I think you should be able to deny service to Trump supporters. 

The guy who has a semi trailer out on the highway with a Trump billboard on it was just in the office here. He saw the boss' dog (yellow labrador) and said he has a lab too and he's going to get himself a T-shirt that says "Black Labs Matter."

The Iranian government was and is a Theocracy.  
Definition: A theocracy ("theo-" = God, "-cracy" = government) is a government operated under divine rule, or the pretense of divine rule. In practice, this term refers to a government operated by religious authorities who claim unlimited power in the name of God or other supernatural forces.
Oh and for the record, I do not support either of these positions.  Just was making the point that foolish knee jerk reactions and bigotry are not the exclusive domain of the Republican party.

& that describes the  country, the government within the country is religiously based. yes

The Iranian government was and is a Theocracy.  
Definition: A theocracy ("theo-" = God, "-cracy" = government) is a government operated under divine rule, or the pretense of divine rule. In practice, this term refers to a government operated by religious authorities who claim unlimited power in the name of God or other supernatural forces.

sirdroseph wrote:
You are aware, of course, that Iran is a country (and one engaged in hostilities against the US at the time) and not a religion, right?

Right?

This should help:

Carter Banned Iranians from Coming to US During Hostage Crisis

Trump is just like Hitler. Or Jimmy Carter.

i'm sensing some bias here...

The more likely he is to be the GOP candidate, the more certain it is that Hillary will be elected. Republican 'Mericans think they're "showing us something" by supporting him, but they haven't seen step two: he can't be elected. Ergo, supporting Trump is a win for Hillary. It's almost like they planned it... 

No kiddin'.

I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY hope this is the rope he hangs himself with. Not only will he be done, it will be a huge rebuke to the morons who support him. Maybe, just maybe, one or two of them will begin to actually make use of their brain cells. 

Wow! When Darth Vader thinks you've gone too far, it may be time to reel it a bit.

"Some things sicken even jackals" —Terry Pratchett
 
 

I console myself by realizing about half the country thought we were doomed when Clinton was elected. Then about half the country thought we were doomed when Bush was elected. Then about half the country thought we were doomed when Obama was elected...

I agree; it's just interesting to have actual conversations. I don't look forward to any of these candidates being president for a variety of reasons, but it's at least cool to think about what good a bad candidate might bring.
 
Otherwise it's just the usual shark frenzy. I was on youtube and the ad I had to sit thru was a hatchet job on Marco Rubio by the Ted Cruz camp. While it's entertaining, it's not very useful. 

I read a bunch of Scott Adam's stuff and find it interesting, sometimes even enlightening. But he has a lot in common with other people who have had enough success to paper over their failures (he admits most of this, and it's not uncommon... I have some of this as well). Basically he thinks that because he has been successful he must be right/smart/insightful. 

Now that's out of the way.  I can't believe Trump is still here, but hey - I'm often wrong about politics and show business. I still don't think he has a shot, but let's see where we are when South Carolina comes around to voting.

This immigration idea actually has some legs and a few interesting options. I don't think it is going anywhere, no matter who pushes it though. to pick on a single point up front: A large negative that I see presented here is the "get them to pay taxes" argument. I see that a lot (in a similar vein with the "lift the cap on social security taxes"). Most of the immigrants are already paying taxes under falsified SS cards. They just won't be collecting benefits. Let's just say that number is half (I think it's probably a lot higher), we will have just added 6 million or so people to the pool of those who will collect benefits, but haven't added much in new revenue.  Oops.  I wonder what the general population isn't paying taxes on income either. How many expats are there abroad?

Not that it's a bad idea. But I favor a much more bottom up approach. We have a lot of little problems. Let's knock off a few dozen of those before going after the giants. I don't have much faith in trickle down problem solving.  

Edit: also, Trump is not a real estate genius (well not by my definition). Many of his projects have failed, gone bankrupt or needed various forms of breaks and bailouts, to survive. I don't think he's the right guy to develop a self sustaining gateway border control/jobs program/tourist trap. Maybe if he made a TV show out of it...