I think you are confusing Christians with fundamentalist Capitalists.

Actually, I'm referring to American fundamentalist Christians, who practice what some call the "American Civil Religion" because it has so little in common with the teaching of Christ.

Do you know that a majority of American Christians believe that free-market capitalism is a biblical principle? I don't remember where I read the survey, maybe the Atlantic magazine, but it's very recent, since Pope Francis made his comments about the failure of supply-side economics. And it's that supply-side economics which is the true object of faith for many Americans who self-identify as believers.

People use Christ for all sorts of things. I'm sure you've seen the posters of Jesus with a rifle across his lap, or the one with him and Ronald Reagan looking down from heaven together.

1 out of 9 [cdc.gov] women are infertile and must resort to either tens of thousands of dollars worth of procedures, or tens of thousands of dollars for adoption, or both.

Or, you know, just not have kids.

Maybe it's better that you die of horrible painful cancer for decades that can't be helped by any medicine.

Oh, you just exude your religious principles, know that?

I don't know if it was local or what, but I remember some late night commercials here in Chicago for a Mills Brothers collection that used to have be singing along. It was one of those really long late-night commercials. I can still harmonize with "Glow Worm" from those commercials.

Also, there was a really good one for a Fats Domino set, and it used old black and white footage of the Fats from the 50s. He definitely found his thrill on Blueberry Hill.

I don't know if it's just me getting old, but in the pre-cable days, television had a charm about it that it completely lacks today. I wrote recently here about the huge film libraries that local stations had and played after the late news show.

Of course you are right. I see precious little evidence that the Bible has influenced society much at all, except to give people stuff to fight about. Part 1 is about making sure your enemy is smote and placed beneath you and don't eat pork or have buttsex and Part 2 is all about, "forget Part 1".

And as soon as some Christian leader starts to actually take the Christ stuff seriously, like Pope Francis, all the Christians start getting mad at him for being a commie. Go figure.

the Drunken War Jester of the Genocidal Bush Reign? The Grim Reaper hauled boorish little Hitch squealing off to Hell with 3/4 of the Scythe jammed up that jingoistic twit's gaping asshole!

You must be an exceptionally devout Bible-reader, judging from your tone.

But why contraception? Out of all the things to force free coverage on, this is one of the most ridiculous.

Meanwhile, where I live and who I'm employed with, my wife and I can barely get anything covered for infertility.

Just out of curiosity, do you think there are more people seeking help with infertility or women seeking contraception?

Which does more for society? That women should have access to reproductive health care or that infertile couples should be given treatments for infertility? Which one is more expensive?

You know what, screw you.

Maybe it's better that you not reproduce after all.

Because you evidently think religious beliefs are never to be respected.

No, I believe they should always be respected, as long as those beliefs are respectful. And that has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not insurance policies cover contraception. And personally, if your infertility is the result of a medical condition then I think that insurance should absolutely cover you (as long as you don't already have five kids, you know? Be sensible)

Why are people who are militant about their religious beliefs so seldom respectful, and why are so many of them just straight-up entitled assholes who relish some self-obsesses victimhood? "Me! Me! Me! Why should those people be getting coverage when my far more importantissue isn't being addressed?" If that's where you are, maybe the religious thing isn't working for you, after all.

I find drones "repugnant". In fact, my religious beliefs demand that I not participate or support such indiscriminate killing.

Do I get to take a pro-rated reduction in the amount of taxes I pay so I don't have to violate my faith and support this repugnant activity?

That's first. Second is that the religious organization or corporation or employer in question is not really paying for the insurance. It's part of the compensation of the employee. That means when the insurance is purchased, it is done so with money that has been earned by the employee. There is no direct payment for birth control or any of the stuff that the Church finds icky. Unless you think those benefits are provided out of the goodness of the hearts of the organizations. No, they do it as part of the compensation package. They're not buying health insurance for anyone who doesn't work there.

Finally, can a corporation really have a religion? Let's be clear: the employers in this case are not religious institutions. They are corporations formed by the religious institutions. Paychecks aren't being signed by the bishop or any religious figure.

But I would think that allowing religious groups to have special exemption from certain laws based upon their beliefs is going to be a road that at least five of the Supreme Court justices will not go down.

After all, we all have religious objections to paying taxes, no? You want to open that can of worms?

Why would anybody want the video camera on this tablet to be "always on"?

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As a Bears fan, I would like to suggest a certain practice facility near Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Feds Announce Test Sites For Drone Aircraft

Let's hope none of them are Afghani wedding parties.

The entire thing is actually a reflection of the arrogance of those so-called "UNTOUCHABLES"

They do not need to face the voters once every x-number of years, nor they need to answer to anyone.

They are the bureaucrats, the non-elected bureaucrats that have grabbed hold of power through the back door method.

Do you really believe that some relatively low-paid bureaucrats are the puppet masters pulling strings behind the scenes? You believe they're doing it for their own benefit?

That is stupid. You have to ask yourself who benefits the most from a locked-down surveillance state. It's not accidental that the NSA is collecting personal data and communications that the world's biggest corporations are...collecting personal data and communications.

Damn, man. You're really not that bright, are you?

These men and women are compensated 50% by commission, so early on in a startup (in the era of low sales) their salaries are shockingly low and if sales don't pick up they are personally blamed,

That's why they call it risk & reward. Anyway, is a VP of sales C-level?

68% of University of Nebraska faculty members rated themselves in the top 25% of teaching ability at their university.

I can't believe they conducted this research on academics. Of course, you're going to get a skewed self-image.

As one of the top 1% of all academics who has ever lived, I can say with great certainty that all of my colleagues are idiots who have an inflated view of their own talents.

It's been over a week now. How's it working out for you?

Still good. Though I have learned that Duck Dynasty has something to do with the television picture-box. I assume it is a cartoon involving Huey, Dewey and Louie or something similar.