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Friday, January 31, 2014

WINTER 13 - 14 .... JAN 31ST, 2014

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WINTER 13 - 14  …. JAN 31ST, 2014
BY
JAMES BREDIN


The winter of 13-14 is snow white frozen hell,
Where ice-laden branches bent towards the ground and then broke and fell,
Where roads turned to skating rinks and hands and faces froze,
This was not the type of winter weather that anyone choose.


The worst about this white winter, is that it wants to stay and stay,
Even the weatherman on TV says it will not go away,
As the snow ploughs try to clear the streets and snow banks get higher,
There is nothing here that even skiers would like or desire.


And no one knows what to do as everyone looks around,
Tires roar on slippery ice and accidents abound,
Whatever happened to global warming that they talked about?
Could we get some soon or maybe even a drought?

JAN 31ST, 2014

Thursday, January 30, 2014

PARTY POLITICIANS ... JAN 30TH, 2014







PARTY POLITICIANS … JAN 30TH, 2014
BY
JAMES BREDIN

Should I apologise for being so irreverent and old?
With no respect for party politicians locked in their mould,
Giving themselves presentations at  meetings here and there,
Nothing much changes and they have nothing to declare.



And its all done in Ottawa so completely out of view,
No binding referendums or death with dignity for you,
Only Justin Trudeau had the guts to try Senate Reform,
While its obvious that the whole place is deformed.



And Senate scandals can happen and be swept under the rug,
They might, if they are even concerned; give a very slight shrug,
Because Senate scandals are indirectly party-connected
So therefore, appointees in the Senate are party-protected

Jan 30th, 2014

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

DICTATORS ... JAN 29TH, 2014

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DICTATORS  … JAN 29TH, 2014
BY
JAMES BREDIN



Most dictators like uniforms with lots of gold braid on their hats,
Chests covered with colorful ribbons and medals of gold and brass,
And those who question their authority could be quickly dead,
By a bent judicial system or a bullet in the head.



It’s what power can do to a man’s brain without democracy,
He can make aristocracy, bureaucracy from hypocrisy,
And they better obey or pretend to obey to stay alive,
And there is no shortage of those who keep trying to survive.



Usually countries locked into a cultish religion or scheme,
Without democracy; it could be part history or his dream,
We’re lucky in that they are mostly far away in the distance,
Because they are trouble all around and not much coexistence.

JAN 29TH, 2014

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

REFERENDUMS ARE FORBIDDEN ... JAN 28TH, 2014

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REFERENDUMS ARE FORBIDDEN … JAN 28TH, 2014
BY
JAMES BREDIN



Ontario elites named twenty five appointees to the highest honour,
I don’t even know one of them; even the Ontario governor,
I guess I’m not an elite aristocrat so I don’t have a chance,
They probably think of me, like the others -- those in a trance.

Not very democratic like our Ottawa Senate appointees,
Who they are or who they were, had no input from me,
And like other Canadians; I don’t have a clue what they do,
Like death-with-dignity; they behave like -- who knew?

They say we have a Charter so there is no need to change,
We’ve got everything, so there is no need to rearrange,
If Pauline, premier of Quebec, gives them her Bill 52,
Does that mean that the people of Ontario might get one too?

JAN 28TH, 2014

Monday, January 27, 2014

OLD MEMORIES ... JAN 27TH, 2014

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OLD MEMORIES … JAN 27TH, 2014
BY
JAMES BREDIN

Hounded by my memories of fifty, sixty years ago,
Hamilton, Cornwallis, Halifax and then Toronto,
Great places then, great memories … gone with the wind,
So, I’d like to go back and do it all again but I’d have to pretend.

Or did I see you in Moncton waiting to see that tidal bore?
Or was it in Montreal listening to the pipes in the Eaton’s store?
I’d love to know French just to understand what they say,
But that was way back during the red ensign flag days.

JAN 27TH, 2014

Sunday, January 26, 2014

CAN WE INFLUENCE OUR APPOINTED SENATE ... JAN 26TH, 2014






INFLUENCE THE APPOINTED SENATE  … JAN 26TH, 2014

BY
JAMES BREDIN

How do we influence the Canadian Senate appointees?
They are not elected so live an aristocrat life of ease,
So isolated, they may not have heard of death-with-dignity,
Should we write them, phone them, e-mail them or just watch them on TV?



As members of the appointed Ottawa elite; they are high up,
You don’t get normal contact with these aristocrats closeup,
You have to show respect because of their honorary titles,
And realize that they have lots of bureaucratic disciples.



How do we tell these elites about death-with-dignity now?
They may not listen because they are holier than thou,
Is there somewhere you can complain about this attitude?
And their complete lack of thankfulness and gratitude.

