to some great degree i must answer "yes"

even prior to the Scopes Monkey trial, the fundamentalist Christians have had an ongoing war with Darwin and all things related to evolution

in terms of attitude (and some actions), fundamentalist Christianity is essentially a mirror image of the Taliban

the foundation of fundamentalist Christianity if that of "faith"

and this is simply defined believing something without the need for supporting facts, evidence, etc.

as a consequence when these untested beliefs run contrary to facts, evidence, etc. there is a conflict

for example, it was Catholic Church fundamentalist faith/belief that the sun rotated around the earth. even though this was later disproved by science the Church refused to acknowledge the truth and went as far to even place scientist on trial and jail scientist

for a more recent example, i site you the 2008 Republican candidates debate. when they were asked about evolution, the Repub candidates raised their hands and expressed disbelief about evolution

obviously the answer is excessive trust

this is most true and relevant if one examines Christianity especially fundamentalist Christianity

as usual, your claims are near 100% misrepresentation of the facts

for example ... people are not demanding "free health care".

what has fallen upon your death ears (and brain) is that people don't want the continued gouging from big corporate insurance companies

it is not FREE health-care but pooling money together via taxes and using those resources to obtain health-care

the only groups i see that are really benefiting from government handouts are big corporate America. for example ... look at all of the no-bid contracts

attn Jessald:

so after falling all over yourself in praise of Our Dear Leader, do you realize that nothing he said will curb the rising premiums, deductibles, etc.

why can't we have universal healthcare or singlepayer or public options

who is gonna control these "exchanges" --- another corporate industry invention

attn RKMc ...:

it was simply a speech with a lotta flowery talk and rhetoric

no universal health-care, no single payer, no public option, real regulation for insurance companies, etc,...

all Obama wants is a health-care bill (doesn't matter if it good or bad or works or doesn't work) and he wants bipartisanship (defined as having at least one Republican voting for his bill)

i would've loved it if i were an insurance company executive

but, i'm just an ordinary person with skyrocketing healthcare premiums and co-pays

attn Palinin2040:

the double standard used by many anti-abortionist/pro-lifers makes me kinda blah about the so-called abortion debate [just give 'em education and contraception and watch the number of abortions drop]

they wail-n-moan about innocents murdered in the womb (something the government has nothing to do with in comparison to war) but turn a blind eye every time a bullet or bomb. that they paid for, kills murders an innocent Iraqi or Afghan child

why even bother discussing the thousands of Vietnamese killed in "free fire zones" and during "carpet bombing" raids

a young woman decides to "kill" her baby and the "lifers" don sack clothes and ashes.

your government kills and the "lifers" rally behind the flag and cry patriotism

thank goodness this rank hypocrisy is being well documented and will not be erased from history

nearly everyday of the week, the US government (your tax dollars) is killing innocent children in Iraq and that does NOT seem to be such an issue

yes - i agree that abstinence is 100% absolute protection but i still await your explanation of how you would enforce such a policy

without a doubt - yes, yes, yes

they show heterosexuals, they show single people (priests, widows, nuns, widowers, etc.) so why not homosexuals

FYI Jstantall

in 2004 Bush won re-election

the Republicans increased their Senate majority from 51 to 55 seats

the Republicans increased their Congressional majority from 229 to 231

the Republican party was not in a lame duck status and could have curbed Roe versus Wade

excuses, excuses, excuses ...

"Over the past decade, the US federal government has heavily promoted programs that advocate sexual abstinence as the key strategy for dealing with adolescent sexuality, but studies are demonstrating that the approach has little impact on teen sexual behavior or in preventing pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)"

it is 100%

but that is just the first step

how does one implement abstinence upon any society

how would you do it in America

would yah say "just say 'no' "

it is simple - innocent simply means free of blame, not guilty, not in the wrong, etc.

is Bush # 43 ancient history?

during his eight years, he had a Republican controlled Congress that was NOT in a lame duck status

even when it was so-called lame duck, are yah telling me that the Republicans would have voted against Bush administration abortion restrictions ?

they had the 50+% Congressinal majority and could have forced a Senate filibuster debate

but i suspect that the Republican leadership primarily give the anti-abortionist lip service

attn Jstantall:

so why did Bush change the law when he had a Republican Congress and receptive Federal judges ???

you can't blame this on limp Democrats or socialist liberals

attn Jstantall:

"If it is a human being then it requires a very high level of justification to take it's life. I have simply seen no argument that comes close to proper justification for the taking the life of an innocent human being."

are you concerned about only the innocent unborn embryo or all innocent life?

attn Jstabtall:

do you live in some kinda warped universe

"Abstinence is the only practice that provides 100% protection against STDs and pregnancy, nothing else comes close."

can you show me a culture or a time in human history where society has instituted functional, workable, effective abstinence policy

yes - your proposal works in an ideal world were everyone has exactly the same thoughts and actions but that world does NOT exist

interesting that in the eight years of Bush and the years of Republican controlled Congress and era of conservative judges that th 1973 Roe versus Wad has not been overturned

although they claim to be Christian fundamentalist, they too have a use for abortions ... it not just Democrats that go to Planned Parenthood and private doctors for pregnancy terminations

attn ThePyg:

interesting side-swipe yah took against Obama but the focus of this debate is about Glenn Beck

he has not made only mistakes; Beck has made intentional errors (i.e. lies)

he intentionally deceives in spite of facts, evidence and truths

but i admire your defense of the indefensible Glenn Beck. and since Beck is on his Hitler/Nazi kick, i'll also say that your defense of Beck would've fallen flat at Nuremberg

technically, "Americanism" is defined by the US Constitution and its derived laws

so, "un-Americanism" is whatever can be proven to be un-Constitutional

attn ThePyg:

why do yah say that Beck is "misinformed"?

Beck chooses the topic, researches the topic and presents the topic

so, who misinformed him? did he misinform himself? did FoxNews misinform him? do the liberals have some kinda mind control that caused Beck to be misinformed? is this some evil plot by Olberman?

be honest ... Beck is a liar and deceiver

"un-American" nowadays simply means any thought, speech or action that is contrary to your self-defined idea of Americanism

it is a floating, arbitrary definition