 the progressive you decide  there are so many things mr curtis doesn t understand for some reason he feels i have a great misconception about progressives he speaks of being a progressive christian i don t know what that is a christian is a christian christianity is based on the life death resurrection and teachings of jesus christ and how it relates to you personally christianity doesn t need an adjective to describe it christianity isn t some distorted compilation of manmade doctrines or programs that a group of people have come up with god isn t going to ask you if you re a progressive on judgment day curtis implies i am not accepting of other religions i don t deny anyone their choice of religious beliefs and they should not deny me mine i don t disagree with mr curtis in that government should work well for the people but the government doesn t need to control every aspect of our lives every program they implement has a cost and the government has a proven track record of incompetence this country was founded as a republic with the state s having the rights not delineated in the constitution we have slowly moved from a republic to a federal bureaucracy mr curtis fails to recognize that fact he talks of the constitution being a living document it can be amended but the constitution and the bill of rights is the blueprint of this country it is the basis for the best form of government that has ever existed the progressive would choose to have it changed to meet their version of what they feel our country should be as far as what progressives believe don t take mr curtis s or my word for it go on the internet do a search on the progressive movement see what websites come up from your search go to as many as you want and see what they say you determine the truth you decide if what they believe is what you want your country to become mr curtis and i have had discussions in the past i always spoke my mind he has shown himself to be disingenuous and untrustworthy he has accused me of lying and threatened me with legal action for things i have never said i mean what i say and i say what i mean and i don t lie can you say the same of mr curtis submitted in rebuttal to a lettertotheeditor from trustee rick curtis for publication to the dewitt bath review on march 6 2010 published in the dewitt bath review on march 14 2010  