Terrorism and the IRS

Have you ever noticed that the various criminals and terrorists never seem to go after the IRS?  I watch the news fairly regularly, and while I see lots of info about attacks on the President, Congress, Senate, FBI, CIA, etc., I've never seen nor heard of anything targeted toward the IRS, other than verbal abuse.  Why do you suppose that is?

I think I may have the answer.

I believe that punishments for those who attack the IRS physically are different than those that go to anyone else.  I believe that attackers don't have to worry about 25-50 year sentences in a federal prison.  What they'll get is a 25-50 year audit.

You've probably never been audited yourself;  Goodness knows I haven't; I work my ass off to make sure everything is correct before I send in my return.  I do know several people who've been audited, though, and the tales they've told me have been enough to make me completely honest, and very careful to not make mistakes.

Still Having Arguments with Religion

I had another conflict with a "religious right" fellow the other day.  He felt the necessity to throw a citing from the Bible at me--the same one that always seems to be thrown at me and others like me.

"Man shall not lie down with man as he lies down with woman. It is an abomination."
Leviticus 18:12

Personally, I'm tired of fighting over it, so I didn't.  Instead, I used a different quote.

"Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die; it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations."
Leviticus 10:9

In case you don't get it, it's a requirement not to drink alcohol while in the church.  Not that anyone really pays attention (the Catholics anyway).  They always seem to be dipping into the "sacramental" wine, don't they?  I wonder when it was decided that they could violate holy law by simply casting a "holy" blessing over the substance before they used it?

It looks like the rules set forth it the Bible are only applicable when the church-goers choose to accept them.

Hypocrites, all.