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From: eokane@charm.UUCP (Evan Kane)
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Subject: How to fight Communism.
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Date: Sat, 5-May-84 21:55:14 EDT
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Posted: Sat May  5 21:55:14 1984
Date-Received: Sun, 6-May-84 03:22:29 EDT
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               "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!"
               
                    Inscription on the Statue of Liberty,
                         by Emma Lazarus
               
                     The Lady or the Flag
               
               In New York City's harbor
               A famous Statue stands.
               No need to even tell you,
               It's known in every land.
               
               I always love my country,
               I sometimes fear my flag,
               But I always love that Statue
               And the things for which it stands.
               
               For a flag is flown in battle,
               But I want a better way
               To build with strength and purpose
               For our children's future days,
               
               And a flag is pride and boasting,
               And I`ve heard the old refrain
               "My country, whether right or wrong"
               When my heart was filled with shame.
               
               Many Nations fear us
               For the role our Flag has played,
               But they all admire the Statue
               And the promises she's made.
               
               Yes, the Statue has compassion
               For all pain and misery,
               And I dearly love that symbol,
               The Statue of Sympathy.
               
               And someday, for our leader,
               I pray that I may see
               Someone whose first commitment
               Is the Statue of Liberty.
               
                     Evan Kane 5/5/84