[Peace-discuss] Main frozen event

Stuart Levy slevy at ncsa.illinois.edu
Sat Jan 8 12:00:57 CST 2011


On Sat, Jan 08, 2011 at 09:11:18AM -0600, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
> I put the flyers in your mailbox.  Does Obamacare cover frostbite?

Yes, thank you!

Frostbite in the defense of liberty is no ice.

(It is chilly though, with a stiff west wind.   Anyone coming
by today -- and thanks to Dave and Paul for announcing it on WEFT! --
you'll want to bring a face-wrapping scarf & a nice warm hat.)

> The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink 
> from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the 
> love and thanks of man and woman - and has mine.
>
> I'm afraid I have other priorities (in part thanks to you).
>
> "Blow, blow, thou winter wind,
> Thou art not so unkind
> As man's ingratitude, as man's ingratitude.
> Though thou the waters warp,
> Thy teeth are not so sharp,
> Although thy breath be rude, although thy breath be rude.
>
> "My faithful friends draw nigh
> And look us in the eye
> It is a wealthy man who has good friends like you.
> Through darkness, cold, and snow,
> Wherever you may go,
> You bear my friendship true, you bear my friendship true.
>
> "Now warm these gentle folk
> With maple, birch, and oak
> And turn you front and back to feel the cheerful blaze
> And be of cheerful mind
> And bless the wintertime
> Its calm and starry nights and bright and silent days."
>
> "Blow, blow, thou winter wind," by William Shakespeare.
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