-Caveat Lector- http://freedom.orlingrabbe.com/lfetimes/lady_liberty_terrorist.htm Is Lady Liberty a Terrorist?
by George F. Smith As the Administration takes note of anyone who defies them, one can only surmise that France is in line to get hit. I'm not talking about boycotts or Big Brother's smug delight in renaming its French fries "freedom fries," showing us how it corrupts anything it touches, especially language. I'm not even concerned that France will get swept up in the Bush bombing sweepstakes. The French have too many villains ahead of them on the neocons most-wanted list. No, I worry for the woman, the Lady in the harbor, the one with upraised arm carrying the torch for liberty. The French people gave her to us in 1886 as a token of friendship, with Americans putting up the money for the pedestal. It almost sounds made-up — a monument dedicated to our founding principles, funded through donations rather than taxes or central bank counterfeiting. Given what the United States was in 1886 it could not have been otherwise. Our founding principles ruled. There was no income tax. There was no central bank. Government was not regulating us into serfdom. We were not constantly on the verge of war with other nations. People here were mostly free to live the life they wanted. Other countries actually admired America for what it stood for. But all that has changed, and this could be a problem for the Administration. In its frenzy to condemn everything French, how will it handle the Statue of Liberty? If someone mentions the Lady's French origins, the Administration spokesperson will probably quip that those were better times and move on to another subject. But government might treat the situation as an opportunity, as it did the 9- 11 attacks. Perhaps instead of shrugging off the lady's French connections, Big Brother will order her history megaphoned throughout the kingdom: "Lady Betrayed by French Roots" "She's No Lady, She's French" "If Lady Ruled, Troops Would Come Home" What would the Administration gain from declaring open season on the Lady? Removal of a standing reproach to its policies. Today's ruinous government is a repudiation of the Statue of Liberty. Consider the words inscribed on her pedestal — Emma Lazurus wrote them in her poem, "The New Colossus": Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to be free, The wretched refuge of your teeming shore. Send these — the homeless, tempest- tossed — to me. I lift my lamp beside the Golden Door. The preceding are the closing lines of her poem — no reproach there. But look at the first part of "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 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. The likeness of America today to "the brazen giant of Greek fame" is too close for Administration comfort. Lazurus' poem suggests we have sold our soul for power. Further, the tablet the Lady holds in her left hand bears the inscription "July IV, MDCCLXXVI " — July 4, 1776, the day Americans declared themselves supreme to their government. The Administration, of course, recognizes no earthly supremacy. So how can they get rid of her? If they can get people hating the Lady for her French origin, Americans would be more receptive to a politically correct view of liberty, and that might get her axed. The Statue of Liberty? A nice sentiment, but a little misguided for our Age of Neo-Enlightment. Liberty as originally conceived was racist and elitist — Jefferson must've winked when he wrote all men are created equal and endowed with inalienable rights. The sly fox, who did he think he was kidding? Fortunately for mankind, the Savior returned to earth as a politician named Abraham Lincoln to start us on the road to inclusive liberty. But the word "liberty" remains tainted, so a statue dedicated to that ideal will invariably offend someone with pull. The Lady arrived here in 350 pieces and was assembled on her pedestal in four months. She can always be disassembled. Of course, the Administration could simply have her bombed out of existence, since she stands in opposition to their policies and is, therefore, a terrorist. With the Lady gone, Big Brother can create a memorial honoring the New Liberty of diversity, privilege, and empire — the New Liberty, where sacrifice to government goals is our true calling, where patriotism is obedience to state decree, where government-business cabals determine who will be expended for special interests; the New Liberty, where unrestrained government power is our only hope for freedom. The form of this new memorial will follow politically enlightened lines. There will be more than one person standing on the pedestal; one representing government will be superior to the others; the government person could be a popular politician like Hillary Clinton; the inferior statues will gaze gratefully at their superior; all will be minorities. The government statue will bear a thunderbolt in her hand instead of a torch. The government statue's eyes will be anything but "mild." A representative from The Weekly Standard will author the pedestal inscription. And most critical of all, the memorial will be built at taxpayer expense. At the Statue of Liberty dedication ceremony on October 28th, 1886, President Grover Cleveland said: "We will not forget that Liberty has here made her home; nor shall her chosen altar be neglected." It was, and we're paying for it. George Smith is a freelance writer and public speaker. 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