Great Canadian Poems

WE WILL EVENTUALLY DIE JAN 29TH, 2012

2012-01-29T15:07:00.001-08:00

WE WILL EVENTUALLY DIE JAN 29^TH, 2012

JAMES BREDIN

Somewhere along the way, both you and I will lie down and die,

The time and date cannot be arranged and I don’t know why,

They can do it in Switzerland and Oregon but not here,

What is it that our gutless Canadian politicians fear?

Doctors kill babies in abortions every day of the week,

Holocaust of unborn babies who will never get to speak,

If we could get binding referendums, we could get what we want,

The Internet says they might even have it next year in Vermont.

The Supreme Court has forbidden us to arrange our own deaths,

Even if you have awful Lou Gehrig’s disease and on your last breathe,

Therefore if you try and you don’t die, you could go to the pen,

Because our appointed Supreme Court refused again and again.

Jan 29^th, 2012

POLITICIANS CAN'T BE BOLD JAN 28TH, 2012

2012-01-28T15:05:00.000-08:00

PoliticiansCan't be Bold Jan 28^th, 2012

James Bredin

I'dlike to arrange the place, the time and the date when I will die,

Whichpoliticians, priests and media moguls flatly deny,

Partypoliticians are not allowed an independent thought,

Thereforedeath with dignity is something they have not bought.

Andpriests, ministers and bishops don't like this kind of talk,

Theydon't want to be involved and will grab their vestments and walk,

Thereforeyou don't read or hear about this, anywhere but here,

Theywould prefer that you go away and just disappear.

Ifthe Swiss have it and the State of Oregon has it; why not us?

Isit possible for some of our politicians to kick up a fuss?

OhI forgot; our politicians have all been told,

Noindependent thoughts, can't step out of line and can't be bold.

Jan28^th, 2012

DEAD FOREVER SOMEDAY JAN 27TH, 2012

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Dead Forever SOMEDAY Jan 27^th, 2012

James Bredin

Fortunately or unfortunately, I’m getting very old,

Fortunately or unfortunately, I’m still very bold,

And death with dignity should be part of my end-of-life plan,

But it’s been against Canadian law since this land began.

A human freedom is to live and die at will without debate,

Death with dignity is allowed in some countries and many states,

Switzerland, Oregon and Washington have Death with Dignity Acts,

Media moguls seldom if ever publish these great facts.

Because I wont be coming back as you may well know,

Regardless of what the holy men say in their game show,

So I’d like to make my final exit simple, painless and fast,

It doesn’t bother me if religious types all stand around aghast.

Jan 27^th, 2012

CANADIAN APPOINTED SENATE

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CANADIAN APPOINTED SENATE Jan 26^th, 2012

James Bredin

Canadiansenators should be elected to their lair,

Not like senate porkers lined up at the trough as thoughthey care,

But less than half Canadians vote so what should we do?

Compulsoryvoting of course but politicians know and knew.

A good question for our first binding referendum to come,

Of course our appointed aristocrats object and look glum,

“Should we elect senators or maybe just tear the placedown?”

But first make binding referendums legal all around.

It may mean that we have to change Trudeau’sinternational Charter,

Written back about the time of President Jimmy Carter,

But no hierarchy aristocrat or appointees want change,

Democracy isonly an illusion in what they arrange.

Jan 26^th, 2012

CANADIAN APPOINTED SENATE JAN 26TH, 2012

2012-01-26T15:38:00.000-08:00

CANADIAN APPOINTED SENATE
Jan 26th, 2012
ByJames Bredin

Canadian senators should be elected to their lair,
Not like senate porkers lined up at the trough as though they care,
But less than half Canadians vote so what should we do?
Compulsory voting of course but politicians know and knew.

A good question for our first binding referendum to come,
Of course our appointed aristocrats object and look glum,
“Should we elect senators or maybe just tear the place down?”
But first make binding referendums legal all around.

It may mean that we have to change Trudeau’s international Charter,
Written back about the time of President Jimmy Carter,
But no hierarchy aristocrat or appointees want change,
Democracy is only an illusion in what they arrange.

