stop whining and do something

Disclaimer: This post contains generalizations and assumptions. Read with caution.

Today at work I saw a man with a t-shirt on which read "No More BU ll SH it", but the smaller letters were even smaller, and obvious dig at the president. Now, I'm no ardent supporter of the president, but there's so much against him these days, it just gets to me. All these people put energy into complaining about what he's doing and what they think is right, but I'm willing to bet that not many of them are doing much about it. And I'm not talking about protesting, or trying to arrange some sort of impeachment. I'm talking about my main beef with these sorts of people (and it's not just people who complain about the president, it's about most people, I think, who complain about politics): if you want to complain and change things, get involved locally with politics. I don't even mean doing something as big as volunteering to help out various campaigns, I'm just talking about something as easy as regularly writing your local representatives about things you believe in. When that bill that's important to you comes up, try to influence them. Don't just vote for who gets in office, but vote for the things they're going to do. How are they going to know how to represent you if you don't let them know how you want to be represented. And don't always talk about how bad things are, talk about what they could and try to make them that way. Negative talk just makes people angry, and it's very hard to turn it into constructive energy.

So, if you want to get something done, get involved. Let people who matter know what you think.

Ok, I'm done ranting.