Statue of Liberty officially reopens for July 4th

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-EXCITE

By COLLEEN LONG


NEW YORK (AP) - The Statue of Liberty finally reopened on the Fourth of July months after Superstorm Sandy swamped its little island in New York Harbor as Americans across the country marked the holiday with fireworks and barbecues.

A large crowd gathered for the holiday and ribbon-cutting ceremony at Liberty Island with federal officials and New York's mayor. Lines stretched blocks long for the boat, which left from Battery Park in Manhattan starting at 8:30 a.m. Thursday.

Rodney and Judy Long, of Charlotte, N.C., were the first people in line for the boat called Lady Liberty. They couldn't get tickets to climb up to the top of the statue, but they were just glad to be there for the big reopening, they said.

"It's perfect timing for it to reopen. It's really a symbol for what the country is all about," Rodney Long said.


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In this June 26, 2013 photo provided by the National Park Service, workers on Liberty Island install sod around the national monument which is set to re-open on the 4th of July, in New York. Months after railings broke, docks and paving stones were torn up and buildings were flooded by Superstorm Sandy, the Statue of Liberty will finally welcome visitors again. (AP Photo/National Park Service,

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[In_The_Wind]

1. It really is wonderful news.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018426713

[graham4anything]

2. What's funny is, BushPaulfamilyinc do NOT believe the slogan on the Statue of Liberty whatsover

The Ron Paul family is AGAINST IMMIGRATION as such, the Statue of Liberty means nothing to them.

(Bring us your tired, your poor is the slogan).

Yeah, sure Ron and Rand don't want that here.
41 and W do not want the immigrants to remain here.

Only the democratic party believes in the Statue of Liberty and it's slogan

"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."

[freshwest]

6. +1

[MyNameGoesHere]

3. I am not sure will are still deserving of this symbol. EOM

[cantbeserious]

10. Agreed - The Lady Has Been Desecrated By The Surveillance State

eom

[angrychair]

4. Just in Time!

If you would just lay back on this table, we just need to insert this probe....

[alp227]

5. I went to NYC in 2010 but didn't visit the Statue land.

I think I oughta do it if i ever make it back there next time.

[freshwest]

7. How's it going down in D.C., though?

A march on Washington with loaded rifles

A gun activist is planning a massive march on D.C., with participants' rifles illegally slung over their shoulders

By Alex Seitz-Wald

Libertarian activist and radio host Adam Kokesh is hoping to get 1,000 people to march on Washington on July 4 — armed with loaded rifles. The plan, launched with a Facebook group today, is to gather on the Virginia side of the Potomac, where gun laws are lax, and then march across the bridge with loaded rifles slung over their shoulders into the District, where openly carrying weapons is generally prohibited.

“This will be a non-violent event,” the Facebook group warns, “unless the government chooses to make it violent.” Already, over 200 people have said they’ll attend the march. Here’s the message:

On the morning of July 4, 2013, Independence Day, we will muster at the National Cemetery & at noon we will step off to march across the Memorial Bridge, down Independence Avenue, around the Capitol, the Supreme Court, & the White House, then peacefully return to Virginia across the Memorial Bridge. This is an act of civil disobedience, not a permitted event. We will march with rifles loaded & slung across our backs to put the government on notice that we will not be intimidated & cower in submission to tyranny. We are marching to mark the high water mark of government & to turn the tide. This will be a non-violent event, unless the government chooses to make it violent. Should we meet physical resistance, we will peacefully turn back, having shown that free people are not welcome in Washington, & returning with the resolve that the politicians, bureaucrats, & enforcers of the federal government will not be welcome in the land of the free.

Kokesh is a former Marine who was discharged in 2007 after violating the military’s code against engaging in political activity while in uniform. Kokesh was highly active in the antiwar movement after serving in Iraq, participating in numerous protests and getting arrested on occasion.

He started an anti-government radio show as the Tea Party picked up steam and was eventually picked up by RT, the news channel funded by the Russian government that is often critical of U.S. policy, where he promoted both the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street in a worldview that some sociologists describe as “fusion paranoia,” a visceral anti-governmentalism that isn’t limited to typical left-right divides.

He ran into trouble when he endorsed Ron Paul in the 2012 election, which led to an FEC complaint and his termination from RT, though employees have told me privately that there were other, darker issues.

more...

http://www.salon.com/2013/05/03/a_march_on_washington_with_loaded_rifles/

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022793834

Anyone in D.C. see how this is playing out today?

[Posteritatis]

8. That guy backpedaled out of his threat a couple of days after that. (nt)

[freshwest]

9. That should make for a safer 4th in D.C. then. Thanks for the FYI.