OUR OWN TEA PARTY ... FEB 24TH, 2014

OUR OWN TEA PARTY … FEB 24TH, 2014

BY

JAMES BREDIN

 We need control of our Ottawa politicians somehow,

Maybe a tea party or something that we ourselves allow,

We need binding referendums soon but how do we get them?

Pierre Trudeau’s Charter didn’t help and the media will condemn.  

We need political recall of useless politicians,

And our appointed Senate elected despite our traditions,

We need compulsory voting to get us all out to vote,

They will delay everything and say that they’ll take a note.   

And make Trudeau’s Charter of Rights for Canadians alone,

Not for all refugees in the world from every combat zone,

We need set-date elections for sure every four or five years,

And medically assisted death so that death brings no fears.

Feb 24th, 2014

WHEN SCARBOROUGH HAD SOME LAND ... FEB 22ND, 2014

TORONTO’S SCARBOROUGH

BY

James Bredin

I remember Scarborough proud Protestant and blue,

With portraits of a Queen near every pew.

No Sunday shops, no music hops, no liquor on display,

Where the Lodges and the Legions marched each Victoria Day.

Where ensigns flew, Union Jacks too, unique uniforms on parade,

A raucous rush of pompous pride by pals from every trade,

As they beat the drum down Danforth Road on the twenty fourth of May,

Out to the country and back by Byng, again on Dominion Day.

Those were loyal times before the war for king and queen and all,

For more than a few, this love did cause, their ultimate downfall.

It did at Dieppe and D-day too like their seniors at the Somme,

They died for king and country; they did it for a song.

And soon they were forgotten, those who fought for king and crown,

Though those lucky to return had saved the country and the town.

They would walk again forever with their flags flying high,

Marching medals of the heroes that no one could deny.

Except the town of Scarborough was down on the drawing board,

And those fields and sheep and meadows didn't fit the grand accord.

No newcomers paid attention as the veterans vied for space,

And their parades of marching medals only had an old-time grace.

And Scarborough changed by day and night from a township to a city,

Old soldiers faded fast and few and no one had much pity.

And the immigrants came in wave after wave from places far and wide,

As the soldiers went to grave after grave with their flags and faded pride.

But still a few survive today and I'm sure they are not pleased.

'bout the changes to the town and how Scarborough had been squeezed,

From a township to a city where no one cared for esprit de corps,

So they amalgamated with Toronto and Scarborough was no more.

And culture clash and bureaucrat and ever changing rules,

Of mandarin and moguls and Tamils dressed in jewels,

While traffic roared and the buildings soared sometimes to sixty stories,

Where women wrapped in saris sashayed in all their glories.

They had lost the town without a fight, those men from long ago.

And everything was centralized; they said to save some dough,

But the authorities had lied again; it was all politically correct,

And no one marched, no flags did fly and no one did protest.

There are sometimes you still can hear it, the distant drone of pipes,

And men in kilts still carry on, just watched by boys on bikes.

They're just a faint reminder now of the many marching bands,

When those with flags and medals marched and Scarborough had some land.

A BINGO HALL ... FEB 21ST, 2014

A BINGO HALL … FEB 21STH, 2014

BY

JAMES BREDIN

The Ottawa elites have developed an attitude,

They are the establishment and they don’t need your gratitude,

And death-with-dignity is a provincial matter; so there!

And these many government scandals are not their affair.

Its hard to tell who did what and where and when and how much,

Ottawa aristocrat appointees are a complicated bunch,

A scandal a day had fingers pointed here and over there,

Remarks made about funds paid and no one seems to know where.

And those Senate scandals seem to have been an ongoing affair,

By appointees who were there till they were 75 and didn’t care,

We should have closed  the place down and turn it into a bingo hall,

A suggestion which the many appointees would try to stall.

Feb 21th, 2014

BINDING REFERENDUMS AND YOU ... FEB 18TH, 2014

BINDING REFERENDUMS AND YOU … FEB 18TH, 2014

BY

JAMES BREDIN

We need to get the loonie close to the US dollar,

Though media moguls seem to treat this idea with horror,

And politicians don’t know whether the economy is going up or down,

They are party members and want to hide the fact, that they may be clowns.

Without binding referendums, we are helpless in this affair,

The Ottawa aristocrats like it this way and they don’t care,

Party politicians have been told what to do and what to think,

And death with dignity is banned by the party with a wink.

No binding referendums or medical assistance in dying,

Lots of travelling politicians who deny that they are lying,

But things are great and only they are allowed to decide what’s up,

No binding referendums for you so just shut up and its rough.

FEB 18TH, 2014

LESS THAN HALF OF US VOTE ... FEB 17TH, 2014

LESS THAN HALF OF US VOTE … FEB 17TH, 2014

BY

JAMES BREDIN

They changed the law about voting but they never changed much,

They called the new law, Bill 23 but they were in no rush,

Compulsory voting is still not in and was never brought up,

And no one could mention that anything might be corrupt.

Canadians have elections but we really don’t need to vote,

That’s why less than half of us vote and the others are on remote,

They insist that if you don’t vote; everything is still great,

And no referendums, medical assisted death and no debate.

