Let’s remember the immigrants who came here to be free on this Election Day

Global import of democracy

So it’s Election Day. Dwelling successful my ain mini small world:

Hairdresser’s from Hungary. Driver is Dominican. Housekeeper from Guyana. Laundress from Mexico. Cleaner’s from Italy. Superintendent from Albania. Editor, Great Britain. Dressmaker, Crete. Doctors from Poland and Ukraine. Doctor’s adjunct from Portugal. Coat, Italy. Manicurist, Romania. Facialist, Israel. Dessert mango from Malaysia.

My ain mom from Liverpool. Grandma, Russia. Techie, Jerusalem. False hairsbreadth from Indonesia. Plus mendacious eyelashes from China. Fragrance seller, France. Fabric dealers, Japan.

Radio position owner, Greece. Newspaper owner, Australia. Jeweler, Turkey. Restaurateur, India. And junky crappy cheapo T-shirts made it from Korea.

ALL came to this country. To unrecorded successful nan onshore of nan free — location of nan brave. To survive. To breathe. Vote. E pluribus unum. One for each and each for one. We’re truthful large I don’t cognize really Columbus could’ve astir missed us. He recovered america agelong back. Before nan first bagel. Before Leonardo DiCaprio did his first model. Before anybody moreover heard of Junior’s cheesecake.

Back erstwhile ladies wore bras.

Of patriot days

In those opening days we loved our country. Nathan Hale near his autochthonal Connecticut to conflict nan Brits successful Boston. Patriot Benjamin Franklin kept surviving it up and partying successful Philly. Benedict Arnold was subject commandant successful immoderate B&B successful Saratoga. And George Washington snacked astatine downtown’s Fraunces Tavern which is still location though nan paper has changed.

Hale was a Yale grad. That’s earlier Yale became infested pinch hatred and antisemitism. Back erstwhile he truthful worshipped nan schoolhouse that he carried his certificate pinch him.

Those were nan early days of respecting our country, fighting for it not marching against it, not burning our flag, not tearing it apart.

1789 began nan opening of antiauthoritarian rule, first president, first Congress. 1898 NYC osmosed into a commercialized and antiauthoritarian city. And we were fortunate capable to person mayors for illustration de Blasio and Adams. Plus officials who managed to enactment retired of jailhouse for illustration that impermanent Long Island legislature liar.

They bluish it

How we became a bluish authorities for illustration what’s go a California wreck, not sure. But I cognize that we’re happy to unrecorded successful a spot wherever nan subway knocks disconnected much bodies than Ukraine. Where cookware is simply a bigger seller than coffee, wherever bikes, deliveries, trucks, motorcycles and building cogwheel return up nan roadways, wherever you salary much successful taxes than Hunter Biden successful his lifetime, wherever a loaf of breadstuff costs much than a car, and wherever a Park Avenue penthouse dweller has nan aforesaid reside arsenic a passed retired druggie level retired astatine nan beforehand doorway blocking your entrance.

The city’s residents see De Niro, Sarah Jessica, Jodie, Timberlake, Jackman, Mariah, Seinfeld, Damon, Denzel. The Bronx is up and nan politicians are down.

Next up for america is gambling and casinos. And leftie Jumaane. New York, New York, you’re a helluva town.

It’s 1 large gridlock, nan Fifth Avenue postulation motion reads: “No stopping, nary standing, nary parking, nary delivering, nary letting anyone retired — nary picking up, nary kidding.” It’s truthful awesome that only Rikers has much permits.

It’s each only successful America, kids, only successful America.