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Just when you ran out of underwear? Amateur.

Now you can wash it and wear it again!

Why would you ever do that? I mean, it's one thing on the internet when you can just go to a different web page whenever you want, but in real life you can't just click something to make the stupid go away.

How do you expect a child to pass the mental and financial tests at birth?

I don't disagree. The hypocrisy perpetuated by some on the "American left" absolutely astounds me sometimes. Edit: I'm curious as to why you included Scientology.

I know a lot of people are put off by the whole Earth being 6,000 years old bit. In my mind, if you believe that then you are either willfully ignorant or woefully stupid. I don't know enough about her to make a judgment, but if she falls under the former category and is only willfully ignorant about that particular thing (and it didn't influence policy-making), then it wouldn't make her a bad public official.

It's not "spur" if you already have a "P" in "gropes!"

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Chic!

It doesn't make a difference if we're naked or not

Plus you just look so damn stylish in those glasses, Scott.

I would hope not, considering that I don't go around telling those friends of mine that happen to be Christian to go out and become active in politics. Yes, religion has certainly been an extremely large, if not the largest, force in the history of mankind. It's also more involved in the State than some of us are comfortable with (see: Ted Haggard visiting the White House via telephone on a weekly basis during the Bush II years). However, I cannot see a good reason to tax religious establishments given the direction that this country (and the world) is moving in, religion-wise. The percentage of people in the United States who do not state a religious preference (the "nones") has increased from 8.2% in 1990 to 15% in 2008. In many European countries, "nones" are the majority. Meanwhile, the percentage of people in the United States who identify as Christian (of any type) decreased from 86% in 1990 to 76% in 2008. Given that the "nones" could be the largest "religious" group in the United States (or at least a very close second) in the near future, if you start taxing churches now, it could pose problems for religious freedom down the road. Given the constitutional guarantee of not prohibiting anyone's free exercise of religion, you can see how this could be a bit of an issue. (Stats come from the American Religious Identification Survey, 2008)

LBJ isn't my favorite president, but I'll give him this: he was a crafty politician. Ever since the Johnson Amendment to the tax code (1954), churches are not allowed to directly or indirectly support candidates for office. Punishment can be meted out if a government official hears a pastor (or other religious leader) violating this section of the tax code. So, it works well both ways. We get freedom from religion, and they get free exercise of religion. Also: it's interesting to note that even before the Johnson Amendment, churches were tax-exempt. LBJ just had a vendetta against non-profits

Not a fan of Massapequa?

I think you're missing something. You do know what churches give up in order to be tax-exempt, right?

You got a new one already?

Yes, our genome is fairly similar to a pig's. My 8th grade history teacher once told us that we probably taste like pork

I'm not disagreeing with you, for the most part. The freer the market the better, IMO. I just hate it when people who have economic views similar to mine fall into the same trap that we often accuse our socialist counterparts of: thinking from an ivory tower (and that's what it looked like at first).

Northern Marianas?

Not to mention that the "true free market" itself is only theoretical. There's really no such thing.

I wish Dwayne Carter would stay in jail.

The properly vetted (that was just for you, Magox ) candidates running on the Republican ticket weren't talking about so-called "social issues." They were talking about the one thing people (read: all people) needed to hear them talk about. That being said, this sort of thing doesn't surprise me.

My thoughts exactly But for my campus, it'd be funnier if it was men's rugby house.

In related news, a California district elects a dead woman to office. http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/11/03/deceased-candidate-wins-state-senate-seat-in-california/

Many congratulations! As others have said, that's a beautiful name you picked out.