Dear Mr President

Sometimes you wish that other people can understand your point
of view better. With so many issues floating around,
you don't know whether to start with the smaller ones,
or the herculean ones. When I first heard this song by Pink,
it caught my attention. I did stop to think, the president,
who must have started out like one of us, should be able to
see what the effects brought about by any of his decisions
that he makes. Or that he can solve more than one problem
by making more careful decrees. I understand that he is just
one man. But he is THE man that makes the country run.
Random thoughts... read on. Better yet, download the song :)

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Dear Mr. President
Come take a walk with me
Let's pretend we're just two people and
You're not better than me
I'd like to ask you some questions if we can speak honestly

What do you feel when you see all the homeless on the street
Who do you pray for at night before you go to sleep
What do you feel when you look in the mirror
Are you proud

How do you sleep while the rest of us cry
How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye
How do you walk with your head held high
Can you even look me in the eye
And tell me why

Dear Mr. President
Were you a lonely boy
Are you a lonely boy
Are you a lonely boy
How can you say
No child is left behind
We're not dumb and we're not blind
They're all sitting in your cells
While you pay the road to hell

What kind of father would take his own daughter's rights away
And what kind of father might hate his own daughter if she were gay
I can only imagine what the first lady has to say
You've come a long way from whiskey and cocaine

How do you sleep while the rest of us cry
How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye
How do you walk with your head held high
Can you even look me in the eye

Let me tell you bout hard work
Minimum wage with a baby on the way
Let me tell you bout hard work
Rebuilding your house after the bombs took them away
Let me tell you bout hard work
Building a bed out of a cardboard box
Let me tell you bout hard work
Hard work
Hard work
You don't know nothing bout hard work
Hard work
Hard work
Oh

How do you sleep at night
How do you walk with your head held high
Dear Mr. President
You'd never take a walk with me
Would you

100 days

I found this story on one of my friend's sites... thought Id repost it since it has helped make things more clear for me... (wink!)

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Mark and Tina are sitting in the park
doing
nothing, but just gazing into the sky, while all
their
friends are having fun with their respective
partners.

Tina: (sighs) I'm sooo bored. Just wish I have
a
boyfriend right now to spend some time with!

Mark: Well... I guess we're the only leftovers in
the
group. We're
the only persons who don't have a date right
now.
(both sigh and sit in silence for a while)

Tina: I think I have a good idea! Lets play a
game!

Mark: Oh?... What game?

Tina: It's quite simple! You be my boyfriend for
100
days and I'll be your girlfriend for 100 days!
(She
grins at Mark) What do you think?

Mark: (Laughs) gee... ok! Anyway I don't have
any
plans for the next few months... (laughs again)

Tina: (wrinkles her nose at Mark and playfully
punches his arm) You sound like you're not
looking
forward to it at all! C'mon, cheer up! Today will
be
our first day and our first date. Now, where
should
we go? (smiles sweetly at Mark)

Mark: hmm... what about a movie? I heard
there's
a really great one in the theater right now.

Tina: Cool! Seems like I don't have any better
ideas
than that. Let's go! (They both went to watch
their
movie and sent each other home)

Day 2:
Mark and Tina went to a concert together, and
Mark bought Tina a keychain with a star.

Day 3:
They went shopping together for a friend's
birthday
present. Shared an ice-cream together and
hugged each other for the first time.

Day 7:
Mark drove Tina up a mountain and they
watched
the sunset together. When night came and the
moon glowed, they said sat on the grass
gazing at
the stars together. A meteor passed by. Tina
mumbles something.

Day 25:
They spend time at a themepark and rode the
rollercoasters, and ate hotdogs and cotton
candy.
Mark and Tina went into the park's haunted
house
and Tina grabbed someone else's hand
instead of
Mark's hand by mistake. They laughed about it
together for a while.

Day 67:
They drove pass a circus and decided to
watch
the show. The midget there asked Tina to play
a
part as his assistant in the magic show. They
then
went around to see the other entertainments
around after the show. Tina went to a fortune
teller,
to which the fortune teller just said "Treasure
every
moment from now on" and a tear rolled down
the
fortune teller's cheek.

Day 84:
Tina suggested that they go to the beach. The
beach wasn't so crowded that day. They have
their
first kiss with each other just as the sun sets.

Day 99:
They decided to just have a simple day
together,
and have a walk around the city. They both sit
down on a bench

1:23 pm
Tina: I'm thirsty. Let's rest for a while first.

Mark: (stands up and smiles at her) Wait here
while I go buy some drinks. What will you have?

Tina: (Looks up at him with a sweet smile on
her
face) Uhmm... Apple juice will be fine!

1:43 pm
Tina waits for about 20 minutes and still Mark
has
not returned. Then someone rushes up to her.

Stranger: Miss, weren't you with a guy just a
moment ago? (He then describes Mark's
features.)

Tina: (carefully answers with rising dread)
Yes...
why?

Stranger: Just now down there on the street a
drunk driver crashed into a guy! I think it's
your
friend!

Her heart hammering in her chest, Tina ran
over to
the spot with the stranger and sees Mark lying
on
the road with blood all over his face and her
apple
juice still in his hands. The ambulance arrived
and
she went to the hospital with Mark. Tina sat
outside the emergency room for five and a half
hours as doctors fought to save Mark's life.
Finally,
a doctor came out with a sigh. He walks over to
Tina.

11:51 pm
Doctor: I'm sorry, but we did the best we
could.
He's still breathing... but God would take him
away
from us very soon. ...and we found this letter
inside his pocket.

With a grim face, the doctor sadly hands over
the
letter to Tina and walks away. She goes into
the
room to see Mark. He looks weak ...but
peaceful.
Tina sits on his bedside and reads the letter.
She
bursts into tears. Here is what the letter said:

Tina, our 100 days is almost over. I had fun
with
you during all these days. Although you may be
greedy sometimes and quite unthoughtful, all
these nevertheless brought happiness into my
life.
I have realized too late that you're a really
cute
and
kind girl and I blame myself for never having
taken
the time to realize it earlier. I have nothing
much to
ask for, but I just wish that we can somehow
extend the day. I want to be your boyfriend
forever,
Tina... and I wish that you can be beside me
for all
time. ...Tina, I love you. -Mark

11:58
Tina: (sobbing) Mark? Do you know what was
the
wish that I made on the night the meteor
passed
by..? I asked God to let us last forever! We
were
supposed to last 100 days Mark! You can't
leave
me! ...I LOVE YOU! Can you come back to me
now? 100 days can't be enough! I love you
Mark! I
LOVE YOU!!!

Tina lay sobbing by Mark's bedside, clutching
his
still hand ...and as the clock struck twelve,
Mark's
heart stopped beating. 100 days have passed.

For every heart that finds a love, there is a heart
that cries. For
every
dream that is reborn, there is a dream that dies.
For every day filled
with sun, there is a day of rain. For every hour
filled with joy, there
is
an hour of pain. For every smile upon a face, there
is a tear to cry.
For
every fond hello, there is a sad goodbye...

Difference

I was arguing with this guy all week about why I wouldn't go out with him. Plain & simple, I told him that I can't coz Im already with someone. He argues with "You can't? Or you can? Coz he need not know of us". It got me thinking... he's right, I actually can! So I revised my answer. "Yes I can, but i choose not to."

It only dawned on me now, the difference between these two phrases:

"I can't... but I want to"
"I can... but I choose not to"


And there lies the difference. The use of either defines your true intentions.