Try using firebug to add a break point and debug the code. View the variables contents to verify it's getting in to each line and work from there.
It ended up being a bug in the facebook api. Nothing related to jquery.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.