July 26, 2012 Page 5 One Man’s Opinion Political Penguin By Gerry Chong When something wicked this way comes. By Duane Plank readerland have sent an ill-advised text, e-mail In 1962, the brilliant Ray Bradbury By a 5:1 margin, the Senate had passed Sometimes I tend to get a little personal in or Tweet. Or maybe even left a somewhat penned the gothic novel and poem Some- the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) these columns. Maybe too much for some. stupid voicemail on someone’s tele? Anyway, thing Wicked This Way Comes, the story defining marriage as between a man and And maybe I stray off the dotted line occa- the story goes that Weiner, who has always of a strange circus headed by the sinister a woman, and the House overwhelmingly sionally. Sorry. Do my best to keep the prose coveted the Mayor’s chair in Gotham City, Mr. Dark arriving in a small town. It is he passed the law by a vote of 342-67. Demo- breezy, readable and interesting, especially which is New York City, for some of you who tattoos onto his body the picture of crat Clinton signed it into law. In 2009, with the deadlines that make some of my not up to speed, is chomping at the bit. And every victim he has conned into joining the Obama Department of Justice declared musings possibly a bit dated. that the Weiner man is contemplating a run his circus, preying upon their hopes and the law constitutional, but 18 months later But off the top, I want to ask for your for Mayor in 2013. bringing change from which they never Obama issued an executive order saying thoughts and prayers to be sent to Nick Now, Weiner denies that he is plotting recover. the DOJ would cease defending the law. Ekbatani, who was severely injured in a a comeback. But sometimes politicos may A presence dark invades the fair In essence, Obama superimposed his view motorcycle mishap two weekends ago. So fib, right? And we all know the American And gives the horses ample scare over that of both houses of Congress in severely injured that Ekbatani, who gradu- public’s proclivity to forgive and forget, Chaos rains and panic fills the air clear violation of the Constitution. ated from UCLA with a degree in political right? Reference the Limo Liberal pin-up When something wicked this Said Jonathan Turley, a liberal con- science a few years back, had to have part boy Slick Willie and his dalliance with the way comes stitutional law scholar at George of his left leg amputated. chubby, beret-wearing cow Monica Lewinsky. NEWS FLASH: The Hill Pulse Washington University, “The Met Nick a few times--attended a Trojan BTW, whatever happened to the lovely Opinion Research poll found that 68 President is using executive (before he was a Bruin) football game with Miss Lewinsky? Exhaustive research on the percent of Americans believe power to do things Congress him. He is the nephew of my high school Internet thingee provided little new info about Barack Obama has substan- has refused to do. That fits a buddy and still good friend Andy. Who the woman with whom he had, according tially changed the country--56 disturbing pattern of expan- waxes big-time political on some of the texts to Slick Willie, “an improper relationship.” percent negatively and only 35 sion of executive power. He that he sends me, excoriating some of the Favorite Lewinsky quote, when she deigned percent positively. Something is negating part of the criminal policies and decisions made by the POTUS to sign an autograph for some moron in 1999: Wicked This Way Comes. code because he disagrees with as he, according to Andy, and I paraphrase, “I am kind of known for something that is In 1996, under President Clinton, them. That goes beyond the pale.” continues to give away the farm. not so great to be known for.” Congress passed the Temporary Relief ‘Cross this evil land ill winds blow Anyway, was dealing with my oh-so-non- BTW, happy birthday to Miss Lewinsky, for Needy Families Act (TANF). The act For something wicked this way grows. important day-to-day troubles, heading to who celebrated her 39th a couple of days ago. modified the welfare program by requiring To close budgetary deficits exceeding work one morning in the early gloam- So the current POTUS has been out and applicants work 20 to 30 hours per week $1 trillion every year, Obama proposes to ing, when I found out about Nick’s about, beating the bushes, looking for or make material efforts towards work. raise taxes on 950,000 small businesses, life-threatening accident. Which kind every shekel as he lines his overflow- Clinton said this act “ends welfare as we but the Democratic Senate refuses to of puts, at least for me, some stuff in ing war chest for the battle with Mitt know it” and TANF did in fact reduce the bring the President’s proposal to a vote. perspective. Sent an e-mail to a “The Glove” Romney this fall. The number of welfare applicants by millions. The Heritage Foundation calculated that friend that