WOOT!.... OK, it figures that it was something so retardedly simple, but that's usually the way these things are.
Anyway, when I was recoding the footer, I removed this from the very very bottom of the footer code:
Code:
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
// Main vBulletin Javascript Initialization
vBulletin_init();
//-->
</script>
Lesson be learned.... DON'T MOVE OR REMOVE THIS

hehe... oops!