Showing posts with label Parody. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Parody. Show all posts
Thursday, January 26, 2017
Saturday, July 18, 2015
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Okanagan Lake evaporation factor
The are many pressures put on Okanagan Lake on a daily basis. With so much demand on water supply, it's imperative to understand what is happening to the Okanagan's water resources. As a part of this effort, the Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) has partnered with Environment Canada for an important study to better understand what is happening to the water in Okanagan Lake. Beginning this week, the OBWB and Environment Canada launched three large yellow buoys on Okanagan Lake, each three metres tall by 1.8 metres wide, to monitor lake evaporation for at least the next three years. The final buoy was launched Wednesday morning. This study comes as the result of work done on the comprehensive Okanagan Water Supply and Demand Study – a three-year, $3 million project that looked at the valley’s water supply, but found one piece of the puzzle missing: how much water is lost off Okanagan Lake through evaporation? Initial estimates put lake evaporation at one metre per year. But the Okanagan is known to be a region with water supply challenges, and estimates aren’t good enough when effective water resource management is at stake. By determining how much water is lost to evaporation, the Okanagan will be in a better position to plan for these challenges, including drought.
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Another Don Quixote Parody:With Apologies to Stompin' Tom Connors ‘The Consumer’
Oh yes we are the Muni Taxpayer running in the race
Paying for the bureaucratic reports in the ol' city-hall marketplace
Another report needed for something, we'll buy it while it's hot
The Politicians tell us we’ll Save a lot of money spending money we don't got,
We Save a lot of money spending money we don't got
The Muni Taxpayer they call us
We always get a fair shake
Roads that will have to diet and no rights to regulate our lake
We can't buy nothing lasting no matter who we choose
And any way you look at it you always seem to lose.
The Muni Taxpayer they call us
We're fussy about what we want them to make
We look at the price of hamburger but they bill us for T-bone Steak.
And all those fancy reports that gather dust upon the shelf
They're always full of Political dreams when they're full of nothing else
Oh yes we are the Muni Taxpayer running in the race
Paying for the bureaucratic reports in the ol' city-hall marketplace
Another report needed for something, we'll buy it while it's hot
The Politicians tell us we’ll Save a lot of money spending money we don't got
We Save a lot of money spending money we don't got
Monday, July 04, 2011
Thursday, May 26, 2011
PM announces parliamentary secretaries
25 May 2011 Ottawa, Ontario
Prime Minister Stephen Harper today announced his team of 28 parliamentary secretaries who will assist ministers with their parliamentary duties.
25 May 2011 Backgrounders - Biographies
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| June 2 Big Day for Local M.P. |
25 May 2011 Backgrounders - Biographies
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Saturday, April 09, 2011
Apologies to Kenny Rogers (Ruby, Don't take your love to Town) Will the NDP pull the plug on the Tories - Pensions a factor?Stevie, Please Don’t drop the writ.
(Backbencher’s Pension Lament -Class of 2006)
You've written up your plan
And attacked Jack, IGGY and Bob Rae
Stevie are you contemplating
Dropping the writ today?
The shadow on the wall
Tells me my pension is looking grim
Oh Stevie, Don't drop the writ,
My re-election chances are really slim.
It wasn't me
That started that crazy prorogue caper
But I was proud to stand at your side
And back you in the local paper
And yes, it's true that
I'm not the man I used to be
Oh, Stevie I still need my MP RSP.
It's hard to protect a backbencher
Whose ambitions will never be realized
That the wants and needs of a man of your age
Stevie, I idolize.
but it won't be long I've heard them say
until I'm not returned to sit
Oh Stevie
Please, please don’t drop the writ.
He’s leaving now cause
I just heard the slamming of the caucus door
The way I know I've heard it
Slam one hundred times before.
And if I could I’d plead once more,
For a Senate Seat.
Oh Stevie
Please. please I'm begging you, don’t drop the writ
Oh Stevie, my career is in deep S**t.
Pension Bubble Boys 
Members Upon ceasing to be a member of Parliament, members are entitled to an annual allowance after they have contributed under the plan for at least six years.
