Location: Biloxi, MS
My Story: http://www.renick.org
Birth Date: June 11th
Issues: Civil Liberties; Civil Rights; Energy Policy; Environment; Good Government; Healthcare
Registered to Vote: Yes
Party Affiliation: Democrat
Political Identification: Don't label me
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-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
a poem by Emma Lazarus, 1883
engraved on a bronze plaque and
mounted inside the Statue of Liberty
Reporting...
