Beck sub Thompson: Tanning tax makes health bill "racist" because "dark-skinned people" don't use tanning salons

That's.. uh... ...an improvement over Beck, at least... and makes exactly the same amount of sense.

W... T... F!!!

I have never been to a tanning salon, and I never will go to a tanning salon. My hide is pasty white, and I try to keep it that way. Now, if you want to tan, go right ahead, but it isn't necessary and it isn't good for you, and if you think you need to turn your skin into leather, pay the luxury tax to do so. Personally, I always thought this was payback to Boehner for being such a jerk, and it makes me smile.

This is typical - MMfA is implying that Thompson is drawing conclusions based solely on the color of someone's skin, when in fact he's simply giving dark-skinned people the benefit of the doubt that they'll spend their welfare checks on food, not luxuries like tanning salons.

Come on, MMfA! Quit twisting peoples' words just to fill column space.

He feels the pain of racism. He now knows what it's like to fear for being lynched, to be belittled and marginalized and deprived of democratic rights and employment opportunities, because he may have to pay a little more to be given skin cancer while being turned orange. My a$$ bleeds for him.

We could also consider this as prejudice against redheads, since they don't tan very well, either.

By the way, where's Beck? Did the Black Helicopters abduct him? Is he being waterboarded as we speak?

I'm a blue-eyed, pale skinned blonde who would rather do just about anything rather than fry myself in a claustrophobia-inducing cancer machine. I'm hoping the tax helps put an end to these death machines that our young women and girls are addicted to using. Just my opinion, of course! LOL!

Another instance of the white mans victimhood. I swear I was put on this earth to suffer.

Here we have a man who's obviously a doctor. With a name like Doc Thompson he has to be. And he's saying that racism doesn't really exist anymore.

Who else would be better able to judge how prevalent racism is in America than a white guy?

Wow. This guy sure is CRAZY enough to sub for Beck.

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Wow.

Don't go tanning, don't pay the tax.

Simple, easy, get on with your life.

Maybe the tanning salon people will hire the same greasy-haired sullen woman warning "Washington" not to tax her "fruit drinks and soda" because she's trying to "feed her family."

"Hey, Washington! Do you know how hard it is to keep a family tan these days? We just can't afford any new taxes right now!"

I hereby dub this the Boehner Tax.

Ahh a perfect fill in for Beck.

Here's the questionaire he filled out to get the stand-in job.

Question 1. Are you racist?

Question 2. Can you make up conspiracies where there are none present - specifically regarding Democrats or Democratic legislation?

OMG! I can't stop laughng from the funny comments before mine...hahahahahahaha!
But I betcha Obama put that tax in the bill exactly for Boehner.
Obama has a hell of a sense of humor and you just don't mess with that man.

Hey "Doc": Way to trivialize real racism. If you can afford the time and luxury of a tanning salon, you wretch, you can afford to pay a little tax. Whiner.

When you're ordered to sit in the back of a bus, get back to us.

He just say "black people". That's obviously what is being implied. By the way, not all black people are dark skinned and some of the lighter skinned ones use tanning salons to add a little color to their skin. So I guess the bill (or should I say law) isn't as racist as previously thought.

Who ever does indoor tanning is stupid anyway.
I am looking for the next Jersey Shore: Cancer Ward.

Darkness of skin is relative, and darker shades of skin deepen in color with exposure to UV just as lighter shades do. There are many reasons relatively darker-skinned people might choose to tan, most of them being the same reasons lighter-skinned people use.

So, Beck stand-in, whoever you are, you're at least as racist as you claim Obama to be. But based on your ignorance, I'm guessing you're a bit worse.

I live in Richmond and hear this guy all the time. Ultimate States Rights Libertarian. He believes that businesses should have the right to exclude whoever they want based on any criteria . His second amendment views include allowing anyone including violent felons to buy guns (as many as they want). He is like Beck except that he has really drank the kool-aid and is not just looking to cash in.

Being tan was looked down on for quite some time because only farmers were tan, and farmers were not the poster child for tans. Then leisure rich people went to the beach and got tan, and tanning was in. Living in Southern California, we sometimes had an opportunity to go to the beach, and Brigit Bardot had a nice tan. Never mind that there was a connection between UV rays and skin cancer. So someone invented indoor tanning with UV light.

So congress (majority white) passes a bill that puts a tax on tanning indoors. President (half white) signs it into law. Now that's discrimination--no question about it. Just like taxing rich people is discrimination--heck, most rich people are white aren't they? The frightening thing is that this is more sane then Beck, but that's not saying much.

Thompson has a very good point. I would feel much more comfortable if we start charging a tax hair relaxer and maybe automobile rims.