Jimmy Crack Corn I Don't Care

Before I was an adult, I was a child and a teenager.  How many of you were once children and then teenagers?  One of the things that I did as a child was go to camp.  Bible camp, Brownie camp, Girl Guides Camp, Student Match Camp, Leadership Camp, Music Camp, Writer's Camp, Public Speaking Camp, and a couple of others that were affiliated with organizations that my parents belonged to.  I was only homesick once and that was between grade 11 and grade 12.  I know there is a lot of literature that talks about the benefits of camp.  I know I benefited from these opportunities, some more than others.  One thing that I did learn, though, was every camp song know. 

One was a four line song in which the first three lines were the same.  "Jimmy crack corn I don't care; Jimmy crack corn I don't care; Jimmy crack corn I don't care" and then "My mastahs gone away." 

I didn't give that song much thought until this morning when the Ethics Commissioner rules Trudeau's conduct was unethical in his behavior to Wilson-Raybould over SNC-Lavalin.  Then, the song came back to me.  I was thinking Jimmy Crack Corn and Canadians Don't Care.  I know I don't really care.  I made up my mind about the issue months ago when I tried to read all I could. 

There is too much apathy in Canadian politics.  I recently read an article about how few nomination meetings are contested.  They say this points to danger in our democracy.  It is true.  People don't want to run unless they can be assured of victory.  Voter turnout is very low.  The general apathy would be ok with me if people did their part to contribute to a better world in their own ways.  I have included 10 things that are easy to do and should be very basic common sense.  Regardless of who we elect, if everyone would do those things, we would have a very strong country, a very strong world. 

By the way, I looked up the song Jimmy Crack Corn to make sure I got the lyrics right.  It turns out it is a very deep song and much longer than 4 lines.  It is a folk song which chronicles slavery from a slave perspective.  Well worth a google search.  Ironically, when people stop caring, we face dangers that we are not even aware of. 

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