Gerald Matacotta wrote this short poem in reaction to the hysteria over the Ferguson and Garner grand jury verdicts.
Who Speaks for US?
The people who get up every morning and go to work.
Who speaks for US?
The people who own businesses who are living the American dream.
Who speaks for US?
The student who goes to school, studies hard and gets good grades.
Who speaks for US?
The police and firefighters who put their lives on the line every day.
Who speaks for US?
The mayor, city councilmembers, governor, attorney general and the president.
Are all silent for US!
We who obey the laws and live our lives in peace.
Who speaks for US?
We are deeply saddened to learn the news of the passing of our beloved Harvey Moder, husband of Mary. Harvey was born on September 7, 1926 and passed away on Monday, December 1, 2014. As a past president of the Queens Village Republican Club, Harvey was the human dynamo responsible for our Club’s revival over 20 years ago. He has been active and attending board meetings up until the present time.
Try taking a guess where Ed Cox, the Republican Party Committee chairman for New York state, got his first job after graduating from Princeton University in 1968. If you guessed that this scion of centuries-old American families with names sounding like they came from the encyclopedia of the American aristocracy—the Finches, Coxes, Livingstons, and Delafields—began his professional career as a financier in a large pedigreed titled Wall Street financial firm, you would have offered a reasonable guess. But you’d be wrong.