I was asked by my honourable member of parliament to write on my blog again, I protested enough and missed writing, I promised him I would start writing again on Remembrance Day so we all do not forget old wars Canada took part in, and the present Trump war with his tariff concept on the American business partner, namely Canada. I came up with a phrase based on the song by The Tragically Hip, "New Orleans Is Sinking", under Trump, the United States is sinking and they all got to swim, Canada has a super tanker, do they all want to buy a ticket for survival?
The image for this post consists of my stack of Holy Bibles with my Canadian Coast Guard Beret with a poppy on it and a plastic flower pinned to it. In my stack of Bibles I also have the complete works of the Scottish National Poet, Robbie Burns. From this book I will be transcribing his piece of genius creation which is as follows:
Postscript
My memory's worth a preen:
I had amaist forgotten clean,
Ye bade me write you what they mean
By this 'new-light,'
'Bout which our herds sae aft hae been
Maist like to fight.
In days when mankind were but callans
At Grammar, Logic, an' sic talents,
They took nae pains their speech to balance,
Or rules to gie,
But spak their thoughts in plain, braid Lallans,
Like you or me.
In thae auld times,they thought the Moon,
Just like a sark, or pair o' shoon,
Gaed past their viewing,
An' shortly after she was done
They gat a new one.
This past for certain, undisputed ;
It ne'er cam i' their heads to doubt it,
Tillchiels gat up an' wad confute it,
An' ca'd it wrang ;
An' muckle din there was about it,
Baith loud an' lang.
Some herds, well learn'd upo' the beuk,
Wad threap auld folk the thing misteuk ;
For 'twas the auld moon turn'd a neuk,
An' out o' sight,
An' bucklins-comin, to the leuk,
She grew mair bright.
This was deny'd, it was affirm'd ;
The heds and hissels were alarm'd :
The rev'rend gray-breards rav'd an' storm'd,
the beardless laddies
Should think they better were inform'd
Than their auld daddies.
Frae less to mair it gaed to sticks ;
Frae words an' aiths to clours an' nicks ;
An' monie a fallow gat his licks,
Wi' hearty crunt ;
An' some, to learn them for their tricks,
Were hang'd an' brunt.
This game was play'd in monie lands,
An' 'auld-light caddies bure sic hands,
That faith, the youngsters took the sands
Wi' nimble shanks,
Till Lairds forbad, by strict commands,
Sic bluidy pranks.
But 'new-light' herds gat sic a cowe,
Folk thought them ruined stick-an-stowe,
Till now amaist on ev'ry knowe,
Ye'll find ane plae'd ;
An' some, their 'new-light' fair avow,
Just quite barefac'd.
Nae doubt the 'auld-light' flocks are bleatin ;
Their zealous herds are vex'd an' sweatin ;
Mysel, I've even seen them greetin
Wi' grimin spite,
To hear the Moon sae sadly lie'd on
By word an' write.
But shortly they will cowe the louns !
Some "auld-light' herds in neebor touns
Are mind't, in things they ca' balloons,
To tak a flight,
An, stay ae month amang the Moons
An' see them right.
Guid observation they will gie them ;
An' when the auld Moon's gaun to lea'e them,
The hindmost shaird, they'll fetch it wi' them,
Just i' their pouch,
An' when the 'new-light' billies see them,
I think they 'll crouch !
Sae, ye observe that a' this chatter
Is naething but a 'moonshine matter ;'
But tho' dull prose-folk Latin splatter
In logie tulzie,
I hope, we Bardies ken some better
Than mind sic brulzie.
Poetical Works of Robert Burns
Edited by William Wallace, LL.D.
W. & R. Chambers, Limited
London and Edinburgh
Reprinted 1953
Now turning to Canadian politics with the tabled budget this fall. Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative Leader is a lifetime politician that knows nothing about economics compared to our honourable Prime Minister Mark Carney. Sometime in the recent past he stated that he would work with the ruling Liberal party to get things done in the House of of Commons for the Canadian people. He is going against his chosen words, budget bashing instead of putting forth concrete ideas to develop the tabled budget with his Conservative ideologies to satisfy the Conservative electoral base. Canadians do not want another election at the at the whim of Poilievre's lust for power to Lead the country as Prime Minister. After all, during the main election where the Liberals won a minority Government, he lost in the voting in his original riding in Ottawa to a Liberal, then a Conservative resigns out west for Poilievre to have a second chance to get a seat in the House of Commons in a by-election as a second class politician, obviously he passed his University teachings in International Relations, but what he learned he can hardly apply practically with his attitude towards the tabled budget this fall. During these Trump wars with tariffs, the budget must pass, there is no perfect budget to satisfy everyone. Disgruntled about the budget as he is, he obviously is causing discontent in the Conservative ranks for one Conservative Politician already crossed the floor to the Liberal prospective as a concerned Politician for the well being of Canada, for the people during these hard times of the Trump war on Canada with tariffs. In closing, Poilievre has a lot to learn, and comes across as a spoiled child in politics that needs his head looked at, to see inside his head to figure out what he is really all about as a half assed Politician. I caught the lunch time news on CBC, what is Poilievre doing mentioning a Merlin Priest, what does he follow a delusional religion or what? I am the one that studied some theology and writing at the University level, not him, after getting my education and practical experience as an Engineering Technician post Canadian Coast Guard College where I studied engineering!
I Pray And Do Art Along With Music As A Faithful Anglican
Here I sit at my computer after a zoom church service and intend to write for a bit while my roommate still snoozes this fine Sunday morning. My roommate is really something very special, ironically we are related way back in ancestral roots, we are related through our Scottish middle names, for he is an Auburn and I am a Cockburn. We hit it off with excellence homeless together, after I invited him back to my place when I acquired an apartment, and he came by a few times, I asked him if he would like to be roommates with me to get out of the winter cold during January of 2025. We cut a deal to finance the apartment together and hence we became the best of roommates together. He is excellent at cheffing up a meal for us in the meger kitchen, and limited cooking utensils we started out with. We wing it on our senior's budget together which is limited within itself, Smiley make a meal out of next to nothing with our limited food supplies with our resource, we make do pretty good. In away we are like the Odd Couple which aired on TV, with his cleaning habits compared to mine. Then this November a buddy of his moved into the building, I also hit it off with him royally, for we have a common interest in playing musical instruments. Ash Kassa is an superb solo guitarist on youtube and you can find him jamming away like a regular Jimi Hendrix by doing a search in youtube under his name. You can also do a search in google and find Ash's Instagram account.
Ash was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia during the year of 1957 and was educated in a private scholastic system. He went to high school in the town of Akika, leaving his homeland to get educated at the Lincoln University in the state of Missouri were he achieved his B.A. in business administration with a 3.89 GPA. Ash went on to get his masters at the University of Washington in Washington DC where he still maintained a 3.89 GPA. With Ash having his masters in business administration he was a Professor teaching his field of study for three years at the University of Washington. He had the gift of being self taught in music, and played guitar since a child in school. Doing Federal time in the States, Ash was a competent substitute teacher in music. This highly gifted Musician always played solo lead guitar, and played in parks on weekends in the States. Coming to Montreal in the year of 2017 he started playing in this city's vast metro system. He started on youtube while staying in New York City, then as an accomplished Musician he pursued further endeavors on youtube when he came to Montreal.
