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

[niyad]

(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!"

[HopeHoops]

1. Oh, the Republicans still believe that...

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

[Lost4words]

2. That is SO yesterday!

:sarcasm: just in case it wasnt clear.

[elleng]

3. Mother of Exiles

[Angry Dragon]

4. The republicans have decided that she is no longer needed

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

[Kali]

5. ...so that they may clean my restrooms, harvest and pick my food,

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

[CountAllVotes]

6. the land of the free and the home of the brave

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:

[niyad]

7. they hate being called on their racism, hatred and ignorance.

[CountAllVotes]

9. my relationship has ended w/her

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:

[11 Bravo]

8. But only the white, Christian ones.

(And I say that as a white Christian.)

[niyad]

10. pretty much white, chrisitan men.

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

[damntexdem]

11. Obviously the Statue of Liberty must be a jihadist, illegality-loving, Commie!

Tow the Statue to Gitmo!

;-)

[niyad]

14. and she dresses funny, too.

[laylah]

12. Thank you so

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

[niyad]

13. you are most welcome. I learned this as a child, as well. some things need to be remembered now

again

[niyad]

15. . . .