leninism. But not with Stalinism, I will give you that.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_13:55:36", "killed": false, "user_key": "AustinRoth", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7720311, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7729760": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "\"The preamble demonstrates from where the authority for the following constitution comes. The People, aka, the party of the first part.\"<br><br>You posted this while I was making my last post.<br><br>Sorry, it is the Preamble:<br><br>1. an introductory statement; preface; introduction.<br>2. the introductory part of a statute, deed, or the like, stating the reasons and intent of what follows.<br>3. the introductory statement of the U.S. Constitution, setting forth the general principles of American government and beginning with the words, \u201cWe the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union<br><br>It is not itself part of any Article of the Constitution, which are the definitions of the Authority of the Constitution, and it has no meaning or force under law. You will not find one Supreme Court ruling referencing or citing it as the Authority for a Constitutional interpretation.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_19:46:43", "killed": false, "user_key": "AustinRoth", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7729489, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7724739": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Anna wrote:<i>You are kidding, right?</i><br>No, I'm certainly not kidding.<br><br>First of all, I see little indication that there's any real oversight going on. You may want to read up on how that process is supposed to happen, as designated in the legislation enacted by Congress (excerpt is from<a href=\"http://www.treasury.gov/press/releases/hp1322.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\"> Kashkari's testimony before Congressional committee on Dec. 8, 2008</a>)<br><br><blockquote>The first topic I will address is oversight of the TARP. In addition to the normal oversight provided by Congressional committees of jurisdiction, the Congress established four important avenues of oversight: one, the Financial Stability Oversight Board; two, the Special Inspector General; three, the Government Accountability Office; and four, the Congressional Oversight Panel. I will review Treasury's interaction with each body in detail.</blockquote><br><br>As Ed Morrissey has been pointing out, the conditions of the first provision listed there, the FSOB, stipulate that this board by law has to meet at least once a month. They did convene, I believe 6 times, during the fall and through early January. The board has met ZERO times since the Obama administration took over. <br><br>And now we find out that the chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel, Elizabeth Warren, is unable to communicate with anyone in the Treasury department, therefore rendering that panel impotent.<br><br>Taking bold public action like the pressuring of a CEO to resign strikes me as a way to put window dressing on oversight, while none of the legally proscribed oversight methods are actually functioning.<br><br>And even if this was all going through the proper channels, you still can't justify putting conditions on the deal after the fact. I've already stated that this technically isn't the case with the GM CEO firing, because apparently Obama called for this to happen as a precondition for further funds. But you can't retroactively put conditions on a loan that's already been given.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_16:09:33", "killed": false, "user_key": "CStanley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7717191, "depth": 0, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7717191": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"transparency and oversight do not make it acceptable to change the rules as you go along\"<br><br>?????<br><br>You are kidding, right?  A chance to fix the lack of transparency & oversight from the previous loan and it shouldn't be done?!  Having transparency and oversight should preclude other \"rules changing as you go along\".<br><br>It seems that, for some people, Obama is damned if he does, damned if he doesn't.  He tries to fix problems he inherited and he's \"biting off more than he can chew\" or \"being too radical\"; if he didn't try to fix those problems then the same people would be crowing \"He's just like Bush\".  After being royally screwed for the last 8 years, I'm willing to give Obama the benefit of the doubt.<br><br>/rant", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_11:50:46", "killed": false, "user_key": "Anna", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 3, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7723210": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "\"There is no clause for the government to regulate air quality, highway speeds, or National holidays either.\"<br><br>Actually, at least for the first two, I DO think they are violations of the Constitution's 10th Amendment via misuse of the Commerce Clause.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_15:17:54", "killed": false, "user_key": "AustinRoth", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7720819, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7735627": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "I'm impressed that some people read and even study the Constitution.  A wonderful debate.  I must confess that currently I can see both sides although Austin Roth is more correct in my view.    I'll just have to wait for the other shoe to drop.<br><br>I am concerned with the degree of the President's persuasion.  Enlighten me as to when this would be an unconstitutional power grab.  I am uncomfortable with the president  speaking for the people.  That seems to take the people's voice away.  But I would grant that the president makes a contract to represent the people.  I feel much more comfortable with the concept that the president upholds the Constitution.  If these roles are in conflict,  the sworn duty is to uphold the Constituution.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-02_00:33:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "catransplant", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7718732": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "HemmD -<br><br>OK, it is a simple argument. The power of Government in general, and the individual branches in particular, are bounded by the powers directly enumerated to them in the Constitution.<br><br>There is no clause anywhere that allows the Executive Branch to dictate to private enterprise, whether they are receiving government funds or not, how to strategize and run their business operations.<br><br>To the proposition that that is NOT happening, I say BS. He forced out the CEO of GM (no other way to characterize it). Here are some actual statements made by Obama and other officials:<br><br>\"(H)ave they consolidated enough unprofitable brands? Have they cleaned up their balance sheets or are they still saddled with so much debt that they can't make future investments? And above all, have they created a credible model for how to not only survive, but succeed in this competitive global market?\" - so Obama and his team are now experts on auto brand consolidation and the auto industries required strategies?<br><br>\"I am announcing that my administration will offer GM and Chrysler a limited period of time to work with creditors, unions, and other stakeholders to fundamentally restructure\"<br><br>\"It is with deep reluctance but also a clear-eyed recognition of the facts that we have determined, after a careful review, that Chrysler needs a partner to remain viable\"<br><br>From the LA Times:<br><br>\"Some participants in the (Obama administration) deliberations, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of White House restrictions on allowing people to speak freely, said the task force operated from an underlying belief that consumers would ultimately be attracted to more fuel-efficient cars despite current data showing many such cars languishing on dealer lots.<br><br>\"Philosophically they blame these companies for not having produced enough responsible small vehicles,\" said Dan Luria, research director at the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center, a consulting firm for automaker suppliers. \"But they don't deal with the fact that the companies would have been insolvent years earlier if they had done that.\" \"<br><br>So, when exactly did the President become an expert in strategic corporate management?<br><br>Additionally, they have now offered $5B to support the auto parts supply chain, which of course will bring them under government control now, for the same reasons being used to justify the financial and auto maker takeovers.<br><br>Add to that the fact that Obama somehow found the authority to make the U.S. government the guarantor of auto warranties (where does that money come from, as Congress has authorized any such expenditure?)<br><br>And do not kid yourself - Healthcare is next.<br><br>Finally, meanwhile from the House we get this new nugget: <a href=\"http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Beyond-AIG-A-Bill-to-let-Big-Government-Set-Your-Salary-42158597.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Beyo...</a>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_12:44:39", "killed": false, "user_key": "AustinRoth", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7715718, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7715149": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Some of us HAVE been raising concerns, only to be told 'Bush was bad, this is all Bush's fault, you didn't hate Bush, so shut up'. Or words to that effect.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_10:43:20", "killed": false, "user_key": "AustinRoth", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7730128": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "AR<br><br>I messed up with an incomplete response.  No wonder I lost you.<br><br>Contracts must draw their authority from somewhere and declare who the parties are to be considered in the following agreement.<br><br>Consider the preamble to the Magna Carta:<br>John, by the grace of God, king of England, ...... <br><br>John was king by the grace of God, and also the party of the first part.<br><br>Our preamble describes the party of the first part first, and then from where the authority comes.  In our case, authority was purely moral.<br><br>Among other things, our amended constitution enumerates our rights.  The oath is a description of the president's job.<br>So it goes back to my original statement, <br><br>I'm not sure how the protection of the party of the first part(the people) of that agreement is different from the protection they(the people) have within the contract. If he protects the contract of people's rights, is he not protecting those people rights?<br><br>Hope that helps.  It's not like I'm a constitutional lawyer, obviously.<br><br>The Emancipation proclamation was my point about Lincoln.  We don't criticize him for this illegal act, we celebrate it.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_20:05:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "HemmD", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7719505": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "AR,<br>If the government starts taking over successful/stable/viable businesses.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_13:12:41", "killed": false, "user_key": "ChrisWWW", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 12, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7719200, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7725267": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>    Some of what has been proposed even extends to companies that aren't getting federal loans or bailout money, but just are deemed 'dangerous' or 'unstable' as conditions for the feds to step in and abrogate contracts.<br><br><br>Like what? I'm curious.</i><br><br><a href=\"http://www.financialweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090203/REG/902039977/1003/TOC&template=printart\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.financialweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/arti...</a><br><br>Frank's committee is recommending that Treasury have the authority to 'monitor systemic risk' in the economy and intervene accordingly; this article also states that Geithner has expressed support for extending some of the exec compensation caps to companies not covered by TARP bailout funds.<br><br>This is mostly coming from Barney Frank, which gets back to your other point about the buffoons currently in Congress. I have to agree with you there, but I also think we have to require that power be appropriately limited by putting the responsibility on the legislative branch instead of the Executive for this type of thing if it's going to be done at all. From that point, we the people have to utilize our own power of checks and balances at the voting booth.<br><br>I'll also note that the idiocy of the bonus tax eventually withered out- it worked pretty much the way the founders intended with the House being the voice of populist anger and then the Senate acting in a more deliberate manner to put a stop to the foolishness.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_16:29:28", "killed": false, "user_key": "CStanley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7728468": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "HemmD - <br><br>The Preamble states:<br><br>\u201cWe the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, ensure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. \t\u201d<br><br>The Preamble does not grant any particular authority to the federal government and it does not prohibit any particular authority. It establishes the fact that the federal government has no authority outside of what follows the preamble, as amended.\" - Wikipedia", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_18:45:59", "killed": false, "user_key": "AustinRoth", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7727274, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7716729": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<i>Besides, if no pre existing conditions were defined by the previous administration, are you seriously advocating zero transparency and no oversight?</i><br><br>Uh, no, I'm just pointing out that transparency and oversight do not make it acceptable to change the rules as you go along. <br><br>In your credit card analogy, you would have been told that this condition existed before you ran up the $1000 tab.<br><br>I will concede that in the specific case of the pressure on GM CEO to resign, this may have been set as a precondition for getting additional loan funds, and thus fits my model of 'acceptability' more closely. However, there have been a lot of other proposals and requests for authority that definitely cross the line IMO. Some of what has been proposed even extends to companies that aren't getting federal loans or bailout money, but just are deemed 'dangerous' or 'unstable' as conditions for the feds to step in and abrogate contracts.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_11:34:42", "killed": false, "user_key": "CStanley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7790424": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "58? Thanks, now I feel better. You're old!<br><br>HA HA HA HA!<br><br>Everything is relative, isn't it? 48 or 58, back when we WERE in our early 20's, there was no difference to us. Anything more than, say, 32 was old. No need to cut it finer.<br><br>Oh well, I am older now, but refuse to grow up. :)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-03_11:23:11", "killed": false, "user_key": "AustinRoth", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7759870, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7743076": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "CS<br><br>If you want to argue if the complete collapse of our economic system is not existential, I'd defer.  Not because you're right, mind you :); just because it's a value judgment.<br><br>I would say that since the US went off the gold standard, America's well being hangs upon the economic confidence that the rest of the World holds in us.  If the confidence goes, so goes trade and credit.  Two pretty big criteria for judging our survivability.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-02_10:46:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "HemmD", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7740163, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7727450": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "CS<br><br>\"I have no idea if he's worthy of that kind of power or not\"  Change is not a matter of force, it's a matter of consensus based leadership.  He has to try because he sees the problem.  It's his \"moral imperative.\"<br><br>Agreed in principle about congress, but who's  got two years to wait? or four?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_17:59:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "HemmD", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7726878, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7725791": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "You were serious???<br><br>Well, first, the President does NOT promise to defend and protect 'the people'. He swears to \"preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States\". And that is actually very different. And that is what Lincoln used - that the South, by attempting to succeed, was threatening the Constitution. Please don't try and claim the current economic mess fits that description - I would hate to lose that much respect for you! ;)<br><br>Now, you are taking me further down a path than I believe is warranted in this case, but I stand by my contention that the President, and by extension the Executive Branch, does not have the authority under the Constitution to use the power of the office to force business to comply with his idea of proper business plans, directly intervene in the absence of illegal wrong-doing to remove a CEO of a company, etc.<br><br>Or to set national speed limit laws, but that is Congress' misdeed, not the Executive.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_16:49:25", "killed": false, "user_key": "AustinRoth", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 6, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7725354, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7725354": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Then please, demonstrate the fallacy.<br><br>Lincoln's actions hung on such a thread, why not Obama?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_16:31:47", "killed": false, "user_key": "HemmD", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 7, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7724701, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7728354": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Chris: Obviously I differ with you on whether or not prosecution is the answer, and on the severity of that \"spying and torturing\".<br><br>But since you mentioned the past eight years, did you do what I'm now suggesting (vote out your incumbent rep/senators if they didn't properly exercise their oversight role?)<br><br>If not, why not?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_18:40:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "CStanley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7727481, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7720311": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<blockquote>Out of interest, what in your opinion would constitute that we are heading down that path?</blockquote><br><br>If the government started arresting people on the street, threw them in jail, tortured them and then left them in there to rot.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_13:43:01", "killed": false, "user_key": "Don_Quijote", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7719200, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7734628": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "Um, the defense budget is too specified. The only part that is not is the 'black budget', which is specified in special, closed session.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_23:29:24", "killed": false, "user_key": "AustinRoth", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7734038, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7717093": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "<blockquote>Some of what has been proposed even extends to companies that aren't getting federal loans or bailout money, but just are deemed 'dangerous' or 'unstable' as conditions for the feds to step in and abrogate contracts.</blockquote><br>Like what? I'm curious.<br><br><blockquote><em>Tarp fund management was deeded to the executive branch when they were established.</em><br><br>Which was wrong, and the decision should be subjected to judicial review.</blockquote><br>Like I said before, the courts didn't particularly care that the Congress gave most of their war and treaty making powers to the Executive Branch. I don't like it either, but who is really going to fight this? <br><br>And to be perfectly honest, aside from the Constitutional questions, I don't want Congress dealing with this sort of thing anyways. Let's not forget how they went nuts over the bonus scandal. Or how they've consistently rushed to *avoid* responsibility for anything. So your choice is between the technocrats in the Executive Branch or the over-reactors in Congress that want to defer to technocrats in the Executive Branch.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_11:47:34", "killed": false, "user_key": "ChrisWWW", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7729489": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "AR<br><br>The preamble demonstrates from where the authority for the following constitution comes.  The People, aka, the party of the first part.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_19:36:40", "killed": false, "user_key": "HemmD", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7728468, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7786730": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "AR, I was away from my 'puter yesterday so a belated response on the \"GIVE\" Act.<br><br>I honestly don't know what to make of it at this point, but it certainly bears keeping a watchful eye on.<br><br>The name itself is so Orwellian as to raise eyebrows. And yet, people in both parties have proposed various forms of this throughout the years, and it can be benign. I do think some of the provisions have that feeling of getting the pavers out for that road to hell...but I also think it's too soon to judge that there's any intentional foray into Brownshirt or Hitler Youth territory.<br><br>A side note- isn't it funny how our points are climbing now that people can't ding them when they get ticked off because they're losing an argument? ;)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-03_08:49:04", "killed": false, "user_key": "CStanley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 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}, "7740395": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "If Obama signs that piece of legislation, I'll be beside you on the barricades.  Remember, Obama said that the bonus tax bill appeared unconstitutional, and the move died in the Senate.  The majority of the bonuses were returned however.  The bad bill was snuffed out by his words and bonuses returned.  No law was made or broken, but persuasion was applied.  The Obama principle in a nutshell.  <br><br>I go back to my original proposition, Obama wants to bring change to Washington,  both sides of the aisle require it.  I've said repeatedly, I may be naive about Obama; however, he's not done much to date to make me disbelieve his stated purpose.  The closest he's come so far is the wire tap laws Bush created and Obama has not disavowed.  I watch that front very closely.<br><br>AR - A great inter-change!  I hoped you benefited as much as I did.  A good debate is not about winning, it's about learning.  Thanks man<br><br>ps<br>Don't forget your helmet.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-02_08:37:45", "killed": false, "user_key": "HemmD", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 10, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7734828, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7725933": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "It's no wonder that you had a hard time getting over the 2000 election, Hemm- your last comment makes it apparent that you suffer from the delusion that the US is a democracy instead of a constitutional republic.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_16:54:51", "killed": false, "user_key": "CStanley", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7726703": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "CS<br><br>If you are looking for someone to defend Congress, good luck.<br><br>But this is also where you and I diverge when it comes to Obama.  <br><br>You are frustrated that Congress of both stripes have failed in their duty of oversight over the past 8 and a half years.  I also agree, but I'm afraid that you read Obama's intention is to institute his version of a unitary presidency by swooping in to grab power illegally.  I'm not trying to put words in your mouth.<br><br>I believe Obama's intention is to bring change to Washington.  Congress has part and parcel been much the cause of the current economic problem.  Their consistent lack of  responsibility for good legislation and coddling of special interests has given us an unregulated banking system and an ill-justified war in Iraq.  If they are not going to do their jobs, somebody needs to.<br><br>The change Obama is looking for is ironic.  Legislatures doing their jobs without the  bias of lobbyists and government re-instigating regulations to remove fraud from the marketplace; you know, the way we were taught that government was meant to operate.  Congress passes or attempts to pass bad laws all the time.  Remember that Obama inferred he would veto the bonus tax.<br><br>Obama tried to persuade GM, not dictate to it.  There's nothing illegal with persuasion, and it's a darn sight better than myopic political \"oversight.\"", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_17:27:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "HemmD", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7720819": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "AR<br><br>\"There is no clause anywhere that allows the Executive Branch to dictate to private enterprise, whether they are receiving government funds or not, how to strategize and run their business operations.\"  <br><br>There is no clause for the government to regulate air quality, highway speeds, or National holidays either.  What's your point, no powers exist outside those specifically stated in the Constitution?  That doesn't work.  If we go by your interpretation, corporations have no standing before the constitution either.<br><br><br>\"He forced out the CEO of GM (no other way to characterize it).\"<br> You could characterize it like I did, \"Obama gave stipulations for further financial support for companies accepting bailout funds.  You don't like the rules, don't take the money.<br><br>You then go on to quote Peter Wallsten of the LA Times to show Obama is trying to dictate bad economic models.  Wallsten is the guy who accused Obama of being pro-Palestinian because Obama said nice things about scholar Rashid Khalidi at a going away party in Chicago.  Clear, unbiased reporting here.  I'm sure his interpretation of Obama and the auto industry is no less skewed.<br><br>What Obama did say:<br><br>\"I am announcing that my administration will offer GM and Chrysler a limited period of time to work with creditors, unions, and other stakeholders to fundamentally restructure\"  <br>As compared to immediate, destructive bankruptcy, I'd say he's doing his job to \"preserve, protect and defend\" the constitution. And here's how.<br><br>Unlike the other two branches, the Pres is elected directly by the people.  They are who he is responsible to and answers to.  The Constitution is the contract with those people.  If by saving 5 million from losing their jobs and retirement, he defends their wealth and protects their well being; he's doing his job.  And he's doing it by persuasion, not dictatorial caveat.  <br><br>The re-organization he proposes is not the same as a court's forced reorganization. In that we agree, proposals hold no force of law. Bankruptcies do.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_14:02:18", "killed": false, "user_key": "HemmD", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 11, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7718732, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7716471": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<blockquote>Obama has made these requests based upon the additional funds needed by the subject companies.</blockquote><br>That's exactly right.<br><br>Certainly Obama is engaging in dreaded socialism if he asks for CEOs of bankrupt companies to step down. Certainly Bush and Obama engaged in socialism when they handed over billions to failing banks. <br><br>But this isn't the first step toward the state taking over private enterprise in the US Soviet style. It's the first step in responding to the failure of economic powerhouses. I highly doubt it's something that Bush or Obama wanted to do. Hell, it may not be the right thing to do either, but that still doesn't mean we're on the path to Marxism/Leninism/Stalinism. If that started happening, I'd join you guys in the protests.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_11:24:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "ChrisWWW", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 16, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7727481": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "<em>As a side note, I wished you conservative folks would have kept such a keen eye on the legality of Executive action back when we had a president spying and torturing on anyone they pleased.<br><br>But don't worry, there is still time for you to pledge your support for prosecuting Bush and Cheney for their criminal conduct :-)</em>", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_18:00:48", "killed": false, "user_key": "ChrisWWW", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 1, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7716479": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "CS<br><br>\"And there's also the question of the power of the executive here in making these decisions, when Congress as the keeper of the purse should be providing oversight.\"<br><br>Tarp fund management was deeded to the executive branch when they were established.  The Sec of Treasury specifically, and as his boss, to Obama's administration.  Saying that Obama should not take part makes as much sense as saying Geithner's assistant shouldn't talk to these companies either.<br><br>Sorry for all the posts.  I'm trying to quit.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_11:25:07", "killed": false, "user_key": "HemmD", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7715718, "depth": 0, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7717372": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "What Anna said.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_11:56:55", "killed": false, "user_key": "jackie2", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 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}, "7716221": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": false, "message": "CS <br>\"Had these conditions been set before the companies accepted the bailout funds, it wouldn't have been so problematic.\" <br><br>Obama has made these requests based upon the additional funds needed by the subject companies.  Besides, if no pre existing conditions were defined by the previous administration, are you seriously advocating zero transparency and no oversight?  What important principle is upheld by doing that?<br><br>It's exactly like your credit card (mine anyway.)  I buy a $1000 worth of stuff at a certain interest rate.  If I fail to pay on time, even if it's on a different card, my interest rate goes up across the board.   If you don't like the new rules, give the money back.", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-01_11:16:05", "killed": false, "user_key": "HemmD", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 0, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": null, "depth": 0, "points": 2, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7759870": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "Funny, I found the less  I trusted myself, the more I trusted others- including the man.  I'm 58, and may just be experiencing my second childhood.<br><br>Good example, I just about had a heart attack just now when I typed out my age.  I know I was just 20 something not too long ago.  What the heck happened?  What cruel game is this?", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-02_17:02:50", "killed": false, "user_key": "HemmD", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 2, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7746876, "depth": 0, "points": 0, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}, "7746453": {"up_voted": false, "ip": "", "has_replies": true, "message": "We're really going to have to work on that cynicism, it's bad for the soul.<br><br>I overcame mine so don't give up hope.  Remember, you have to be an optimist or this crappy world will get you down.  :)", "is_last_child": false, "can_reply": false, "down_voted": false, "real_date": "2009-04-02_12:38:26", "killed": false, "user_key": "HemmD", "has_been_anonymized": false, "edited": false, "author_is_moderator": false, "from_request_user": false, "votable": true, "date": "8 months ago", "approved": true, "num_replies": 4, "is_first_child": false, "email": "", "parent_post_id": 7745449, "depth": 0, "points": 1, "author_is_creator": false, "is_realtime": false}}, "integration": {"receiver_url": "http://themoderatevoice.com/disqus-blank.html", "theme": 4, "reply_position": true, "disqus_logo": false}, "timer": {"timer_url": "http://localhost:8005", "thread_id": "14850839", "user_id": "anonymous", "forum_id": "2724", "hash": -4950454350217150620}, "thread": {"total_posts": 0, "paginate": false, "per_page": 0, "slug": "us_v_barack_obama", "num_pages": 1, "days_alive": 0, "realtime_paused": true, "id": 14850839, "num_posts": 66, "closed": true, "queued": false, "killed": false}, "reactions_limit": 10, "context": {"show_reply": false, "use_fb_connect": true, "forum_facebook_key": "8e626a1cbe92745e5f4435bb28791555", "use_yahoo": false, "subscribed": false, "use_twitter_signin": true, "use_openid": false, "realtime_speed": 5000}, "reactions_start": 0, "settings": {"debug": false, "disqus_url": "http://disqus.com", "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"}, "media_url": "http://media.disqus.com"};
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	}

