the new colossus

is the title of a sonnet by emma lazarus, which got partially quoted on the base of the statue of miss liberty... i didnt know til recently so i couldnt have told you sooner. ;)

"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-tost to me,
i lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

calls the mother of exiles. emma was of portuguese sephardic jewish descent and a new yorker.

the sonnet was referenced by lew rockwell introducing ron paul's new platform counter-convention in minneapolis on tuesday. he called it rally for the republic. here he addresses the convention:

http://www.ronpaul.com/events/ron-paul-convention/

did you know that it is written in our original constitution that only those born in this country or its lands are allowed to be sworn in as president? i think i remember hearing that. you can fact check the constitution of the united states, article two, section one, paragraph five. apparently ron may be the only person who might be legally nominated, according to our own laws if we are abiding by those, and sworn in: he's the only one actually born here, except for hillary of course. she was born in illinois. he in texas. plus he's a leo--actually so is obama, who was born in kenya (have you read his book about his father?) even though now he is getting some press about his neat little birth certificate to say something about hawaii, with the certificate number crossed out in smart black ink. mccain? born in panama. leastaways, thats what i know from wikipedia. wiki doesnt even reference a place of birth for mccain- how many bios do you know of internationally known personalities on wiki that have no place of birth? check for yourself. all three guys were born in august so apparently that's indicated for the upcoming election. has a sort of conspiracy of the stars and planets feel, hunh? ;)

ive said a lot about all this presidency stuff, and meant every word. it has become one hell of a debate. have you heard about sarah palin?!?!!!! could this whole thing get anymore interesting?!?!!!! "thank god our time is now!" (dot dot dot)