<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> . . . with thanks to a friend and fellow Viz subscriber, as well as Barbara Asboe (of Pocatello) who submitted this poem to a newspaper in Pocatello.</span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;">----------------------------</span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;">POLITICS</span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;">There once was a woman from Cannes</span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Who for state representative ran </span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;">She toted a gun </span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;">So she naturally won, </span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Then they found she was really a man.</span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Some folks who adore Idaho </span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Want to cling to our loved status quo </span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;">They greet with a frown </span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Any new folks in town </span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;">And tell them to “gaddup and go.”</span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Instead of a loving caress </span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;">They polish their guns with finesse </span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;">They meet their new neighbors </span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;">With pistols and sabres </span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;">And municipal scorn — in excess.</span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Our state Legislature’s passe </span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;">They enact grotesque laws every day </span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Not to help kids progress </span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;">But to feather their nests </span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;">And to honor their god: NRA.</span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;">They abhor the minimum wage </span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;">And caring for those of old age </span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Their corporate hearts </span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Rising way off the charts </span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Leaves citizens full of outrage.</span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;">The time’s come to vote out “dose bums” </span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Grab your piccolo, fife and your drums </span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Cast out the poor souls </span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Who clog Idaho’s rolls, </span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;">So our government, once again, hums.</span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> Barbara Asboe, Pocatello</span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></p><p style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-Regular'; font-size: 12px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 14px;">----------------------------</span></p><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"There's room at the top they are telling you still.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- John Lennon</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div></div></div></body></html>