The Town Scryer is a mixed bag of humor, socio-political observations and ephemera from the perspective of a eclectic Pagan veteran of the counter-culture.

Monday, August 1, 2011

Bread Lines And Circuses


"Mr. David Stockman has said that supply-side economics was merely a cover for the trickle-down approach to economic policy—what an older and less elegant generation called the horse-and-sparrow theory: 'If you feed the horse enough oats, some will pass through to the road for the sparrows.'"

--John Kenneth Galbraith

The Charge Of The Bread Brigade
Ezra Pound

Half a loaf, half a loaf,
Half a loaf? Urn-hum?
Down through the vale of gloom
Slouched the ten million,
Onward th' 'ungry blokes,
Crackin' their smutty jokes!
We'll send 'em mouchin' 'ome,
Damn the ten million!

There goes the night brigade,
They got no steady trade,
Several old so'jers know
Monty has blunder'd.
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to buy the pie,
Slouching and mouching,
Lousy ten million!

Plenty to right of 'em,
Plenty to left of 'em,
Yes, wot is left of 'em,
Damn the ten million.
Stormed at by press and all,
How shall we
dress 'em all?
Glooming and mouching!

See 'em go slouching there,
With cowed and crouching air
Dundering dullards!
How the whole nation shook
While Milord Beaverbrook
Fed 'em with hogwash!                                                                     

Be seeing you.

Penny for the Guy?

16 comments:

  1. keren mas buat infonya dan salam sukses selalu

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  2. ok mantap sob buat infonya dan salam kenal

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  3. Menarik sekali, perlu saya coba ini..
    kebetulan lagi cara tentang hal ini.

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  4. Mau mendapatkan pelayanan yang baik dan ramah???

    Modal Kecil bisa mendapatkan hasil yg luar biasa…

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  5. bagus bos artikelnya dan menarik

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  6. makasih gan buat infonya dan semoga bermanfaat

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  7. Mau mendapatkan pelayanan yang baik dan ramah???

    Modal Kecil bisa mendapatkan hasil yg luar biasa...

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  8. semoga sukses terus gan buat usahanya

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  9. Menarik sekali, perlu saya coba ini..
    kebetulan lagi cara tentang hal ini.

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  10. ok mantap sob buat infonya dan salam kenal

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  11. keren mas buat infonya dan salam sukses selalu

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  12. bagus bos artikelnya dan menarik

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  13. makasih gan buat infonya dan semoga bermanfaat

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    Karena di Bulan januari ini Sudah keluar Game RPG Online Terpopuler Se-Asia
    Penasarankan Game nya Seperti apa???
    Kalian bisa dilihat game nya dari link di bawah yaaa

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