Teach the children arithmetic and spelling instead of global warming, and science and history instead of sex education. The children have no difficulty learning, it is what they are taught that renders them ill-suited for the workplace. In addition, the teachers' unions have caused monumental harm to the states in the same way the United Auto Workers bankrupted General Motors. The unions served their place in the past, but, now, must be destroyed before they kill the country. It was union money that elected the Democrats who have given us easy divorce, abortion and a number of other ills that plague our society. That conversation went something like:

First Democrat Party leader: We want to inject easy divorce, wholesale abortion, and rampant homosexuality into

American society, but, the people reject our nightmarish agenda. What should we do?

Second Democrat Party leader: I've got it! Present it under the banner of "rights" and they'll stupidly succumb. We can,

over the years, use this boatload of union dues and contributions to implement our abhorrent

social and political agenda. On one hand, we'll wreck the ties that bind Christendom

together, and, on the other hand, drive the economy to financial ruin. As long as we

downplay the fact that we facilitate these terrible "choices" by changing the law to allow

them, we can blame the citizenry for the condition of the society. They will soon forget

that Roe v Wade was a Supreme Court decision that was imposed against the will of the

overwhelming majority. Later we will impose health care in the same fashion, who needs

representation or law?

First Democrat Party leader: You just got yourself a raise.

Otis, hats off to your accurate assessment......But the Daily is only addressing part of the problem....The bigger problem are the rebellious non-achievers who fall in with the wrong crowd, get on drugs and alcohol, who won't learn, who cause trouble in the class room, drop out and often end up in jail or prison.....The real solution to this problem is discipline and personal accountability, starting in the home and continuing in school and in society at large.....The answer to a bad family background is not to try to compensate, but to expect the same from all........This is God's way and what our Founding Fathers had in mind in this country.....It's long past time to get back to the basics....

The downfall of society isn't a partisan issue, it isn't a political issue at all. But, most importantly, it isn't someone else's fault. Unless and until everyone accepts a personal responsibility for improving our society, nothing will ever change.

Public schools teach math, language, science and history. In middle school, parents receive a letter stating that their child is slated to participate in a "health" session, which shares information on sexually transmitted diseases and the biology of conception. If the parents so choose, they may "opt out" so that their child is not required to participate.

People do not get divorced because it's easy and divorce is not the problem. The problem exists because many people do not take marriage seriously and/or marry for the wrong reasons. Women do not have abortions because they are legal. Abortions occurred frequently before legalization allowed the procedure to be performed by medical professionals in a sterile environment. Abuse of the procedure may be a problem, but not the procedure itself. People do not “become” homosexual. There are just as many (if not more) perverted heterosexuals as there are perverted homosexuals. Heterosexuality and homosexuality are determined in utero, prior to birth. Some heterosexuals become sexual sadists, sex addicts, rapists, etc. as do some homosexuals. Many homosexuals NEVER act upon their inner feelings. They marry the opposite sex, have children, and live their life as a heterosexual. The only choice in the matter is lifestyle. You can no more choose to be homo or heterosexual than you can choose your gender. Unions did not cause anything – I hope you are beginning to get my point.

It’s people. People are the cause of the downfall of society and people can be it’s salvation - not Democrats or Republicans, Baptists or Catholics, Caucasians or African-Americans, Heterosexuals or Homosexuals, just people.

We all basically want the same things in life and have similar hopes for our children. However, there are too many folks benefiting from the controversy and division. They have created a sense of paranoia that causes one group to be on alert at all times lest the other group get a foothold. Children are no longer raised to have respect for their elders or for themselves, but are taught from a young age whether they should be Democrat or Republican.

You can pull all kinds of issues out of a hat if you’d like and place blame all over the place, but it boils down to people. People who refuse to compromise, who give value only to their own beliefs, who have been brainwashed by the media and politicians to the point that they have lost the ability to show interest in their fellow man if he doesn’t fit the mold.

There is no leader, no law and no argument that will make a difference in our nation without a coming together of it’s people – on some level – at some point.