AND YOU DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ... JULY 31ST, 2013

AND YOU DIDN’T EVEN KNOW … JULY 31ST, 2013

BY

JAMES BREDIN

Our appointed fat senators seem to be above the law,

Where scandals are looked at, as not real but maybe a flaw,

And changes to the system are forbidden so we have  to tolerate,

Old appointees until they are 75 and how they operate.

In an area where death-with-dignity is forbidden,

Therefore any talk about this, has to be secretly hidden,

Behind closed doors at quiet orderly committee meetings,

Lengthy pretentious discussions about this and that and no peeking.

We haven’t had a Tommy Douglas for many many years,

This is far more mysterious than it at first appears,

Because he was a great politician and not afraid of change,

In light of modern events -- why should that be so strange?

July 31st, 2013

DOES OTTAWA CARE ... JULY 30TH, 2013

DOES OTTAWA CARE?... JULY 30TH, 2013

BY

JAMES BREDIN

Death with dignity; referendums and compulsory votes are banned,

Have you got  any other suggestions on how to improve this land?

Our appointed Ottawa aristocrats are holier than thou,

So shut up, take your place because that’s all you’re allowed.

Some countries have had radical revolutionary changes,

But not us though we would if we could but no one arranges,

The meetings about the upcoming changes are never held

And changes to the appointed Senate are always withheld.

So when it comes time to die; you may have to die in pain

Unless you go to Switzerland for DWD to obtain,

You could send an e-mail to your politician and wait for a reply,

You might get a reply some time before you die.

JULY 30TH, 2013

SENATE REAL ESTATE APPOINTEES ... JULY 29TH, 2013

SENATE REAL ESTATE APPOINTEES...  July 29th, 2013

BY

JAMES BREDIN

Why can’t our appointed Senate be abolished forever?

Because Ottawa aristocrats don’t want it severed,

Its written in the Constitution and that can’t be changed,

Referendums are relatively unknown and can’t be arranged.

And the idea of democracy is frowned on by the elite,

Senators must own real estate so shut up, sit down and take a seat,

The Canadian establishment forbids any changes,

It’s like death-with-dignity -- no one is allowed these arrangements.

And if the Senate appointees have a money scandal or two,

It should be swept under their red rug -- they are only a few,

Trudeau was the last one to change the Constitution a lone time ago,

They will not allow any more of those shenanigans though.

July 29th, 2013

CANADIAN DWD ... JULY 25TH, 2013

CANADIAN DWD … JULY 25TH, 2013

BY

JAMES BREDIN

Death is a fascinating subject because we’re all going there,

You might delay it but you can’t avoid it so take care,

Its as though we are here on a visit and can’t decide when to leave,

But your relatives and friends can wait around and grieve.

Switzerland and four US states have DWD now,

We too want death-with-dignity and need it but don’t know how,

The opposition priests and politicians claim it should not be done,

The torment of this conversation has just begun.

But death with dignity is something we are all denied so far,

The pompous elites at the top, who refuse,  think that they are stars,

They are hidden in a building in Ottawa and will not discuss,

Death with dignity, they feel is no reason to cause a fuss.

July 25th, 2013

ENNIS ON MY MIND ... JULY 20TH, 2013

Ennis on my mind

By

James Bredin

Ennis will forever be enshrined in my mind,

A small mark on the map from another place and time,

Memories dimmed by many years as though cut with a knife,

First seventeen years of love and laughter in my life,

In a town bowed down by poverty struggling to survive,

Back lanes of half-door houses, waiting someone to arrive.

Narrow winding streets full of friends and farmers' horses,

Pompous priests dressed in black who always walked on water,

And girls in long green dresses that came down below their knees,

Moving past on bicycles; boys waiting for a breeze,

And cows moving slowly, moving down towards the water,

Where their blood will fill the Fergus from the houses of slaughter.

And the Christian Brother's School where Brother Brien taught,

No such thing as freedom, especially freedom of thought,

We learned everything in Gaelic, in the very ancient script,

Letters from the Book of Kells or some ancient warrior's crypt,

Where are the guys I knew so well; stole by emigration,

Or shied from skirts that only hurt and joined some congregation.