	this._lastSeqno++;

	if (packetNum == num_packets-1) {
		flags |= this.FIN;
	}

	var data = msg.substring(packetNum * this.MAX_DATA_LEN, (packetNum+1) * this.MAX_DATA_LEN);
	var packet = this._zerofill(flags, 4) + this._zerofill(this._lastSeqno, 20) + data;

	this.log('sending raw packet: ' + packet);
	this.sendRawPacket(packet);

	return this._send(packetNum + 1, msg);
};

FragmentPacket.prototype._zerofill = function(num, width) {
	var retval = num.toString();
	var retval_len = retval.length;
	for (var i = 0; i < width - retval_len; i++) {
		retval = '0' + retval;
	}
	return retval;
};

var PostMessagePacket = function(receiver, receiveCallback, id, receiverId) {
	var that = this;
	this.receiver = receiver;
	this.receiveCallback = receiveCallback;
	this.id = id;


	this.receiverId = receiverId;
};

PostMessagePacket.prototype.createListener = function() {
	var that = this;

	var listener = function(e) {

		if (!that.id) {
			that.id = e.data;
			return;
		}


		var id = e.data.split(';')[0];
		if (id !== that.id) {
			return;
		}
		var data = e.data.substring(e.data.indexOf(';') + 1);

		that.receiveCallback(data);
	};

	if (typeof window.attachEvent == 'function') {
		window.attachEvent('onmessage', listener);
	} else if (typeof window.addEventListener == 'function') {
		window.addEventListener('message', listener, false);
	} else {
		throw new Error('No method found to create event listener for PostMessagePacket.');
	}
};

PostMessagePacket.prototype.send = function(msg) {



	var needs_reget = false;
	try {
		if (typeof this.receiver.id == 'undefined' || typeof this.receiver.postMessage == 'undefined') {
			needs_reget = true;
		}
	} catch(e) {


	}
	if (needs_reget && typeof this.receiverId != 'undefined') {
		this.receiver = document.getElementById(this.receiverId).contentWindow;
	}

	var packet;
	if (!msg) {

		packet = this.id;
	} else {
		packet = this.id + ';' + msg;
	}
	this.receiver.postMessage(packet, '*');
};

PostMessagePacket._last_unique_id = null;
PostMessagePacket._get_unique_id = function() {
	var id = (new Date()).getTime();
	if (id == PostMessagePacket._last_unique_id) {
		id++;
	}
	PostMessagePacket._last_unique_id = id;
	return id.toString();
};

var JsonRpc = function() {

	this.ids = {};

	this.objectToJSON = function(obj) {
		var json = '';
		var results = [];

		if (obj === undefined || obj === null) {
			return 'null';
		}

		switch (obj.constructor) {
			case Object:
				for (var property in obj) {
					if (obj.hasOwnProperty(property)) {
						results.push(this.objectToJSON(property) + ': ' + this.objectToJSON(obj[property]));
					}
				}
				json = '{' + results.join(', ') + '}';
				break;
			case Array:
				for (var i = 0; i < obj.length; i++) {
					results.push(this.objectToJSON(obj[i]));
				}
				json = '[' + results.join(', ') + ']';
				break;
			case Number:
			case Boolean:
				json = obj.toString();
				break;
			case String:

				var specialChars = {'\b': '\\b', '\t': '\\t', '\n': '\\n', '\f': '\\f', '\r': '\\r', '\\': '\\\\'};

				json = obj.replace(/[\x00-\x1f\\]/g, function(match) {
					var ch = specialChars[match];
					return ch ? ch : '\\u00' + match.charCodeAt().toPaddedString(2, 16);
				});

				json = '"' + json.replace(/"/g, '\\"') + '"';
				break;
			default:

				json = 'null';
				break;
		}

		return json;
	};

	this.createHandler = function(send_func, registered_funcs) {
		var that = this;
		var handler = function(message) {

			try {
				var rpc = eval('(' + message + ')');
			} catch(e) {
				alert('bad JSON: ' + message);
				return;
			}
			if (rpc.method) {

				if (!registered_funcs[rpc.method]) {
					return;
				}

				var retval = registered_funcs[rpc.method].apply(null, rpc.params);
				if (rpc.id) {
					var response = {
						result: retval,
						error: null,	// TODO
						id: rpc.id
					};
					send_func(that.objectToJSON(response));
				}
			} else if(rpc.result) {

				if (!that.ids[rpc.id]) {
					return;
				}

				that.ids[rpc.id](rpc.result);
				delete that.ids[rpc.id];
			}
		};
		return handler;
	};

	this.execute = function(send_func, method, params, response_callback) {
		response_callback = response_callback || null;
		var id = (response_callback) ? (new Date()).getTime() : null;

		var request = {
			method: method,
			params: params,
			id: id
		};

		send_func(this.objectToJSON(request));

		if (id) {
			this.ids[id] = response_callback;
		}
	};
};
JsonRpc = new JsonRpc();

var ParentMessenger = function(childUrl, receiverUrl, container, receiveCallback) {


	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Safari') >= 0 && parseInt(navigator.userAgent.substring(navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Version/') + 8), 10) == 3) {
		throw new Error("unsupported.");
	} else if (window.opera) {
		throw new Error("unsupported.");
	}



	if (!receiverUrl &&
		navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Gecko') >= 0 &&
		parseFloat(navigator.userAgent.slice(navigator.userAgent.indexOf('rv:') + 3, navigator.userAgent.indexOf('rv:') + 6)) < 1.9) {
		throw new Error("unsupported.");
	}


	if (/msie/i.test(navigator.userAgent) && !/opera/i.test(navigator.userAgent)) {


		if (document.domain == window.location.hostname) {
			receiverUrl = '';
		}
	}

	var that = this;
	this.childUrl = childUrl;
	this.receiverUrl = receiverUrl;
	this.container = container || document.body;

	this.packetHandler = null;


	this._ready = false;
	this._error = false;


	var _createReceiverForFragmentPacket = function() {

		that.receiver = document.createElement('iframe');
		that.receiver.src = receiverUrl;
		that.receiver.id = 'receiver_' + (new Date()).getTime();
		that.receiver.name = that.receiver.id;

		that.receiver.frameBorder = '0';
		that.receiver.frameSpacing = '0';
		that.receiver.style.borderStyle = 'none';

		var receiver_onload = function() {
			var receiver = document.getElementById(that.receiver.id).contentWindow;

			try {
				receiver.document.body.innerHTML = '';
			} catch(e) {

				that._error = true;
			}
			receiver.document.body.style.padding = '0px';
			receiver.document.body.style.margin = '0px';

			var child = receiver.document.createElement('iframe');
			child.id = 'child';
			child.name = 'child';
			child.src = that.childUrl;

			child.frameBorder = '0';
			child.frameSpacing = '0';
			child.style.borderStyle = 'none';
			child.style.width = '100%';
			child.style.height = '100%';
			receiver.document.body.appendChild(child);

			that.child = receiver.document.getElementById('child').contentWindow;
			that.receiver = receiver;

			that.packetHandler = new FragmentPacket(that.receiver, that.child, that.childUrl, false, receiveCallback);

			that._listener = that.packetHandler.createListener();

			that.packetHandler.sendFlag(that.packetHandler.READY, 0);

			that._ready = true;
		};

		that.receiver.onreadystatechange = function() {
			if (this.readyState == 'complete') {
				receiver_onload();
			}
		};

		that.receiver.onload = receiver_onload;







		if (Dsq.Utils.ie) {
			if (that.container.clientWidth === 0) {

				var _waitForWidth = function() {
					if (that.container.clientWidth > 0) {
						Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(that.container.id);
					} else {
						window.setTimeout(_waitForWidth, 100);
					}
				};
				_waitForWidth();

				that._once = false;
				that.receiver.onresize = function() {
					if (!that._once) {
						Dsq.Utils.fixIframesIE(that.container.id);
					}
					that._once = true;
				};
			}
		}

		that.container.appendChild(that.receiver);
	};


	var _createReceiverForPostMessage = function() {

		var receiver_onload = function() {

			that.packetHandler.send();
			that._ready = true;
		};

		var id = PostMessagePacket._get_unique_id();
		var receiverId = 'child_' + id;


