UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -- A think tank that concentrates on domestic and foreign policies has estimated that hundreds of thousands of American families will gather this Christmas and discuss important issues from taxation, the deficit, illegal immigration, and foreign policy without having a "single clue" about any of the issues.

"We expect that most of these people will be arguing points they heard on the radio, seen on the Internet, gleemed while skipping through a book at Barnes and Nobles, or entirely made up on the spot," noted John Emerson of the CSIS.  It is expected that many will makes comments on the economy without ever reading an article on the economy, discuss the US Budget without ever have seeing a page from a US Budget, talk about foreign policy decisions with nations that they couldn't locate on a map, and committ several false equivalence fallacies about how "both sides are just as bad".

The CSIS estimated that nearly 60% of all discussions on the deficit will include a comment about "earmarks" needing to be done away with, despite only representing 0.1% of the Federal Budget.   It is estimated that 5% of households will include conversation about the alleged lack of a birth certificate.  Expectations are that over 50% of households will hold discussions that include how "obviously fair" a flat tax is.

Think tanks agree that in general, households should expect that roughly only 5 to 10% of claims or statements are actually factual and shouldn't be treated as the bullshit it really is.