Jan 26th, 2012

They oppose death with dignity

2012-01-25T16:06:00.001-08:00

THEY OPPOSE DEATH WITH DIGNITY JAN 25TH, 2012

James Bredin

Many of my old friends and companions are now long dead,

It’s in my future too but I’d rather do something else instead,

And it can’t be planned because that’s against the national law,

This is serious legal stuff – not something you can guffaw.

We need binding referendums so that we can at least arrange,

We need compulsory voting to bring about this change,

The bureaucrats and aristocrats have all our power seized,

We need to let the politicians know that we are not pleased.

Someone should organize an all-party e-mail campaign,

So that we can let politicians know that we are in great pain,

A simple e-mail like, “We need binding referendums now.”

“And if you want to continue in office, this is how.”

JAN 25^TH, 2012

HAS THE WORLD GONE OUT OF WHACK JAN 24TH, 2012

2012-01-24T15:35:00.000-08:00

HAS THE WORLD GONE OUT OF WHACK? Jan 24^th 2012

JAMES BREDIN

The phenomenon of pedophile priests was relativelyunknown,

It’s only in the last few years we heard the hierarchygroan,

Because they were caught in their own conspiracies anddeceit,

More criminal than the Mafia but much more discrete.

For more than a thousand years these conspiracies werehidden,

It was a sin to think about this and totally forbidden,

Puts Martin Luther and King Henry VIII in another light,

Will someone out there tell us how to get over thisfright?

And what do we do now that pedophile priests have beenexposed?

Even though some bishops in vestments seem to be stillopposed,

Where’s the leadership out there to help us get back ontrack?

Has the whole religious world gone completely out ofwhack?

Jan 24^th, 2012

THE SUBJECT OF PEDOPHILE PRIESTS JAN 22ND 2012

2012-01-22T15:49:00.001-08:00

The subject of pedophile priests Jan 22^nd 2012

James Bredin

Pedophile priest issue is a graphic illustration of what’s wrong,

Something that has been hidden by the Church for far too long

By sanctimonious pompous bishops in red colorful clothes,

Directing attention away from those that should be exposed.

They want to put this issue to bed so that nothing will change,

And keep their hierarchy positions and why should that be strange?

But certain kinds of men are attracted to where no women allowed?

And they fit right in with the womanless priestly religious crowd.

They’d like to ban the Internet because of too much exposure,

The faithful know too much about bankruptcy and foreclosure,

And the priesthood will not allow women in their only-male ranks,

Women become widows with kids in church houses, so no thanks.

Jan 22^nd, 2012

CANADIANS CAN'T CHANGE JAN 21ST 2012

2012-01-21T15:00:00.000-08:00

CANADIANS AND CHANGE Jan 21st 2012

James Bredin

Canadianscannot elect our prime minister by name,

He is selectedby his party friends which is not the same,

Therefore lessthan half Canadians even bother to vote,

The partyselects their leader and the name they will promote.

Neither canCanadians elect Supreme-Court-judges,

Regardless ofthe odd illegal-drug Insite pledges,

And the systemcan’t be changed because that too is a sin,

No one has theguts to change it as we take it on the chin.

BecauseCanadian compulsory votingis not endorsed,

And Trudeau’sinternational Charter will always be enforced,

And if lessthan half of Canadians vote; is that so strange?

Canadians arealso encouraged not to thinkabout change.

Jan 21^st,2012

EXPOSED CONSPIRACIES JAN 20TH, 2012

2012-01-20T13:03:00.001-08:00

EXPOSED CONSPIRACIES Jan 20^th, 2012

James Bredin

Protected pedophile priests are a symptom of a sick place,

Secret conspiracies to hide pedophiles in case after case,

Their claim to righteousness in colorful vestments is a sin,

Pompous pious false propaganda is how it’s always been.

They done it for centuries before the Internet arrived,

And the faithful didn’t know that they were always being deprived,

Then it was like Martin Luther writing on that church door,

Then Internet computers changing things that they deplore?

Exposed conspiracies righteous religious slap in the face,

Done secretly quietly behind closed doors without much grace,

And if you are reading this poem, you are way out of line,

They want the subject of pedophile priests silent and confined.

