re: Obama needs to step down

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Then why the Romans reference?

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It's the Word of God. I said I wasn't religious, not that I wasn't a Christian. Two completely different things.

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This social "decay" is not the result of the changing family.

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You're wrong. There are so many statistics that show growing up raised by a single parent is a risk-factor for all types of social problems.

It doesn't "feel good" to people who are single parents, or who were raised by single parents, to point that out. Sorry, no offence, but its true. No fault divorce and out of wedlock births are huge influencing factors behind most of our social problems today.

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You're wrong.

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Well, you're a European-American (I don't use colors to group people) male so it isn't surprising to me that you would mourn the loss of the normalcy you experienced in the recent past (40-50 years ago).

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There are so many statistics that show growing up raised by a single parent is a risk-factor for all types of social problems.

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Benjamin Disraeli: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."

The fantasy that was the nuclear family of mid-twentieth century America was the center of that normalcy. European-Americans were the dominant group politically, financially and socially.

Then came the 1960s. Oppressed subcultures exploded onto the scene and the normalcy of the European-American privilege was doomed.

We have to acknowledge that a "normal" society is an oppressed society. It can exist only as long any subcultures can be controlled by the dominant culture.

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It doesn't "feel good" to people who are single parents, or who were raised by single parents, to point that out.

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Not sure what you mean by this.

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No fault divorce and out of wedlock births are huge influencing factors behind most of our social problems today.

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"A social problem is a condition that at least some people in a community view as being undesirable. Everyone would agree about some social problems, such as murders and DWI traffic deaths. Other social problems may be viewed as such by certain groups of people."

The idea that there is but one method, control, of insuring against social problems is capricious. While control certainly plays a big role in social stability, it is not the primary force.

First is the type of person who is born and raised in a particular society. Is he a conformist? Rebellious? A leader or follower? Is he ambitious or lazy? Handsome or homely? Physically strong or weak? Mentally strong or weak? Rich, poor or somewhere in between? Religious or atheist? Formally educated or from the school of life's lessons?

These and many, many other qualifications of individuality work strongly against any broad application of control, either in a family unit or in the broader society. In my opinion, problems within families and society are a direct result of the failure to recognize individual traits as the causes of problems.

Second is education. We fail as a society to provide enough parenting and social skills in our educational system and in our homes. Instead, we're dependent upon people learning on their own.

We should have communal education about how to raise children to physically and mentally healthy adults, delaying having children until the parent(s) can afford to provide what they need to be healthy, manage a household and other basics of everyday life. What can be more important than teaching people how to get along in life?

Now, third, when control is applied, its social intent is better understood and resistance is more constructive. Change is employed when necessary rather than explosive destruction.