A WAR OVER THERE
By
James Bredin

A war here, a famine there, group genocide that we are aware,
Maybe an earthquake or tidal wave calling for soldiers over there?
At what point will we realize that we can't cure all the wrongs?
When one half the world and the other half may not get along.

And being politically correct doesn't seem to help one bit,
Where more than half of our UN members don't seem to give a shit,
But tax-and-spend politicians seem to feel that they are so cool,
Maybe a noble peace prize here somewhere in this bloody pool.

But they got where they are in a system of first past the post,
No equalization or proportional representation to boast,
Where politicians talk about a war and their self righteous rules,
Will someone open a window and let in some light for these fools?

Mar 9th, 2010

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THE LIBERALS ARE COMING
By
James Bredin

Those Liberals may eventually climb out from under their rock,
Because they have lots of followers in their big left-wing flock,
The problem is: they may eventually regain power once more,
And we will then get another monster reign like we did before.

Are they the ones who made the criminal Young Offenders Act?
Where young vicious criminals can't be named and that's a fact?
Therefore now is the time to circumvent these eventualities,
With binding referendums before we are again casualties.

Or rewrite Trudeau's Charter of Rights so that it's just for us,
Not "Everyone" in the world where they each cause such a fuss,
We just can't keep on going as we are as if nothing will change,
Because Liberals are waiting in the wings and this is not strange.

Mar 8th, 2010

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DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM OF EXPECTATION
By
James Bredin

In the first-past-the-post system, the loosers get elected,
And then the voters know that they have been disconnected,
Because more people voted against the one that was elected,
But then the system can't be changed as should be expected.

Collectively, the loosers got many more votes as a group,
But it doesn't matter because they are kept out of the loop,
And proportional representation is completely banned,
First-past-the-post is not how democracy should be planned.

The problem is that no political party wants change,
As their leaders pompously announce that this would be strange,
But most countries have adapted proportional representation,
To improve the democratic system of expectation.

Mar 7th, 2010


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Can't Question the System
By
James Bredin

Why are so many of our appointed judges so soft on crime?
Some even demand publication bans for names of the slime,
Why did first-past-the-post politicians pick them to be judges?
Is there something we don't see here or is this a case for nudges?

Why should our independent judiciary be so soft on crime?
Not like years ago or long ago or once upon a time,
Are the jails too small or full or is there something we don't know?
Or have the courts gone so soft that they are now a road show?

Did they make the proper contributions and donations?
To secure their appointments in secret consultations?
Something is not right when so many criminals walk our the door,
Why does this goes on and on quietly and we have to ignore?
Mar 5th, 2010


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Real Canadian Dreams
By
James Bredin

Why do we have politicians who tend to lie about taxes?
Evasive secretive types without announcements or faxes,
And then they appoint judges who are extremely soft on crime,
Many who made large contributions much more than a dime.

We need compulsory voting with a fine for those who don't vote,
To be collected with income taxes with explanatory note,
This would stop the party politicians with their secret schemes,
And help those of us real people with real Canadian dreams.

Those who appoint the soft-on-crime judges should also be named,
So that we can trace back to politicians who should be shamed,
We need some strong intelligent leadership to shake off this despair,
Elected -- not appointed friends of friends who really don't care.
Mar 4th, 2010


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Welcome Back Prime Minister
By
James Bredin

Prime Minister Harper: I have lots of good advice for you,
Now that you're back and the great golden Olympics are through,
We need binding referendums so the people can have control,
In case the Liberals, God forbid, should regain a power role.


Trudeau's Charter gave rights to "Everyone" on the globe,
Conferred by those appointees wearing a Supreme Court robe,
We could change the Constitution and have binding referendums put in,
That would put normal Canadians back in the saddle again.


I realize of course that this is one hell of a big job,
But it has to be done in order to avoid the Liberal mob,
They are just waiting in the wings to be first past the post,
They don't want proportional representation at any cost.

Mar 3rd, 2010
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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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