And now the town is filled with cars and strangers wall to wall,

A noisy rush of foreigners in a one-way traffic crawl,

And people don't have time to talk or gossip half the day,

They're in a hurry, got to scurry, got to make their pay,

And traffic lights and tourist types looking out from buses,

The madness of these modern times, I wonder 'bout the pluses.

July 20th, 2013

WE HAVE TO CHANGE ... JULY 20TH, 2013

WE HAVE TO CHANGE … JULY 20TH, 2013

BY

JAMES BREDIN

An appointed aristocrat Senate was imposed long ago,

They get to stay till they are seventy five or didn’t you know?

But the recent Ottawa Senate scandals have caused us to think,

About these Senate appointees who got there with a wink.

There’s something obviously wrong here that we should make right,

But we have no set-date elections or referendums in sight,

And when we do get an election; less than half of us vote,

And the party politicians who win, all pompously gloat.

So we need compulsory referendums at least once a year,

And if we then have a problem, we can at least then steer clear,

And democracy will count, where now it is relatively unknown,

Canadians should not have to feel like we’re standing alone.

July 20th, 2013

SUE RODRIGUEZ ... JULY 19TH, 2013

Sue Rodriguez ...July 19th, 2013

by

James Bredin

It was back many years ago; they told Sue Rodriguez where to go,

She was dying with painful Lou Gehrig’s disease at the time though,

And she wanted to die with dignity and without much pain,

But our appointed Supreme Court were not very humane.

And even today, politicians will not discuss this subject,

They are afraid they might get involved in some conflict,

But Pauline Marois, premier of Quebec, knows what to do,

She’s going to legalize death-with-dignity but who knew?

Canadians should have a referendum at least once a year,

Everyone obliged to attend and vote and show no fear,

Unfortunately the activists with agendas want involved,

I sometimes wonder if Canadian DWD will ever be solved.

July 19th, 2013

REFERENDUMS LIKE THE SWISS ... JULY 18TH, 2013

REFERENDUMS LIKE THE SWISS … JULY 18TH, 2013

BY

JAMES BREDIN

Lots of Canadian political senate scandals these days,

Have named several appointed senators to amaze,

The Ottawa elites hope that these scandals will soon blow away,

Senators keep their jobs till they’re seventy five so they stay.

And there’s not much Canadians can do about this,

No set-date elections or referendums like the Swiss,

Or death-with-dignity and it cannot even be discussed,

Many Canadians look around and wonder, who they can trust.

Binding referendums could rid us of scandals very soon,

Annually and compulsory attendance for all in the commune,

Unfortunately we don’t have a leader to put this in place,

So be prepared for even more scandals right in our face.

JULY 18TH, 2013

INSITE CLINICS GALORE ... JULY 17TH, 2013

INSITE CLINICS GALORE... JULY 17TH, 2013

BY

JAMES BREDIN

Insite clinics are a sign of politically correct madness,

Drug-addict sickness turning public medicine into badness,

Being led and directed by pompous media moguls and their friends,

With power to change the laws and set these drug-inclined trends.

And suddenly the problems of criminal drug addicts are now ours,

And you can’t complain because they are like saints in the towers,

It’s a new ballgame and you better learn quickly to adapt,

And because less than half or us vote; we are now strapped.

These clinics will be a show that we have lost legal control,

We can’t have and not allowed, either a referendum or a poll,

The drug dealers can sell their drug stuff near the Insite door,

And you cannot object to this criminal action anymore.

JULY 17TH, 2013

CANADIAN APPOINTED SENATE ... JULY 16TH, 2013

CANADIAN APPOINTED SENATE … July 16th, 2013

by

James Bredin

It’s not our appointed Senate that is at fault; it’s us,

We have allowed their delusions of grandeur without a fuss,

And less than half of us bother to vote in any election,

All these little details may indeed have a connection.

There is no doubt about it but Canada needs to change,

Unfortunately our appointed senators think this is strange,

Conspiracies of cushy jobs untill they are seventy five,

You only have to sit back in a nice soft red chair and thrive.

Elite travelling aristocrats seldom if ever seen,

It’s said that some might be fidling with numbers which could be obscene,

Canadians should have a binding referendum once a year,

Compulsory attendence of a five dollar fine; is that clear?

July 16th, 2013