lol okay Chad thanks for the reality check. We’ll take that under advisement.

and what percentage of people killed in terror attacks does that “hole” represent?

if that happens, (big if) there are going to be a lot of non-muslims who also register. a muslim registry will be as useful as the phonebook.

hey, zimmy was Christian for like a month! that counts i think…

i know! who wishes a Jewish person a Merry Christmas? its disgusting.

Coming from the Karate Kid, I talk that as a huge compliment.

to your first point… more than a few of my (usually drunk) Jewish female friends have expressed a romantic crush on Santa Claus because he’s like the bad boy/forbidden fruit. it sounded like they were only half joking.

Damn! Christmas *isn’t* on a Saturday is what I meant to say.

christmas music isn’t delicious fool. its not the same its not the same at ALL.

make sure you put that sign out front.

b) Nobody could complain about my listening to Christmas music.

yeah, why did you steal that shit from the Romans?

One of my employees is all about saying ONLY Merry Christmas to people. He just emailed a Merry Christmas message to one of our Jewish clients and I just got to yell at him.

Christmas is on a Saturday.

If there are no exemptions and/or tax breaks and all income is taxed at a set rate...then yes it is certainly more equal than anything we have now.

Huh? Have you ever filled out a tax form? You report your gross amount and you report your deductions. You subtract deductions from gross to get your taxable income, and then pay based on the brackets. It’s all on the form. How do you think reporters get numbers like, “So and so paid 19% in taxes last year”? If they…

… the only thing I ever see Democrats asking for is more, because now with this dollar (as opposed to the gazillions it already has and has had), it is *really* going to be used for something good.

They *do* bear a greater responsibility. We have a progressive system in general:

Flat tax is equal. Flat tax might not be ‘fair’ in your opinion but it is equal.

none of this changes my response. yes, i may have skimmed or omitted some things, so let’s address your additional points.