Jan 20^th, 2012

WHY DON'T WE KNOW? JAN 19TH, 2012

2012-01-19T14:54:00.000-08:00

WHY DON’T WEKNOW? Jan 19^th, 2012

James Bredin

Howmany other pedophile priests are hidden out there?

Thisknowledge is strictlyforbidden they whisper and declare,

Thereforeyou can’t know because it’s pompous pious religious stuff,

Someof the many victims are suing and isn’t that enough?

Haveany of these pedophilepriests been to criminal court?

Haveany gone to jail or are they all at some secret resort?

Whyis all this stuff so sacred and secretly and hidden?

Whyis this knowledge of pedophile criminals so forbidden?

Weneed strong leadership to get us out of this unholy mess,

Someoneother than a preacher priest in a long vestment dress,

Thepedophile priests are a symptom that we are really lost,

Wedon’t yet know the actual bankruptcy and democratic cost.

Jan19^th, 2012

I STILL THINK IN MILES

2012-01-18T15:12:00.001-08:00

I still think in miles Jan 18th, 2012

James Bredin

I have a problem in that my mind still operates in miles,

I know I should apologize to some bureaucrat who smiles,

Do they think we live in Europe hidden in France somewhere?

Trying to adapt to liters instead of gallons in this affair?

When bureaucrats are given the power to write all the rules,

They sanctimoniously organize what’s right for us fools,

And their bureaucracies expand by day and by night,

And we don’t realize that we are in for a fright.

And my inch tape, thank you, ten feet, still works fine for me,

Inches in all the instructions and directions I see,

Even on TV, they tend to talk in inches yards and miles,

And this is not something special they are doing on trials.

Jan 18^th, 2012

A DISGRACE JAN 17TH, 2012

2012-01-17T14:42:00.000-08:00

A Disgrace Jan 17th, 2012

James Bredin

We can read the daily papers till weare blue in the face,

But they seldom mention the pedophilepriest religious disgrace,

And those children who were molestedmay be soon forgotten,

This is why the wholepedophile-priest issue is so rotten.

We need an international inquiry intothese hidden priests,

And why was the hierarchy allowed tohide these disgusting criminal feats?

But no one will come forward to pointa finger and cause a fuss,

Politically correct politicians don’twant this discussed.

Our global and national systems of justice need to be changed,

So that hiding criminal pedophilepriests cannot be arranged,

And confidence in the justice systemscan be returned,

In many so called Christian countriesthat should be concerned.

Jan 17^th, 2012

HOW MANY PEDOPHILE PRIESTS JAN 16TH, 2012

2012-01-16T15:28:00.001-08:00

How many pedophile priests? Jan 16th, 2012

James Bredin

We have pedophile priests and political correctness,

Add to these compact problems lots of evasive directness,

Then add Trudeau’s Charter of Rights and bishops’ conspiracies,

Then add churches going bankrupt for lack of currencies.

Then add a pompous Supreme Court with decisions in contortions,

No death with dignity but lots of unborn baby abortions,

Then add free clean needles at the Vancouver Insite clinic,

No wonder less than half Canadians vote and most are cynics.

No plebiscites and no proportional representation,

Without referendums; are we headed for our damnation?

Where can we get some proper leadership out of this mess?

First step, compulsory voting and with some good luck, god bless.

Jan 16^th, 2012

The Spanish Inquisition Jan 15th, 2012

2012-01-15T11:26:00.000-08:00

The SpanishInquisition Jan 15th, 2012

James Bredin

How many pedophile priests arestill in hiding somewhere?

Names hidden by bishops with a waveand a pompous prayer,

Should there be an internationalinquiry into these crimes?

On an international level for ourpolitically correct times?

Why are there pedophile criminalpriests out there and can’t be named?

Hidden by a bishop on hierarchyadvice who can’t be shamed,

How many child pedophile victimsare now suing for how much?

Is it possible that we the peopleare all really out of touch?

Will they or can they or is itpossible to just sell a church?

And can we find those hiddenpedophile priests if we search?

Could we bring back the Spanishinquisition if we asked?

