Page 4 October 4, 2012 MANHATTAN BEACH SUN One Man’s Opinion Political Penguin By Gerry Chong The World Economic Forum ranked the By Duane Plank user Arnold Schwarzenegger, resurface The brilliant and soulful poet Maya Angelou most productive economies in the world and So, as veteran column readers may recently, speaking to the folks at USC. Not was raised in a segregated America and found Switzerland ranked first and the U.S. remember, my initial foray into the world of sure what Arnold was doing there--more therefore understood more than most the only seventh. Moreover, we have fallen lower government and world events was a penning info later if necessary. Just felt the need cost of freedom lost. In her autobiography each year for the past four years. Clearly about the dirt bag Somalian Pirates. Who had to take a gratuitous shot. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Angelou there is a direct correlation between freedom been terrorizing the innocents on the high If you are paying any attention to the describes “a free bird as one that leaps on and prosperity. seas, doing their best Captain Jack Sparrow election, you should be astute enough to have the backs of winds, floats downstream, dips Why are we doings so poorly, you may imitation. Except these outlaws were a figured out that Mitt “The Glove” Romney his wings and darts to claim the sky.” ask? In California, the legislature passes tad bit more sober and menacing than the is grasping at straws as his handlers try to By contrast, “the caged bird stalks his 1,000 new laws a year! Imagine, three new swish-swashing Johnny Depp character who figure out a conceivable way to make the narrow cage, can seldom see through the laws every single day and every new law has graced the silver screen in the Pirates of electoral math work so that he can achieve bars. His wings are clipped and his feet are infringes on personal freedom in some way. the Caribbean flicks. a miracle victory over the hard-campaigning tied, so he opens his throat to sing. He sings Nationally, the Federal Register records each U.S. Navy snipers who had bullet-riddled and fundraising President Obama. a fearful trill of things unknown but longed new regulation created by government. By three Somalian pirates who had hijacked an Romney has made a couple of gaffes for still...the caged bird sings of freedom.” August, bureaucrats had already written 42,000 American cargo ship and were threatening recently, but in this day and age of Twit Freedom. We started as a free country, but pages of new regulations, each expanding the the life of the boat’s captain, pointing a gun this and that, who can possibly campaign are we still? Five different organizations, reach and power of the Executive Branch at at his back as they held him captive. anywhere and go unscathed? Romney each using different criteria, have shown the the expense of Congress and the individual. Well, the high seas lunacy and thuggery recently noted, correctly, I may add, that a degree to which we have meekly surrendered In three years, the Administration has has abated. Seems the scallywag dirt bags certain percentage of Obama acolytes are our freedom. expanded Obamacare from 2,700 pages by aren’t living so high on the hog. May have beholden to Big Government to take care The Fraser Institute’s Economic Freedom 13,000 pages of regulations. The expectation to actually go out and find the dreaded of them. And he isn’t going to get their of the World, 2012 ranked countries based on is that it will reach 25,000-30,000 pages by “real job.” Can’t even afford $1,000 a night votes. No way. the degree of regulation, respect for property 2015, when all regulations for this law must hookers, as they did back in the heyday of Finally, the only Palin news that I have rights and the size of government. In 2000, be completed. high seas piracy. What the heck has this been able to locate involves her lovely the U.S had ranked third. It fell to eighth and The international rankings show that world come to? daughter Bristol, who is making a return is now a lowly 18th. Eighteenth! many other countries believe more strongly Times are tough for water thugs. Said appearance on the hit boob tube show The Heritage Foundation and the Wall than we in their citizens’ ability to handle scallion Hassan Abdi, as he lounged around a Dancing With the Stars. Street Journal completed their 2012 ranking the responsibilities that are inherent in a bunch of empty whiskey bottles and haggard According to numerous reports, and my on economic freedom and found the U.S. free nation. In our growing government hookers: “There’s nothing to do here these own eyes, 21-year-old Bristol has shed a ranked only 10th. Hong Kong had a base dependency, we ignore the fact that each new days. The hopes for a revitalized market are few pounds since her first appearance on score of 89.9 points, while the U.S. lagged law, each new tax and each new regulation not high.” And for affording overly priced the popular franchise. Now I am not sure at just 76.3--down 1.5 points from 2011. welds another bar onto the cage that imprisons escorts for a night of…hijinks. how Bristol Palin is considered a star by any We aren’t close to the top and we’re sliding. us, and we morph from the free bird “darting So, about a month left until the general means, but in today’s society, a universe that Freedom House ranked the U.S a shocking to claim the sky” into a caged bird singing election, and it was nice to see the disgraced glorifies a bunch of illiterate morons from 48th out of 193 countries based on political a shrill lament of freedom lost. Are we on ex-Governator of the Great Bankrupt State, the Jersey Shore and makes ‘em millions, and civil freedom. the right track or wrong track? • cheesy action movie actor and alleged steroid what the heck do I know?• 310.606.8000 | BankManhattan.com 2141 Rosecrans Avenue, Suite 1100 El Segundo, California 90245 NMLS #401422 ©2012 Bank of Manhattan, N.A.
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