Prominent M.P.s on Bubble: As at Apr. 9 Length of service 5 years, 2 months, 17 days
- BAIRD, John (b. 1969.05.26) BERNIER, Maxime (b. 1963.01.18)CLEMENT, Tony (b. 1961.01.27) FLAHERTY, James Michael (Jim) (b. 1949.12.30) MAYES, Colin (b. 1948.04.11)
- CHOW, Olivia (b. 1957.03.24) DEWAR, Paul (b. 1963.01.25)
- IGNATIEFF, Michael (b. 1947.05.12)
To ensure pension these folks must be employed as M.P.s on Saturday January 21, 2012.
Monday, September 06, 2010
Local MLA on Live Television on Wednesday at 1 PM
A committee that will decide whether the anti-tax petition should go directly to the legislature for a vote, or to a referendum in late 2011, meets for the first time Wednesday. Its deliberations can be followed starting at 1 p.m. on a live audio webcast on the B.C. legislature website.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
The Light Weight Brigade - HST Cannon Fodder
*With apologies to The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred, Lord Tennyson and The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Saturday, December 19, 2009
IOC monitoring Christmas Carols for Trademark Infringement ?
On the fifth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree.
In a stunning public relation gaffe the IOC (International Olympic Committee) has decided to ask leave of the Supreme Court of Canada to issue an immediate ban on the use of the words "Five golden rings" in the carol The Twelve Days of Christmas. The committee will naturally be asking that anyone caught using these words when singing this carol during this Christmas season will be severely fined. (The money collected will help pay off the expected Olympic Deficit. ) There is no word whether the Canadian Supreme Court will accept the case as it is on its annual four month Canadian Government Sabbatical.--------------------
Prices of items in the Christmas carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas," according to PNC Wealth Management. The cost of buying each item just once is increasing this year to $21,466, up 1.8 percent from last year's $21,081.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Jackie, don't take your vote to Steve. (aka Iggy's lament)
You've painted up your lips and waxed your flowing long gone hair,Jackie are you contemplating going out somewhere?
The foreshadows of the UIC deal tell me that Stevie soon will fight,
Oh Jackie, don't take your vote to the right.
It wasn't me that started this old crazy political war,But for a time I was proud to be Stevie's left wing whore,
But times have changed, and it's true that I'm not the man I used to be,
But, Oh Jackie, I still need your company.
It's hard to stand with a man who is not even in command
And the wants and needs of a guy your age, Jackie, I understand
But it won't be long, I've heard them say, until Stevie begins to fight
Oh Jackie, don't take your vote to the right.
He's leaving now cause I can hear the tolling of the bell.
The sound I know that soon he'll vote with the caucus from hell.
Jackie, please stay with me and I promise you no regret
Oh Jackie, I’ll give you a spot in a left wing cabinet.
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Oh Jackie, there’s room in my cabinet.
(with apologies to Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town - Kenny Rogers Music & Lyrics : M. Tillis)
Also a takeoff of Belinda Don't Take Your Vote TO Paul
A rare video of Kenny Rogers and the First Edition playing Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town. An actual live performance from 1972.
Friday, September 26, 2008
One tin politician rides away
Listen, children, to a story
That was written long ago,
'Bout a kingdom on a mountain
And the valley-folk below.
On Silver Star was a treasure
Buried deep beneath the snow,
And the valley-people swore
They'd have it for their very own.
Go ahead and lust after your neighbor,
Go ahead and envy a friend
Do it in the name of efficiency,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the referendum day,
On the bloody morning after
....One tin politician rides away.
So the people of the valley
Sent a message up the hill,
Asking for the buried treasure,
Tons of gold to load the Till.
Came an answer from the kingdom,
"With our neighbours we will share
All the resources of our mountain,
All the riches buried there."
Go ahead and lust after your neighbor
Go ahead and envy a friend.
Do it in the name of efficiency,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the referendum day,
On the bloody morning after
....One tin politician rides away.
Now the valley cried with anger,
"Get the Lawyers! Draw the writ!"
And they assimilated the mountain-people,
The Kingdom to be ruled as they saw fit.
