MS figured out how to get comments to come thru the websocket. this is super super super hacky, and kind of terrible, but it works

app/helpers/status_messages_helper.rb

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module StatusMessagesHelper
   def my_latest_message
     message = StatusMessage.my_newest
     unless message.nil?
-      return message.message + " " + how_long_ago(message)
+      return message.message + "   -   " + how_long_ago(message)
     else
       return "No message to display."
     end

app/views/comments/_new_comment.html.haml

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-= form_tag("/comments",:remote => true, :class =>"new_comment", :id => "new_comment") do
+= form_tag("/comments", :remote => true, :class =>"new_comment", :id => "new_comment-#{post.id}") do
   %p
     = text_field_tag "comment_text", 'dislike!',  :size => 30, :name => 'comment[text]'
     = hidden_field_tag  "comment_post_id", "#{post.id}", :name => "comment[post_id]"
-    = submit_tag 'comment', :id => "comment_submit", :name => "commit"
-
+    = submit_tag 'comment', :id => "comment_submit_#{post.id}", :name => "commit"

app/views/layouts/application.html.haml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     
     = stylesheet_link_tag "blueprint/screen", :media => 'screen'
     = stylesheet_link_tag "application"
-    /= javascript_include_tag"http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.1/jquery.min.js"
+    /= javascript_include_tag"http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js"
     = javascript_include_tag 'jquery142', 'rails', 'view'
     = javascript_include_tag 'tiny_mce/tiny_mce.js'
 

app/views/status_messages/_status_message.html.haml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     = post.message
   %div.time
     = link_to(how_long_ago(post), status_message_path(post))
-  /= render "comments/comments", :post => post 
+  = render "comments/comments", :post => post 
   - if mine?(post)
     = link_to 'Destroy', status_message_path(post), :confirm => 'Are you sure?', :method => :delete
     

config/initializers/socket.rb

@@ -11,7 +11,12 @@ module WebSocket
       class << @view  
         include ApplicationHelper 
         include Rails.application.routes.url_helpers
-        #include ActionView::Helpers::FormTagHelper
+        include ActionController::RequestForgeryProtection::ClassMethods
+        include ActionView::Helpers::FormTagHelper
+        include ActionView::Helpers::UrlHelper
+        def protect_against_forgery?
+          false
+        end
       end
     end
     
@@ -36,13 +41,13 @@ module WebSocket
      v = WebSocket.view_for(object)
      puts v.inspect
     
-    rescue Exception > e
+    rescue Exception => e
       puts "in failzord " + v.inspect
       puts object.inspect
-      puts e.inspect
+      puts e.message
       raise e 
     end
-
+    puts "i made it here"
     {:class =>object.class.to_s.underscore.pluralize, :html => v}
   end
   

public/javascripts/view.js

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
 	$('#bookmark_title').click(clearForm);
 	
 	$('#bookmark_link').click(clearForm);
+	$('#debug_more').hide();
 
   function clearForm(){
    $(this).val("");