Excellent.

Gotta agree with the Moms on this one.

Agreed. Why did I even bother reading the comments?

Hilarious

Notes to the videographer:

Ha!

Frankly, I'm disappointed Napkin Gladwell was not nominated.

I always suspected that AJ was the Krankor to Chandler's Prince of Space.

Well played.

I made a similar joke about this before. At this point, I'm going to let it slide

Great song choice. The beauty is, these guys have a song for tomorrow as well.

+1

Hey, it's a fair assumption. I didn't want to take away from your larger point, though I do regret killing the joke.

Actually, C-SPAN isn't publicly funded, but gets its income from cable subscriber fees.

As long as they're re-affirming that "In God We Trust" is our national motto, then they're doing their jobs.

Not real, but they just played around here the Simpsons rerun where Bart stumbles upon "A Gorilla" in the phonebook.

Excellent metaphor

Clarification for my own sake: I shouldn't have said federal "income" tax, but just simply stated I was talking about federal taxes only

I for one am not going to weep for those who still will earn a million-dollar payout merely because of good luck, but yes it affects some more than others. The quote was meant to merely reflect the philosophy—how it's actually applied is up to the legislators.

You're right as to the tax-free gifts, and it does guarantee business to certain professionals as you pointed out. As to the randomness—that's the beauty of the political process. You expect logic from those clowns in Washington?