Archive for November, 2008
The Statue of Liberty
Enlightening the World with charity
A beacon of light, hope, and clarity
A gift of friendship from France
An ally who embraced us taking a chance
To battle the British and our hearts encourage
Today by our foreign policy, this ally we disparage
Yet the Statue of Liberty remains aglow brightly
A universal symbol of freedom and democracy
A monument of cherished national glory
Dedicated on October 28, 1886 proudly
Designated as a National Monument in 1924
Opening to immigrants abroad freedom’s door
Restored for her centennial on July 4, 1986
A pillar commemorating truth and justice
25 windows in the lady’ crown
Represent gemstones found on the earth
To the gem of freedom God gave birth
Igniting hope within the hearts of humanity
Heaven’s rays shining over the world
Christ’s revelation beaming out through His Word
The seven rays of the Statue’s crown
Remind us of countless souls who will bow down
Across the seven seas and continents
Putting in Christ the Savior their confidence
The tablet which the Statue holds in her left hand reads
“July 4th, 1776″ - the date of American Independence
Which in actuality was all about divine dependence
Upon Almighty God who helped us the underdog
Overthrow the tyranny of Great Britain and the King
The battle cry of the American Revolution told everything
“No King but King Jesus!” This was our anthem
To Christ Jesus alone we pledged allegiance
Entreating help from heaven, this was our brilliance
Sadly and ironically, today we have become the tyrant
Taking our military abroad to oppress the less fortunate
Change regimes and rhetorically justify our means
While we torment the innocent and profit handsomely
Accumulate more oil reserves to gain economically
Exert our global control sovereignly internationally
As if we have become a law and God unto ourselves
Lord God above break us before we abuse anyone else
Relight our flaming torch in purity and remove our perversity
Open our arrogant, greedy eyes to clearly see
That our current foreign policy is causing more hostility
Increasing our enemies and taking us deeper into depravity
Awake us to the cruel consequences and sordid severity
With which our political leaders maneuver for personal gain
And falsely use governmental powers and God’s holy name
Arise mighty God and let not liberty and truth be neglected
Let all deception and evildoers within government be detected
Conquer Christ Jesus over profiteering peddlers of fear
Expose their lies, betrayal, and selling of this war on terror
Uncover their obstruction of justice publicly before all who care
Let them not in pretense patriotically wave our flag in the air
Neither tolerate them to receive unwarranted fanfare
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
The people of God committed to truth in the land
Our mighty woman with flaming torch in hand
Welcoming immigrants from afar to this great band
To embrace the cause of liberty and live under command
One nation under God to whom we lift up holy hands
“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-tossed to me.
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.”
Emma Lazarus you wrote it well and need say no more
The Statue of Liberty is an anachronism in America today
As America’s leaders misuse their power and seek to play
Purport piety, moralize what they claim to be morality
Fighting wars without end as they maximize their military
American troops follow orders blindly exercising bravery
Trusting in the Commander in Chief who leads us foolishly
Deeper into enemy lands trying to nation build and take a stand
Not wisely counting the cost nor picking our battles
Sometimes we even support repressive Third World dictators
The cry of the French Revolution, “Libert
Online insights from Bill Tancer
Tropical Storms and the Katrina Effect
by Bill Tancer
9 Sep 2008 at 9:05am
If you were to roll time back to the days before Hurricane Katrina, it would be a truly rare occurrence to see any “tropical storm” search terms in the top 1,000 overall search terms. Since Katrina’s tragic devastation, search term…
Palin Most-Searched-For Political Figure
by Bill Tancer
3 Sep 2008 at 8:06am
John McCain’s decision to add Sarah Palin to the Republican ticket has resulted in unprecedented media coverage for the first female Republican VP nominee, but just how interested is the American public in the governor from Alaska? Search-term volume is…
Luxury Retail Heading for a Slump?
by Bill Tancer
28 Aug 2008 at 8:19am
As reported here, luxury retailer stocks have been holding steady despite troubling economic news. Website visit data may provide us with some insight into what the future may hold for those same stocks. The chart below details year-over-year visits of…
Obama Antichrist: The Weird World of Political Searches
by Bill Tancer
19 Aug 2008 at 9:24am
Having analyzed Internet search patterns for over five years now, I find that it’s rare that I’m surprised by what we search for on our favorite search engine. This morning, I decided to check in on the top search terms…
McCain v. Obama: Searching for Our Next President
by Bill Tancer
13 Aug 2008 at 12:09pm
What can search terms tell us about the current state of the presidential race? Unfortunately, due to confounding reasons or “search missions” (i.e., a candidate search may be a sign of support or a mission to find negative information) are…
Back-to-School: Online Holds Steady
by Bill Tancer
11 Aug 2008 at 2:17pm
Despite reports from retailers of expected declines in the back-to-school retail season, online data reveals that visits to office supply and school supply sites is holding steady when compared to previous year’s visits. The chart below provides a three-year perspective…
Obama v. McCain: The Demographics
by Bill Tancer
6 Aug 2008 at 8:45am
We have a new tool at Hitwise that allows us to take the demographics and psychographics of visitors to a website and then, based on the segmentation of visitors to that site across basic demographics (gender, age, income, region) and…
Post Tour - Dwindling U.S. Interest in Cycling
by Bill Tancer
4 Aug 2008 at 12:26pm
On the road this weekend grinding out my weekly 35 mile ride, I was reminiscing with one of my cycling buddies about the dwindling effect that the Tour de France has had on new bikes and cyclists hitting the road…
Where is _____? The Internet Lost and Found
by Bill Tancer
31 Jul 2008 at 8:37am
Along with finding lost Web sites, misplaced factoids and other pieces of forgotten information, some of us turn to search engines to discover where things are. From the Hitwise sample of 10 million Internet users, here are some of the…
Housing Market - Have We Reached Bottom?
by Bill Tancer
29 Jul 2008 at 9:11am
Last week’s report on existing home sales by the National Association of Realtors (NAR), revealing a 2.6 percent decline from May, added to the pile of sobering news about the housing market and the economy. Here at Hitwise, we have…
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