Or should all this scandal be sweptunder the carpet real fast?

Jan 15^th, 2012

YOUR DEATH JAN 14TH, 2012

2012-01-14T14:44:00.001-08:00

YOUR DEATH Jan 14^th, 2012.

James Bredin

The date and time of your death is in the future and can’t be changed,

Although in some countries and states, your death can be arranged,

Unfortunately Canadians haven’t figured it out yet,

Though many politicians and priests would prefer we forget.

Our Supreme Court told Sue Rodriguez that arranged-death was banned,

Though they allowed abortions from coast to coast to coast on demand,

We don’t think much about this until death comes knocking on the door,

This is in your future so it will be difficult to ignore.

And we are not allowed binding referendums like the Swiss,

So it’s up to the Supreme Court whether to allow or dismiss,

Trudeau did not allow referendums in his Charter of Rights,

If we had referendums, we could arrange for last rites.

Jan 14^th, 2012

WAS MARTIN LUTHER RIGHT JAN 13TH, 2012

2012-01-13T13:38:00.000-08:00

WAS MARTINLUTHER RIGHT? JAN 13^TH, 2012

James Bredin

Pull the rug out from under me with many pedophilepriests,

Then tell me that the bishops who hid them are notcriminal cheats,

Then behave as if nothing has changed and everything isokay,

Instructions from the hierarchy and the bishops obeyed.

It’s not the church I’m worried about -- it’s thepedophile priests,

And the pompous protecting bishops who don’t care in theleast,

Mortal sins with kids, hidden for years with a bishop’shelp,

And powerless police unable to do anything but yelp.

Where is the international commission to investigatethis?

But binding referendums are only held by the Swiss,

Therefore nothing will change and maybe Martin Lutherwas right,

Or maybe Henry VIII because no one seems that uptight.

Jan 13^th, 2012

WHEN SCARBOROUGH HAD LAND JAN 12TH, 2012

2012-01-12T16:30:00.001-08:00

When Scarborough had land Jan 12^th, 2012

James Bredin

I remember Scarborough proud Protestant and blue,

With portraits of the Queen near every pew.

No Sunday shops, no music hops, no liquor on display,

Where the Lodges and the Legions marched each Victoria Day.

Where ensigns flew, Union Jacks too, unique uniforms on parade.

A raucous rush of pompous pride by pals from every trade,

As they beat the drum down Danforth Road on the twenty fourth of May,

Out to the country and back by Byng, again on Dominion Day.

Those were loyal times before the war for king and queen and all,

For more than a few, this love did cause, their ultimate downfall.

It did at Dieppe and D-day too like their seniors at the Somme,

They died for king and country; they did it for a song.

And soon they were forgotten, those who fought for king and crown,

Though those lucky to return had saved the country and the town.

They would walk again forever with their flags flying high,

Marching medals of the heroes that no one could deny.

Except the town of Scarborough was down on the drawing board,

And those fields and sheep and meadows didn't fit the grand accord.

No newcomers paid attention as the veterans vied for space,

And their parades of marching medals only had an old-time grace.

And Scarborough changed by day and night from a township to a city,

Old soldiers faded fast and few and no one had much pity.

And the immigrants came in wave after wave from places far and wide,

As the soldiers went to grave after grave with their flags and faded pride.

But still a few survive today and I'm sure they are not pleased.

'bout the changes to the town and how Scarborough had been squeezed,

From a township to a city where no one cared for esprit de corps,

So they amalgamated with Toronto and Scarborough was no more.

And culture clash and bureaucrat and ever changing rules,

Of mandarin and moguls and Tamils dressed in jewels,

While traffic roared and the buildings soared sometimes to sixty stories,

Where women wrapped in saris sashayed in all their glories.

They had lost the town without a fight, those men from long ago.

And everything was centralized; they said to save some dough,

But the authorities had lied again; it was all politically correct,

And no one marched, no flags did fly and no one did protest.

There are sometimes you still can hear it, the distant drone of pipes,

And men in kilts still carry on, just watched by boys on bikes.

They're just a faint reminder now of the many marching bands,

When those with flags and medals marched and Scarborough had some land.

