Politicians and the Winter Olympic Games
By
James Bredin

So we won lots of gold medals at the winter Olympic games,
Photographs of the heroes in the press with their pictures and names,
Now if we could only figure out how to fix political stuff,
Or leave parliament closed down for a while and tell them that's enough.

Or have a referendum about referendums right now,
Either once a year, binding, or added at election time somehow,
But first-past-the-post politicians don't like referendums,
They're busy doing nothing or writing memorandums.

And soon they will open parliament and kick up a great fuss,
About nothing, that some committee will eventually discuss,
It's all up in Ottawa somewhere very far away,
Will they make us feel proud like the winter Olympic display?

Mar 1st, 2010

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