Canadians are not allowed to schedule their own deaths,

The Supreme Court said we can’t  decide when to take our last breath,

And for some unknown reason; these decisions can’t be changed,

Not mentioned in Trudeau’s Charter so it can’t be rearranged.

FEB 17TH, 2014

OUR POLITICIANS HAVE BEEN TOLD ... FEB 16TH, 2014

OUR POLITICIANS HAVE BEEN TOLD … FEB 16TH, 2014

BY

JAMES BREDIN

Our party politicians have been told to stay far away,

Because DWD and loonie value are areas that are grey,

And medically assisted dying is a phrase they can’t use,

They can’t let others even know their thoughts or private views.

If the value of our Canadian loonie keeps dropping down,

How far down can it go before our politicians might frown?

Are they busy at the moment going to a conference over there?

In some tropical place with lots of sunshine and fresh air.

Have the Senate scandals vanished or is there more coming down?

Appointees are there till they’re seventy five and they don’t fool around,

Do we need many more appointees just to keep that red room full?

Is it possible that all this is just more of their political bull?

FEB 16TH, 2014

ALCOHOLICS I KNEW ... FEB 15TH, 2014

ALCOHOLICS I KNEW  … FEB 15TH, 2014

BY

JAMES BREDIN

Alcoholics seldom say how dependent they are on booze,

Or that their social lives evolve around bottles so we can’t accuse,

They are just normal people with a secret problem, you may know,

Their future suicide may be mentioned but never published though.

As they stand with their friends at the door of the liquor store,

Waiting for the place to open because they always need more,

They are health-problem customers and nothing is wrong,

You would never know though because they all look quite big and strong.

Unfortunately several of my old friends went that way,

Sad suicide stories but they just did it and passed away,

Someone may have an answer to this problem but I doubt it though,

Seldom discussed in the taverns because it was long ago.

FEB 15TH, 2014

THE VALUE OF OUR MONEY ... FEB 13TH, 2014

THE VALUE OF OUR MONEY  … FEB 13TH, 2014

BY

JAMES BREDIN

If the value of the loonie goes down to a dime,

And our politicians don’t think that this is a crime,

And they’re busy travelling the world, here and there,

These are Ottawa aristocrats, so they don’t have to care?

But as the value of the loonie goes down; the price of stuff goes up,

And we get poorer and hungrier and our lives may get rough,

Seems that two places, our politicians are forbidden to go,

That’s death-with-dignity and the value of the loonie -- our dough.

How do we get their attention in this important affair?

If we can’t; should we go to church and maybe say a prayer?

Maybe god will listen and the value of the loonie will come back up,

Why do I get the feeling that this is not enough?

FEB 13TH, 2014

DEATH-WITH-DIGNITY FOR YOU ... FEB 12TH, 2014

DEATH-WITH-DIGNITY FOR YOU … FEB 12TH, 2014

BY

JAMES BREDIN

Our politicians have turned their heads away again and again,

Their political party edicts say that there’s nothing to win,

The religious and politically correct, want to avoid this,

Therefore the elites think it is something like going down in an abyss.

Our appointed Supreme Court told Sue Rodriguez where to go,

And she could not die with dignity and she would have to kowtow,

It’s allowed in Switzerland but definitely not here,

And all death-with-dignity ideas will have to disappear.

Medically-assisted-dying could help when it comes time to die,

And we’re looking up at the ceiling or sky and we don’t know why,

This is in our future though some look away and try to deny,

Why is this so difficult to have legally applied?

FEB 12TH, 2014

THE CANADIAN LOONIE ... FEB 11TH, 2014

THE CANADIAN LOONIE  … FEB 11TH, 2014

BY

JAMES BREDIN

What can we do to raise the value of the loonie?

It’s obvious that the recent value has gone too puny

It appears to have dropped down to ninety cents U.S.

And who can we blame for this sinking monetary distress?

Because our politicians have been busy travelling here and there,

Do they know about the value of our dollar in this affair?

Is this like death-with-dignity where we have to keep quiet?

How far down this road will it go before someone starts a riot?

The word out of Ottawa is that they are busy at the moment,

Should someone even bother being a proponent?

Are we not allowed to say or see that something may be wrong?

Will a ten cent loonie be great and should we sing a song?

FEB 11TH, 2014

MEDICAL AID IN DYING ... FEB 10TH, 2014

MEDICAL AID IN DYING… FEB 10TH, 2014

BY

JAMES BREDIN

“Assisted suicide,” has to change to “medical aid in dying.”

The Ottawa establishment doesn’t like what we are trying,

Our Supreme Court told Sue Rodriguez with Lou Gehrig’s disease “No.”

She couldn’t die in dignity and Canadians have to kowtow.

Death with dignity is banned but not abortion clinics,

This arrangement and dead babies, might cause you to be a cynic,

You have to obey the law though you too might die in extreme pain,

You have no input and you have no political campaign.

Our politicians and appointees tend to hide from this subject,

It’s immaterial that the end of your life could be such a wreck,

They do what their political party tells to do and think,

We are merely numbers with a missing political link.

FEB 10TH, 2014