Dear editor,
Looking back on 2013, our glorious premier deserves much praise.
Not only did she lead the Liberals to a comeback election win, but she filled Liberal party coffers with corporate cash while also leading the province (once again) to a No. 1 ranking in child poverty.
Quite an accomplishment for Ms. Families First! Where does she find the time?
Nearly one in five kids below the poverty line. Maybe it’ll be one in four next year. Considering the Liberals’ complete indifference to this issue for the past 12 years, it’s quite possible!
I suppose I could go on and on signing the praises of our B.C. Liberals. However, as a lowly peon, I would rather offer this classic ditty as a paean to our fearless premier. It was originally penned over 30 years ago by the Campbells (et al.) to honour another paragon of the “free” market.
“From the land of shadows
Comes a dreadful sight
Lady with the marble smile
Spirit of the night
See the scourge of innocence
Swinging in her hand
Hear the silent suffering
That echoes through the land
From the tombs of ignorance
Of hate and greed and lies
Through the smoke of sacrifice
Watch her figure rise
Twinging in her shadow
The sick, the poor, the old
Basking in her radiance
Men of blood and gold
In her bloody footsteps
Speculators prance
Men of dreams are praying
For that second chance
Round her vacant features
Gilded serpents dance
Her tree of evil knowledge
Sprouts a special branch.”
Happy New Year to one and all!
A. Sanders,
Courtenay
