Heavy thoughts

I'm listening to "Dear Mr. President" by Pink. And I have to tell you its very thought provoking. Here are the lyrics:

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 pave 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

I want his answers. How can it be that an entire people can sit in their homes, and just...let these things happen. I'm not talking about just Bush (although if I were voting age at the time of the election...) What about Nixon? Ever wonder why America doesn't have a government-provided health care system, like, say Canada, England, France, or really ANY other developed nation? Thank Nixon.

What about the notion that every man is created equal? I'm pretty sure if you were created gay, you're still equal. What about the separation of church and state? Sorry, but when "In God We Trust" is on the money...we don't have that separation (I'm not even going to get into the pledge of allegiance).

I could tell you I'm not proud to be an American. But that wouldn't come off right. Perhaps, I am merely glad to be an American, to have the rights that I have. But I'm not necessarily "proud". I'm not "proud" that Europe thinks we're a joke. I'm not "proud" that the American Embassies are so heavily guarded, because people don't want us anywhere.

I think that we have the power to make things right. I think that we could become a great nation again. However, I think that the problem lies with people that are too stuck in their own ideas to be able to change.

I've got so much to say on this...I could type for years.

Think about it.