ARRANGE TO DIE ... AUG 7TH, 2013

Tommy Douglas

ARRANGE TO DIE  … AUG 7TH, 2013

BY

JAMES BREDIN

I would like to arrange the date and time that I will eventually die,

Get my friends and family together and finally say goodbye,

But death-with-dignity is illegal at this point in time,

And except for Pauline, our gutless politicians all stand in line.

All the religions seem to oppose death with dignity,

View it as a mortal sin or some sort of depravity,

Ottawa will not discuss death-with-dignity so go away!

And don’t come back to Ottawa because its not okay.

If four US states can have death-with-dignity; why not us?

Are we no more than the silent passengers on a bus?

And the Ottawa elites will decide where the bus is going?

And those who want DWD will have to stop their crowing.

Aug 7th, 2013

NO CHANGES FOR YOU ... AUG 5TH, 2013

NO CHANGES FOR YOU

BY

JAMES BREDIN

Texas can execute their murderers but we are not allowed,

SwItzerland has DWD but here, it could cause a row,

The religious activists want us to follow their rules,

We could die in absolute pain and sorrow like a bunch of fools.

And we don’t seem to know if or when or what to do about this,

Our politically correct politicians really don’t give a piss,

Whether they were elected or appointed; they just don’t care,

And as Canadians; we behave as if we are hardly aware.

Not a decent politician since Tommy Douglas long ago,

Our media moguls behave as if they don’t care, so don’t know,

And we are just a bunch of sheep being led along the road,

We don’t know where we’re going and we don’t know the postal code.

AUG 5TH, 2013

GIVEN RANK ... AUG 4TH, 2013

GIVEN RANK... AUG 4TH, 2013

BY

JAMES BREDIN

He was definately one of my friends until they gave him rank,

Then suddenly he became a dictator to be quite frank,

In retrospect it’s hard to believe but that’s how it was,

And an old great comradeship turned into something like Jaws.

Many of the great guys I worked with long ago are now dead,

Though many are still alive in photographs and inside my head,

As likely as not, you don’t know me and we never met,

That’s life as it passes by and this is what you too could get.

I didn’t realize back then how soon those great guys would be dead,

And we are only here for a while and can’t choose another life instead,

We have no death-with-dignity and we can’t arrange when to go,

Lots of funerals nowadays for every old John Doe.

AUG 4TH, 2013

OTTAWA ELITES ... AUG 3RD, 2013

OTTAWA ELITES … Aug 3rd, 2013

By

James Bredin

The aristocrat bureaucrats in Ottawa are supreme,

While you are just a nobody and not allowed to scream,

Can’t have  binding referendums so you can’t  get their attention,

No DWD as you approach your painful death and extinction.

While their appointed senators come and go at your expense,

Can keep their jobs till seventy five because of their brilliance,

And then they can retire with an extremely nice pension,

They don’t have to work too hard and there’s no such thing as tension.

Not since Tommy Douglas have we had a politician for us,

He must have caused the Ottawa elites one hell of a fuss,

Only Pauline, Premier of Quebec has shown any guts,

They might get death-with-dignity soon and no ifs and or buts.

Aug 3rd, 2013

NEW CANADIAN CONSTITUTION ... AUG 2ND 2013

NEW CANADIAN CONSTITUTION … AUG 2ND, 2013

BY

JAMES BREDIN

Adult Canadians should have a legal obligation or be fined,

Vote in all elections to demonstrate democracy inclined,

And senators who were not elected should get the boot,

And maybe we should rewrite our Constitution on this route.

We should have a binding referendum system installed next year,

The first question should be death-with-dignity without fear,

A system should be inagurated to produce the questions to ask,

Despite  the fact that politicians think this; a disagreeable task.

Why is this considered a major sin by the Ottawa elites?

Where some appointed senators can’t find  their receipts,

Where the appointed aristocrats want nothing to change,

Except maybe improve their score on the driving range.

AUG 2ND, 2013

ONTARIO POLITICIANS ... AUG 2ND, 2013

ONTARIO POLITICIANS … Aug 2nd, 2013

BY

JAMES BREDIN

Our Ontario politicians are certainly not in control,

Though they picked election dates and were on a political roll,

We are not allowed binding referendums like the Swiss,

Our premier was appointed -- not elected premier, miss.

Walking in the Pride parade or deleting odd secret e-mails,

But their strange ideas seem to me to be going off the rails,

Am I dreaming all this stuff up or has Ontario gone mad?

And no death with dignity which is also very sad.

Is it possible to think that Ontario could sink this low?

Is it possible that most Ontarians don’t even know?

A graphic illustration of political correctness gone insane

Or is it all part of some secret political campaign?

Aug 2nd, 2013

TWO-POCKET SHIRTS ... AUG 1ST, 2013

TWO-POCKET SHIRTS … Aug 1st, 2013

By

James Bredin

After years, I finally found shirts for sale with two breast pockets,

But you wont be able to find them and I’m no prophet,

I’m not sure where they were made and I don’t even care,

I’m not saying where I bought them as this is a secret affair.

I was surprised to find that they were even still made,

So I bought five and the saleslady was slightly dismayed,

And I’ll be back for more -- different colors -- some day soon,

Hope she still has some on that eventual afternoon.

Because the usual one pocket shirts can only hold so much,

Not two pairs of glasses, pencils, pens, notebooks and such

But you have been brain washed in the one-pocket craze,

I really feel sorry for you in your one-pocket malaise.

Aug 1st, 2013