WHO CAN WE BELIEVE? AUG 25TH, 2012

WHO CAN WE BELIEVE? Aug 25^th, 2012

BY

JAMES BREDIN

Where do we get politicians with their feet on the ground?

Who think Canadian rather than being completely party bound.

Who think about death with dignity and not the abortion clinics,

Politicians we can believe, who are not announcing party lyrics.

Politicians not into human rights and Trudeau’s constitution,

With the hidden equalization Canadian solution,

Soft judges and parole boards who try to empty the jails,

Set vicious criminals free and don’t give us much or many details.

And then it gets worse because media moguls think it’s great,

Or the next drug-addict Insite free clinic without much debate,

Where judges and governor-generals come from secret lists,

Banned referendums for us as they blatantly persist.

Aug 25^th, 2012

CANADIAN SUPREME COURT AUG 24TH, 2012

CANADIAN SUPREME COURT Aug 24^th, 2012

By

James Bredin

Appointees from a very secret list who are up there near the gods,

Dressed like Santa Clause or bishops -- they got the official nods,

The Canadian Supreme Court hangs out in big fancy places,

They are very important so you better recognize their faces.

They allowed a drug-addict Insite clinic in Vancouver town,

Despite the Federal Government’s attempts to close it down,

Who runs this country – the government or the Supreme Court?

Elected politicians or appointees – who should we support?

They told very sick, facing death, Sue Rodriguez, where to go,

She had Lou Gehrig’s disease and wanted to die; they said no,

And we can’t change or even elect our prime minister by name,

And Quebec may have a referendum so we all should have the same.

We all need binding referendums and death with dignity soon,

Could the Supreme Court help us here – get out of our cocoon?

There’s no doubt that a Quebec referendum could bring big change,

Maybe this could be a good thing if Stephen Harper could arrange.

Aug 24^th, 2012

MORE REFERENDUMS AUG 23RD, 2012

MORE REFERENDUMS Aug 23^rd, 2012

BY

JAMES  BREDIN

Quebec separatists are not foreigners; they’re us,

They want a referendum to cause Ottawa a great fuss,

We ourselves should also have a referendum and maybe two,

Binding referendums and Death with Dignity are overdue.

Ottawa trying to buy Quebec with equalization money,

Hidden in some government program and not very funny,

We all should be delighted to partake in two referendums soon,

National referendums interfering in their Quebec cocoon.

Our problem is not Quebec separatists but we ourselves,

Without referendums; we’re like stuff forgotten on old shelves,

Two referendums with the separatists; means common ground for all,

Do more for Canada than Ottawa aristocrats, not on call.

Aug 23^rd, 2012

THEY TELL YOU; YOU HAVE CANCER AUG 22ND, 2012

THEY TELL YOU; YOU HAVE CANCER Aug 22^nd, 2012

By

James Bredin

If they tell you that you have cancer and you will very soon die,

And it’s a very painful process so you better say goodbye,

And you can’t arrange when to die so you will suffer as they say,

Our Supreme Court told Sue Rodriguez that there was no other way.

Because death with dignity is banned in this Canada land,

Never mentioned in the papers so nothing can be planned,

And we don’t have binding referendums so we can’t change,

We can’t even put an oil pipe across a mountain range.

There should be some way to get around this national situation,

Or are we slowly headed for our own national damnation?

Because we will die but we don’t know how, why, when or where just yet,

But death with dignity would ease the pressure; you can bet.

Aug 22^nd 2012

EVENTUALLY I'LL DIE AUG 21ST, 2012

EVENTUALLY  I’LL  DIE Aug 21^st, 2012

BY

JAMES BREDIN

Sometime, somehow, someplace, I am eventually going to die,

Fortunately or unfortunately, I still don’t know why,

Eventually I’d like to arrange the time and place and die,

Have good family and friends around and arrange to say goodbye.

But right now, death with dignity is against all our laws,

They did it to Sue Rodriguez to activists’ applause,

After they allowed abortions, so politically correct,

Killing thousands of unborn babies but they claim they’re perfect.

You don’t have to be a genius to see that there’s something wrong,

Is it possible by the time I die; they’ll have changed their song?

If we had binding referendums, we could change all this,

But no way, they’ll allow us to have anything like the Swiss.

Aug 21^st, 2012

IDLE CHATTER ABOUT YOUR DEATH AUG 20TH, 2012

IDLE CHATTER ABOUT YOUR DEATH AUG 20TH, 2012

BY

JAMES BREDIN

Why can’t we have death-with-dignity installed?

Why are so many Ottawa activists so appalled?

Several US states and European countries have it now,

Could we tell the Supreme Court that we want to be allowed?

Even pompous High Court judges will eventually face death,

Even they too, each one of them, will eventually run out of breath,

Why have they imposed their views; so Canada is no longer grand?

Is it religion or some other ideology or just follow the band?

Why is it so strange to change and relieve the terrible pain of death?

But Death with Dignity could help before we run out of breath,

Sue Rodriguez found out the hard way about this vital matter,

Extreme Lou Gehrig’s pain does not allow for idle chatter.

AUG 20TH, 2012

THE REFERENDUM GAME AUG 19TH, 2012

THE REFERENDUM GAME AUG 19^TH, 2012

BY

JAMES BREDIN

The separatists in Quebec are already screaming for change,

Ottawa pays little attention and why is that so strange?

Because they don’t like referendums which their aristocrats hate,

No death with dignity, referendums, separation or debate.

But we should all have referendums and have them by next year,

Why is this something that our Ottawa aristocrats fear?

Now is our chance to get ahead in this referendum game,

And in isolated Ottawa; there would be no need to inflame.

Several referendums could cause the separatists to think,

That Ottawa is not stuck in the mud though it seldom blinks,

Canadian politicians extremely reluctant to change,

Unlike Quebec separatists who want to rearrange.

AUG 19^TH, 2012

COUNTER QUEBEC REFERENDUM AUG 18TH, 2012

COUNTER QUEBEC REFERENDUM AUG 18^TH 2012

BY

JAMES BREDIN

The Quebec referendum is really our opportunity too,

Our chance to show them that our democracy can break through,

To counter the Quebec separatist movement; we need to change,

Binding referendums and mandatory votes should not be strange.

But how do we get our Ottawa politicians to pay attention?

Get the lead out and counteract all this apprehension,

Ottawa should come around and down to earth to help us all,

Our referendums in Quebec might get the separatists to forestall.

Why should I be the one to come up with some counteraction?

Unknown Internet poet showing his dissatisfaction,

Because this may not be a repeat of what happened before,

When the separatists didn’t quite make it out the door.

We need frequent binding referendums and much much more,

We need death with dignity, though the religious types abhor,

We need elected senators and set-date elections every four years,

These constitutional changes could lessen apprehension fears.

I feel I should apologize for disturbing their peace of mind,

But a strong separatist movement can put us in a bind,

If we can get them to help us; interfere with Ottawa isolation,

Change the Constitution for us all and a great sensation.

AUG 18^TH, 2012