THE OWL by Barry Cornwall

In the hollow tree, in the old gray tower,
The spectral owl doth dwell;
Dull, hated, despised, in the sunshine hour,
But at dusk he’s abroad and well!
Not a bird of the forest e’er mates with him;
All mock him outright by day;
But at night, when the woods grow still and dim,
The boldest will shrink away!
O, when the night falls, and roosts the fowl,
Then, then, is the reign of the horned owl!
He owl hath a bride, who is fond and bold,

And loveth the woods’s deep gloom;
And, with eyes like the shine of the moonstone cold,
She awaiteth her ghastly groom;
Not a feather she moves, not a carol she sings,
As she waits in her tree so still;
But when her heart heareth his flapping wings,
She hoots out her welcome shrill!
O, when the moon shines, and dogs do howl,
Then, then, is the joy of the horned owl!

Mourn not for the owl, nor his gloomy plight!
The owl hath his share of good:
If a prisoner he be in the broad daylight,
He is lord in the dark greenwood!
Nor lonely the bird, nor his ghastly mate,
They are each unto each a pride;
Thrice fonder, perhaps, since a strange, dark fate
Hath rent them from all beside!
So, when the night falls, and dogs do howl,
Sing, ho! For the reign of the horned owl!
We know not always
Who are kings by day,
But the king of the night is the bold brown owl!

King Obama, our bold, brown, enlightened owl, now doth rule America. Here are 4 thoughts from an economist Jude Wanniski in the late 1970's. "Elections are won by the right candidate given the information available to the voters." In other words, the media that controlled the information available to the voters in this past election, influenced the outcome of the election of Obama. "The progress of civilization is limited by the inability of political leaders to draw upon the wisdom of the masses." Obama was elected by a landslide of voters with compliant ignorance (not wisdom). "A decadent politician forces his ideas on an unwilling electorate for its own good." Our President continues to foist his progressivism upon the public which remains convinced his policies are for their own good. Lastly, what worried Wanniski was a political leader "trying to demonstrate that our American system of democracy is inferior, by causing an economic crisis among the people and in the world at large." Bingo! We’re in the TET, Obama’s manufactured, tough, economic times. The banking crisis (originally and on a continuing basis the fault of governmental interference) has conveniently become a countrywide crisis necessitating Obama’s apologies to the rest of the world.