"give me your tired, your poor. . . ."

(anybody remember this? THIS used to be what this country was supposed to be about. how far we have retreated from this)

The New Colossus

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,

With conquering limbs astride from land to land;

Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand

A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame

Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name

Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand

Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command

The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.

"Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she

With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,

Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,

The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,

I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

... as long as the tired and poor are white, Republican, not gay, did I mention white?

:sarcasm: just in case it wasnt clear.

And that is not what she meant to say .........
Says so in the Constitution

care for my offspring and landscapes, work for low wages and I will play them against the other poor that I have created and then I will deport them. -- repuke version

what happened to that too?

I mentioned what you wrote to an old woman I know who was busy bashing Latinos. She is filled with hatred towards them and makes no attempt to cover her feelings up.

So much for ONE NATION UNDER GOD huh?

What has America become? A land becoming filled with racist bastards that care about one thing: THEMSELVES. :puke:

God help you if you aren't a white person it seems to me. I told that old woman this and I called her a racist. She didn't like that and declared "I AM NOT A RACIST!". Yeah right old woman. :(

:kick:

as of that conversation the other day.

Ironically, she called to let me know that her granddaughter is going to have a baby by a man of a different race that she just married recently with the main objective being I want a kid NOW. She is acting like this is just fine w/her.

Yeah right racist old woman. :(

Your are so right, the conversation ended with her repeating over and over again, I am not a racist. I don't care to speak to this selfish old woman again, no thank you.

:dem:

(And I say that as a white Christian.)

a lot of women on the right don't seem to realize just how misogynistic that ideology is.

Tow the Statue to Gitmo!

;-)

much, dear niyad, for posting this. My mother had all of her 6 children memorize that when we were young. I will send it far and wide, as a reminder. :hug: :loveya:

Jenn

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