A CONSTITUTION LIKE THE SWISS ... JAN 19TH, 2014

A CONSTITUTION LIKE THE SWISS  … JAN 19TH, 2014

BY

JAMES BREDIN

We need a referendum about dignity in death,

Both forbidden here and politicians view them as a pest,

Banned by our appointed Supreme Court and just not allowed,

That’s what they told Sue Rodriguez and the Lou Gehrig’s disease crowd.

Our Ottawa aristocrats pretend that this is not so,

But these these travel-tax-and-spend types already know,

Please no referendums or death-with-dignity they groan,

And the date of the next election is never really known.  

But these travel-tax-and-spend aristocrats, are busy far away,

Nothing is allowed to change so you better kneel down and pray,

Our Supreme Court told Sue Rodriguez, she would have to miss,

Because we don’t have a Constitution like the Swiss.

JAN 19TH, 2014

HMCS St Laurent with HM Queen Elizabeth

Stockholm harbour 1956

LIFE AFTER DEATH ... JAN 18TH, 2014

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LIFE AFTER DEATH  … JAN 18TH, 2014

BY

JAMES BREDIN

Who was it that thought up the notion of life after death?

Nice notion but makes no sense after your last breath,

It goes to show that common sense can easily be washed away,

In favour of other strange ideas almost every day.

Because the idea of life after death is very appealing,

So it was an easy thing to get the people into believing,

And no one told the common folk that they might have it all wrong,

Though we're all approaching death so we should all get along.

Has anyone came back from the dead to tell us what its all about?

The fact that no one has ever came back, should leave us no doubt,

If you have some doubts, maybe you could come back and let us know,

But if you don’t come back, we’ll know for sure; it was all a pulpit show.

JAN 18TH, 2014

SEAMS IN THEIR STOCKINGS ... JAN 17TH, 2014

SEAMS IN THEIR STOCKINGS  … JAN 17TH, 2014

BY

JAMES BREDIN

There was a time when ladies wore stockings with straight seams up the back,

Nylons mesmerized me and my friends -- every Tom, Dick and Jack,

Whatever happened to those days and those lovely ladies and those times?

Have they disappeared forever and why do I remember sometimes?

There was something about those times that comes back in my mind,

It comes and goes but I’m still searching for their beautiful designs,

Because their replacements now wear black tight leotard stockings,

Or tight black slacks that appear to me to be just mocking.

The magic of it all seems lost somewhere in another time,

Could these changes be compared to an environmental crime?

Or maybe it’s just me still stuck in those days long ago,

Just after the Toronto ice storm and still digging snow.

JAN 17TH, 2014

AN OLD LADY ... JAN 16TH, 2014

AN OLD LADY   ...JAN 16TH, 2014

BY

JAMES BREDIN

I think I saw an old lady today, I knew fifty years ago,

She was much younger then and always had a guy or two in tow,

She didn’t recognize me of course, because I too had changed,

Time and age did it and it was not something that was arranged.

But in those days she wore nylons with straight seams up the back,

On legs that could talk and seemed to give some guys a panic attack,

Then add the latest fashions in clothes and she seemed to float -- not walk,

I was one of the few lucky guys with whom she might talk.

But not for long and then I was gone off on a navy ship,

She was missing when I finally came back from that long sea trip,

Should I go and talk to her to see if she is the same lady?

Too much pride and I’m afraid in case she was that same baby.

JAN 16TH, 2014

TORONTO BROTHELS ... JAN 15TH, 2014

TORONTO BROTHELS  … JAN 15TH, 2014

BY

JAMES BREDIN

If brothels come to Toronto; where will they be allowed?

Is there a red light district just for the hooker-customer crowd?

If brothels come to Toronto; will insite clinics come too?

Will the customers to these places line up in a queue?

Will the hooker ladies be allowed to walk up and down the street?

Or will they be shut in a brothel place that’s very discreet?

Should we have a referendum on this issue or not?

Are we allowed referendums yet or have I forgot?

Brothels should be downtown around a corner in a safe place,

With a large parking lot, video cameras where customers can wait,

But maybe the hookers and the customers wouldn’t like this,

Because in this business; no one knows what’s normal or can reminisce.

JAN 15TH, 2014

NEW HOOKER LAW ... JAN 14TH, 2014

NEW HOOKER LAW   … JAN 14TH, 2014

BY

JAMES BREDIN

The Supreme Court gave the politicians a year to write a new law,

Because the old prostitution act had one or two flaws,

Apparently there’s a Nordic model that’s anti pimps and johns,

Various committees talked about this but they too are long gone.

Exploitation and nuisance factors play a huge role here,

In the streets, massage parlors and escort services with fear,

It’s the vulnerable marginalized hookers that need protection,

While our appointed Senators don’t even need an election.

The Egyptians got a new constitution and a referendum,

But we are never allowed a referendum even at random,

Should we send a politician to a Nordic place to check their laws?

If we had binding referendums we could eliminate these flaws.

JAN 14TH, 2014

CANADIAN CAPITAL PUNISHMENT ... JAN 13TH, 2014

CANADIAN CAPITAL PUNISHMENT   … JAN 13TH, 2014

BY

JAMES BREDIN

A recent poll shows that many approve of punishment by death,

Not politically correct of course so we avoid that path,

And murderers know they’ll just go to jail and maybe get bail,

It doesn’t matter who or how they slaughtered or the gory details.

We have no binding referendums so we cannot change the law,

And in Canada, this is not recognized as a huge legal flaw,

And media moguls refrain from publishing these frightful facts,

They might get a Senate appointment if they avoid certain tracks.

Death sentence would save taxpayers the cost of keeping killers in jail,

In maximum imprisonment places where there should be no bail,

But we never know who is making these decisions up there,

We sometimes seem to have lost control in these vital affairs.

JAN 13TH, 2014