Jan 26th, 2014

Saturday, January 25, 2014

OUR SENATE ... JAN 25TH, 2014



OUR SENATE … JAN 25TH, 2014
BY
JAMES BREDIN
Our Senate is a rest home for appointed connected hacks,
Till they are seventy five in the Red Chamber having snacks,
It doesn’t make sense in our democracy and it can’t be changed,
They sometimes discuss it in back rooms but it can’t be rearranged.


There are nine vacant soft red seats in our Senate right now,
That means you or I could get an appointment if we knew how,
But we would need party connections in very high places,
Whatever happened to that Senate money scandal in our faces?


To get an appointment you have to be a pretend aristocrat,
You will be higher than a bureaucrat or a technocrat,
You can pretend you’re very important and maybe you are,
Much better than working in your uncle’s Toronto bar.

JAN 25TH, 2014

Friday, January 24, 2014

ARE OUR POLITICIANS BACK YET? ... JAN 24TH, 2014

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ARE OUR POLITICIANS BACK YET? ….JAN 24TH, 2014
BY
JAMES BREDIN

Our politicians are over in the Middle East on a trip,
While the value of the Canadian dollar has gone drip drip,
I want those politicians to come back and put things straight,
And our death-with-dignity should then be up for debate.

Then get rid of the appointed Senate which we don’t need,
Not-elected appointees on Senate welfare -- very strange indeed,
And a referendum about a pipeline somewhere out west,
This has caused such a hassle, I could really get depressed.

Peace, order and good government, we surely need,
Plus recall, binding referendums and we are all agreed,
Because party politicians speak in slogans that they’ve been told,
As they march or walk in lock step in a political mould.

Jan 24th, 2014

Thursday, January 23, 2014

CANADIANS NEED DIRECT DEMOCRACY ... JAN 23RD, 2014

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CANADIANS NEED DIRECT DEMOCRACY  JAN 23RD, 2014
By
JAMES BREDIN

Canadians need direct democracy because so few vote,
And compulsory voting is politically remote,
We could force our politicians to change laws and pay heed,
With binding referendums where Canadians are all agreed.




But our established elites want nothing rearranged or changed,
That means that binding referendums will be looked on as strange,
Plus no set-date or mid term elections allowed in this land,
Where death with dignity is Supreme-Court completely banned.





Establishment types hate plebiscites because it might interfere,
Where they occupy the  private-club high ground and are sincere,
Among special appointees, politicians and judges,
Information on the Internet never shows any of the grudges.

JAN 23RD, 2014

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

THE MURPHY REPORT ... JAN 22ND, 2014

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THE MURPHY REPORT  … JAN 22ND, 2014

BY
JAMES BREDIN

Has the Murphy Report on pedophile priests been published yet?
Who were those priests and were they and everyone told to forget?
Was this the same closed-door system for hundreds of years?
As though they were hiding all those mortal sins, it appears.



Because the names of pedophile perpetrators were hidden then,
As information shifted here and there again and again,
Because people believed that a Catholic priest could do no wrong,
Confess their sins to him, go to heaven because they were strong.



But that was then and this is now so Google the Murphy Report,
The information will show that some of this went to court,
But media moguls seldom if ever touched this stuff,
Its not their business they feel and it can be pretty rough.

JAN 22ND, 2014

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

BRITISH COLUMBIA PIPELINE ... JAN 21ST, 2014

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BRITISH COLUMBIA PIPELINE… JAN 21ST, 2014
BY
JAMES BREDIN

I’ve been reading about this Northern Gateway Pipeline project for years,
Opposition organized groups have delayed it forever, it appears,
They have this religious zeal for their agenda, they want displayed,
Are they right or wrong and should the government be swayed?

Organized groups of lawyers lined up in courtrooms making demands,
They say that the First Nations crowds are the real owners of these lands,
As they make legal applications and challenges for more delays,
Which side are we on here and can they persuade?



What does this really mean and what will or could or can change?
Could these events show that our Canada is really deranged?
Who runs this land -- the government or the activist groups?
As we wait for a legal decision and then go “whoops”

JAN 21ST, 2014


Monday, January 20, 2014

NO CHANGES FOR YOU

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NO CHANGES FOR YOU
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Texas can execute their murderers but we are not allowed,
Switzerland has DWD but here, it could cause a row,
The religious activists want us to follow their rules,
We could die in absolute pain and sorrow like a bunch of fools.

And we don’t seem to know if or when or what to do about this,
Our politically correct politicians really don’t give a piss,
Whether they were elected or appointed; we don’t seem to know,
Not a decent politician since Tommy Douglas long ago.

And we are like a bunch of sheep being led along the road,
We don’t know where we’re going or even the postal code,
And as Canadians; we behave as if we are hardly aware,
Our media moguls behave as if they too don’t care.


JAN 20TH, 2014