IF WE HAD HAD BINDING REFERENDUMS THEN - MAR 14TH, 2011
BY
jamesbredin.com

I would like to go back to the sixties when we measured in miles,
And inches and feet and yards and things made sense in great style,
Unfortunately, I can’t go back in time but if I could, I would,
They’ve changed a whole generation and I would not be understood.



I feel like someone from another time and out of place,
Before pompous bureaucratic politicians got in our face,
Before Trudeau wrote his international Charter of Rights,
That allowed terrorists and refugees in High Court fights.



There’s obviously something wrong and we can never put it right,
Finger pointing in Parliament seems to give them great delight,
But leadership is lacking despite their extremely loud talk,
Give us binding referendums like Switzerland or walk.

Mar 14th, 2011

IF WE HAD HAD BINDING REFERENDUMS THEN - MAR 14TH, 2011
BY
jamesbredin.com

I would like to go back to the sixties when we measured in miles,
And inches and feet and yards and things made sense in great style,
Unfortunately, I can’t go back in time but if I could, I would,
They’ve changed a whole generation and I would not be understood.



I feel like someone from another time and out of place,
Before pompous bureaucratic politicians got in our face,
Before Trudeau wrote his international Charter of Rights,
That allowed terrorists and refugees in High Court fights.



There’s obviously something wrong and we can never put it right,
Finger pointing in Parliament seems to give them great delight,
But leadership is lacking despite their extremely loud talk,
Give us binding referendums like Switzerland or walk.

Mar 14th, 2011

THE RIOTS OVER THERE

I’m not sure what to think about those many riots over there,
Are they good; are they bad; and what’s the end result in these affairs?
There’s usually at least a dozen riots going on now at once,
And that many despot dictators showing off their arrogance.



And the UN has shown how absolutely useless it is,
But they’re busy in NY minding their own biz
Wouldn’t dare tell rioters that they need a constitution
Don't want them to be involved in ethnic religious confusion,

THE SECURITY COUNCIL MAR 13TH, 2011
BY
jamesbredin.com

They are responsible for international peace and security,
Unfortunately what they do seems covered in obscurity,
They come up with their own strange ideas not worth to remember,
Then they refused to allow Canada to be a member.



They may set forth principles for a peaceful settlement now,
Or they may not or they’re afraid it might just cause a row,
But they have to bring fighting to an end according to their rules,
It’s fairly blatant now but they think the rest of us are fools.




Their peacekeepers seem to be missing from where it really counts,
No one seems to realize this or take it into account,
The politically correct are pleased with the way things are,
There are no Middle East problems that they can see, so far.

MAR 13TH, 2011

POLITICALLY CORRECT POLITIANS Mar 12th, 2011
By
jamesbredin.com


If we had compulsory voting, we would eventually get there,
You are forbidden to think about this or even compare,
Our politicians just love the present first-past-the-post,
Where the combined opposition always have many more votes.



And folks who refuse or fail to vote should get a substantial fine,
On their next year’s tax return which they cannot refuse or decline,
And binding referendums should come up for compulsory debate,
Though the politically correct will always say it’s too late.



And our future deaths-with-dignity should also be discussed,
Assisted suicide will not disappear like a cloud of dust,
If they can do it in Oregon and Switzerland, why not here?
What do politically correct politicians have to fear?

Mar 12th, 2011

PAROLE BOARDS MAR 11TH, 2011
By

jamesbredin.com

I doubt that I will ever be a parole board appointee,
Those who make these appointments would nod their heads and agree,
This important issue is never brought up at election time,
Because they don’t live in an area where there’s lots of crime.



Those appointed to the parole boards tend to be a certain class,
Inclined to let criminals out of jail and give others a free pass,
Impressed by their establishment status, importance and power,
Looking down from some legal Ottawa courthouse tower.



So it seems there’s something wrong that no one will point out,
Therefore constituents don’t know what this is all about,
Until some early released idiot commits another crime,
But why can’t the system be changed, time after time after time?

Mar 11th, 2011

My Upcoming Death
By
jamesbredin.com


I want to die on the fifth of July twenty forty two,
I’ll be a hundred and five by then so I’ll be just about due,
But this is death with dignity that is illegal here and now,
You can’t control the end of your life, so just stand up and take a bow.



But who knows, maybe by then, the death rules will have changed,
And maybe death with dignity can by then be arranged,
I’d like to take a pill or get a needle and lie down and die,
And as I’m doing it, slowly wave my family and friends goodbye.



It’s not like it’s just around the corner and any day soon,
And it’s not even on the next spring tide or phase of the moon,
Stick around and if things change, maybe you might do it too,
And on that fifth of July maybe we can talk and have a brew.

Mar 10th, 2011