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Posted by Island Blue in General Discussion (01/01/06 through 01/22/2007)
Mon Apr 10th 2006, 09:00 PM
Sorry if this has already been posted. I heard a bit of this on Stephanie Miller this morning, and was blown away. If you have a chance to listen to it somewhere, please do! It's very powerful.

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


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"The bus still comes by again and again and each time we have to decide whether to go quietly to the back, or by simple acts of courage and conviction change the direction of our country's journey."

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John Kerry's Ten-Point Plan for America
(1) Obey the law, and protect civil rights in this country.

(2) Tell the truth, and tell it to Americans all the time.

(3) Fire the incompetnets, and restore competence and integrity to Washington.

(4) Chase the money changers from the temples of democracy, and reclain it for the grassroots of this nation.

(5) Bring our troops home from Iraq.

(6) Find Osama bin Laden, and secure our ports and homeland.

(7) Stop subsidizing "Big Oil," and start investing in energy alternatives.

(8) Make access to affordable healthcare a right and not a privilege.

(9) Reduce the deficit, and respect work over wealth.

(10) Invest in education, and fight for American jobs that restore the American dream.
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