My grandmother came from Russia
A satchel on her knee,
My grandfather had his father’s cap
He brought from Italy.
They’d heard about a country
Where life might let them win,
They paid the fare to America
And there they melted in.Lovely Lady Liberty
With her book of recipes
And the finest one she’s got
Is the great American melting pot.
The great American melting pot.

America was founded by the English,
But also by the Germans, Dutch, and French.
The principle still sticks;
Our heritage is mixed.
So any kid could be the president.

You simply melt right in,
It doesn’t matter what your skin.
It doesn’t matter where you’re from,
Or your religion, you jump right in
To the great American melting pot.
The great American melting pot.
Ooh, what a stew, red, white, and blue.

America was the New World
And Europe was the Old.
America was the land of hope,
Or so the legend told.
On steamboats by the millions,
In search of honest pay,
Those 19th-century immigrants sailed
To reach the U.S.A.

Lovely Lady Liberty
With her book of recipes
And the finest one she’s got
Is the great American melting pot
The great American melting pot.
What good ingredients,
Liberty and immigrants.

They brought the country’s customs,
Their language and their ways.
They filled the factories, tilled the soil,
Helped build the U.S.A.
Go on and ask your grandma,
Hear what she has to tell
How great to be an American
And something else as well.

Lovely Lady Liberty
With her book of recipes
And the finest one she’s got
Is the great American melting pot
The great American melting pot.

The great American melting pot.
The great American melting pot.

In an effort to secure their re-elections, The City Council voted 13-1 to bar Los Angeles from conducting business with Arizona unless the law is repealed. The vote came after a phony angst-ridden council discussion during which many self-righteous council members noted that their ancestors were U.S. immigrants. (We all were, geniuses.  Unless, you’re of pure American Indian ancestry.)

Councilman Ed Reyes (D) said:

Los Angeles is the second-largest city in this country. An immigrant city, an international city needs to have its voice heard .

 I didn’t hear the citizens of Arizona ask your opinion, Skippy. 

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) already has said he would approve the boycott.

Even though Arizona’s law has been changed, forbidding police from using race to stop people, Liberals say racial profiling is inevitable.

Councilwoman Janice Hahn opines (D): 

We must say stop… this is a law that we think is wrong. It’s going in the wrong direction.

According to a report from the city’s chief legislative analyst, the proposal could affect investments and contracts worth as much as $52 million, including contracts for airport, harbor and trucking services, . This unbelievably biased report recommends the council consider suspending travel, cutting contracts and refraining from making any new ones with Arizona-based companies.

Hahn, who co-authored the resolution (I’m shocked.) said it would be not be practical to cancel most of those deals and only about $7 million to $8 million in city contracts probably would be affected.