		ParentMessenger['_receiver_onload_' + receiverId] = receiver_onload;

		that.container.innerHTML += '<iframe ' +
			'src="' + childUrl + '" ' +
			'id="' + receiverId + '" ' +
			'name="' + receiverId + '" ' +
			'onload="ParentMessenger._receiver_onload_' + receiverId +'();" ' +
			'></iframe>';

		that.receiver = document.getElementById(receiverId).contentWindow;
		that.packetHandler = new PostMessagePacket(that.receiver, receiveCallback, id, receiverId);
		that._listener = that.packetHandler.createListener();
	};

	if (typeof window.postMessage == 'function') {
		_createReceiverForPostMessage();
	} else {
		_createReceiverForFragmentPacket();
	}

};

ParentMessenger.prototype.sendMessage = function(message) {
	var that = this;
	if (!this._ready) {

		window.setTimeout(function() { that.sendMessage(message); }, 10);
		return;
	}
	this.packetHandler.send(message);
	return true;
};

Dsq.NewFrames = function(url) {
	this.url = url;
};

Dsq.NewFrames.prototype.init = function(onFailure) {
	var that = this;

	try {
		this.messenger = new ParentMessenger(this.url, Dsq.jsonData.integration.receiver_url, this.container, this.receive_callback);
	} catch(e) {
		if (typeof onFailure == 'function') {
			onFailure();
		}
	}

	if (typeof onFailure == 'function') {
		var iId = window.setInterval(function() {
			if (typeof that.messenger == 'undefined') {
				window.clearInterval(iId);
				return;
			}
			if (that.messenger._ready) {
				window.clearInterval(iId);
			} else if (that.messenger._error) {
				window.clearInterval(iId);
				onFailure();
			}
		}, 10);
	}
};

Dsq.NewFrames.prototype._execute = function(method, args, callback) {
	var that = this;
	if (typeof that.messenger == 'undefined') {
		return false;
	}
	JsonRpc.execute(
		function(msg) { that.messenger.sendMessage(msg); },
		method,
		args || [],
		callback);
	return true;
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame = function(container, parent_post_id) {
	var that = this;
	this.container = container;
	this.parent_post_id = parent_post_id;

	var sendFunc = function(msg) {

		Dsq.Debug.log('Dsq.ReplyFrame.sendFunc');
		that.messenger.sendMessage(msg);
	};


	var postComment_onSuccess = function(response) {
		Dsq.jsonData.posts[response.message.id] = response.message.post_meta;
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.users[response.message.post_meta.user_key]) {
			Dsq.jsonData.users[response.message.post_meta.user_key] = response.message.user_meta;
		}


		var reply_position = (typeof(disqus_insert_wrt_sort) == 'undefined' 
			? (Dsq.jsonData.forum.reply_position ? -1 : null) 
			: (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 2 ? null : -1));
		
		if (response.message.post_meta.approved) {
			Dsq.Post.insert(response.message.post_meta.parent_post_id || reply_position, response.message.id, response.message.post_meta.message);
		}

		Dsq.Templates.postComment_onSuccess(response, parent_post_id, response.message.id);
	};

	var postComment_onFailure = function(response) {
		Dsq.Popup.popModal(response.message, 'Error');
		Dsq.Templates.postComment_onFailure(response, parent_post_id, response.message.id);
	};

	var editComment_onSuccess = function(response) {
		var post_id = parent_post_id;
		var message = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + post_id);
		
		message.innerHTML = response.message;
		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};
	
	var editComment_onFailure = function(response) {
		var post_id = parent_post_id;
		
		Dsq.Popup.popModal('Sorry, there was an error editing this comment.', 'Edit Error');
		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};

	var getUserByEmail_onSuccess = function(response) {
		var msg = response.message;
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(parent_post_id);

		if (msg.username) {

			Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(parent_post_id, 'login', {
				'username': msg.username,
				'display_name': msg.display_name,
				'avatar_url': msg.avatar_url,
				'verified': msg.verified,
				'email': fields.email.value
			});
		} else {

			Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(parent_post_id, 'register');
		}
	};

	var validateAuth_onSuccess = function(response, auth_choice) {
		Dsq.Templates.postComment(parent_post_id, null, true, auth_choice);
	};

	var validateAuth_onFailure = function(response, auth_choice) {
		var pid = parent_post_id ? '-' + parent_post_id : '';
		var msg = response.message;

		if (auth_choice == 'register') {
			var fields = ['email', 'username', 'password'];

			for (var i = 0; i < fields.length; i++) {
				var field = fields[i];
				var errorDiv = Dsq.$('dsq-' + field + '-errors' + pid);

				if (msg[field]) {
					errorDiv.innerHTML = msg[field];
				} else {
					errorDiv.innerHTML = '';
				}
			}
		} else if (auth_choice == 'login') {
			Dsq.$('dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid).innerHTML = '<p>We couldn\'t log you in. Please verify your login.</p>';
		}
		
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};

	this.receive_callback = JsonRpc.createHandler(sendFunc, {
		'postComment.onSuccess': postComment_onSuccess,
		'postComment.onFailure': postComment_onFailure,
		'editComment.onSuccess': editComment_onSuccess,
		'editComment.onFailure': editComment_onFailure,		
		'getUserByEmail.onSuccess': getUserByEmail_onSuccess,
		'validateAuth.onSuccess': validateAuth_onSuccess,
		'validateAuth.onFailure': validateAuth_onFailure,
		'reload': function() { window.location.reload(); }
	});

	this.url = Dsq.Urls.REPLY +
		'?' + (new Date()).getTime() +
		'&f=themoderatevoice' +
		'&t=us_v_barack_obama' +
		'&ff=' + Dsq.Thread.ff +
		'&default_text=' + encodeURIComponent(disqus_default_text) +
		'&ifrs=' + encodeURIComponent(disqus_iframe_css);
	if (this.parent_post_id) {
		this.url += '&parent_post=' + this.parent_post_id;
	}
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype = new Dsq.NewFrames(Dsq.ReplyFrame.url);

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.post = function(author_name, author_email, author_url, authenticate, sharing_services, subscribe) {
	this._execute('postComment', [author_name, author_email, author_url, authenticate, sharing_services, subscribe]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.edit = function(post_id, message) {
	this._execute('editComment', [post_id, message]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.setState = function(parent_post_id, depth) {
	this._execute('setState', [parent_post_id, depth]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.getUserByEmail = function(email) {
	this._execute('getUserByEmail', [email]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.validateAuth = function(auth_choice, email, username, password) {
	this._execute('validateAuth', [auth_choice, email, username, password]);
};

Dsq.ReplyFrame.prototype.authenticateFacebook = function(session, forum_url) {
	this._execute('authenticateFacebook', [session, forum_url]);
};

	Dsq.Facebook = function() {
	var that = this;

	var handleSessionData = function(session) {

		var forum_url = Dsq.jsonData.forum.url;




		if (typeof disqus_facebook_forum != 'undefined') {
			forum_url = disqus_facebook_forum;
		}
		Dsq.frames.reply_0.authenticateFacebook(session, forum_url);
	};

	var onLogin = function() {
		FB.Connect.getSignedPublicSessionData(handleSessionData);
	};

	this.login = function() {
		FB.Connect.requireSession(onLogin, true);
	};
};
Dsq.Facebook = new Dsq.Facebook();


	






Dsq.Themes = {};

Dsq.Themes.narcissus = new function() {
	this.addPostContainer = 'dsq-form-area';
	this.textareaContainer = 'dsq-textarea-wrapper';



	
	this.header = function() {
		var comments_count, total_posts, num_posts;
		var html = '';
		var missing_perm_tmpl;

		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.missing_perm) {
			missing_perm_tmpl = Dsq.Templates.missingPermissions();
			if (missing_perm_tmpl) {
				html += '<div class="dsq-missing-permissions">' + missing_perm_tmpl + '</div>';
			}
		}

		total_posts = Dsq.jsonData.thread.total_posts;
		num_posts = Dsq.jsonData.thread.num_posts;

		if (total_posts) {
			comments_count = Dsq.FmtStrings.SHOWING_COMMENTS_FULL(total_posts, num_posts);
		} else {
			comments_count = Dsq.FmtStrings.SHOWING_COMMENTS_WITHOUT_PAGINATION(num_posts);
		}

		html += ' \
		<div id="dsq-comments-title"> \
			<h3>' + comments_count + '</h3> \
		</div> \
		';

		html += ' \
		<div class="dsq-options"> \
			<span class="dsq-item-sort">'
				+ Dsq.Strings.SORT_BY + ' \
				<select id="dsq-sort-select" onchange="Dsq.Thread.sortBy(this.value);"> \
					<option value="hot" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 4 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.POPULAR_NOW + '</option> \
					<option value="best" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 3 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.BEST_RATING + '</option> \
					<option value="newest" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 2 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.NEWEST_FIRST + '</option> \
					<option value="oldest" ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sort == 1 ? 'selected="selected"' : '') + '>' + Dsq.Strings.OLDEST_FIRST + '</option> \
				</select> \
				&nbsp; \
			</span> \
			<span class="dsq-subscribe-email"> \
				<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/email.png" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle"> \
				<span id="dsq-subscribe">'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.subscribed
						? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(0); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.UNSUBSCRIBE + '</a>'
						: '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.subscribe(1); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_BY_EMAIL + '</a>')
				+ '</span> \
			</span> \
			<span class="dsq-subscribe-rss" style="width:12px;height:12px;vertical-align:middle"> \
				<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/bullet-feed.png" alt="" /> \
				<a href="http://themoderatevoice.disqus.com/us_v_barack_obama/latest.rss">' + Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_BY_RSS + '</a> \
			</span> \
		</div> \
		';

		
		

		return html;

	};
	
	this.footer = function() {
		var html = '';

		html += Dsq.Templates.pagination();

		
		
			html += Dsq.Templates.realtime();
			html += Dsq.Templates.showThreadSettings();
			html += Dsq.Templates.postBox();

		html += Dsq.Templates.reactions();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.trackbacks();
		


		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator) {
 			html += ' \
				<div class="dsq-global-moderator-extras">'
					+ '<strong>shortname:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.forum.url
					+ '<strong>thread id:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.id
					+ '<strong>thread slug:</strong> ' + Dsq.jsonData.thread.slug
				+ '</div> \
			';
		}

		return html;
	};
	
	this.realtime = function() {
		var html = '';
		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.realtime_enabled) {
			html += '<div id="dsq-realtime-options" class="dsq-options">'
					 + Dsq.Strings.REALTIME_UPDATING_IS + ' <strong id="dsq-realtime-status" style="text-transform: lowercase">' + Dsq.Strings.ENABLED + '</strong>. \
					 <a href="#" id="dsq-realtime-toggle" style="text-transform: capitalize"></a> \
					</div>';
		}

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.streaming_realtime) {
			html += ' \
				<div style="display: none" id="dsq-realtime-alert" class="dsq-realtime-alert"><span id="dsq-realtime-queued"></span> <a href="#" id="dsq-realtime-show"></a></div> \
			';
		}
		
		return html;
	};

	this.showThreadSettings = function() {
		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) {
			return '';
		}

		html = '<div id="dsq-thread-settings" class="dsq-thread-settings">' + Dsq.Strings.MODERATOR_OPTIONS;
		html += '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.showSettings(); return false;">' + Dsq.Strings.SETTINGS + '</a>';
		html += '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.showModeratorActions(); return false;">' + Dsq.Strings.MODERATE + '</a>';
		if (Dsq.jsonData.forum.reactions_enabled && Dsq.jsonData.reactions.length === 0) {
			html += '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.reportMissingReactions(); return false;">'
						+ Dsq.Strings.REPORT_MISSING_REACTIONS
						+ '</a>';
		}
		html +='</div>';

		return html;
	};

	this.postBox = function(post_id, use_fallback_iframe) {


		var html;
		var display_sharing_options = Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated;

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post) {
			return '';
		}
		
		if (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote) {


			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.hasOwnProperty(Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain)) {
				display_sharing_options = false;
			}
		}
		
		if (post_id) {
			var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
			var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];				
		}
		
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';

		var _requestUserInfo = function() {
			var html;



			var user_has_email = false;

			html = '<div class="dsq-request-user-info"> <!-- // If authenticated --> \
				<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.LOGOUT + '?ctkn=' + Dsq.CSRF_TOKEN + '" class="dsq-request-user-logout">' + Dsq.Strings.LOGOUT + '</a> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td rowspan="2">'
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE + '">' : '')
								+ '<img src="' + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR + '" width="48" height="48" class="dsq-request-user-avatar">'
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '</a>' : '')
						+ '</td> \
						<td class="dsq-request-user-name">'
								+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote
									 ? '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-' + Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain + '">' + Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain + '</span>'
									 : (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_verified
											? '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-verified">Verified</span>'
											: '<span class="dsq-badge-small dsq-badge-registered">Registered</span>'))
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? ' <a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + Dsq.Urls.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE + '">' : '') 
								+ Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username 
							+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '</a>' : '')
							+  (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && user_has_email ? ' <small>(<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.remoteAccountSettings(); return false;">change settings</a>)</small>' : '')
							+  (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? ' <small>(<a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/info/" target="_blank">change name</a> or <a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/avatar/" target="_blank">picture</a>)</small>' : '')
						+ '</td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-request-user-stats"> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.comments_count + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.comments_count == 1 ? 'comment' : 'comments') + '</span> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.likes_count + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.likes_count == 1 ? 'like' : 'likes') + '</span> \
							<span><big>' + Dsq.jsonData.request.points + '</big> ' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.points == 1 ? 'point' : 'points') + '</span> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
			</div> \
			';
			return html;
		};

		var _loginOptions = function() {
			var html;
			html = ' \
			<div class="dsq-authenticate"> \
				<p class="dsq-autheneticate-copy">'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
					? Dsq.Strings.YOU_ARE_COMMENTING_AS_A + ' <a class="dsq-help" title="Click for more information" href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Guest</a>. ' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL + ': ' + Dsq.Strings.LOGIN_BELOW + '.'
					: Dsq.Strings.REQUIRED + ': ' + Dsq.Strings.PLEASE_LOGIN_BELOW_TO_COMMENT + '.')
				+ '</p> \
				<ul class="dsq-login-buttons">'
					+ (!Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-disqus.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_fb_connect ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Facebook.login(); return false;"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-facebook.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_twitter_signin ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-twitter.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_openid ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.OpenID.requestURL(); return false" ><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-openid.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.context.use_yahoo ? '<li class="dsq-login-button"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Yahoo.startYahooConnect(); return false"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/login-yahoo.gif" /></a></li>' : '')
				+ '</ul> \
			</div> \
			';
			return html;
		};

