My statement about Congress' ineffectiveness

I woke up on October 25, 2011 and felt the urge to send a “message” to Congress. That morning, I woke up at 5:45 and wrote most of the song at the ironing board by 6:00. Then I got ready for work. Kenny Simmons, formerly of the Commodores, said, "I like this." I went back to GarageBand and made a few adjustments. By December 13, 2011 (4:57 PM) I had received the finished CD from Disc Makers.

I am a full time Science teacher in the Newark Public Schools (New Jersey); sometimes I am referred to as “Mr. D.” I graduated from Princeton University (same graduating class as Michelle Obama) with a degree in Social and Personality Psychology. I spent my first eight years in Haiti. In March 2010, I visited Haiti to help with some relief efforts and to document the devastation that occurred as a result of the January 12th Earthquake. I have addressed some news issues with my work on CNN iReport. Some of my videos were featured on CNN’s TV broadcasts. I have done some writing on Helium.com as well as Yahoo Associated Content.

I am a firm believer that everybody counts. I equate the “voices” of each American to a dripping faucet. Each “drop” by itself seems insignificant but if you have a bucket collecting each one, after a while the bucket will fill up and eventually overflow. I wrote this song because of the collective “voices” or “drops” that I heard on the news programs; the “voices” that I heard in the newspapers and in the streets. I heard so many people saying “Why aren’t they doing what will help us?” So the question for me became; “How could they sit there? How could they sit there doing nothing when so many are suffering?”

I want to send a very loud and clear message to all of our elected representatives and remind them that the American Government is a Government of the people, for the people and by the people. Individuals vote, not corporations! I would like this song to get maximum exposure through radio, the internet, television, etc.. I hope that many will download this song, play it and sing it everywhere. I hope it is played publicly in Washington, DC so that when members of Congress hear it, they will start to develop a conscience and a memory that tells them that they “owe it to the people” to do what will help Americans. American “voices” need to be heard!

The song is available on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/how-do-you-sit-there/id490379639?i=490379889&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

CD Baby: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/mariodepeinesr

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DbskbOJJ4k

Here is my website: http://www.depeinemediaworks.com/

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