THE WEAKNESS IN OUR SYSTEM JAN 11TH, 2012

2012-01-11T11:58:00.000-08:00

THE WEAKNESS IN OUR SYSTEM JAN 11^TH, 2012

JAMES BREDIN

Some Catholic dioceses have filed for bankruptcyprotection,

Because of the sexual abuse crisis scandalinfection,

Other congregation organizations have alsofiled,

The list of protected pedophiles still secret thoughchildren defiled.

Compensation for the sins and crimes, runs in the $billions,

Crimes committed by sanctimonious priests -- notcivilians,

The dominant climate of secrecy makes this subjecttaboo,

But within the church, this has long been organizedand not new.

Comments on this explosive subject are mostlyforbidden,

It crosses the line between state and religion andtherefore hidden,

Reluctant politicians, police, lawyers, judges andmore,

Know the weakness in our system and therefore know thescore.

This is a reason why we should have bindingreferendums,

Subject so sacred not mentioned at political forums,

Conspiracies and religious crimes hidden fordecades,

Behind media moguls and politicians on parades.

JAN 11^TH, 2012

WHERE ARE WE GOING 2012

2012-01-10T14:54:00.000-08:00

WHERE ARE WE GOING? Jan 10^th, 2012

James Bredin

I don’t think the world will end this year but maybe the church,

They hid those pedophile priests for years and even today we search,

Transferred from parish to parish and maybe even hid in Rome,

A vast secret conspiracy that hurts through to the bone.

Pious pompous priests in colorful vestments down to the floor,

How could they be so wrong as they lock the Cathedral door?

And put up a For-Sale sign in order to sell the whole place,

To pay the bankruptcy and other legal bills right in our face.

We were so busy going to mass and confessions to them,

And they knew everything about everybody back then,

And now that the shame and the many sins have been exposed,

Still no known penance for pedophile priests that might have been imposed.

Jan 10^th, 2012

NAMES OF PEDOPHILE PRIESTS JAN 9TH, 2012

2012-01-09T14:44:00.000-08:00

NAMES OF PEDOPHILE PRIESTS Jan 9^th, 2012

James Bredin

The names of those pedophile priests are very difficultto find,

Sinners hidden by bishops,cardinals and popes and that kind,

The children victims have grown upand are suing the church,

But the names of pedophile priestsare still hidden as we search.

I think I met a pedophile priest lastweek but I’m not sure,

Dress in black with Roman collar seeking donations forthe poor,

Was he one of the hidden pedophileones that no one can find?

And why has it always appeared thatthe cops are disinclined?

It shows how inadequate our justicesystem has been,

Some of the names of pedophilepriests have never even been seen,

Hidden by church establishment forsome conspiracy reason,

Are they afraid that this knowledgemight be religious treason?

Jan 9^th, 2012

INSITE CLINICS JAN 8TH, 2012

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INSITE CLINICS JAN 8^TH, 2012

James Bredin

They want to shoot up with supervision and lots of health care,

In various Insite free needle clinics here and there,

With their bought drugs and clean needles where the cops can’t stare,

And it’s all legal in BC and the politicians don’t care.

The government tried to close down that illegal-drug clinic,

The Supreme Court said they couldn’t just like any cynic,

And no one knows the reason why, except judges dressed in red,

And our federal politicians behaved like they were dead.

It seems like our helpless politicians can’t do this or that,

There’s something seriously wrong and no one is going to bat,

Are we ruled by the crowd that made killing unborn babies legal?

Dressed up in red Santa Clause gear to make themselves look more regal.

JAN 8^TH, 2012

WHO IS A PEDOPHILE PRIEST? JAN 7TH, 2012

2012-01-07T15:21:00.000-08:00

Who’s apedophile priest? Jan 7^th, 2012

JamesBredin

I hate to tell you this because I’mmore than a little upset,

About the names of criminalpedophile priests, we still can’t get,

And the pompous bishops who still thinkthat nothing has changed,

Just send pedophile priests toanother parish as arranged.

Stories about pedophile priestsfill the Internet these days,

Even the devil himself, couldn’tcome up with a worse craze,

And then it gets worse as thesepriests are protected and hidden,

And the church wants all thisInternet information forbidden.