		if (!Dsq.jsonData.context.show_reply) {


			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {



				return '<div id="dsq-form-area" style="display:none"><div id="dsq-textarea-wrapper"></div></div>' + _loginOptions();
			} else {
				return '';
			}
		}

		html = ' \
		<div id="' + (post_id 
			? 'dsq-reply-post-' + post_id
			: 'dsq-new-post')
		 	+ '" class="dsq-post-area"> \
			<div class="dsq-dc-logo"> \
				<a href="http://disqus.com/comments" target="_blank"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/disqus-logo.png"></a> \
			</div>'
			+ (post_id 
				? '<h3>' + Dsq.Strings.REPLYING_TO + ' ' + userData.display_name + '</h3>'
				: '<h3>' + Dsq.Strings.ADD_NEW_COMMENT + '</h3>')
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated 
				? _requestUserInfo()
				: _loginOptions() )
			+ '<div id="dsq-form-area' + pid + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-textarea"> \
				<div class="dsq-textarea-wrapper" id="dsq-textarea-wrapper' + pid + '"></div> \
			</div>'
			+ (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated
			? ' \
			<div class="dsq-post-fields"> \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-left"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-name' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (disqus_def_name ? disqus_def_name : (Dsq.jsonData.session.name ? Dsq.jsonData.session.name : Dsq.Strings.NAME + '" class="dsq-placeholder')) + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'name\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'name\')" /></div></td> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-right"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-website' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (Dsq.jsonData.session.url ? Dsq.jsonData.session.url : Dsq.Strings.WEBSITE + ' (' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL.toLowerCase() + ')" class="dsq-placeholder') + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'website\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'website\')" /></div></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-left"><div class="dsq-input-wrapper"><input id="dsq-field-email' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (disqus_def_email ? disqus_def_email : (Dsq.jsonData.session.email ? Dsq.jsonData.session.email : Dsq.Strings.EMAIL + '" class="dsq-placeholder')) + '" onfocus="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'email\')" onblur="Dsq.Templates.handlePlaceholder(event, this, \'email\')" /></div></td> \
						<td class="dsq-post-fields-right"> \
							<div class="dsq-subscribe"> \
								<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.chooseSubscribe(' + post_id + '); return false" class="dsq-subscribe-menu"><span id="dsq-subscribe-select' + pid + '">' + (Dsq.jsonData.request.subscribe_on_post ? Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_TO_ALL_COMMENTS_BY_EMAIL : Dsq.Strings.DO_NOT_SUBSCRIBE_TO_COMMENTS) + '</span> <small>&#9660;</small></a> \
								<ul class="dsq-panel" id="dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid + '"> \
									<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.setSubscribe(2, this, ' + post_id + '); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.SUBSCRIBE_TO_ALL_COMMENTS_BY_EMAIL + '</a></li> \
									<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.setSubscribe(0, this, ' + post_id + '); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.DO_NOT_SUBSCRIBE_TO_COMMENTS + '</a></li> \
								</ul> \
								<input id="dsq-subscribe-on-post' + pid + '" type="hidden" value="' + Dsq.jsonData.request.subscribe_on_post + '" /> \
							</div> \
						</td> \
					</tr> \
				</table> \
			</div>'
			: '')
			+ '<div class="dsq-post-footer"> \
				<div class="dsq-sharing-options" ' + (!display_sharing_options ? 'style="display:none;"' : '') + '> \
					<button type="button" class="dsq-button-small" onfocus="document.getElementById(\'dsq-post-button' + pid + '\').focus();"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.SHARING_OPTIONS + ' <small>&#9660;</small></span></button> \
					<div class="dsq-panel"> '
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-twitter' + pid + '"'
								  + (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.twitter.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-twitter' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Twitter</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook
								&& (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook.enabled === true ||
										(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_remote && Dsq.jsonData.request.remote_domain == 'facebook'))
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-facebook' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.facebook.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-facebook' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Facebook</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-yahoo' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.yahoo.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-yahoo' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Yahoo!</label> \
								</div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-tumblr' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.tumblr.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-tumblr' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Tumblr</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress !== undefined
								&& Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-wordpress' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.wordpress.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-wordpress' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Wordpress</label> \
								 </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype !== undefined
							  && Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-movabletype' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.movabletype.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
									<label for="dsq-sharing-movabletype' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' Movable Type</label> \
							   </div>'
							: '')
						+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad !== undefined
							  && Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad.enabled === true
							? '<div><input type="checkbox" id="dsq-sharing-typepad' + pid + '"'
									+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.sharing.typepad.auto === true ? 'checked=true' : '') + '/> \
								  <label for="dsq-sharing-typepad' + pid + '">' + Dsq.Strings.SHARE_ON + ' TypePad</label> \
							   </div>'
							: '')
						+ '<div><a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/connections/" target="_blank" class="dsq-configure-options">' + Dsq.Strings.CONFIGURE_OPTIONS + '</a></div>'
					+ '</div> \
				</div>'
				+ '<button type="button" class="dsq-button" id="dsq-post-button' + pid + '" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, false)"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.POST_AS + ' '
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username
					? Dsq.jsonData.request.display_username
					: Dsq.Strings.GUEST)
				+ '</span></button>'
				+ (post_id
					? '<button type="button" class="dsq-button" id="dsq-cancel-button' + pid + '" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(' + post_id +', this)"><span>' + Dsq.Strings.CANCEL + '</span></button>'
					: '')
			+ '</div>'
			+ '</div>' // end dsq-form-area
		+ '</div> \
		';
		
		return html;
	};




	this.appendPost = function(post_id) {
		var html = '<div id="dsq-append-post-' + post_id + '"></div>';
		return html;
	};

	this.postPrependHeader = function(post_id) {
		var html;
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		
		html = ' \
		<table> \
			<tr> \
				<td id="dsq-header-avatar-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-header-avatar" 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> \
				</td> \
				<td class="dsq-comment-header-meta"> \
		';

		
		return html;
	};
	
	this.postAppendHeader = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var html;
		var parent_display_name = '';
		
		if(_meta.parent_post_id) {

			var _parent_meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[_meta.parent_post_id];

			if (_parent_meta) {
				var parentUserData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_parent_meta.user_key];
				parent_display_name = parentUserData.display_name;
			}
		}

		html = ' \
		<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/narcissus/moderator.png" class="dsq-moderator-star" title="Moderator" /> \
		<span class="dsq-comment-header-time"><a href="#comment-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Popup.permalink(' + post_id + ')" title="Permalink">' + (_meta.is_realtime ? Dsq.Strings.JUST_NOW : _meta.date) + '</a></span> '
		+ (_meta.parent_post_id && parent_display_name
			? '<a href="#comment-' + _meta.parent_post_id + '" title="Jump to comment">in reply to ' + parent_display_name + '</a>'
			: '')
		+ '</td> \
		<td id="dsq-like-pts-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-comment-header-likes">'
		+ (_meta.points
			? _meta.points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(_meta.points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this.'
			: '')
		+ '</td> \
		</tr> \
		</table> \
		';
		return html;
	};

	this.preBody = function(post_id) {
		var html = '';
		return html;
	};

	this.postFooter = function(post_id) {
		var html;
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		if(_meta.killed || !_meta.approved) { return ''; }
		
		html = ' \
		<div class="dsq-comment-footer" id="dsq-comment-footer-' + post_id + '"> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer-left">'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator
					? '<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.moderateOptions(' + post_id+ '); return false">' + Dsq.Strings.MODERATE + '</a>'
					: '')
				+ '<a href="#" id="dsq-post-report-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-post-report" onclick="Dsq.Post.report(' + post_id + ', false); return false;">' + Dsq.Strings.FLAG + '</a> \
			</div> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer-right">'
				+ (_meta.votable 
					? '<span id="dsq-like-' + post_id + '" class="dsq-like">'
					+ (!_meta.up_voted
						? '<button type="button" class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Post.rate(this, ' + post_id + ', 1)" >Like</button>'
						: 'You liked this.&nbsp;&nbsp;')
					+ '</span>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply && !_meta.has_replies && _meta.from_request_user
					? '<button type="button" class="dsq-button-small dsq-post-edit" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + ')" >' + Dsq.Strings.EDIT + '</button>'
					: '')
				+ (_meta.can_reply
					? '<span class="dsq-comment-footer-reply" id="dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id + '" onclick="Dsq.Post.toggleReply(' + post_id +', this)"> \
						<button type="button" class="dsq-button-small">' + Dsq.Strings.REPLY + '</button> \
						<button type="button" class="dsq-comment-footer-reply-tab">' + Dsq.Strings.REPLY + '</button><span></span> \
					</span>'
					: '')
			+ '</div> \
		</div> \
		';
		
		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" class="dsq-show-more-reactions"><button type="button" class="dsq-button-small" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</button></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;
		}

		var item = '<li class="dsq-comment dsq-reaction" id="dsq-reaction-' + reaction.id + '">'
			+ '<div class="dsq-comment-header"> \
			<table> \
			<tr> \
			<td class="dsq-header-avatar"> \
			';

		if (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== '') {
			item += '<a target="_blank" href="' + reaction.author_url +'" class="dsq-avatar">';
		}

		if (reaction.avatar_url && reaction.avatar_url !== '') {
			item += '<img src="' + reaction.avatar_url + '"/>';
		} else {

			item += '<img src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/noavatar92.png"/>';
		}

		var service_icon = (reaction.get_service_name == 'trackback' || reaction.get_service_name == 'pingback' ? 'rss' : reaction.get_service_name.replace(' ', ''));
		item += (reaction.author_url && reaction.author_url !== ''
				? '</a>'
				: '')
			+ '</td>'
			+ '<td><cite class="dsq-comment-cite">' + reaction.author_name + '</cite> <span class="dsq-comment-header-time">' + reaction.date_created + '</span></td>'
			+ '<td class="dsq-comment-header-likes"></td>'
			+ '</tr></table></div>' // end dsq-comment-header
			+ '<div class="dsq-reaction-header" \
				<table> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-reaction-header-left">'
							+ '<img class="dsq-service-icon" src="' + Dsq.jsonData.media_url + '/images/reactions/services/' + service_icon + '.png" />'
							+ ' From <a class="dsq-service-name" target="_blank" href="' + reaction.url + '">' + reaction.get_service_name + '</a> '
							+ 'via <a href="' + reaction.source_url + '">' + (reaction.source == 'backtype' ? 'BackType' : 'UberVU') + '</a>'
						+ '</td>'
						+ '<td class="dsq-reaction-header-right">';

			if(reaction.retweets) {
				var num_retweets = reaction.retweets.length;
				if (num_retweets > 0) {
					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 > 3) ? 3 : 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 += '</td></tr> \
			</table> \
			</div>' // end dsq-reaction-header
			+ '<div class="dsq-comment-body"> \
				<div class="dsq-comment-message">' + reaction.body + '</div>'
			+ '</div> \
			<div class="dsq-comment-footer"> \
				<div class="dsq-comment-footer-left"> \
				</div>'
				+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator || Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator 
					? ' \
					<div class="dsq-comment-footer-right"> \
						<button type="button" class="dsq-button-small dsq-hide-reaction" onclick="Dsq.Reaction.hide(' + reaction.id + ')">Hide</button> \
					</div>'
					: '')
			+ '</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" class="dsq-show-more-reactions"><button type="button" class="dsq-button-small" onclick="' + handler + '">Show more reactions</button></li>';
		}

		return '<h3 id="dsq-reactions-title" class="dsq-h3-reactions">Reactions</h3><ul id="dsq-reactions" class="dsq-reactions">' + html + '</ul>';
	};
	
	this._popupGeneric = function(content) {
		return ' \
		<div class="dsq-popup-container"> \
			<table> \
				<tbody> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-tl"></td><td class="dsq-popup-b"></td><td class="dsq-popup-tr"></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-b"></td> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-body"> \
							<div class="dsq-popup-content"> \
								<div class="dsq-popup-title"> \
									<button type="button" class="dsq-button-small" style="float:right" onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true)">Close</button>'
									+ content['header'] 
								+ '</div>'
								+ content['body']
							+ '</div> \
							<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> \
						</td> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-b"></td> \
					</tr> \
					<tr> \
						<td class="dsq-popup-bl"></td><td class="dsq-popup-b"></td><td class="dsq-popup-br"></td> \
					</tr> \
				</tbody> \
			</table> \
		</div> \
		';
	};



	
	this.chooseSubscribe = function(post_id) {

		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var menu = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid);
		
		menu.style.display = menu.style.display == 'block' ? 'none' : 'block';
		
	};
	
	this.setSubscribe = function(value, el, post_id) {

		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var input = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-on-post' + pid);
		var select = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-select' + pid);
		var menu = Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-menu' + pid);
		
		select.innerHTML = el.innerHTML;
		input.value = value;
		this.chooseSubscribe(post_id);
	};
	
	this.getFormFields = function(post_id) {

		var fields = {};
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var name = Dsq.$('dsq-field-name' + pid);
		var email = Dsq.$('dsq-field-email' + pid);
		var website = Dsq.$('dsq-field-website' + pid);
		var username = Dsq.$('dsq-field-username' + pid);
		var password = Dsq.$('dsq-field-password' + pid);

		fields = {
			'name': name,
			'email': email,
			'website': website,
			'username': username,
			'password': password
		}
		
		return fields;
	}
	
	this.validateFields = function(post_id) {
		
		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) { return true; }
		
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		
		var nameField = fields.name;
		var websiteField = fields.website;
		var emailField = fields.email;
		
		websiteField.value = (websiteField.value == Dsq.Templates.placeholder['website']) ? '' : websiteField.value;
		
		var v = [{

			validator: Dsq.Validators.name,
			value: nameField.value
		}, {

			validator: Dsq.Validators.email,
			value: emailField.value
		}, {

			validator: Dsq.Validators.url,
			value: websiteField.value
		}];
		
		return Dsq.Validators.validate(v, function(e) { Dsq.Popup.popModal(e, 'Oops...') } );
	};
	
	this.checkExistingUser = function(post_id) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);		
		Dsq.Popup.loading(post_id);
		
		if (post_id) {
			Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].getUserByEmail(fields.email.value);
		} else {
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].getUserByEmail(fields.email.value);
		}
	};

	this.validateAuth = function(el_clicked, post_id, auth_choice) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		var email = fields.email ? fields.email.value : '';
		var username = fields.username ? fields.username.value : '';
		var password = fields.password ? fields.password.value : '';
		
