{"id":5787,"date":"2012-05-11T14:38:55","date_gmt":"2012-05-11T04:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mojitomother.com\/?p=5787"},"modified":"2013-08-26T09:36:05","modified_gmt":"2013-08-25T23:36:05","slug":"dear-mr-president-be-the-change-you-wish-to-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mojitomother.com\/2012\/05\/dear-mr-president-be-the-change-you-wish-to-see\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Mr President: Be the Change you Wish to see"},"content":{"rendered":"
I remember the day that Bush was elected into his second term.<\/p>\n
I pretty much knew result after attending an election party the night before. Strange that parties are held for such thing in the States, in Australia no one cares much. One idiot usually follows another.<\/p>\n
I had my heart invested in this one, because I believe that the President and America had the power to change the direction of our world<\/strong>. I mean weren\u2019t they the ones that got us into this mess with the War on Terror<\/strong>?<\/p>\n I sat at the traffic light on the way to work and heard the official announcement on the radio. Giant sobs erupted from my chest.<\/p>\n What was going to happen to us now?<\/strong><\/p>\n How could we ever learn now to get along? Bush was not going to tell us the truth, he was going to fight against this enemy<\/em>– the enemy that tells us we are all different and we should fear each other<\/strong>.<\/p>\n I wanted someone to be voted in who could extend hands of friendship and forgiveness instead of anger and retribution.<\/p>\n I sobbed for a world that was lost.<\/p>\n I cried when I first heard Pink\u2019s song, Dear Mr President, <\/strong>a couple of years later. It spoke my frustration, anger and hatred at Bush and his team.<\/p>\n Pink was asking him what I wanted to, Why don’t you care about the world? Why you can\u2019t be kinder? Why you don\u2019t have compassion? Why you don\u2019t use that man in the mirror every morning to guide you?<\/p>\nDear Mr President<\/h2>\n