Now they stood beside the treasure,
On the mountain, dark and red.
Turned the stone and looked beneath it
..."Peace in the Valley" was all it said.
Go ahead and lust after your neighbor,
Go ahead and envy a friend.
Do it in the name of efficiency,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the referendum day,
On the bloody morning after
....One tin politician rides away.
A PARODY OF A GREAT LEARNING SONG by Lambert-Potter One Tin Soldier
Originally posted Jul 19/06
That was written long ago,
'Bout a kingdom on a mountain
And the valley-folk below.
On Silver Star was a treasure
Buried deep beneath the snow,
And the valley-people swore
They'd have it for their very own.
Go ahead and lust after your neighbor,
Go ahead and envy a friend
Do it in the name of efficiency,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the referendum day,
On the bloody morning after
....One tin politician rides away.
So the people of the valley
Sent a message up the hill,
Asking for the buried treasure,
Tons of gold to load the Till.
Came an answer from the kingdom,
"With our neighbours we will share
All the resources of our mountain,
All the riches buried there."
Go ahead and lust after your neighbor
Go ahead and envy a friend.
Do it in the name of efficiency,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the referendum day,
On the bloody morning after
....One tin politician rides away.
Now the valley cried with anger,
"Get the Lawyers! Draw the writ!"
And they assimilated the mountain-people,
The Kingdom to be ruled as they saw fit.
Now they stood beside the treasure,
On the mountain, dark and red.
Turned the stone and looked beneath it
..."Peace in the Valley" was all it said.
Go ahead and lust after your neighbor,
Go ahead and envy a friend.
Do it in the name of efficiency,
You can justify it in the end.
There won't be any trumpets blowing
Come the referendum day,
On the bloody morning after
....One tin politician rides away.
A PARODY OF A GREAT LEARNING SONG by Lambert-Potter One Tin Soldier
Originally posted Jul 19/06
Monday, June 16, 2008
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Some Politicians think a taxpayer is made outta dough
A poor taxpayer's life is a tough row to hoe.
A tough row to hoe and nothing comes free
But I don’t want to pay to built your legacy.
I load sixteen tons, what do I get?
Another day older and my City is deeper in debt
Mayor don't you call me 'cause I wanta be free
But I owe my paycheque to your municipality.
If you see me comin', better step aside
This taxpayer is pissed off, Politicians better hide
One fist of iron, the other of steel
If the right one can’t vote you down, then the left one will.
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and your City is deeper in debt
Mayor don't you call me 'cause I wanta be free
But I owe my paycheque to your municipality.
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With thanks and apology to a great song of Tennesse Ernie Ford.
A poor taxpayer's life is a tough row to hoe.
A tough row to hoe and nothing comes free
But I don’t want to pay to built your legacy.
I load sixteen tons, what do I get?
Another day older and my City is deeper in debt
Mayor don't you call me 'cause I wanta be free
But I owe my paycheque to your municipality.
If you see me comin', better step aside
This taxpayer is pissed off, Politicians better hide
One fist of iron, the other of steel
If the right one can’t vote you down, then the left one will.
You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and your City is deeper in debt
Mayor don't you call me 'cause I wanta be free
But I owe my paycheque to your municipality.
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With thanks and apology to a great song of Tennesse Ernie Ford.
Monday, February 18, 2008
The Referendum Blues (Sung to the tune of That's life ! )
That's life, I can do it, the people said I can.You're riding high in December,
Shot down in Jan
But I know I'm gonna change this rejection,
When I'm back on top, back on top in the next election !
I said that's life, and as funny as it may seem
A huge majority of people in Vernon get their kicks,
Stompin' on my dream
But I don't let it, let it get me down,
'Cause this fine ol' world it keeps spinning around
I've been a citizen, a taxpayer, a car dealer,
A mechanic, a ward councillor and a mayor.
I've been up and down and over and out
And I have experienced what the people say is fair
Each time I find myself, flat on my face,
I pick myself up and get back in the race.
That's life
I tell ya, I can't deny it,
I never thought of quitting baby,
This old optimistic heart just ain't gonna buy it.