		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
		
		if (post_id) {
			Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].validateAuth(auth_choice, email, username, password);
		} else {
			Dsq.frames['reply_0'].validateAuth(auth_choice, email, username, password);
		}
	};

	this.lightboxUpdateEmail = function(post_id, new_email) {
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		fields.email.value = new_email;
	};

	this.lightboxAuthenticate = function(post_id, auth_choice, auth_data) {
		var title, body;
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';

		if(typeof(auth_data) == 'undefined') {
			var auth_data = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);
		}

		d = auth_data;

		switch(auth_choice) {
			case 'register':
				var suggestedUsername = d.name.value.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9-]/g,'').toLowerCase();
			
				title = Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post ? 'Optional:' : 'Required:';
				title += ' Register a <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-profile.png" alt=Disqus Profile" />';

				body = ' \
				<ul class="dsq-lightbox-register-reasons"> \
				<li>Verify your comments</li> \
				<li>Edit and delete comments</li> \
				<li>Manage comments and replies</li> \
				</ul> \
				';

				body += ' \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-fields"> \
					<table> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Email</td> \
							<td><input type="text" value="' + d.email.value + '" onchange="Dsq.Templates.lightboxUpdateEmail(' + post_id + ', this.value)" /><div id="dsq-email-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Username</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-username' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + suggestedUsername + '"/><div id="dsq-username-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Password</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-password' + pid + '" type="password" /><div id="dsq-password-errors' + pid + '"></div></td> \
						</tr> \
					</table> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-switch-auth"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(' + post_id + ',\'login\'); return false">Login instead</a></div> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid + '" class="dsq-lightbox-errors"></div> \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-submit"> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-post"><button type="button" class="dsq-button" onclick="Dsq.Templates.validateAuth(this, ' + post_id + ',\'' + auth_choice + '\')">Register and Post comment</button></div>'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
						? '<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-skip"><button type="button" class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, true)">Just post as a Guest</button></div>'
						: '')
				+ '</div> \
				';
				break;
			case 'login':
				title = Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post ? 'Optional:' : 'Required:';
				title += ' Login to your <img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/disqus-profile.png" alt=Disqus Profile" />';
				body = '';
				
				if(d.avatar_url) {
					body += '<div class="dsq-lightbox-recognized"><table><tr>';
					body += '<td><img src="' + d.avatar_url + '" alt="" /></td>';
					body += '<td><span class="dsq-badge ' + (d.verified ? 'dsq-badge-verified' : 'dsq-badge-registered') + '">' + (d.verified ? 'Verified' : 'Registered') + '</span></td>';
					body += '<td>Hey <strong>' + d.display_name + '</strong>, is that you? Login below to claim this comment.';
					body += '</tr></table></div>';
				}

				body += ' \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-fields"> \
					<table> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Username or Email</td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-username' + pid + '" type="text" value="' + (d.avatar_url ? d.username : '') + '" /></td> \
						</tr> \
						<tr> \
							<td>Password <a href="http://disqus.com/forgot" target="_blank">(cannot log in?)</a></td> \
							<td><input id="dsq-field-password' + pid + '" type="password" /></td> \
						</tr> \
					</table> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-switch-auth"><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Templates.lightboxAuthenticate(' + post_id + ',\'register\'); return false">Register instead</a></div> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-lightbox-errors' + pid + '" class="dsq-lightbox-errors"></div> \
				<div class="dsq-lightbox-submit"> \
					<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-post"><button type="button" class="dsq-button" onclick="Dsq.Templates.validateAuth(this, ' + post_id + ',\'' + auth_choice + '\')">Login and Post comment</button></div>'
					+ (Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post
						? '<div class="dsq-lightbox-auth-skip"><button type="button" class="dsq-button-small" onclick="Dsq.Templates.postComment(' + post_id + ', this, true)">Just post as a Guest</button></div>'
						: '')
				+ '</div> \
				';
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}
		Dsq.Popup.lightbox(body, title, post_id);
		Dsq.$('dsq-field-username' + pid).focus();
	};
	
	this.buttonsToRestore = [];
	this.setLoadingButton = function(btn, post_id) {
		var pid = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		if (btn) {

			var loadingBtn = document.createElement('button');
			loadingBtn.id = btn.id + '-loading';
			loadingBtn.innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-lite.gif" alt="" /> ' + Dsq.Strings.JUST_A_MOMENT;
			loadingBtn.className = btn.className + ' dsq-post-loading';
			btn.parentNode.appendChild(loadingBtn);
			btn.style.display = 'none';
			var cancelBtn = Dsq.$('dsq-cancel-button' + pid);
			if(cancelBtn) { cancelBtn.style.display = 'none'; this.buttonsToRestore.push(cancelBtn); }
			this.buttonsToRestore.push(btn);
		} else {

			var buttons = this.buttonsToRestore;
			for(var i = 0; i < buttons.length; i++) {
				buttons[i].style.display = 'inline';
				Dsq.Utils.deleteNode(Dsq.$(buttons[i].id + '-loading'));
			}
		}
		
	};

	this.postComment = function(post_id, el_clicked, force, auth_choice) {
		var append_id = post_id ? '-' + post_id : '';
		var fields = Dsq.Templates.getFormFields(post_id);

		if (Dsq.Templates.validateFields(post_id)) {

			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated && !force &&
				((!Dsq.Utils.readCookie('skipped_auth') && !disqus_skip_auth && !Dsq.jsonData.forum.disqus_auth_disabled) || !Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_post)) {
				Dsq.Templates.checkExistingUser(post_id);
				return false;
			}
			var params = [];
			if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated) {
				params.push(fields.name.value,
					fields.email.value,
					fields.website.value);

				if (auth_choice == 'login' || auth_choice == 'register') {
					params.push({
						auth_choice: auth_choice,
						username: fields.username.value,
						password: fields.password.value,
						email: fields.email.value
					});
				} else {
					params.push(null);
				}

				params.push(null /* sharing options */, Dsq.$('dsq-subscribe-on-post' + append_id).value);
			} else {
				var service_checked = function(name) {
					var el = Dsq.$('dsq-sharing-' + name + append_id);
					return (el !== null && el.checked === true) ? '1' : '0';
				};
				params.push(null, null, null, null, {
					tw: service_checked('twitter'),
					fb: service_checked('facebook'),
					tr: service_checked('tumblr'),
					wp: service_checked('wordpress'),
					mt: service_checked('movabletype'),
					tp: service_checked('typepad'),
					yh: service_checked('yahoo')
				});
			}

			var frame = Dsq.frames['reply_' + (post_id ? post_id : 0)];
			frame.post.apply(frame, params);

			if (el_clicked) {
				Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
			}
			
			if (force) {
				Dsq.Utils.createCookie('skipped_auth', true);	
			}
			
		} else {
			return false;
		}
	};

	this.editComment = function(el_clicked, post_id) {
		var edited_message = Dsq.$('dsq-edit-textarea-' + post_id).value;

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked, post_id);
		Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].edit(post_id, edited_message);
	};

	this.toggleEdit = function(post_id) {
		var body = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-body-' + post_id);
		var message = Dsq.$('dsq-comment-message-' + post_id);

		if (!Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id]) {


			message.style.display = 'none';
			if (Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id)) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id).style.display = 'block';
			} else {

				var edit_area = document.createElement('div');
				edit_area.id = 'dsq-edit-' + post_id;
				edit_area.className = 'dsq-edit dsq-textarea';
				edit_area.innerHTML = ' \
				<div class="dsq-textarea-wrapper"> \
					<textarea class="dsq-edit-textarea" id="dsq-edit-textarea-' + post_id + '">' + message.innerHTML + '</textarea> \
				</div> \
				<div class="dsq-save-edit"> \
					<button type="button" onclick="Dsq.Templates.editComment(this, ' + post_id + ')" class="dsq-button-small">Save Edit</button> \
				</div> \
				<div id="dsq-edit-iframe-' + post_id + '" style="display: none"></div> \
				';

				body.appendChild(edit_area);

				if (!Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id]) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(Dsq.$('dsq-edit-iframe-' + post_id), post_id);
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].init();
					Dsq.frames['edit_' + post_id].setState(post_id, _meta.depth);
				}
			}
		} else {

			message.style.display = 'block';
			Dsq.$('dsq-edit-' + post_id).style.display = 'none';
		}
		
		Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id] = !Dsq.Post.stateEditToggled[post_id];
	};
	
	this.edit = function(el, post_id) {

		Dsq.Templates.toggleEdit(post_id);
	};

	this.toggleReply = function(post_id, button) {
		
		if(!this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]) {

			if (Dsq.$('dsq-reply-post-' + post_id)) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).style.display = 'block';
			} else {
				Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.postBox(post_id);
				var container = Dsq.$('dsq-textarea-wrapper-' + post_id);
				if (!Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id] && container) {
					var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id] = new Dsq.ReplyFrame(container, post_id);
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].init(function() {

						Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).innerHTML = Dsq.Templates.postBox(post_id, true);
						Dsq.$('dsq-form-area-' + post_id).innerHTML = '';

						var theme = (typeof disqus_frame_theme == 'undefined') ? 'default' : disqus_frame_theme;
						Dsq.Iframes.showReplyIframeInContainer(Dsq.$('dsq-form-area-' + post_id), post_id, {theme: theme});

					});
					Dsq.frames['reply_' + post_id].setState(post_id, _meta.depth);
				}
			}
			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-append-post';
			Dsq.$('dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-comment-footer-reply-active';
			
		} else {

			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).style.display = 'none';
			Dsq.$('dsq-append-post-' + post_id).className = '';
			Dsq.$('dsq-comment-footer-reply-' + post_id).className = 'dsq-comment-footer-reply';
		}
		
		this.stateReplyToggled[post_id] = !this.stateReplyToggled[post_id];

		if(Dsq.Utils.ie && this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]) {

		}

		Dsq.Events.fire(Dsq.Events.REPLY_IFRAME_TOGGLED, {
			postId: post_id,
			opened: this.stateReplyToggled[post_id]
		});
	};
	
	this.moderateOptions = function(post_id) {
		var _meta = Dsq.jsonData.posts[post_id];
		var userData = Dsq.jsonData['users'][_meta.user_key];
		
		if(!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator && !Dsq.jsonData.request.is_global_moderator) { return false; }

		var html;
		
		html = ' \
		<div class="dsq-moderate-options"> \
		<table>'
		+ (_meta.email ? '<tr><td>Email</td><td>' + _meta.email + '</td></tr>' : '')
		+ (_meta.ip ? '<tr><td>IP address</td><td>' + _meta.ip + '</td></tr>' : '')
		+ '<tr> \
			<td>Actions</td> \
			<td><ul>'
			+ (Dsq.jsonData.request.moderator_can_edit
				? '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.edit(this, ' + post_id + '); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Edit Comment</a></li>'
				: '')
			+ '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.removePost(' + post_id + ', 1); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Delete Comment</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Post.reportSpam(' + post_id + '); Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true); return false;">Mark Spam</a></li> \
			<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Popup.blacklist(' + post_id + '); return false">Block User</a></li> \
			</ul></td> \
			</table> \
		</div> \
		';
		
		html += '<p>Go to the full <a href="http://disqus.com/comments/moderate/" target="_blank">moderate panel</a> for more options.</p>';
		
		return Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, 'Moderate Options', post_id);
	};
	
	this.placeholder = {
		'class': 'dsq-placeholder',
		'name': Dsq.Strings.NAME,
		'email': Dsq.Strings.EMAIL,
		'website': Dsq.Strings.WEBSITE + ' (' + Dsq.Strings.OPTIONAL.toLowerCase() + ')'
	};
	
	this.handlePlaceholder = function(evt, el, key) {
		var placeholder = Dsq.Templates.placeholder[key];
		var className = Dsq.Templates.placeholder['class'];
		
		switch(evt.type) {
			case 'focus':
				if(el.value == placeholder) {
					el.value = '';
					el.className = '';
				}
				break;

			case 'blur':
				if(el.value == '') {
					el.value = placeholder;
					el.className = className;
				}
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}
	};
	
	this.paginate = function(page, el_clicked) {

		var extra_params = '';

		if(typeof disqus_per_page != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&per_page=' + disqus_per_page;
		}
		if(typeof disqus_sort != 'undefined') {
			extra_params += '&sort=' + disqus_sort;
		}

		Dsq.$('dsq-pagination').innerHTML += '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
		
		if(el_clicked) {
			Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(el_clicked);
		}
		
		Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/themoderatevoice/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'us_v_barack_obama'
			+ '&p='		+ page
			+ extra_params);
	};
	
	
	this.rate = function(el, id, vote) {


		if(Dsq.jsonData.request.is_authenticated || Dsq.jsonData.forum.allow_anon_votes) {
			if(vote == 1) {
				Dsq.$('dsq-like-' + id).innerHTML = '<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/loading-small.gif">';
			}
			Dsq.Utils.execScript('http://disqus.com/forums/themoderatevoice/vote.js'
				+ '?post_id='    + id
				+ '&vote='        + vote);
		} else {
			Dsq.Popup.login('To rate, please log in');
		}
	};

	this.voted = function(post_id, points, vote) {

		Dsq.$('dsq-like-pts-' + post_id).innerHTML = points + Dsq.Utils.pluralize(points, ' person', ' people') + ' liked this.';

		if(vote) {
			Dsq.$('dsq-like-' + post_id).innerHTML = 'You liked this.&nbsp;&nbsp;';
		}
	};




	this.postComment_onSuccess = function(response, parent_post_id, post_id) {
		var approved = response.message.post_meta.approved;

		if (parent_post_id) {
			Dsq.Post.toggleReply(parent_post_id);
		}

		Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true);
		
		if (approved) {
			Dsq.Post.incrementPostCount();
			Dsq.Post.outlineComment(post_id);
		} else {			
			var unapproved_msg = 'Thanks for posting!\
	 Your comment must be approved by a moderator before appearing here.\
			';
			Dsq.Popup.popModal(unapproved_msg, 'Comment awaiting approval', post_id);
		}

		var sharing_results = response.message.sharing_results;
		var sharing_errors = '';
		for (var service in sharing_results) {
			if (sharing_results.hasOwnProperty(service) === true) {
				if (sharing_results[service].error === true) {
					sharing_errors += service + ', ';
				}
			}
		}

		if (sharing_results.facebook && sharing_results.facebook.callback) {
			FB.ensureInit(function() {
				FB.Connect.streamPublish('', sharing_results.facebook.attachment);
			});
		}

		if (sharing_errors !== '') {
			var message = 'Your comment was posted, but there were errors sharing with the following connections: ';
			message += sharing_errors.replace(/,\s$/, '');
			message += '<p><a href="' + Dsq.jsonData.settings.disqus_url + '/profile/connections" target="_blank">Configure your connections here</a></p>'
			Dsq.Popup.popModal(message, 'Sharing options');
		}

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};

	this.postComment_onFailure = function(response, parent_post_id, post_id) {

		Dsq.Templates.setLoadingButton(false);
	};
};




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

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

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

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

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

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


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


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

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


/**
 * Dsq.Urls: URL paths
 */
Dsq.Urls = new function() {
	this.LOGIN = '/profile/login/';
	this.LOGOUT = '/logout/';
	this.REPLY = 'http://themoderatevoice.disqus.com/us_v_barack_obama/reply.html';
	this.REQUEST_USER_PROFILE = '/AnonymousUser/';
	this.REQUEST_USER_AVATAR = 'http://media.disqus.com/uploads/forums/2724//avatar92.jpg';
};
// Dsq.Urls

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

		return [windowWidth, windowHeight];
	}

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

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

		return [scrollWidth, scrollTop];
	}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

				form.appendChild(input);
			}
		}

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

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

	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 type="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/themoderatevoice/_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 select one to 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">\
	 <span id="dsq-num-posts">66</span> Comments\
	 &nbsp;\
	 <span class="dsq-item-feed">\
	 <a href="http://themoderatevoice.disqus.com/us_v_barack_obama/latest.rss"><img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/embed/bullet-feed.png"></a>\
	 </span>\
	 </h3>\
	 <div id="dsq-options" style="margin:15px 0">\
	 <span class="dsq-item-sort">\
	 Sort by\
	 <select id="dsq-sort-select" onchange="Dsq.Thread.sortBy(this.value);">\
	 <option value="hot" selected="selected">Popular now</option>\
	 <option value="best" >Best Rating</option>\
	 <option value="newest" >Newest first</option>\
	 <option value="oldest" >Oldest first</option>\
	 </select>\
	 &nbsp;\
	 </span>\
	 <span class="dsq-item-cp"><a href="http://themoderatevoice.disqus.com/us_v_barack_obama/">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">\
	 <p>Comments for this page are closed.</p>\
	 </div>\
		';