Has my religion gone and betrayedme after all these years?

Their protecting pedophile priestsfrom justice is one of my fears,

Has the world of my religion turneditself upside down?

And left me alone outside on theparking lot on empty ground?

Jan 7^th, 2012

BISHOP ACCOUNTABILITY

2012-01-06T13:27:00.000-08:00

BISHOP ACCOUNTABILITY Jan 6^th, 2012

JAMES BREDIN

Catholic Church survived for thousands of years but nothing like this,

A sexual scandal with large-scale bankruptcies, can’t be dismissed,

This is worse than Martin Luther and King Henry the eight combined,

This could put devout Catholics in a different frame of mind.

Stuff usually hidden by bishops is there on the Internet,

Can the holy church withstand this and pay off the colossal debt?

As each day brings new monster sinful criminal allegations,

Added attacks on the church foundations and organizations.

The web sites and the accusations stretch from wall to wall,

Not something that can be hidden and forgiven in the short haul,

What church changes will we eventually see because of this?

Too big to be dumped or swept under the carpet or dismissed.

Jan 6^th, 2012

Dear Sheila Copps

2012-01-06T12:59:00.000-08:00

Dear Sheila Jan6th, 2012

James Bredin

Dear Sheila: Iread your article in the National Post today,

I am also readingPeter Newman’s latest book and it’s okay,

I e-mailed Stephenbut like the Liberals, he pays no attention,

But if he pulls aMulroney GST, it’s no extension.

Liberals in the penaltybox because they thought they had it made,

The idea of deathwith dignity was something they forbade,

With recall andproportional representation also hidden,

Like pedophilepriests in the Church where openness if forbidden.

Because writing toyou or Stephen is like swimming upstream,

Filtered by acommission of bureaucrats on each team,

The ideas that arenot acceptable are quickly deleted,

So you can see nowwhy the Liberals were defeated.

Jan 6^th,2012

WE NEED EUTHANASIA SOON JAN 5TH, 2012

2012-01-05T15:41:00.000-08:00

WE NEED EUTHANASIA SOON Jan 5^th, 2012

James Bredin

Euthanasia advocates want dying made easy and legal,

Though religious advocates look on all this as sinful and evil,

We should not have to go to Switzerland to arrange to die,

When we have abortion clinics here and there and no one asks why.

Death on demand is frowned on except for unborn babies,

No one seems to question these abortion bound young pregnant ladies,

But euthanasia and death with dignity is just not allowed,

By Supreme Court judges dressed like a Santa-Clause crowd.

Doesn’t matter if you have a terrible terminal illness,

Soon to be cold dead in a coffin in complete stillness,

Sue Rodriguez had Lou Gehrig’s disease when she was told,

Though she too soon joined the painful dead long before she was old.

Jan 5^th, 2012

ABOVE THE LAW

2012-01-04T18:35:00.000-08:00

A GROUP ABOVE THE LAW Jan 4^th,2012

James Bredin

The Supreme Courthidden agenda doesn’t make much sense

Protecting the Insite drug-addict needle clinic under somepretence

Where addicts get clean needles to inject illegal drugs theybought,

From some drug-dealing criminal who never seems to get caught.

SupremeCourt refused the government permission to close it down,

These appointees, ladies and gentlemen, dressed up in red gowns,

It appeared that the Supreme Court crossed over to the otherside,

Really arrogant about this too and not the least bit shy.

This group of secret-list appointees who seem to beabove the law,

Therefore their actions cannot be viewed as a judicial flaw,

They banned death with dignity and allowed abortions wall towall,

A form of dictatorship from appointees who can't get recalled.

Jan 4^th, 2012

2012-01-03T14:06:00.001-08:00

Canadian APPOINTEES Jan 3^rd, 2012

James Bredin

Why do we need appointees from a secret list, we can’t see?

To the Senate and the Supreme Court; names we may not agree,

Is this the reason why less than half Canadians even vote?

And politicians wont make it compulsory; please take note.

Could we elect the governor general while we’re at it too?

