A young man who I once hired as a reporter told me a story about his childhood. He said that his dad would treat him and his brother before bedtime. Sometimes his dad would make it a competition-something like whoever gets their clothes off, pajamas on and in bed first would get ice cream instead of a lesser treat.

These competitions, he said, would get fierce. But would often reduce to one brother trying to prevent the other brother from putting his pajamas on or getting into bed. That’s the sorry state of politics here in America. Brothers are fighting brothers (or for those who insist on being politically correct, Brothers and Sisters) just to obstruct the other’s ability to do what they were elected to do.

We have been living this divisive nightmare since before the election, but the politics of obstruction is waxing worse and worse. Instead of working together for the good of the people who elected them, politicians are doing everything they can to prevent one another from doing their business.

Progressive (Communist) Caucus member, Maxine Waters (D-CA), is one example. In a closed to the media Democratic fundraiser in New Hampshire, Waters reportedly said, “Mr. President, we are organizing. And we are organizing to bring you down, and bring your agenda down.” She also reportedly said that President Donald Trump is “deplorable, a liar, dishonest, and a bully” whom she wants to see impeached.

Waters and countless others like her are so committed to bringing down the president that they have abandoned any appearance of working collaboratively to solve the problems of the nation.

A July 18 ABC News–Washington Post poll indicated that 52% of registered voters believe the only thing the Democratic Party stands for is to oppose Trump. A Pew Research Center poll released July 20 found that 35% of Democrats say that knowing a friend backed Trump during the election would strain their friendship and 68% of Democrats feel more negatively about talking politics with people who back Trump. Only 13% of Republicans felt that knowing a friend supported Hillary Clinton would strain their friendship.

These statistics are not surprising given the acerbic and vulgar nature of Democratic Party attackers and the media that reports every attack and portrays Trump in a negative light. Say something enough and it begins to stick. This is dangerous to our society. As Jesus said in “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand” (Matthew 12:25).

Politics and politicians are not the answer to our challenges. They are divisive and lack civility. And when sides oppose each other so vehemently, there can be no unity. The condition of our society must change otherwise over time we will cease to exist.

Those with the light of Christ have the answer. In the truth of Christ and in the length, depth and breadth of that truth is found true freedom. We need to speak light and truth in love.

Have a blessed and powerful day!

Bill Wilson

www.dailyjot.com

Many Americans are asking the question about how they can make a difference and stop the anti-American trend that is engulfing our nation. One place is the local school. Most everyone who owns property pays a significant amount of taxes to support the public school system. And in days of old—not so long ago, really—each community had a large thumb-print on just how the local school was operated, what was taught and the type of teachers who were hired.

Nowadays, with both parents usually working to make ends meet, they have little time or energy to participate in one of the most important areas of their children’s lives—where their children spend a vast amount of their time—the public school.

There probably has been no other influence so life changing to this nation as that of the public school system. And if you are truly interested in changing the direction of this country, acting locally at the school is where you personally can have an impact. You pay, perhaps, thousands of dollars a year to support it and you can have a voice in what happens there.

For example, if parents would have stood firm and massed a strong voice against it, the Bisbee, Arizona School Board would have had a difficult time in 2008 voting to include condoms in the “prom bags” that were given to every student who attended the annual dance.

Or how about the Islamic public charter school in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota? That school, supported by public tax dollars, was an Islamic colonization school. It taught Arabic as a second language. It set aside an hour each day for Islamic prayers. It served only Halal approved food.

It practiced Islamic washing rituals and required students to remove shoes in certain rooms. And after hours, the TIZA school taught the Koran and busses did not arrive and children were not dismissed until after the Koran was taught. The school’s leaders didn’t fly the American flag; the Imam schoolmaster said he didn’t know how to operate the flag pole. Due to public outcry, the Minnesota Education Department shut down the school in July of 2011. Citizens can make a difference, but not without being armed with the facts, and a legal fight.

Not one penny of our tax dollars should ever support such efforts. But the National Education Association has brainwashed parents by having programs that support the schools and make parents think they are doing the right thing by participating in all their little do-gooder projects. In reality, these very same people are teaching our kids to be sexually immoral, to be anti-American, to be multi-cultural, and that every religion is fine except Judaism and Christianity.

Public schools are a big issue in the current decline and future direction of America. Ephesians 6:13 instructs us to “take unto you the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all to stand.”

Have you done all?  Are you standing?

Bill Wilson

www.dailyjot.com