		

		
		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.authPost();
		

		html += Dsq.Templates.reactions();

		
			html += Dsq.Templates.trackbacks();
		

		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 type="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://themoderatevoice.disqus.com/us_v_barack_obama/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 <a href="' + reaction.source_url + '">' + (reaction.source == 'backtype' ? 'BackType' : '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 '	<p>Comments for this page are closed.</p>\n';
	};

	//
	// 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 must log into an account in order to comment on The Moderate Voice" onclick="Dsq.Popup.helpBadges(); return false">Required:</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:14850839" onclick="Dsq.Popup.login(); return false">Login</a> \
								 \
									&nbsp;or&nbsp; \
									<img class="fb_login_image" src="http://static.ak.fbcdn.net/images/fbconnect/login-buttons/connect_light_small_short.gif" alt="Facebook Connect"/> \
									<a href="#" onclick="FB.Connect.requireSession(DisqusFbcParentController.onLogin); return false;">Connect</a> \
								 \
								&nbsp;or&nbsp; \
									<img src="http://media.disqus.com/images/twitter-signin-icon.png" alt="" /> \
									<a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Twitter.startTwitterConnect(); return false">Sign-in</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'				: 'themoderatevoice',
			't'				: 'us_v_barack_obama',
			// 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/themoderatevoice/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/themoderatevoice/us_v_barack_obama/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 type="button" onclick="Dsq.Popup._closePopup(null, true)"><strong>' + Dsq.Strings.NO + '</strong>, ' + Dsq.Strings.NEVER_MIND + '</button>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<button type="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/themoderatevoice/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'us_v_barack_obama'
			+ '&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/themoderatevoice/thread.js'
			+ '?slug='	+ 'us_v_barack_obama'
			+ '&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/themoderatevoice/subscribe.js'
				+'?status=' 	+ status
				+ '&slug='		+ 'us_v_barack_obama'
				+ '&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 type="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 type="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.showModeratorActions = function() {
      if (!Dsq.jsonData.request.is_moderator) {
          return;
      }

      var html = '<div class="dsq-moderate-options"><table><tr>' +
                 '<td>' + Dsq.Strings.ACTIONS + '</td><td><ul>';
      html += '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.toggleClosed(); return false;">' +
              (Dsq.jsonData.thread.closed ? Dsq.Strings.OPEN_THREAD : Dsq.Strings.CLOSE_THREAD) +
              '</a></li>';
      html += '<li><a href="#" onclick="Dsq.Thread.toggleKilled(); return false;">' +
              (Dsq.jsonData.thread.killed ? Dsq.Strings.RESTORE_THREAD : Dsq.Strings.REMOVE_THREAD) +
              '</a></li>';
      html += '</ul></td></tr></table></div>' +
              '<p>Go to the full <a href="http://disqus.com/comments/moderate-threads/" target="_blank">moderate panel</a> for more options.</p>';
      Dsq.Popup.popModal(html, Dsq.Strings.MODERATE_OPTIONS);
  };

	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/themoderatevoice/update_days_alive.js', {days:days,thread:Dsq.jsonData.thread.id});
		  status.innerHTML = 'Saved!';
		  window.setTimeout(function() { status.innerHTML = ''; }, 1000);
	};

  this.toggleClosed = function() {
      Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/themoderatevoice/toggle_thread_closed.js', {thread:Dsq.jsonData.thread.id});
      window.setTimeout(function() { window.location.reload(); }, 500);
  };

