(originally published July 4th, 2005)<\/p>\n
I love America, my home country. America is the only country in the world that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s gone to war to protect and free others, and in modern times always returned to its own shores, not staying as conquerors. America is the first country called upon whenever there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a disaster anywhere in the world. America is the country that has the most immigrants each year. Love it or hate it, America is the preeminent country in the world, and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m proud that my dad went to two wars for this country, whether or not we agree that those wars were justified.<\/p>\n
Most people know about the Statue of Liberty. Most people know about the phrase \u00e2\u20ac\u0153give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Well, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not all quite accurate, nor complete. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not written in the tablet that Lady Liberty carries in her hands. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s actually written on a plaque attached to the base. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s part of a full poem, with a title and all. With everything that we look back on in American history, the wars, the politics, the capitalism,\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 this is what America is truly about:
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Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Emma Lazarus<\/font><\/b><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (originally published July 4th, 2005) I love America, my home country. America is the only country in the world that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s gone to war to protect and free others, and in modern times always returned to its own shores, not staying as conquerors. America is the first country called upon whenever there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a disaster anywhere in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-motivation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ttmitchellconsulting.com\/Mitchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ttmitchellconsulting.com\/Mitchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ttmitchellconsulting.com\/Mitchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttmitchellconsulting.com\/Mitchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttmitchellconsulting.com\/Mitchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttmitchellconsulting.com\/Mitchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ttmitchellconsulting.com\/Mitchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttmitchellconsulting.com\/Mitchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ttmitchellconsulting.com\/Mitchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWith conquering limbs astride from land to land;
\nHere at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
\nA mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
\nIs the imprisoned lightning, and her name
\nMother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
\nGlows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
\nThe air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!\u00e2\u20ac\u009d cries she
\nWith silent lips. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
\nSend these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me.
\nI lift my lamp beside the golden door.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n