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I was touched by this when I read it today.

Of the People

The photos are wonderful and the common threads inspiring.

I hope that I am able to remain "a part of" for all of my life.

I tried separation, special interest. Very cold and lonely.

I like the collective, the group, the fellow feeling.

In my country I can find this right around the corner.

Labels: citizenship, patriotism, United Sates of America

The New Colossus 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-tost to me,

I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

Labels: United Sates of America

California is viewed as the most over rated state in a recent poll by Business Insider.

But it is also the favorite, the hottest, the craziest as well.

People have a lot of opinions about CA. Me too.

For each category, states and how they stack up try this.

How Americans Feel About the States

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STIRRING

You have no idea of the thrill I had this morning when I came back from the Meeting.

Air Force One is on the tarmac at our airport.

It is amazing the power that it has to stir the heart.

This is not about Obama, incidentally, although I suppose maybe a little.

A lot of people had the same experience.

The plane is iconic. Not the White House certainly but the representation of world power.

Even humbling somehow.

The broad legend on the side: United States of America.

No definite article. Beyond definition or qualification.

Maybe I wanted to salute.

The dark blue color is outstanding. Somehow it glistens. The light blue sets it off.

And of course, you know that plane has been polished within an inch of its life.

The best view, somehow was when I got to a point in the road where I saw the plane nose on. Coming at me.

I think part of what it is involves the spirit of taking flight, of soaring.

Against hard winds all these years. But still resplendent.

Labels: United Sates of America

SILENCE

Labels: United Sates of America

WHAT A TRIP

We have been at or right near almost all of these places.

Full screen, please.

Labels: America, United Sates of America

FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA

Have a happy one.

Labels: America, United Sates of America

GREATNESS?

The Newsroom kinda got panned. But I did see this Jeff Daniel speech.

Pretty good I would say.

Labels: America, United Sates of America

OUR BEST

When we get depressed about the state of affairs in our country, it is useful to apply an antidote.

Watch this wonderful expression of our gratitude for those who have enriched out lives over many many years.

Labels: United Sates of America