  this.toggleKilled = function() {
      Dsq.Utils.postToUrl('http://disqus.com/forums/themoderatevoice/toggle_thread_killed.js', {thread:Dsq.jsonData.thread.id});
      window.setTimeout(function() { window.location.reload(); }, 500);
  };
};
// 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/14850839/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/themoderatevoice/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/themoderatevoice/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
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7717191">Anna</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7717191" class="dsq-comment-message">"transparency and oversight do not make it acceptable to change the rules as you go along"<br><br>?????<br><br>You are kidding, right?  A chance to fix the lack of transparency & oversight from the previous loan and it shouldn\'t be done?!  Having transparency and oversight should preclude other "rules changing as you go along".<br><br>It seems that, for some people, Obama is damned if he does, damned if he doesn\'t.  He tries to fix problems he inherited and he\'s "biting off more than he can chew" or "being too radical"; if he didn\'t try to fix those problems then the same people would be crowing "He\'s just like Bush".  After being royally screwed for the last 8 years, I\'m willing to give Obama the benefit of the doubt.<br><br>/rant</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7715718" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7715718">HemmD</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7715718" class="dsq-comment-message">AR<br><br>Don\'t get side tracked.  Of  course you didn\'t hate Bush.  but DON\'T shut up.<br><br>Tell me how economic persuasion by Obama is unconstitutional.  How bankruptcy courts deciding the fate of contracts is unconstitutional.  <br>Come on, bury your bitterness like I did for Florida in the 2000 election.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7730128">HemmD</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7730128" class="dsq-comment-message">AR<br><br>I messed up with an incomplete response.  No wonder I lost you.<br><br>Contracts must draw their authority from somewhere and declare who the parties are to be considered in the following agreement.<br><br>Consider the preamble to the Magna Carta:<br>John, by the grace of God, king of England, ...... <br><br>John was king by the grace of God, and also the party of the first part.<br><br>Our preamble describes the party of the first part first, and then from where the authority comes.  In our case, authority was purely moral.<br><br>Among other things, our amended constitution enumerates our rights.  The oath is a description of the president\'s job.<br>So it goes back to my original statement, <br><br>I\'m not sure how the protection of the party of the first part(the people) of that agreement is different from the protection they(the people) have within the contract. If he protects the contract of people\'s rights, is he not protecting those people rights?<br><br>Hope that helps.  It\'s not like I\'m a constitutional lawyer, obviously.<br><br>The Emancipation proclamation was my point about Lincoln.  We don\'t criticize him for this illegal act, we celebrate it.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7725267">CStanley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7725267" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>    Some of what has been proposed even extends to companies that aren\'t getting federal loans or bailout money, but just are deemed \'dangerous\' or \'unstable\' as conditions for the feds to step in and abrogate contracts.<br><br><br>Like what? I\'m curious.</i><br><br><a href="http://www.financialweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090203/REG/902039977/1003/TOC&template=printart" rel="nofollow">http://www.financialweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/arti...</a><br><br>Frank\'s committee is recommending that Treasury have the authority to \'monitor systemic risk\' in the economy and intervene accordingly; this article also states that Geithner has expressed support for extending some of the exec compensation caps to companies not covered by TARP bailout funds.<br><br>This is mostly coming from Barney Frank, which gets back to your other point about the buffoons currently in Congress. I have to agree with you there, but I also think we have to require that power be appropriately limited by putting the responsibility on the legislative branch instead of the Executive for this type of thing if it\'s going to be done at all. From that point, we the people have to utilize our own power of checks and balances at the voting booth.<br><br>I\'ll also note that the idiocy of the bonus tax eventually withered out- it worked pretty much the way the founders intended with the House being the voice of populist anger and then the Senate acting in a more deliberate manner to put a stop to the foolishness.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7724196">HemmD</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7724196" class="dsq-comment-message">Ah Yes the 10th Amendment.<br><br>"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people."<br><br>"or the people" - Obama is responding to the crisis on the part of the people who he serves and has promised to protect and defend.<br><br>So Obama is fulfilling his sworn duty.  <br><br>The socialist.  :)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7724739">CStanley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7724739" class="dsq-comment-message">Anna wrote:<i>You are kidding, right?</i><br>No, I\'m certainly not kidding.<br><br>First of all, I see little indication that there\'s any real oversight going on. You may want to read up on how that process is supposed to happen, as designated in the legislation enacted by Congress (excerpt is from<a href="http://www.treasury.gov/press/releases/hp1322.htm" rel="nofollow"> Kashkari\'s testimony before Congressional committee on Dec. 8, 2008</a>)<br><br><blockquote>The first topic I will address is oversight of the TARP. In addition to the normal oversight provided by Congressional committees of jurisdiction, the Congress established four important avenues of oversight: one, the Financial Stability Oversight Board; two, the Special Inspector General; three, the Government Accountability Office; and four, the Congressional Oversight Panel. I will review Treasury\'s interaction with each body in detail.</blockquote><br><br>As Ed Morrissey has been pointing out, the conditions of the first provision listed there, the FSOB, stipulate that this board by law has to meet at least once a month. They did convene, I believe 6 times, during the fall and through early January. The board has met ZERO times since the Obama administration took over. <br><br>And now we find out that the chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel, Elizabeth Warren, is unable to communicate with anyone in the Treasury department, therefore rendering that panel impotent.<br><br>Taking bold public action like the pressuring of a CEO to resign strikes me as a way to put window dressing on oversight, while none of the legally proscribed oversight methods are actually functioning.<br><br>And even if this was all going through the proper channels, you still can\'t justify putting conditions on the deal after the fact. I\'ve already stated that this technically isn\'t the case with the GM CEO firing, because apparently Obama called for this to happen as a precondition for further funds. But you can\'t retroactively put conditions on a loan that\'s already been given.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7716221">HemmD</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7716221" class="dsq-comment-message">CS <br>"Had these conditions been set before the companies accepted the bailout funds, it wouldn\'t have been so problematic." <br><br>Obama has made these requests based upon the additional funds needed by the subject companies.  Besides, if no pre existing conditions were defined by the previous administration, are you seriously advocating zero transparency and no oversight?  What important principle is upheld by doing that?<br><br>It\'s exactly like your credit card (mine anyway.)  I buy a $1000 worth of stuff at a certain interest rate.  If I fail to pay on time, even if it\'s on a different card, my interest rate goes up across the board.   If you don\'t like the new rules, give the money back.</div>\
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	 <a id="dsq-author-user-7716471" href="http://www.whyweworry.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ChrisWWW</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7716471" class="dsq-comment-message"><blockquote>Obama has made these requests based upon the additional funds needed by the subject companies.</blockquote><br>That\'s exactly right.<br><br>Certainly Obama is engaging in dreaded socialism if he asks for CEOs of bankrupt companies to step down. Certainly Bush and Obama engaged in socialism when they handed over billions to failing banks. <br><br>But this isn\'t the first step toward the state taking over private enterprise in the US Soviet style. It\'s the first step in responding to the failure of economic powerhouses. I highly doubt it\'s something that Bush or Obama wanted to do. Hell, it may not be the right thing to do either, but that still doesn\'t mean we\'re on the path to Marxism/Leninism/Stalinism. If that started happening, I\'d join you guys in the protests.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7716479">HemmD</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7716479" class="dsq-comment-message">CS<br><br>"And there\'s also the question of the power of the executive here in making these decisions, when Congress as the keeper of the purse should be providing oversight."<br><br>Tarp fund management was deeded to the executive branch when they were established.  The Sec of Treasury specifically, and as his boss, to Obama\'s administration.  Saying that Obama should not take part makes as much sense as saying Geithner\'s assistant shouldn\'t talk to these companies either.<br><br>Sorry for all the posts.  I\'m trying to quit.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7714345">HemmD</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7714345" class="dsq-comment-message">Tony<br><br>Obama has to date dictated no action by GM, AIG, or anyone else.  He merely offers the incentive of bailout financing in exchange for a set of actions that these companies must agree to.  If they have other options or financing, take them.  If Obama required Ford, who has not yet taken bailout funds, to "break contracts," that would be unconstitutional. <br><br>"If government can change private contracts, what about the contract the people have with their government?"<br><br>Again, if GM does go under, it will be bankruptcy courts that will call the tune; and that too is constitutional.  You are falling down the slippery slope of Right wing paranoia.  By lending bailout funds to mis-managed and failing business, Obama is protecting the American people\'s interests by requiring changes to how the failing business operates.<br>  <br>It\'s a shame that someone under Bush hadn\'t done something similar with KBR; maybe some soldiers wouldn\'t have been electrocuted while taking a shower.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7791798">HemmD</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7791798" class="dsq-comment-message">My only problem with 58 is every morning when I look in the mirror, I can see the eyes of that 20 year old looking back and saying "What the hell have you done to me?"<br><br>When I was in my early 50s, I always said that the only thing I wanted for my birthday was dyslexia so that I could be 25 or 35 again. :)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7746453">HemmD</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7746453" class="dsq-comment-message">We\'re really going to have to work on that cynicism, it\'s bad for the soul.<br><br>I overcame mine so don\'t give up hope.  Remember, you have to be an optimist or this crappy world will get you down.  :)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7746876">AustinRoth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7746876" class="dsq-comment-message">I actually am an optimist, very much so. I just distrust government. Those are not mutually exclusive.<br><br>Actually, I distrust authority in general. I am 48, and still don\'t trust the man. He is trying to put us down!.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7740163">CStanley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7740163" class="dsq-comment-message">Right, Hemm- that\'s why I pointed out the difference between the situation then vs. now. It was an existential crisis for the union then, and that\'s why history has judged Lincoln to have been right in using emergency powers and getting the i\'s dotted and t\'s crossed after the fact. The same type of crisis does not exist now- the Constitution and the Union are not at risk from the economic crisis.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7740848">AustinRoth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7740848" class="dsq-comment-message">HemmD and CS -<br><br>OK, that is what I get for not doing more research last night.<br><br>First, the bill has been passed by both Houses, and now awaits Obama\'s signature.<br><br>However, I went to <a href="http://www.govtrack.us" rel="nofollow">www.govtrack.us</a>, and read (skimmed) the final bill as passed. Sec. 1304 (Section 125) (the nasty one in question) was indeed repealed in its entirety.<br><br>Always best to go to a primary source for accurate information.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7735627">catransplant</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7735627" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m impressed that some people read and even study the Constitution.  A wonderful debate.  I must confess that currently I can see both sides although Austin Roth is more correct in my view.    I\'ll just have to wait for the other shoe to drop.<br><br>I am concerned with the degree of the President\'s persuasion.  Enlighten me as to when this would be an unconstitutional power grab.  I am uncomfortable with the president  speaking for the people.  That seems to take the people\'s voice away.  But I would grant that the president makes a contract to represent the people.  I feel much more comfortable with the concept that the president upholds the Constitution.  If these roles are in conflict,  the sworn duty is to uphold the Constituution.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7734628">AustinRoth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7734628" class="dsq-comment-message">Um, the defense budget is too specified. The only part that is not is the \'black budget\', which is specified in special, closed session.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7730971">CStanley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7730971" class="dsq-comment-message">Wow, little did I know that George Will had written an article that makes all the points I\'ve been attempting here, in a much more coherent fashion.<br><br><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/27/AR2009032702504.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7728354">CStanley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7728354" class="dsq-comment-message">Chris: Obviously I differ with you on whether or not prosecution is the answer, and on the severity of that "spying and torturing".<br><br>But since you mentioned the past eight years, did you do what I\'m now suggesting (vote out your incumbent rep/senators if they didn\'t properly exercise their oversight role?)<br><br>If not, why not?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7726613">kathyedits</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7726613" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7726613" class="dsq-comment-message">The U.S. is both a constitutional republic and a democracy. It\'s a constitutional republic when Republicans need it to be, so that they can argue against policies that go directly to protecting the political and economic rights of the people -- as opposed to those of big business or powerful political interests . It\'s a democracy when Republicans need it to be, so that they can argue in favor of invading other countries to give them the same form of government that the U.S. has.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7726703">HemmD</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7726703" class="dsq-comment-message">CS<br><br>If you are looking for someone to defend Congress, good luck.<br><br>But this is also where you and I diverge when it comes to Obama.  <br><br>You are frustrated that Congress of both stripes have failed in their duty of oversight over the past 8 and a half years.  I also agree, but I\'m afraid that you read Obama\'s intention is to institute his version of a unitary presidency by swooping in to grab power illegally.  I\'m not trying to put words in your mouth.<br><br>I believe Obama\'s intention is to bring change to Washington.  Congress has part and parcel been much the cause of the current economic problem.  Their consistent lack of  responsibility for good legislation and coddling of special interests has given us an unregulated banking system and an ill-justified war in Iraq.  If they are not going to do their jobs, somebody needs to.<br><br>The change Obama is looking for is ironic.  Legislatures doing their jobs without the  bias of lobbyists and government re-instigating regulations to remove fraud from the marketplace; you know, the way we were taught that government was meant to operate.  Congress passes or attempts to pass bad laws all the time.  Remember that Obama inferred he would veto the bonus tax.<br><br>Obama tried to persuade GM, not dictate to it.  There\'s nothing illegal with persuasion, and it\'s a darn sight better than myopic political "oversight."</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7726878">CStanley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7726878" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>I believe Obama\'s intention is to bring change to Washington.</i><br>I have no idea if he\'s worthy of that kind of power or not, but it doesn\'t matter. If you\'ll recall, some of the founders wanted to make George Washington king because he was such a good and honorable man, but wiser minds prevailed and saw the need to limit the powers of the office and put in checks and balances.<br><br>If he really wants to \'change the way things are done\', the appropriate manner would be for him to use his considerable political capital to lean on the goons in his own party (that\'s not to say that the GOP isn\'t just as bad- I\'m just saying that the Democratic majority is where Obama could have influence, and they\'re the ones in power right now anyway.)<br><br><i> Congress has part and parcel been much the cause of the current economic problem.</i><br>Right, but only because we allowed it to happen. It\'s time for people to wake up.<br><br><i>If they are not going to do their jobs, somebody needs to.</i><br>NO, NO, NO. If they are not going to do their jobs properly, they need to be tossed out.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7727274">HemmD</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7727274" class="dsq-comment-message">AR<br><br>here we go:<br><br>The Constitution is a contract.<br><br>The party of the first part, is We the people. Obama has sworn to protect that agreement.<br> I\'m not sure how the protection of the party of the first part of that agreement is different from the protection they have within the contract.  If he protects the contract of people\'s rights, is he not protecting those people rights?  \'splain it to me lucy\'<br><br>As to Lincoln, didn\'t he change property rights without employing Congress?  That Emancipation Proclamation certainly bent the way laws are supposed to be written, didn\'t it?<br><br>Lastly, tell me exactly why persuasion is the same as forcing.  We have two words for a reason.  They mean different things.  <br>If he compels through law or force, I\'m with you.  But until he does, I\'m with Obama.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7727481" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-7727481" href="http://www.whyweworry.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ChrisWWW</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7727481" class="dsq-comment-message"><em>As a side note, I wished you conservative folks would have kept such a keen eye on the legality of Executive action back when we had a president spying and torturing on anyone they pleased.<br><br>But don\'t worry, there is still time for you to pledge your support for prosecuting Bush and Cheney for their criminal conduct :-)</em></div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7725791" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7725791">AustinRoth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7725791" class="dsq-comment-message">You were serious???<br><br>Well, first, the President does NOT promise to defend and protect \'the people\'. He swears to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States". And that is actually very different. And that is what Lincoln used - that the South, by attempting to succeed, was threatening the Constitution. Please don\'t try and claim the current economic mess fits that description - I would hate to lose that much respect for you! ;)<br><br>Now, you are taking me further down a path than I believe is warranted in this case, but I stand by my contention that the President, and by extension the Executive Branch, does not have the authority under the Constitution to use the power of the office to force business to comply with his idea of proper business plans, directly intervene in the absence of illegal wrong-doing to remove a CEO of a company, etc.<br><br>Or to set national speed limit laws, but that is Congress\' misdeed, not the Executive.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7725933">CStanley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7725933" class="dsq-comment-message">It\'s no wonder that you had a hard time getting over the 2000 election, Hemm- your last comment makes it apparent that you suffer from the delusion that the US is a democracy instead of a constitutional republic.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7723210">AustinRoth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7723210" class="dsq-comment-message">"There is no clause for the government to regulate air quality, highway speeds, or National holidays either."<br><br>Actually, at least for the first two, I DO think they are violations of the Constitution\'s 10th Amendment via misuse of the Commerce Clause.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7724701">AustinRoth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7724701" class="dsq-comment-message">Oh come on. Not even a 1L would buy THAT logic. Heck, not even Dershowitz would try it!<br><br>:)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7719505" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-7719505" href="http://www.whyweworry.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ChrisWWW</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7719505" class="dsq-comment-message">AR,<br>If the government starts taking over successful/stable/viable businesses.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7720311" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7720311">Don Quijote</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7720311" class="dsq-comment-message"><blockquote>Out of interest, what in your opinion would constitute that we are heading down that path?</blockquote><br><br>If the government started arresting people on the street, threw them in jail, tortured them and then left them in there to rot.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7720640" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7720640">AustinRoth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7720640" class="dsq-comment-message">DQ - you are confusing Dictatorship/Facism with Marxism/Leninism. But not with Stalinism, I will give you that.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7720819">HemmD</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7720819" class="dsq-comment-message">AR<br><br>"There is no clause anywhere that allows the Executive Branch to dictate to private enterprise, whether they are receiving government funds or not, how to strategize and run their business operations."  <br><br>There is no clause for the government to regulate air quality, highway speeds, or National holidays either.  What\'s your point, no powers exist outside those specifically stated in the Constitution?  That doesn\'t work.  If we go by your interpretation, corporations have no standing before the constitution either.<br><br><br>"He forced out the CEO of GM (no other way to characterize it)."<br> You could characterize it like I did, "Obama gave stipulations for further financial support for companies accepting bailout funds.  You don\'t like the rules, don\'t take the money.<br><br>You then go on to quote Peter Wallsten of the LA Times to show Obama is trying to dictate bad economic models.  Wallsten is the guy who accused Obama of being pro-Palestinian because Obama said nice things about scholar Rashid Khalidi at a going away party in Chicago.  Clear, unbiased reporting here.  I\'m sure his interpretation of Obama and the auto industry is no less skewed.<br><br>What Obama did say:<br><br>"I am announcing that my administration will offer GM and Chrysler a limited period of time to work with creditors, unions, and other stakeholders to fundamentally restructure"  <br>As compared to immediate, destructive bankruptcy, I\'d say he\'s doing his job to "preserve, protect and defend" the constitution. And here\'s how.<br><br>Unlike the other two branches, the Pres is elected directly by the people.  They are who he is responsible to and answers to.  The Constitution is the contract with those people.  If by saving 5 million from losing their jobs and retirement, he defends their wealth and protects their well being; he\'s doing his job.  And he\'s doing it by persuasion, not dictatorial caveat.  <br><br>The re-organization he proposes is not the same as a court\'s forced reorganization. In that we agree, proposals hold no force of law. Bankruptcies do.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7718732">AustinRoth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7718732" class="dsq-comment-message">HemmD -<br><br>OK, it is a simple argument. The power of Government in general, and the individual branches in particular, are bounded by the powers directly enumerated to them in the Constitution.<br><br>There is no clause anywhere that allows the Executive Branch to dictate to private enterprise, whether they are receiving government funds or not, how to strategize and run their business operations.<br><br>To the proposition that that is NOT happening, I say BS. He forced out the CEO of GM (no other way to characterize it). Here are some actual statements made by Obama and other officials:<br><br>"(H)ave they consolidated enough unprofitable brands? Have they cleaned up their balance sheets or are they still saddled with so much debt that they can\'t make future investments? And above all, have they created a credible model for how to not only survive, but succeed in this competitive global market?" - so Obama and his team are now experts on auto brand consolidation and the auto industries required strategies?<br><br>"I am announcing that my administration will offer GM and Chrysler a limited period of time to work with creditors, unions, and other stakeholders to fundamentally restructure"<br><br>"It is with deep reluctance but also a clear-eyed recognition of the facts that we have determined, after a careful review, that Chrysler needs a partner to remain viable"<br><br>From the LA Times:<br><br>"Some participants in the (Obama administration) deliberations, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of White House restrictions on allowing people to speak freely, said the task force operated from an underlying belief that consumers would ultimately be attracted to more fuel-efficient cars despite current data showing many such cars languishing on dealer lots.<br><br>"Philosophically they blame these companies for not having produced enough responsible small vehicles," said Dan Luria, research director at the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center, a consulting firm for automaker suppliers. "But they don\'t deal with the fact that the companies would have been insolvent years earlier if they had done that." "<br><br>So, when exactly did the President become an expert in strategic corporate management?<br><br>Additionally, they have now offered $5B to support the auto parts supply chain, which of course will bring them under government control now, for the same reasons being used to justify the financial and auto maker takeovers.<br><br>Add to that the fact that Obama somehow found the authority to make the U.S. government the guarantor of auto warranties (where does that money come from, as Congress has authorized any such expenditure?)<br><br>And do not kid yourself - Healthcare is next.<br><br>Finally, meanwhile from the House we get this new nugget: <a href="http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Beyond-AIG-A-Bill-to-let-Big-Government-Set-Your-Salary-42158597.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Beyo...</a></div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7719155">AustinRoth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7719155" class="dsq-comment-message">HemmD - <br><br>I forgot to add, I have NO issue with your bankruptcy court question. I have said all along that if there is going to be forced reorganization, that is where it HAD to happen, and that I was seeing Obama stepping into the role of the Judiciary. It is the actual potential Constitutional issue I am concerned about.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7719200" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7719200">AustinRoth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7719200" class="dsq-comment-message">Chris - <br><br>"but that still doesn\'t mean we\'re on the path to Marxism/Leninism/Stalinism. If that started happening, I\'d join you guys in the protests."<br><br>Out of interest, what in your opinion would constitute that we are heading down that path?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7716729">CStanley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7716729" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>Besides, if no pre existing conditions were defined by the previous administration, are you seriously advocating zero transparency and no oversight?</i><br><br>Uh, no, I\'m just pointing out that transparency and oversight do not make it acceptable to change the rules as you go along. <br><br>In your credit card analogy, you would have been told that this condition existed before you ran up the $1000 tab.<br><br>I will concede that in the specific case of the pressure on GM CEO to resign, this may have been set as a precondition for getting additional loan funds, and thus fits my model of \'acceptability\' more closely. However, there have been a lot of other proposals and requests for authority that definitely cross the line IMO. Some of what has been proposed even extends to companies that aren\'t getting federal loans or bailout money, but just are deemed \'dangerous\' or \'unstable\' as conditions for the feds to step in and abrogate contracts.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7716985">DaGoat</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7716985" class="dsq-comment-message">I\'m just going by memory here, but weren\'t judges to be instructed to change the terms of mortgage contracts?  And wasn\'t that to be applied to mortgage companies not receiving bailout money?  To me that would be a more glaring example of unconstitutionality than the GM issue.<br><br>I agree with other posters that when GM accepted government funds they left themselves open to abiding by the government\'s terms.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7717093" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <a id="dsq-author-user-7717093" href="http://www.whyweworry.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ChrisWWW</a>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7717093" class="dsq-comment-message"><blockquote>Some of what has been proposed even extends to companies that aren\'t getting federal loans or bailout money, but just are deemed \'dangerous\' or \'unstable\' as conditions for the feds to step in and abrogate contracts.</blockquote><br>Like what? I\'m curious.<br><br><blockquote><em>Tarp fund management was deeded to the executive branch when they were established.</em><br><br>Which was wrong, and the decision should be subjected to judicial review.</blockquote><br>Like I said before, the courts didn\'t particularly care that the Congress gave most of their war and treaty making powers to the Executive Branch. I don\'t like it either, but who is really going to fight this? <br><br>And to be perfectly honest, aside from the Constitutional questions, I don\'t want Congress dealing with this sort of thing anyways. Let\'s not forget how they went nuts over the bonus scandal. Or how they\'ve consistently rushed to *avoid* responsibility for anything. So your choice is between the technocrats in the Executive Branch or the over-reactors in Congress that want to defer to technocrats in the Executive Branch.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7715149" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7715149">AustinRoth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7715149" class="dsq-comment-message">Some of us HAVE been raising concerns, only to be told \'Bush was bad, this is all Bush\'s fault, you didn\'t hate Bush, so shut up\'. Or words to that effect.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7715523">CStanley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7715523" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>Obama has to date dictated no action by GM, AIG, or anyone else. He merely offers the incentive of bailout financing in exchange for a set of actions that these companies must agree to.</i><br>Actually that\'s not true at all, and that\'s the problem as I see it. Had these conditions been set before the companies accepted the bailout funds, it wouldn\'t have been so problematic.<br><br>It\'s one thing to negotiate conditions of a loan beforehand, but that\'s not what has happened.<br><br>And there\'s also the question of the power of the executive here in making these decisions, when Congress as the keeper of the purse should be providing oversight. Yet as a link I posted yesterday showed, the person appointed by Congress to oversee these funds can\'t even get her phone calls returned by Treasury.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7716784" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7716784">CStanley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7716784" class="dsq-comment-message"><i>Tarp fund management was deeded to the executive branch when they were established. </i><br><br>Which was wrong, and the decision should be subjected to judicial review.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7717372">jackie2</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7717372" class="dsq-comment-message">What Anna said.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7725354">HemmD</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7725354" class="dsq-comment-message">Then please, demonstrate the fallacy.<br><br>Lincoln\'s actions hung on such a thread, why not Obama?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7727450">HemmD</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7727450" class="dsq-comment-message">CS<br><br>"I have no idea if he\'s worthy of that kind of power or not"  Change is not a matter of force, it\'s a matter of consensus based leadership.  He has to try because he sees the problem.  It\'s his "moral imperative."<br><br>Agreed in principle about congress, but who\'s  got two years to wait? or four?</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7728468" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7728468">AustinRoth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7728468" class="dsq-comment-message">HemmD - <br><br>The Preamble states:<br><br>“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, ensure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. 	”<br><br>The Preamble does not grant any particular authority to the federal government and it does not prohibit any particular authority. It establishes the fact that the federal government has no authority outside of what follows the preamble, as amended." - Wikipedia</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7729287">HemmD</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7729287" class="dsq-comment-message">AR<br><br>Ok. Doesn\'t it also specify exactly the oath a President is to take.  Doesn\'t that kind of show they knew exactly what they wanted the President to do in terms of the "part of the first part?"  Article II, Section I of the U.S. Constitution<br><br>how bout Lincoln?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7729489">HemmD</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7729489" class="dsq-comment-message">AR<br><br>The preamble demonstrates from where the authority for the following constitution comes.  The People, aka, the party of the first part.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7729567">AustinRoth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7729567" class="dsq-comment-message">Um, you are losing me. <br><br>The Preamble does not specify the Oath of Office for the Presidency, or that a President must take it, but indeed Article II, Section I, Clause 8 does. And it states, as i pointed out, that the President:<br><br>"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."<br><br>Not the People. The Constitution. So, as the South was trying to Succeed, Lincoln claimed he was defending the Constitution, because there is no provision for succession in it. There are still a lot of Constitutional scholars, though, that believe his actions exceeded his authority even under these terms. I think some did, but you cannot change the past.<br><br>You can only worry about today. Which is what I am indeed worrying about.<br><br>So, what was the point you were trying to make in your last reply? I have to admit it was lost on me, if I didn\'t address it with this reply.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7729760">AustinRoth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7729760" class="dsq-comment-message">"The preamble demonstrates from where the authority for the following constitution comes. The People, aka, the party of the first part."<br><br>You posted this while I was making my last post.<br><br>Sorry, it is the Preamble:<br><br>1. an introductory statement; preface; introduction.<br>2. the introductory part of a statute, deed, or the like, stating the reasons and intent of what follows.<br>3. the introductory statement of the U.S. Constitution, setting forth the general principles of American government and beginning with the words, “We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union<br><br>It is not itself part of any Article of the Constitution, which are the definitions of the Authority of the Constitution, and it has no meaning or force under law. You will not find one Supreme Court ruling referencing or citing it as the Authority for a Constitutional interpretation.</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7730237">CStanley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7730237" class="dsq-comment-message">The thirteenth amendment mitigated any constitutional issue with the Emancipation proclamation though, Hemm. And I think if you actually compare the situation then with now it becomes obvious that nothing today is provoking the kind of existential crisis that was present at that time- that\'s the difference.<br><br>And that\'s what AR is getting at by pointing out that the president swears to uphold the Constitution. He doesn\'t take an oath to directly serve the people\'s wishes. If the people wish to give powers to the president beyond that which is in the Constitution, there\'s a process for them to do so- amending the Constitution.<br><br>And yeah, I know, like you said before- we don\'t have time for that. Well, that just means then that we shouldn\'t be vesting all this power in the federal government to begin with and we need to move back in the proper direction.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7733815" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7733815">AustinRoth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7733815" class="dsq-comment-message">HemmD - you can keep using inappropriate legalese-like terms, but \'we the people\' in the preamble does not make \'the people\' the \'party of the first part\' in the sense you are tying to use it.<br><br>Here is a good overview, which admittedly shows I did overstate somewhat the Court\'s lack of use of the Preamble:<br><br><a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/preamble-to-the-constitution" rel="nofollow">http://www.answers.com/topic/preamble-to-the-co...</a><br><br>However, a key takeaway in that article DOES support the main point I have been trying to make:<br><br>"On the other hand, courts will not interpret the Preamble to give the government powers that are not articulated elsewhere in the Constitution. United States v. Kinnebrew Motor Co., 8 F. Supp. 535 (W.D. Okla. 1934) is an example of this. In that case, the defendants were a car manufacturer and dealership indicted for a criminal violation of the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA). The Congress passed the statute in order to cope with the Great Depression, and one of its provisions purported to give to the President authority to fix "the prices at which new cars may be sold."<br><br>Kind of relevant to what is happening now, although not yet identical.<br><br>p.s., enjoying the give and take. But when does the name calling start? Now? HemmD you ignorant slut...<br><br>:)</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7734038">HemmD</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7734038" class="dsq-comment-message">CS<br><br>As for as the thirteenth, that came after the fact,  Lincoln freed property, the 13th made them citizens. <br><br>As far as Will is concerned.<br>Sorry I don\'t buy it.  Congress passes a budget, they don\'t go out and spend the money.  Congress authorizes expenditures in many ways and through many people. <br>"Congress said to the executive branch, in effect: "Here is $700 billion. You say you will use some of it to buy up banks\' \'troubled assets.\' But if you prefer to do anything else with the money -- even, say, subsidize automobile companies -- well, whatever." "<br><br>Congress passes laws that state that the dept of defense is to spend x dollars.  The budget does not specify, "buy 100 belts, three rockets, etc."  The money is spent along general lines just like congress did with the Tarp funds.<br>There is no difference.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7734828" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7734828">AustinRoth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7734828" class="dsq-comment-message">Hey Chris - <br><br>On the Socialist path question, how about this little doosy:<br><br>"The House passed the Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act on Monday. The bill includes language indicating young people will be forced to participate in mandatory national service programs. The bill also states that "service learning" will be a mandatory part of the youth curriculum. <br><br>That doesn\'t sound much like "volunteerism" does it? The mandatory youth plan requires America\'s youth to participate in mandatory service youth programs.<br><br>But that\'s not all.<br><br>HR 1388 is called “Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education” (GIVE). Here is part of the HR 1388 bill’s wording:<br><br>    SEC. 1304. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND INELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS.<br><br>    Section 125 (42 U.S.C. 12575) is amended to read as follows:<br><br>    SEC. 125. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND INELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS.<br><br>    (a) Prohibited Activities- A participant in an approved national service position under this subtitle may not engage in the following activities:<br><br>    (1) Attempting to influence legislation.<br><br>    (2) Organizing or engaging in protests, petitions, boycotts, or strikes.<br>    …<br><br>    (7) Engaging in religious instruction, conducting worship services, providing instruction as part of a program that includes mandatory religious instruction or worship, constructing or operating facilities devoted to religious instruction or worship, maintaining facilities primarily or inherently devoted to religious instruction or worship, or engaging in any form of religious proselytization.<br><br>Any thoughts on THAT one?</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7740322" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7740322" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7740322">AustinRoth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7740322" class="dsq-comment-message">CS - I know this thread has been going on forever, but look up a couple posts to the one I directed at Chris last night. You heard about that, the cute little First Amendment restrictions they are adding to "GIVE"?<br><br>As someone else pointed out elsewhere, there real insidiousness of this revolves around the fact that kids will AHVE to volunteer if they want certain school loans for college now, but over time, history shows that quickly ANY financial assistance to people below a certain age will require it, and the system will end up modified so that almost ALL kids need that financial assitance.<br><br>Also, go do some primary research of your own on HR 1388 if you have not already. See what type of \'training\' they must get, and what kind of \'volunteer duties\' they will do. I will bet it reminds you things you hav seen described in other countries that use a different political system than we do.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7740395" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7740395" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7740395">HemmD</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7740395" class="dsq-comment-message">If Obama signs that piece of legislation, I\'ll be beside you on the barricades.  Remember, Obama said that the bonus tax bill appeared unconstitutional, and the move died in the Senate.  The majority of the bonuses were returned however.  The bad bill was snuffed out by his words and bonuses returned.  No law was made or broken, but persuasion was applied.  The Obama principle in a nutshell.  <br><br>I go back to my original proposition, Obama wants to bring change to Washington,  both sides of the aisle require it.  I\'ve said repeatedly, I may be naive about Obama; however, he\'s not done much to date to make me disbelieve his stated purpose.  The closest he\'s come so far is the wire tap laws Bush created and Obama has not disavowed.  I watch that front very closely.<br><br>AR - A great inter-change!  I hoped you benefited as much as I did.  A good debate is not about winning, it\'s about learning.  Thanks man<br><br>ps<br>Don\'t forget your helmet.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7740432" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7740432">HemmD</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7740432" class="dsq-comment-message">AR  <br>oops<br>that was meant to say "he\'s NOT done much to disbelieve..."</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7742851" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7742851" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7742851">HemmD</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7742851" class="dsq-comment-message">CS and AR<br><br>I admit, we kind of got into the tall grass on this one.  :)<br><br>Let\'s narrow this down to a simple question.  Obama is persuading, not ordering.  There is no law against persuasion.<br><br>Just to throw a wrench into the bill you mentioned.   Don\'t Armed forces personnel agree to similar stipulations?  You can\'t advocate for a particular candidate while dressed in your uniform, can you?  Just thought I\'d add to touch of chaos....</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7743076" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7743076">HemmD</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7743076" class="dsq-comment-message">CS<br><br>If you want to argue if the complete collapse of our economic system is not existential, I\'d defer.  Not because you\'re right, mind you :); just because it\'s a value judgment.<br><br>I would say that since the US went off the gold standard, America\'s well being hangs upon the economic confidence that the rest of the World holds in us.  If the confidence goes, so goes trade and credit.  Two pretty big criteria for judging our survivability.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7743253" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7743253" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7743253">AustinRoth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7743253" class="dsq-comment-message">HemmD -<br><br>If you want to take the \'volunteerism\' bill and turn it into quasi-military service, quite frankly you are getting into Hitler Youth and Brownshirts territory. (Damn, I HATE being the one to invoke Godwin\'s Law).<br><br>Persuading? Ok, so, you go to your local bank for a loan to handle a credit crunch. The bank says, sorry, you are too high a risk.<br><br> So now you go to your local loan shark, who gladly loans you money in, say, November of last year. It is now March of this year. You need yet more money. You draw up a plan to show him how you plan to replay him, and why you need additional money to get there.<br><br>He says, \'I will draw up a new plan for you, and decide how you will earn and spend your money, what you will do for a job, and I think it is is your best interests that you do what I \'suggest\'. <br><br>Persuasion?<br><br>Anyway, time to stop this thread, as we have both (I think) thown our best out there. Let\'s go find a new one to commandeer! The TMV Thread Pirates. ;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7744980" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7744980">HemmD</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7744980" class="dsq-comment-message">I know that\'s the fear you have, but my german heritage thinks that makes a lot of sense.<br><br><br>Seriously,  I think the non-participation thing is to stop that very criticism.  It would be decidedly at bad thing if all Obama\'s youth started to march in support of a plan.  That, I believe was the point of the bill introduced.  It was an attempt to remove volunteerism from political and religious meddling.<br><br>Hitler youth had a political affiliation (Nazism) and a religion (Hitler).  Obama\'s volunteerism is closer to the  peace corps, only inside America.  That\'s change I can believe in.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7745449" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7745449" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7745449">AustinRoth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7745449" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7745449" class="dsq-comment-message">I, too, come from German heritage.<br><br>This is just one of those that has the feel of \'the road to hell, good intentions, etc.\'<br><br>Couple that with my general cynicism towards all politicians, and a firm belief that all government programs grow and expand their power, and in doing so become more corrupt, well...<br><br>You haven\'t been around this board enough to know, but I have mentioned before I am Jeffersonian in my opinion on how to keep government in check.</div>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7759870" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7759870" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7759870">HemmD</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7759870" class="dsq-comment-message">Funny, I found the less  I trusted myself, the more I trusted others- including the man.  I\'m 58, and may just be experiencing my second childhood.<br><br>Good example, I just about had a heart attack just now when I typed out my age.  I know I was just 20 something not too long ago.  What the heck happened?  What cruel game is this?</div>\
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	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7786730">CStanley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7786730" class="dsq-comment-message">AR, I was away from my \'puter yesterday so a belated response on the "GIVE" Act.<br><br>I honestly don\'t know what to make of it at this point, but it certainly bears keeping a watchful eye on.<br><br>The name itself is so Orwellian as to raise eyebrows. And yet, people in both parties have proposed various forms of this throughout the years, and it can be benign. I do think some of the provisions have that feeling of getting the pavers out for that road to hell...but I also think it\'s too soon to judge that there\'s any intentional foray into Brownshirt or Hitler Youth territory.<br><br>A side note- isn\'t it funny how our points are climbing now that people can\'t ding them when they get ticked off because they\'re losing an argument? ;)</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7790424" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7790424">AustinRoth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7790424" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7790424" class="dsq-comment-message">58? Thanks, now I feel better. You\'re old!<br><br>HA HA HA HA!<br><br>Everything is relative, isn\'t it? 48 or 58, back when we WERE in our early 20\'s, there was no difference to us. Anything more than, say, 32 was old. No need to cut it finer.<br><br>Oh well, I am older now, but refuse to grow up. :)</div>\
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	 <li id="dsq-comment-7790468">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-header-7790468" class="dsq-comment-header">\
	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7790468" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7790468">AustinRoth</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-body-7790468" class="dsq-comment-body">\
	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7790468" class="dsq-comment-message">CS -<br><br>"A side note- isn\'t it funny how our points are climbing now that people can\'t ding them when they get ticked off because they\'re losing an argument?"<br><br>Yeah, funny about that. Or knocked down just for having a \'wrong\' opinion.</div>\
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	 <cite id="dsq-cite-7805440" class="dsq-comment-cite">\
	 <span id="dsq-author-user-7805440">CStanley</span>\
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	 <div id="dsq-comment-message-7805440" class="dsq-comment-message">Hemm...about that pressure thing....<br><a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/03/obama-threatens-bankers-im-the-only-thing-standing-between-you-and-the-pitchforks/" rel="nofollow">http://hotair.com/archives/2009/04/03/obama-thr...</a><br><br>You don\'t see anything wrong with the president cheering on the angry mobs one day (and then trying to tone it down the next when it was getting out of hand) and then telling these bankers that he\'s the only one standing between them and the pitchforks? How is that not an abuse of his power?</div>\
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	};
	return obj;
})();

