what I am looking for is where the comment are shown under the actual story - not the way IMDB does it but the way TechIMO does it. They actually use a commercial program called ReviewPost which is only $100. Considering I have posted a paid request for a hack here and on rent-a-coder for $100 and got no interest I think I will buy reviewpost until a VB hack comes out.
http://www.techimo.com/newsapp/index.pl?photo=13877
Their front page still has the format of "ARTICLE TITLE (3 comments)"