WAY TO GO ... JAN 15TH, 2013

WAY TO GO  … JAN 15^TH, 2013

BY

JAMES  BREDIN

The obituaries now list too many of my old friends,

So dying seems to be the way to go and the latest trends,

Those great people I knew for so many years are now all dead,

They died quietly and other than that; nothing much was said.

And I am destined to go the same way myself some fine day,

And I can’t arrange the date and time to quietly pass away,

Ottawa aristocrats laid down the law and told Sue where to go,

And she could die in pain and they really didn’t want to know.

If we could arrange death-with-dignity; that would be grand,

But we are not allowed because at the moment, it’s all banned,

But they already have it in Washington and Oregon States,

But our politicians are in hiding so there will be no debates.

JAN 15^TH, 2013

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A WAR OVER THERE ... JAN 14TH, 2013

A WAR OVER THERE  … JAN 14^TH, 2013

BY

JAMES BREDIN

I think we should stay away from strange places way over there,

Where they seem to have a war a week that they never declare,

But one group or the other always wants assistance,

And they need this help, they say, for their very existence.

And we should sent soldiers to help one side or the other now,

It doesn’t matter how much this costs or even if it’s allowed,

Or how many soldiers are killed for some worthy UN cause,

Dead bodies on the Highway of Heroes just because.

But we have no referendums or control of what Ottawa does,

As we watch and wait in the distance for the latest buzz,

And we can’t fix their system though some say that we can,

And going to war could be beneficial so no need for a ban.

JAN 14^TH, 2013

YOUR POLITICIAN ... JAN 13TH, 2013

YOUR POLITICIAN   … JAN 13^TH, 2013

BY

JAMES BREDIN

Our politicians go to Ottawa and look down from above,

They like themselves a lot and they certainly are in love,

They are party members and are locked into to their agendas,

Not yours but their party’s; written in the party memorandas.

This means that issues like death-with-dignity are forgotten,

Not politically correct enough and therefore considered rotten,

No plebiscites, proportional representation or elected senators,

And nothing much will change because they are also your censors.

They are involved in various committee meetings here and there,

Very important stuff though there’s no need for you to know or care,

And they want to stay in office for at least ten more years,

They think Liberal Justin Trudeau is great so they have no fears.

Jan 13^th, 2013

REWRITE TRUDEAU'S CHARTER ... JAN 12TH, 2013

REWRITE TRUDEAU’S CHARTER   … JAN 12^TH, 2013

BY

JAMES BREDIN

No propositions, binding referendums or judicial reviews,

And our Ottawa politicians are busy having a snooze,

Death-with-dignity is forbidden but not abortion clinics,

No doubt we have a high proportion of political cynics.

They told Sue Rodriguez where she could go, when she asked to die,

They looked down from above and didn’t even bother to ask why,

And we have been locked in that no death-with-dignity decision,

Those who are dying in great pain can watch television.

We definitely need another big constitutional debate,

Rewrite the Charter and this time get it right and get it straight,

Set-date elections and death-with-dignity issues up front,

Despite that some activists would look at this as an affront.

JAN 12^TH, 2013

WHAT SHOULD WE DO? ... JAN 11TH, 2013

WHAT SHOULD WE DO?  … JAN 11^TH, 2013

BY

JAMES BREDIN

Those who make decisions are really not interested in you,

Because binding referendums are banned and we behave on cue,

And death-with-dignity cannot be planned or did I mention,

Because it’s against church rules and there might be tension.

We don’t even have compulsory voting rules for all,

Proportional representation is unknown though no one’s appalled.

That plus the elite aristocrats from a very secret list,

And no politician will come out of the woods to assist.

Someone should tell the Ottawa politicians to help us out,

Because without binding referendums, we don’t have any clout,

And we thought that Stephen Harper would change things around,

It’s turning out as though the prancing Liberals still own the town.

JAN 11^TH, 2013

QUILTY LONG AGO ... JAN 10TH, 2013

QUILTY LONG AGO   … JAN 10^TH, 2013

BY

JAMES BREDIN

My mind is sometimes caught in memories of very long ago,

When I carried water in a heavy bucket and I moved quite slow,

Along the shore road in Quilty when I saw a small group of men,

Huddled listening to a hurling match on the wireless back then.

That little half-door house may have been the post-office place,

They had electricity and a wireless to suffice just in case,

It was a time of horses and donkeys pulling farmers’ carts,

Simple times and places where no one knew anything about the arts.

Sometimes time stands still and I’m still there as I passed looking on,

In the rain and wind in Ireland though no doubt; they’re all gone,

But my mother needed the bucket of water so I passed,

Maybe I should have stayed for a while and listened and asked.

Jan 10^th, 2013

RECALL OF POLITICIANS ... JAN 9TH, 2013

RECALL OF POLITICIANS  … JAN 9^TH, 2013

BY

JAMES BREDIN

Canadian politicians like all politicians dread recall,

Whether it’s federal, provincial or even city hall,

So how do we get rid of a dreadful useless politician?

Someone absolutely useless other than his/her ambition.

So a system of RECALL should be inaugurated now,

Added to our Constitution -- which they will not allow,

We could do it if we also had binding referendums installed,

Though our entrenched Ottawa elites would be appalled.

But the words “recall” or “referendums” cannot be used by them,

It’s like a hidden religion that some elites might condemn,

This is a graphic illustration of the fact that we can’t change,

Though we also have Trudeau’s Charter which we can’t rearrange.

JAN 9^TH, 2013