// also used in embed_thread.js:
window.fbIsReady = function () {return window.FB && FB.init;};
// NOTE: This script gets executed again without threadEl
//       set when we are loaded again as the fbc_receiver.
//       In this case, we don't need the hidden container.

if(!window.FB || !FB.init) {
	if(window.Dsq && Dsq.container) {
		// container is not present when init.js is loaded from an xd-receiver iframe; in this case,
		// we don't need the FB_HiddenContainer anyway.
		var fbDiv = document.createElement('div');
		fbDiv.id = "FB_HiddenContainer";	// Required or else FeatureLoader will execute a document.write.
		fbDiv.style.position = 'absolute';	// This is intentionally not setting display to none as this breaks
		fbDiv.style.top = '-10000px';		// Flash in Safari.
		fbDiv.style.left = '-10000px';
		fbDiv.style.width = '0px';
		fbDiv.style.height = '0px';
		Dsq.container.appendChild(fbDiv);
	}
	var fbJS = document.createElement('script');
	fbJS.type = "text/javascript";
	fbJS.src = "http://static.ak.connect.facebook.com/js/api_lib/v0.4/FeatureLoader.js.php";
	document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(fbJS);

	ExecuteWhen.add(window.fbIsReady,
		function () {
			// HACK: This is a workaround FBC's single domain limitation by
			//		 allowing sites to create multiple forums with different
			//		 Facebook API keys.  This must be used in conjunction with
			//		 disqus_facebook_forum (see authenticateFacebook).
			var facebook_api_key = '8e626a1cbe92745e5f4435bb28791555';
			if (typeof disqus_facebook_api_key != 'undefined') {
				facebook_api_key = disqus_facebook_api_key;
			}

			FB.init(facebook_api_key, window.facebookXdReceiverPath || null,
				{fetchSignedPublicSessionData: true});
		});
}


	


if(typeof(disqus_callback) == 'function') {
	var callback_params = Dsq.Utils.getRequestParams()['dsq_cbp'] || null;

	// We don't care about any errors in third-party code
	try {
		disqus_callback(callback_params);
	} catch (x) {
		if (typeof(console) != 'undefined' && typeof(console.log) == 'function') {
			// But it would be nice to let developers know about them
			console.log(x);
		}
		// pass
	}

	// HACK: We don't know if the callback wraps our container, which may
	// possibly result in a new DOM element.
	Dsq.container = document.getElementById('dsq-content');
}

// Global event handler for narcissus.
if (Dsq.jsonData.integration.theme == 4) {
	var g = Dsq.Utils.ie ? document : window;
	Dsq.Utils.addEventListener(g, 'keydown', function(event) {
		// Handle "enter" key on input for post box.
		if ((event.keyCode || event.which) == 13) {
			var target = Dsq.Utils.ie ? event.srcElement : event.target;
			// For Safari bug, detect text node.
			if (target.nodeType == 3) {
				target = target.parentNode;
			}

			if (target.nodeName == 'INPUT' &&
				target.parentNode.className == 'dsq-input-wrapper') {
				var postId = Dsq.Utils.extractId(target);
				Dsq.Templates.postComment(postId, this, false);
			}
		}
	});
}

})();




