A poem as the Super Committee nears "consensus" on cuts to SS, Medicare, and Medicaid

[woo me with science]

in order to sustain the military industrial complex.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2164954
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2011/10/pentagon-looking-safe-super-committees-cuts/43974/


The Owl
By Edward Thomas (1878-1917)

Downhill I came, hungry, and yet not starved,
Cold, yet had heat within me that was proof
Against the north wind; tired, yet so that rest
Had seemed the sweetest thing under a roof.

Then at the inn I had food, fire, and rest,
Knowing how hungry, cold, and tired was I.
All of the night was quite barred out except
An owl's cry, a most melancholy cry.

Shaken out long and clear upon the hill
No merry note, nor cause of merriment,
But one telling me plain what I escaped
And others could not, that night, as in I went.

And salted was my food, and my repose,
Salted and sobered too, by the bird's voice
Speaking for all who lay under the stars,
Soldiers and poor, unable to rejoice.



Please call and write the committee members, the President, and your representatives to express your outrage.

Link to White House contact page, including telephone numbers and email: http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact

Links to individual Super Committee members' web pages and contact information, including telephone numbers and addresses: http://www.deficitreduction.gov/public/index.cfm/members

General page for emailing the Super Committee as a whole: http://www.deficitreduction.gov/public

Contact pages for other senators and representatives: http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml

Weekly Super Congress updates and talking points: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=106x34938



And please keep helping: www.occupywallst.org

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