Elections Are Over! Now what?

Thought this picture was hilarious:

Here's my intro:

4 more years of Barack-racy! Some Americans are elated, while some want to secede from the union!

Others don't care, retreating from politics altogether. And... Maybe they have a good reason not to care! I will actually argue for this position, to an extent. 

Who's living in the White House? And how much does that matter to the person living in YOUR house? Sure, their White House policies might affect you, but not as much as how YOUR OWN policies and philosophies affect you, your relationships, your bank account, and your quality of living.

^that's my thesis. Let me support that:

As with most Presidential campaigns, both sides made hard-to-keep promises to garner support! The winning side has done it twice in a row. Hope, Change, and Progress... Yes we can! Yeah, that's all good, BUT... There's a lot of political friction... and that's not supposed to be a gross double-entendre about government officials type-of-thing, but it could be... either way, it means that change from Washington happens pretty slowly, and is met with resistance. Institutions are slow-moving. Their changes can take anywhere from months to years to have an effect on society. 

Not to mention, there will ALWAYS be people in America, by way of democracy and freedom, fighting adamantly against whoever's in office. Like I say, "when you have a top position, you'll also have opposition."

From the home-owners to the homeless...

As much as Americans want change, there's a lot standing (or possibly sitting comfortably) in the way of that change. At least from the top. But for me and my friends, change starts from the bottom. Change starts where the people are.... The people change, the politicians respond. The businesses respond. The institutions respond. And the nation changes.

What's wrong in your life? If you don't like where you are, change that! Do something different in the next 4 years, so that you end up somewhere you'd prefer to be. Exercise your imagination. Change can be fun, it doesn't have to be torture! In your house, you are the commander-in-chief!

All I'm saying is: Take Responsibility! 

Your actions (and inactions) yield your results.

Your situation is your creation. The solution is you, friend.

When you take more responsibility, you receive more direct control.

Don't rely on anyone else for the specific matters of your own life.

Here's my conclusion:

Candidates saying they'd do this and do that.

But when they get elected, well they can't do jack.

Change within the office hardly matter, that's a fact.

Change within the self is where the power's really at.

-Tom T. N.

2012

(the topic of this post has been on my mind, but I wasn't compelled to write about it until I got THIS in my email)
(and I got the picture from disappearingromney.com)