ga looks like it only likes if the code is pasted...hrmpf

app/views/layouts/application.html.haml

@@ -36,7 +36,16 @@
 
     = csrf_meta_tag
     = yield(:head)
-    = javascript_include_tag 'vendor/ga'
+    :javascript
+      var _gaq = _gaq || [];
+      _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-17207587-5']);
+      _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);
+
+      (function() {
+      var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
+      ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
+      var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
+      })();
 
   %body
     - flash.each do |name, msg|

public/javascripts/vendor/ga.js

-  var _gaq = _gaq || [];
-  _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-17207587-5']);
-  _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);
-
-  (function() {
-    var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
-    ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
-    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
-  })();