very morning, not- President’s operatives are doing While the law prohibited its alteration if these businesses earned an average of ing the terrible accident and their best to paint the seem- by executive order, on July 12 President $250,000, their federal tax increase would the sadness I felt. Part of the ingly at times befuddled and Obama eliminated the work component of be $24,888. friend’s response was, “Life is so backpedaling Romney with a the law by executive order, thus violating On July 13, Americans for Tax Reform tenuous, no?” nasty broad brush, saying that when the law itself. disclosed that income taxes have reached Amen. the Elephant Party nominee was the And boiling currents pound like drums 54 percent of the nation’s GDP and the Okay, so had to guffaw a little bit when chief executive at a profiteering When something wicked this way comes. average worker must work until July 15 to a story crossed the wires recently noting Boston-based private equity that he On July 12, the New York Times reported pay for this year’s tax burden. Something that the somewhat disgraced ex-Congressman made a load of money. Which, as far as I that from 2008 to 2012, food stamp recipients wicked this way comes. from the Empire State, Anthony Weiner, was understood, was the main reason to have a rose by over 50 percent from 30 million On July 12, the Doctor Patient Medi- contemplating a return to the political scene big business in America? To make a boatload to 46 million. Some of that increase was cal Association polled 699 doctors, who a scant 14 months after his embarrassing mea of money for you, for your investors--and if due to the recession, but according to The revealed that 83 percent had considered culpa and exit from public service when he the trickle-down thing worked out, for other Times, much was due to policy changes. quitting medicine because of the burdens was outed, or he outed himself, after being folks way down on the bottom level of the First, there are categorical eligibility rules of Obamacare. By the year 2020, the nation caught sending suggestive Tweets and other food chain. declaring anyone receiving benefits from will face a shortage of 90,000 doctors, and modes of communication to women friends. Romney, who doesn’t do well when quizzed any other entitlement program automatically of those continuing to practice 49 percent Weiner became a laughingstock for awhile, by the smart-aleck, left-leaning media-ites, became eligible for food stamps. Even if will cease accepting Medicaid patients with the non-funnies like the non-watched finally had to stand up for a second and an- a person received a flier describing the because of excessive regulations, low-ball Conan O’Brien show on some cable network swer a few of the left-leaning queries. Maybe program, he became eligible. Second, any payments and excessive hoops required to that no one pays attention to, who made tawdry he will even release his tax returns soon? work requirement was suspended. Third, obtain payment. jokes at Weiner’s expense for a few weeks. Hey, my tax returns are out there in the there is no maximum asset limit require- To date, Health and Human Services But like most media engendered maelstroms, public domain somewhere. Shouldn’t the ment. Fourth, the federal government offered (HHS) had spent $1 billion to implement the shelf life of the Weiner peccadilloes soon presumptive Republican nominee have to states $50 million in bonuses to sign up Obamacare and has drawn 13,000 pages subsided and the political pundits were on come clean? And maybe when “The Glove” applicants. So the program exploded. of regulations. Yet the law allows HHS to to the next big thing. releases his tax returns, we can all get some When the House proposed a two percent spend another three years to finish drawing Well, Weiner has stayed off of the front clarification on the somewhat murky birth reduction in the program, equal to $16.5 its regulations and procedures. One can and back pages for the last year or so, stay- certificate issue that is still, somewhat, billion over 10 years, the Democratic Sen- only guess at the end result. ing out of the limelight. And remember, the plaguing the POTUS as he skates around ate rejected that proposal. Mr. Dark smiles guy committed no crime other than that of the country with his palms out, grabbing as The landscape turns to ashen crumbs As something wicked this way comes. • being so stupid and arrogant that he thought much dough as he can from the Limousine his Tweets and communications with oth- Liberals. ers, randy as they may have been, would Out of space, but I promise that there not somehow be discovered by the intrepid will be a Princess Palin update next week. media-ites and make national news. Seems the lass hasn’t yet been invited to Now, and let’s be honest here, gotta believe make an appearance at the GOP convention. 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