Open Thread: Hospitality Which Indicates Heroes

THE NEW COLOSSUS - from the base of the Statue of Liberty (0.00 / 0)

By Emma Lazarus

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!"

Emma Lazarus, 1883

As I prep for today's immigrants rally (4:30pm, Manchester City Hall Plaza, see you there!) can't help but thinking of our call to the world, and how I came to be - German & Irish Immigrants not too long ago!  We are a nation of immigrants, and we shouldn't forget it!

NOTE: I'm the NH State Director for Reform Immigration FOR America, a pro-immigration reform coalition.


Be the Change you wish to see in the world (Gandhi)

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by: KrisSchultz @ Fri Apr 30, 2010 at 12:07:06 PM CDT

thanks, Kite... (0.00 / 0)

Missed this when you posted it on Tuesday... but glad we're on the same brain-waive!


Be the Change you wish to see in the world (Gandhi)

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by: KrisSchultz @ Fri Apr 30, 2010 at 12:19:38 PM CDT

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btw, thanks, Blue Hampsters... (0.00 / 0)

for reading my diaries this week about immigration reform.  I hope they were helpful and/or interesting to you.  

I hope there aren't any protesters at the rally today, but overall it will feel good to be with immigrants today to stand for justice.  

Will post as I can in the future, but oftentimes the stuff you guys post without the "talking points" are better than what I did anyway...

So if I go back to lurking, it's only because you guys are better writers than me, anyway! :-)


Be the Change you wish to see in the world (Gandhi)

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by: KrisSchultz @ Fri Apr 30, 2010 at 12:25:42 PM CDT

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tho I always enjoy it when I do n/t (0.00 / 0)

Be the Change you wish to see in the world (Gandhi)

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by: KrisSchultz @ Fri Apr 30, 2010 at 12:26:11 PM CDT

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Do I Look "Illegal?" (4.00 / 1)

In defiance of the new bill in Arizona and in support of the Arizona citizens who will face harassment every time they step out their doors, the call is out for everyone to ask the question: "Do I look "illegal?" during the week of May 1st to May 8th. The focus is on raising awareness on the day of May 1st but by the overwhelming response, putting out this message is extending for the rest of the week.

Post the question as your status on Facebook. Throughout the day, send the question out on Twitter. Ask one another the question, "Do I look illegal?" Hopefully, this will get all of us thinking and discussing what exactly does "illegal" look like..

Finally, wear shirts, buttons or hold signs saying, "Do I look 'illegal'?" and take pictures to either send to Governor Jan Brewer of Arizona and/or post them here..

her mailing address is:
Jan Brewer
Governor of Arizona
1700 West Washington
Phoenix, Arizona 85007

http://www.facebook.com/event....

Whack-a-mole, anyone?

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by: Jack Mitchell @ Sat May 01, 2010 at 06:11:48 AM CDT

thanks for reposting n/t (0.00 / 0)

for transparency sake ~I represent Union print shops

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by: JonnyBBad @ Sat May 01, 2010 at 08:31:43 AM CDT

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from Natty Bruisa (0.00 / 0)

"This law is not only most likely unconstitutional, but opens the door to visual profiling. It substitutes paranoia and suspicion for due process and probable cause. "If you look foreign, we can check your papers." "If you look African-American, we can pat you down for a gun." "If you look like a hippie we can search you." This is not only an attack on illegal immigrants, for which it aims, but an attack on civil rights."

for transparency sake ~I represent Union print shops

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by: JonnyBBad @ Sat May 01, 2010 at 08:33:45 AM CDT

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