Another unknown appointee from a secretly listed crew,

Not a very democratic system, which no one will point out,

Plus another reason not to vote because we have no clout.

But we have Trudeau’s Charter of Rights for EVERYONE in the world,

And that includes every terrorist in the underworld,

We have a Supreme Court that allows unborn babies to be killed,

Our unelected appointed aristocrats are really thrilled.

Jan 3^rd, 2012

2012-01-02T15:20:00.001-08:00

Ennis

JAMES BREDIN

Ennis will forever be enshrined in my mind,

A small mark on the map from another place and time.

Memories dimmed by many years as though cut with a knife,

First seventeen years of love and laughter in my life.

In a town bowed down by poverty struggling to survive,

Back lanes of half-door houses waiting someone to arrive.

Narrow winding streets full of friends and farmers’ horses,

Pompous priests dressed in black who always walked on water,

And girls in long green dresses that came down below their knees,

Moving past on bicycles; boys waiting for a breeze,

And cows moving slowly herded down towards the water,

Where their blood will fill the Fergus from the houses of slaughter.

And the Christian Brothers School where Brother Brien taught,

No such thing as freedom especially freedom of thought.

We learned everything in Gaelic in the very ancient script,

Letters from the Book of Kells or some ancient warrior’s crypt.

Where are the guys I knew so well; stole by emigration?

Or shied from skirts that only hurt and joined some congregation.

And now the town is filled with cars and strangers wall to wall,

A noisy rush of foreigners in a one-way traffic crawl.

And people don’t have the time to talk or gossip half the day.

They’re in a hurry, got to scurry, got to make their pay.

And traffic lights with tourist types looking out from buses,

This madness of modern times, I wonder ‘bout the pluses?

Jan 2^nd, 2012

2012-01-02T15:18:00.000-08:00

The UN seems to be in a mess Jan 1st, 2012

2012-01-01T15:14:00.000-08:00

THE UN SEEMS TO BE IN A MESS Jan 1^st, 2012

James Bredin

The UN seems to have gone from bad to worse in recent years,

Screaming about human rights in their agitated fears,

But everything is bent in an anti Semitic direction,

Their Durban II and their Durban III in dark reflection.

And that’s not all; an odd group seems to have taken complete control,

And now it seems that the UN has a complete biased role?

And what’s next in their weird schedule of Durban III events?

And how can normal people and countries do to circumvent?

How much influence does New York City have on that UN place?

Because that glass building is turning into a downright disgrace,

Does anyone ever investigate what’s going on in there?

Or has it reached a point so low that nobody really cares?

Jan 1st, 2012

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WE HAVE TO CHANGE . DEC 31ST, 2011

WE HAVE TO CHANGE Dec 31^st2011

James Bredin

We need a law so that Canadians are compelled to vote,

Because we seem as though we are on the ocean in a rudderless boat,

Looking for directions from appointed judges dressed in red,

Or politicians in parliament listening to what each other said.

Therefore we need bindingreferendums to control the lot,

But this idea is forbidden and not allowed to be taught,

Why is this so difficult a step for Canadians to take?

The Swiss have had it for decades and there is no mistake.

Why does it appear that appointees dressed in red are in command?

Why does it appear to be perfect though none of this was planned?

They gave us abortion clinics killing unborn babies here and there,

Yet we can’t have assisted suicide in any Canadian affair.

Dec 31^st, 2011

2011-12-30T16:54:00.001-08:00

SUPREME COURT RUNS THIS JOINT Dec 30^th, 2011

James Bredin

Our Supreme Court decides about big issues such as life and death,

Allowed Insite clinic to stay open for drug addicts doing meth,

But Sue Rodriguez was not allowed death with dignity years ago,

Dying in pain with Lou Gehrig’s disease; they just let her go.

And we have no binding referendums, so we can’t change a thing,

They’re not listening to the people and just let the phone ring,

Their appointed positions are permanent so they are home free,

No death with dignity, referendums and abortion baby banshee.

And we don’t have the leadership we need to call their game,

Change Trudeau’s international Charter because of what we became,

Politicians should run the country -- not appointed judges,

Dressed in red, self-important aristocrats with winks and nudges.

