Have you ever asked yourself?  Why didn’t I see that sooner?  I asked myself that very question today! I went to the weekly meeting of the High Noon Club and listened to Michael Carnuccio speak. Michael is a 34-year-old graduate of Mustang High School and an alumni of OSU. He is presently the President of Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs (OCPA). He stated many things that parallel my ideals and my conservative philosophy, but he said one thing that stands out.  He said that conservative people in Oklahoma and throughout the USA are much too interested in choosing the person that is on the parade float and not paying close enough attention to the parade route.   In other words it doesn’t matter so much who is riding the float because whoever is riding, whether they are liberal or conservative, they always go with the flow.  If the person on the float is pressured or influenced by conservatives they will behave conservatively, and if they are pressured or influenced by liberals they will behave liberally.  It’s the nature of politics.  A great example is the Clintons and the Obamas.  Although they hate one another, the Clintons hopped right in bed with the Obamas after Hillary lost the primary.  That is a good example of the 'going with the flow' phenomenon. Democrats, Republicans or Independents are all cut from the same piece of cloth.  They win the election on one philosophical stance and govern with another. They are human and that is the way humanity works.   Rather than worry about who a particular office holder is, we the people should apply influence and pressure on them to do thing the right thing.   Of course, we should select people who have similar ideals as our own and we should campaign for them.  If and when they win the election we are not done because it is our job to hold their feet to the fire of truth.   Remember the tendency is 'to go with the flow.' Lets look at the situation we have in America today.  We have a President, we have Senators, we have Representatives who are elected by us, and who are influenced by what they perceive to be the flow.   The flow for the past fifty years has changed considerably.  The flow is now abortion on demand.  The flow is now homosexuality to include gay Marriage.  The flow is more goods and services for less work.  The flow is let the schools raise our children.  The flow is   pharmaceutical and recreational drugs for anyone.  The flow is the redistribution of wealth; take from the producers and give to the slothful. What if you were a political office holder trying to stay in office?  You would probably be no different than those who are in office today.  You would appease the abortion crowd.  You would appease the homosexual crowd.  You would appease the Teachers Union and other Unions.  You would appease the welfare crowd.  You would appease the Drug and Pornography crowd. These are the things that influence the politicians who occupy government offices all across our land. From the small town Dog Catcher to the White House all of them are tuned in a way to make them see and know the flow.  And, they follow it.  These political office holders are motivated by squeaky wheels and squeaky wheels demand lubrication. The problem is how do we get the good Christian people off of their bottoms? How do we get them to talk it up and to send a little squeak of their own to the political office holders of the land? One thing we could do is to encourage our pastors to come out from behind their fear of unlawful retribution from the IRS and to take a stand.  Another thing we could do is to talk it up with other Christians in other states.  Believe me there are more Christians in states like California, New York and every state in between than we realize.  I believe that they too don't fully understand their responsibility as Christian citizens.  We are to stand up for our beliefs and call our political office holders and tell them how we feel. What do you think? ~Adverse Yaw