As I awoke this morning I have been confronted with all manner of noise generated by last night’s election news.  Obviously Obama is not, was not, and would not be my choice for President of the United States; but, for the next four years he is.   The noise is incredible.  Everyone wants to blame someone for Romney’s failure and blame someone for Obama’s success.

We look around the nation and ask questions in an attempt to understand that which, can’t or won’t be understood.  That which is simple to me is not understood or believed by others.  The choices made by others I can’t understand.  The construct we use to rid ourselves of any responsibility for the obvious decline of our country is to blame someone.

Without regard to any political belief most Americans agree that our country is in decline.   So how do we fix the problems we have?  How can we break the momentum of the forces that are liberalizing our country?  The mid section of our country cast a conservative vote.  The votes that were cast sought to restore the hope that our traditional American values could be restored.  We voted for the restoration of hope and we lost.

It is not just Obama’s re-election, it is the continued progression and destruction of morality, family structure, personal and national values that at one time defined America.  I can promise you that the answer to the restoration of traditional values will not come from Christians abandoning their beliefs and values.   A friend of mine in Wisconsin has an early working life experience that is comprised of union and government involvement.  He has worked in government all his life.   His belief system is built on his personal life experience.  Any discussion of politics with him will always involve a mental check against his life experiences.

My life’s experience is a total contrast with my friends.  I had a very brief involvement as a union member and then was promoted to management.  It is a totally different perspective on life.  I worked in middle management for AT&T.   That life is somewhat like being a professional baseball pitcher.  As long as you produce your paid well.  The day that you cease to produce you are off the team.  It may seem strange but middle management is a fine place to develop self reliance.  Self reliance does not prevent one from being part of the team but it does say that the first one you must look to for success or failure is yourself.

The contrast between my life’s experience and my Wisconsin friends experience provide a little clarity for political differences.  You look toward your self for success or you look to a group for your success.  That is a part of an individual’s core beliefs, built over a lifetime and not subject to change without trauma.  Change has come to the American life style slowly and it will continue to change slowly.  Life will not end with Obama’s second term.

 I don’t expect Obama to change his approach to governance but I do expect the American public to attempt to cash the checks bought with Obama’s promises.  I fully expect those checks to bounce and Obama will blame someone but he will no longer be able to blame Bush.