diff -urp ../../all/modules/fb/themes/fb_fbml/comment.tpl.php fb_fbml/comment.tpl.php
--- ../../all/modules/fb/themes/fb_fbml/comment.tpl.php	2009-08-29 08:50:06.000000000 -0400
+++ fb_fbml/comment.tpl.php	2009-08-29 10:56:47.000000000 -0400
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <div class="comment<?php if ($comment->status == COMMENT_NOT_PUBLISHED) print ' comment-unpublished'; ?>">
 <div class="comment-header">
-<?php if ($picture) {
+<?php if (theme_get_setting('fb_user_picture') && $picture) {
   print $picture;
   } ?>
 <h3 class="title"><?php print $title; ?></h3><?php if ($new != '') { ?><span class="new"><?php print $new; ?></span><?php } ?>
diff -urp ../../all/modules/fb/themes/fb_fbml/fb_fbml.info fb_fbml/fb_fbml.info
--- ../../all/modules/fb/themes/fb_fbml/fb_fbml.info	2009-08-29 08:50:06.000000000 -0400
+++ fb_fbml/fb_fbml.info	2009-08-29 10:43:15.000000000 -0400
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ regions[right] = Canvas Right
 regions[content_footer] = Content Footer
 regions[canvas_footer] = Canvas Footer
 
-
 ; Information added by drupal.org packaging script on 2009-08-16
 version = "6.x-2.x-dev"
 core = "6.x"
diff -urp ../../all/modules/fb/themes/fb_fbml/node-teaser.php.tpl fb_fbml/node-teaser.php.tpl
--- ../../all/modules/fb/themes/fb_fbml/node-teaser.php.tpl	2009-08-29 08:50:07.000000000 -0400
+++ fb_fbml/node-teaser.php.tpl	2009-08-29 10:54:07.000000000 -0400
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
   <div class="node feed_item<?php if ($sticky) { print " sticky"; } ?><?php if (!$status) { print " node-unpublished"; } ?>">
 	 <div class="feed_story_wrapper">
-    <?php if ($picture) {
+    <?php if (theme_get_setting('fb_user_picture') && $picture) {
       print $picture;
     }?>
     <?php if ($page == 0) { ?><h2 class="title"><a href="<?php print $node_url?>"><?php print $title?></a></h2><?php }; ?>
diff -urp ../../all/modules/fb/themes/fb_fbml/node-teaser.tpl.php fb_fbml/node-teaser.tpl.php
--- ../../all/modules/fb/themes/fb_fbml/node-teaser.tpl.php	2009-08-29 08:50:07.000000000 -0400
+++ fb_fbml/node-teaser.tpl.php	2009-08-29 10:55:57.000000000 -0400
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <div class="node-teaser<?php if ($sticky) { print " sticky"; } ?><?php if (!$status) { print " node-unpublished"; } ?>">
 <div class="node-header">
-<?php if ($picture) {
+<?php if (theme_get_setting('fb_user_picture') && $picture) {
   print $picture;
   }?>
   <h2 class="title"><a href="<?php print $node_url?>"><?php print $title?></a></h2>
diff -urp ../../all/modules/fb/themes/fb_fbml/node.tpl.php fb_fbml/node.tpl.php
--- ../../all/modules/fb/themes/fb_fbml/node.tpl.php	2009-08-29 08:50:07.000000000 -0400
+++ fb_fbml/node.tpl.php	2009-08-29 10:57:35.000000000 -0400
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ if ($extra_style)
 
 <?php if ($picture || $page == 0 || $submitted || $about || $terms) { ?>
 <div class="node-header">
-   <?php if ($picture && $submitted) {
+   <?php if (theme_get_setting('fb_user_picture') && $picture && $submitted) {
   print $picture;
   }?>
 <?php if ($page == 0) { ?><h2 class="title"><a href="<?php print $node_url?>"><?php print $title?></a></h2><?php }; ?>
diff -urp ../../all/modules/fb/themes/fb_fbml/template.php fb_fbml/template.php
--- ../../all/modules/fb/themes/fb_fbml/template.php	2009-08-29 08:50:09.000000000 -0400
+++ fb_fbml/template.php	2009-08-29 10:49:35.000000000 -0400
@@ -1,5 +1,36 @@
 <?php
 
+/**
+ * Initialize theme settings
+ */
+if (is_null(theme_get_setting('fb_user_picture'))) {  // <-- change this line
+  global $theme_key;
+
+  /*
+   * The default values for the theme variables. Make sure $defaults exactly
+   * matches the $defaults in the theme-settings.php file.
+   */
+  $defaults = array(             // <-- change this array
+    'fb_user_picture' => 1,
+  );
+
+  // Get default theme settings.
+  $settings = theme_get_settings($theme_key);
+  // Don't save the toggle_node_info_ variables.
+  if (module_exists('node')) {
+    foreach (node_get_types() as $type => $name) {
+      unset($settings['toggle_node_info_' . $type]);
+    }
+  }
+  // Save default theme settings.
+  variable_set(
+    str_replace('/', '_', 'theme_'. $theme_key .'_settings'),
+    array_merge($defaults, $settings)
+  );
+  // Force refresh of Drupal internals.
+  theme_get_setting('', TRUE);
+}
+
 function fb_fbml_preprocess_page() {
   dpm(func_get_args(), 'fb_fbml_preprocess_page');
 }
@@ -260,4 +291,4 @@ function fb_fbml_fieldset($element) {
   return $output;
 }
 
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>
Only in fb_fbml/: theme-settings.php