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The Statue of Liberty

Statue of liberty

Enlightening the World with charity

A beacon of light, hope, and clarity

A gift of friendship from France

An ally who embraced us taking a chance

To battle the British and our hearts encourage

Today by our foreign policy, this ally we disparage

Yet the Statue of Liberty remains aglow brightly

A universal symbol of freedom and democracy

A monument of cherished national glory

Dedicated on October 28, 1886 proudly

Designated as a National Monument in 1924

Opening to immigrants abroad freedom’s door

Restored for her centennial on July 4, 1986

A pillar commemorating truth and justice

25 windows in the lady’ crown

Represent gemstones found on the earth

To the gem of freedom God gave birth

Igniting hope within the hearts of humanity

Heaven’s rays shining over the world

Christ’s revelation beaming out through His Word

The seven rays of the Statue’s crown

Remind us of countless souls who will bow down

Across the seven seas and continents

Putting in Christ the Savior their confidence

The tablet which the Statue holds in her left hand reads

“July 4th, 1776″ - the date of American Independence

Which in actuality was all about divine dependence

statue of liberties

Upon Almighty God who helped us the underdog

Overthrow the tyranny of Great Britain and the King

The battle cry of the American Revolution told everything

“No King but King Jesus!” This was our anthem

To Christ Jesus alone we pledged allegiance

Entreating help from heaven, this was our brilliance

Sadly and ironically, today we have become the tyrant

Taking our military abroad to oppress the less fortunate

Change regimes and rhetorically justify our means

While we torment the innocent and profit handsomely

Accumulate more oil reserves to gain economically

Exert our global control sovereignly internationally

As if we have become a law and God unto ourselves

Lord God above break us before we abuse anyone else

Relight our flaming torch in purity and remove our perversity

Open our arrogant, greedy eyes to clearly see

That our current foreign policy is causing more hostility

Increasing our enemies and taking us deeper into depravity

Awake us to the cruel consequences and sordid severity

With which our political leaders maneuver for personal gain

And falsely use governmental powers and God’s holy name

Arise mighty God and let not liberty and truth be neglected

Let all deception and evildoers within government be detected

Conquer Christ Jesus over profiteering peddlers of fear

Expose their lies, betrayal, and selling of this war on terror

Uncover their obstruction of justice publicly before all who care

Let them not in pretense patriotically wave our flag in the air

Neither tolerate them to receive unwarranted fanfare

Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand

The people of God committed to truth in the land

Our mighty woman with flaming torch in hand

Welcoming immigrants from afar to this great band

To embrace the cause of liberty and live under command

One nation under God to whom we lift up holy hands

“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 you wrote it well and need say no more

The Statue of Liberty is an anachronism in America today

As America’s leaders misuse their power and seek to play

Purport piety, moralize what they claim to be morality

Fighting wars without end as they maximize their military

American troops follow orders blindly exercising bravery

Trusting in the Commander in Chief who leads us foolishly

Deeper into enemy lands trying to nation build and take a stand

Not wisely counting the cost nor picking our battles

Sometimes we even support repressive Third World dictators

The cry of the French Revolution, “Libert?, ?galit?, fraternit?,”

Is no longer official policy in the U.S.A., just merely history

As it cleverly uses its ideology in duplicity to benefit itself freely

The Statue of Liberty is now a reminder of American hypocrisy

What has become of the United States of America my beloved country?

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new york city visitors

I would recommend staying at least seven days in New York City if you really want to enjoy what it has to offer the tourist. One of the busiest visitor locations in the city is the Empire State Building and even if you don’t get to the top there is still a great deal to see. There is of course some competition between the Empire State Building and the Possibly equal to The State Building is The Statue of Liberty but owing to delays with the ferry trips it might be worth viewing this ‘beautiful lady’ (and an inspiration to many) from Ellis Island.

As an alternative why not go to Staten Island via the free ferry and look at the Statue of Liberty from there; dropping off at the terminal is the best place because it is where there are some good street artists. Probably on everyone’s list is where the World Trade Center Towers once stood.

It has become an obligatory stop and no seven day trip to New York would feel complete without a visit to this tragic site. There is certainly a strange atmosphere to the whole, very large area that the An emotionally lighter attraction is to visit some of the famous stores like Tiffany’s or the Lower East side area where there are numerous bargain warehouses to look around.

Of course you must not miss out Maceys where there is always a sale on or the very expensive Bloomingdales. An excellent tourist location is the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum which is likely to be closed until the end of 2008; although often underestimated, once it opens its doors again, it will be well worth a visit. Many special (and large) craft are located here including a number from World War II, namely the aircraft carrier the USS Intrepid. If you have the time the New York City Police Museum is also worth a look and although it’s free to enter, a five dollar donation per visitor is advised; many TV viewers have grown up with the cop shows set in New York and a large amount of memorabilia is housed here.

Side Tenement Museum which captures the lives of immigrants to New York back in 1864 On Central Park is the fascinating Museum of the City of New York with millions of objects for researchers but for tourists, an ever-changing program of exhibitions showing the past, present and future of the Big Apple. The museum is in a beautiful building which is free to enter but a nine dollar donation is normally given with plenty of souvenirs available. As I am sure you can imagine if you have been on a trip to any major capital city, there is far more to see and do than a short stay or even a seven day trip to New York can accomplish.

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