{"id":782,"date":"2009-09-02T10:56:47","date_gmt":"2009-09-02T10:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onecity\/2009\/09\/health-care-blue-dogs-town-hall-obama-haiku.html"},"modified":"2009-09-02T10:56:47","modified_gmt":"2009-09-02T10:56:47","slug":"health-care-blue-dogs-town-hall-obama-haiku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/onecity\/2009\/09\/health-care-blue-dogs-town-hall-obama-haiku.html","title":{"rendered":"Health Care, Blue Dogs, Town Hall, Obama &#8211; Haiku Contest!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s entry began as a long angry article about the scarcity-and-fear-based argument against universal health care and making sure that all humans in the United States are able to be healthy.&nbsp; It ended as a western-form Haiku that would even fit on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/\">Twitter<\/a> (thanks <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/namenorg\">Patrick Groneman<\/a> in Bushwick for the cooling off and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lucidcommunication.com\/\">Jacob Schere <\/a>in Tokyo for the help).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Compassion cares for the least among us<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\nSummer turns to fall, scared and selfish turn up their collars<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\nSad profits born of healthism<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? 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