Posted on 02/28/2003 6:54:30 PM PST by shamus11
The Sea King helicopters are over 40 years old and were being sent to the Gulf area near the war -- not the war -- so that Canadian politicians could claim points. But the helicopter crashed right outside the harbour.
By
James Bredin
The name of the game in Ottawa shows that have no shame,
Pretend they’re going to this war just for the media name and fame,
Not too near Iraq while old helicopters fall out of the sky,
Pompous politicians still shake their heads while some pilots die.
They insult the Americans and call them “bastards,” and “moron,”
Pretend at the UN that there’s not going to be a war on,
Sure that they can prove old Sea King helicopters can fly,
And that missing $billion and Shawinigan shenanigans was a lie.
Piously point fingers at everyone but themselves in fact,
Do everything in secret and hide it in the Access Act,
The Charter and things will continue forever as they are,
And that 9/11 never happened and didn’t leave a scar.
And Homeland Security is just an American thing,
And Liberal flying legacy will survive on one wing,
No need to negotiate when you can call a snap election,
And stay in Ottawa forever with your Liberal selection.
Friday, February 28, 2003
“Goodbye papa please pray for me
My helicopter's crashing in the sea
I honestly don't mean to pout,
but my future is in doubt,
My co-pilot just fell out.
Goodbye papa it's hard to fly,
When my airframe is cracking in the sky,
For every hour in the air,
it takes them 30 to repair,
We fly these things on a dare.
We've had joy, we've had fun,
We've had Sea Kings in the sun,
But the engines are on fire,
and the Sea Kings must retire,
Goodbye Chretien my stingy one,
You could have bought the EH-101,
Instead you blew 500 mil,
Just to cancel out the bill,
Now I need an airsick pill.
We've had joy, we've had fun,
We've had Sea Kings in the sun
We'll be lucky if we reach,
a crash landing on the beach.”
Don't know if it's ever been recorded.
It has been sung in the Canadian military at Happy Hour for a while. :-)
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