Dec 30^th, 2011

CLOSE DOWN THE INTERNET Dec 29th, 2011

2011-12-29T15:27:00.000-08:00

CLOSE DOWN THE INTERNET Dec 29^th, 2011

jamesbredin.com

Bureaucrats and bishops may want to close the Internet down,

Too much indifferent irreligious knowledge being spread around,

People know too much and are liable to ask too many questions,

And they may not be pleased with the answers or new suggestions.

Therefore things will have to change back to where they were years ago,

Before the Internet began to interfere like a bank of snow,

Before they went to search engines to get the answers they needed,

And then left the priests, bishops and cardinals unheeded.

Irreligious blogs and web pages will be completely forbidden,

A mortal sin for those who do not keep them secretly hidden,

And who suggested that religious buildings be property taxed?

The Internet has to be closed down so priests and nuns can relax.

Dec 29^th, 2011

Canadians don't have to vote. Dec 28th, 2011

2011-12-28T14:04:00.001-08:00

Canadians Don’t have to vote Dec 28^th, 2011

jamesbredin.com

Canadians will get what we deserve because only a few vote,

Politicians inclined to view us as a herd of goats,

As they hide like aristocrats in Ottawa and tax and spend,

Or travel the world with a planeload of family and their friends.

Did someone say that our system of government can’t be changed?

Binding referendums or death-with-dignity never arranged,

Where’s the leadership to get us out of the present mess?

Surely someone has some guts somewhere in all our distress.

I’d like to live as long as possible and then plan my death,

No politician has come up with a better plan than that yet,

They each have their own party agenda and they think it’s great,

Nothing outside of their party agenda is up for debate.

Dec 28^th, 2011

cANADIANS SELDOM VOTE Dec 27th, 2011

2011-12-27T16:50:00.001-08:00

CANADIANS SELDOM VOTE Dec 27^th, 2011

jamesbredin.com

Canadians seldom vote because there’s absolutely no need,

No real issues are ever spoken so why bother to heed?

Binding referendums for the people are totally banned?

And death with dignity is absolutely hidden at their command.

We cannot solve the real problems unless we know what they are,

Our present politicians want them to stay hidden and afar,

So why bother to vote if there are no problems to solve?

Our present politicians will look after everything that need resolved.

Our Ottawa politicians have to phone up the Supreme Court,

In case they do something out of order and need some support,

So Canadians are geared not to vote and urged not to think,

Get a job, go to work, stuck in traffic and no need to blink.

Dec 27^th, 2011

TORONTO THE GOOD Dec 26th, 2011

2011-12-26T16:22:00.001-08:00

TORONTO THE GOOD Dec 26^th, 2011

jamesbredin.com

The righteous religious types are not pleased at what’s going on,

People not believing, obeying, donating or going along,

They’re not crowding the churches and singing holy songs,

People are reading the Internet instead and doing stuff wrong.

The righteous want to go back to the way thing were years ago,

When Toronto was Toronto the good and everything was so,

And maybe close down the liquor stores like they did in prohibition,

And maybe check their cars again in case there could be emissions.

The politically correct believe that they are the ones endowed,

Therefore no talk about assisted suicide will be allowed,

Now is the time to change because now they can still promote,

Because less than half Canadians even bother to vote.

Dec 26^th, 2011

WE EVENTUALLY DIE Dec 25th, 2011

2011-12-25T17:33:00.001-08:00

WE EVENTUALLY DIE Dec 25^th, 2011

jamesbredin.com

People are not pleased that at the end of their lives, they die,

And there’s nothing they can do about the pain and I don’t know why,

The idea of euthanasia is illegal and a sin,

So we may have awful painful deaths and we just can’t win.

Religion solved this problem by teaching about life after death,

This lessened the inevitable, so you can take a breath,

But still you can’t commit suicide because that’s against the law,

The Swiss have death with dignity and got around this flaw.

But politically correct politicians will not arrange,

But like the weather, if we wait long enough it will change,

As they delay delay and form another useless committee,

And still don’t realize that what they’re doing is a pity,

Dec 25^th, 2011