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Message 1171134 - Posted: 15 Nov 2011, 6:12:10 UTC

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!"

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Message 1171136 - Posted: 15 Nov 2011, 6:47:33 UTC

The wretched refuse
...accumulating at The Occupy Movement Camps

the golden door
...at The Nearest Corporation offering a Job and Responsibilities.

Yep, she means it.

The Statue of Dull

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Message 1171193 - Posted: 15 Nov 2011, 15:30:41 UTC

I see. It has fallen to the worms?

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Message 1171416 - Posted: 16 Nov 2011, 16:40:21 UTC - in response to Message 1171193.  

My great great grandmother saw the Lady as she approached Ellis Island in 1907.
She had $20 to her name, 4 children in hand and another to be born soon after her arrival. She made a train ride to Cleveland to meet fellow travelers friends and family to start a new life.

Bring those with the spirit to try, don't fault them for their customs or smells or foreign actions or accents. Travelers come here for the same reasons my Great great grandmother did. Many here have forgotten how good we actually have it. We can learn a great deal from those that are new to the Land that we have a precious right here. Don't squander it


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Message 1171473 - Posted: 16 Nov 2011, 20:21:19 UTC - in response to Message 1171440.  

And is a neat treat for the birds


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Message 1171524 - Posted: 16 Nov 2011, 22:58:18 UTC

Aye Me Matey. Shipped Out of Bremerhaven, Germany way back in '61 and crossed The Mighty North Atlantic.

Got to see The Pretty Lady when coming to port in NYC. Aye Matey.

Me was a Wet Worm me was.

Not a Bird Yet has placed beak on me. Aye.

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Message 1171733 - Posted: 17 Nov 2011, 22:24:43 UTC - in response to Message 1171719.  

So, we are of German descent, who passed the Statue of Liberty, some 50 years ago? Okay, surprised at your modus operandi given your age, but I guess it takes all sorts .....

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Let that be a lesson to ya; some younger people can be opinionated but respectable while some older people can be quite the handful. ;-D I have some older Polish relatives that are quite similar.
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Message 1171793 - Posted: 18 Nov 2011, 1:19:57 UTC

surprised at your modus operandi given your age, but I guess it takes all sorts .....


I am a Misanthrope. Is there an age requirement?

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Message 1171808 - Posted: 18 Nov 2011, 2:52:05 UTC - in response to Message 1171793.  

and here I was think you were just a contradictory jerk. My mistake


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Message 1171811 - Posted: 18 Nov 2011, 2:56:40 UTC

Ach du liber ! a sour kraut !!
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Message 1171820 - Posted: 18 Nov 2011, 3:16:34 UTC

and here I was think you were just a contradictory jerk. My mistake


a sour kraut !!


Blame Miss Liberty.

No Mistaking The Wonderful German Gents let in by The Good 'ole USA, aka Miss Liberty, after WWII.

Of Course, they had DEM Special Skills. You know, DEM Rocket Science Type Brains. Not one Jerk amongst DEM.

I have a pic of me in lederhosen. Showing some nice leg.

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Message 1171928 - Posted: 18 Nov 2011, 16:08:01 UTC

Ah, getting to the true meaning

Give us the ones who are smart enough to get the heck out ...

not send us your prisons full of criminals ...

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Message 1171967 - Posted: 18 Nov 2011, 18:32:38 UTC - in response to Message 1171928.  

About the only country that really engaged in sending the US prisoners was Cuba. We seemed quite willing to take them at the time. Most of the folks who moved through Ellis Island in the 1880's to 1910 would not be allowed in today. And had that happened then, we'd be a much poorer country today.

Ah, getting to the true meaning

Give us the ones who are smart enough to get the heck out ...

not send us your prisons full of criminals ...

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