[meteorite-list] I, AM A NEW YORKER

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From: Michael Casper <Michael_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:48:09 2004
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I, AM A NEW YORKER=20

I am a New Yorker=20
I do not live in the five boroughs or on the Island or=20
Upstate=20
I may live hundreds or thousands of miles away=20
Or I may live just over the GW Bridge=20
But I am a New Yorker.=20

I am a New Yorker=20
Whatever took me out of New York:=20
Business, family or hating the cold did not take New=20
York out of me.=20
My accent may have faded and my pace may have slowed=20
But I am a New Yorker.=20

I am a New Yorker=20
I was raised on Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and=20
Rockefeller Plaza, The Yankees or the Mets (Giants or=20
Dodgers) Jones Beach or Rye Beach or one of the=20
beaches on the sound (Orchard Beach)=20
I know that "THE END" means Montauk.=20
Because I am a New Yorker.=20

I am a New Yorker=20
When I go on vacation, I never look up=20
Skyscrapers are something I take for granted=20
The Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty=20
are part of me=20
Taxis and noise and subways and "get outta heah" don't=20
rattle me=20
Because I am a New Yorker.=20

I am a New Yorker=20
I was raised on cultural diversity before it was=20
politically correct=20
I eat Greek food and Italian food, Jewish and Middle=20
Eastern food and Chinese food because they are all=20
American food to me.=20
I don't get mad when people speak other languages in=20
my presence because my relatives got to this country=20
via Ellis Island and chose to stay=20
They were New Yorkers.=20

I am a New Yorker=20
People who have never been to New York have=20
misunderstood me=20
My friends and family work in the industries,=20
professions and businesses that benefit all Americans=20
My firefighters died trying to save New Yorkers and=20
non-New Yorkers=20
They died trying to save Americans and non-Americans=20
Because they were New Yorkers.=20

I am a New Yorker=20
I feel the pain of my fellow New Yorkers=20
I mourn the loss of my beautiful city=20
I feel and dread that New York will never be the same=20
But then I remember:=20
I am a New Yorker.=20

And New Yorkers have:=20
Tenacity, strength and courage way above the norm=20
Compassion and caring for our fellow citizens=20
Love and pride in our city, in our state and in our=20
country=20
Intelligence, experience and education par excellence=20
Ability, dedication and energy above and beyond=20
Faith--no matter what religion we practice=20

Terrorists hit America in its heart=20
But America's heart still beats strong=20
Demolished the steel in our buildings, but it doesn't=20
touch the steel in our souls=20
Hit us in the pocketbook, but we'll parlay what we=20
have left into a fortune=20
End innocent lives leaving widows and orphans, but=20
we'll take care of them=20
Because they are New Yorkers.=20

Wherever we live, whatever we do, whoever we are=20
There are New Yorkers in every state and every city of=20
this nation=20
We will not abandon our city=20
We will not abandon our brothers and sisters=20
We will not abandon the beauty, creativity and=20
diversity that New York represents=20
Because we are New Yorkers.=20
And we are proud to be New Yorkers.=20
"REMEMBER THE WTC" =20

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just over=20
the GW Bridge But I am a New Yorker. I am a New Yorker =
 Whatever=20
took me out of New York: Business, family or hating the cold did not =
take=20
New York out of me. My accent may have faded and my pace may =
have slowed=20
 But I am a New Yorker. I am a New Yorker I was raised on =
Macy's=20
Thanksgiving Day Parade and Rockefeller Plaza, The Yankees or the =
Mets=20
(Giants or Dodgers) Jones Beach or Rye Beach or one of the =
 beaches on=20
the sound (Orchard Beach) I know that "THE END" means Montauk. =
 Because I=20
am a New Yorker. I am a New Yorker When I go on vacation, I =
never=20
look up Skyscrapers are something I take for granted The Empire =
State=20
Building and the Statue of Liberty are part of me Taxis and =
noise and=20
subways and "get outta heah" don't rattle me Because I am a New =
Yorker.=20
 I am a New Yorker I was raised on cultural diversity before =
it was=20
 politically correct I eat Greek food and Italian food, Jewish =
and Middle=20
 Eastern food and Chinese food because they are all American food =
to me.=20
 I don't get mad when people speak other languages in my presence =
because=20
my relatives got to this country via Ellis Island and chose to stay =
 They=20
were New Yorkers. I am a New Yorker People who have never =
been to=20
New York have misunderstood me My friends and family work in the =

industries, professions and businesses that benefit all Americans =
 My=20
firefighters died trying to save New Yorkers and non-New Yorkers =
 They=20
died trying to save Americans and non-Americans Because they were =
New=20
Yorkers. I am a New Yorker I feel the pain of my fellow New =
Yorkers=20
 I mourn the loss of my beautiful city I feel and dread that New =
York=20
will never be the same But then I remember: I am a New Yorker.=20
 And New Yorkers have: Tenacity, strength and courage way =
above the=20
norm Compassion and caring for our fellow citizens Love and =
pride in our=20
city, in our state and in our country Intelligence, experience =
and=20
education par excellence Ability, dedication and energy above and =
beyond=20
 Faith--no matter what religion we practice Terrorists hit =
America in=20
its heart But America's heart still beats strong Demolished the =
steel in=20
our buildings, but it doesn't touch the steel in our souls Hit =
us in the=20
pocketbook, but we'll parlay what we have left into a fortune =
 End=20
innocent lives leaving widows and orphans, but we'll take care of =
them=20
 Because they are New Yorkers. Wherever we live, whatever we =
do,=20
whoever we are There are New Yorkers in every state and every city =
of=20
 this nation We will not abandon our city We will not abandon =
our=20
brothers and sisters We will not abandon the beauty, creativity and=20
 diversity that New York represents Because we are New Yorkers. =
 And=20
we are proud to be New Yorkers. "REMEMBER THE WTC" =20
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