So for those Americans who are watching this, who are listening, who want to help -- and everyone's help and resources and energy at this time are critically important -- you can go to the White House Web site at www.whitehouse.gov to see what you can do to support our friends in Haiti in this time of urgent need.

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Workers need time off to spend with families and friends and to spend money.

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So, time for health, for learning, for recreation and for reflection all need scheduling, just like time with family and friends.

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And since in their secret hearts everybody wants candy all the time, all my friends, for instance, buy about six times as much candy as they need, because, you know, supposedly they don't want it to run out for all the kids, but, of course, the secret motive is, and the candy companies know this, there'll be some left over.

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