And if I didn't think it was worth another try,
I'd turn over my Mayor's gavel right now and cry.
My, My .
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With apologies to Frank Sinatra and "That's Life"
Saturday, October 21, 2006
Peter Is singing a different Tune Now
(with apologies to Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town - Kenny Rogers Music & Lyrics : M. Tillis)
Sunday, May 29. 2005 © (original Publishing Date)
Belinda Don't Take Your Vote TO Paul
You've painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hair,
Belinda are you contemplating going out somewhere?
The foreshadows of the orchard deal tell me that Brisson will start to call,
Oh Belinda, don't take your vote to Paul.
It wasn't me that started this old crazy political war,
But I was proud to go and be Steven's right wing whore,
And yes, it's true that I'm not the man I used to be,
Oh Belinda, I still need your company.
It's hard to love a man who is second in command
And the wants and needs of a woman your age, Belinda, I understand
But it won't be long, I've heard them say, until Harper starts to fall
Oh Belinda, don't take your vote to Paul.
She's leaving now cause I can hear the tolling of the bell.
The sound I know that soon she'll join the caucus from hell.
And if I could move I'd sure I’d join her on a bet
Oh Belinda, I too want to be in cabinet.
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Oh Belinda, make room in cabinet.
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Sunday, May 29. 2005 © (original Publishing Date)
Belinda Don't Take Your Vote TO Paul
You've painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hair,
Belinda are you contemplating going out somewhere?
The foreshadows of the orchard deal tell me that Brisson will start to call,
Oh Belinda, don't take your vote to Paul.
It wasn't me that started this old crazy political war,
But I was proud to go and be Steven's right wing whore,
And yes, it's true that I'm not the man I used to be,
Oh Belinda, I still need your company.
It's hard to love a man who is second in command
And the wants and needs of a woman your age, Belinda, I understand
But it won't be long, I've heard them say, until Harper starts to fall
Oh Belinda, don't take your vote to Paul.
She's leaving now cause I can hear the tolling of the bell.
The sound I know that soon she'll join the caucus from hell.
And if I could move I'd sure I’d join her on a bet
Oh Belinda, I too want to be in cabinet.
.
Oh Belinda, make room in cabinet.
.
Monday, August 07, 2006
M.P. to be.
With Apologies to Roger Miller and a great song
KING OF THE ROAD.
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Memberships for sale today
Voters to get...anyway
Cell phone, chequebook and recruiting blanks
I ain't got no time for cranks.
Ah, but, twenty- four hours of blowing smoke
Saves me from becoming a political joke
I'm a man of means by all means
M.P. to be.
I tell them “Liberals, you’ve had your fill”
Destination...Parliament Hill
Spruced up Tory clothes and shoes,
None of our members pay union dues,
I spew Tory policy at the drop of a hat
I have no time for cats who are fat,
I'm a man of means by all means
M.P. to be.
I sing,
Memberships for sale today
Voters to get...anyway
Cell phone, chequebook and recruiting blanks
I ain't got no time for cranks.
Ah, but, twenty- four hours of blowing smoke
Saves me from becoming a political joke
I'm a man of means by all means
M.P. to be, Let it be Me !
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KING OF THE ROAD.
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Memberships for sale today
Voters to get...anyway
Cell phone, chequebook and recruiting blanks
I ain't got no time for cranks.
Ah, but, twenty- four hours of blowing smoke
Saves me from becoming a political joke
I'm a man of means by all means
M.P. to be.
I tell them “Liberals, you’ve had your fill”
Destination...Parliament Hill
Spruced up Tory clothes and shoes,
None of our members pay union dues,
I spew Tory policy at the drop of a hat
I have no time for cats who are fat,
I'm a man of means by all means
M.P. to be.
I sing,
Memberships for sale today
Voters to get...anyway
Cell phone, chequebook and recruiting blanks
I ain't got no time for cranks.
Ah, but, twenty- four hours of blowing smoke
Saves me from becoming a political joke
I'm a man of means by all means
M.P. to be, Let it be Me !
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