TORRANCE TRIBUNE October 18, 2012 Page 5 Political Penguin One Man’s Opinion By Duane Plank And that is exactly what happened after the By Gerry Chong Budget to defense contractors, advising them One debate left in this Presidential election first Presidential debate. Now I watched the first Throughout our history, we have learned to violate federal law. Legally, companies season, and while the POTUS was still ahead debate, studiously studying the preprogrammed many things from our military, foremost employing more than 100 employees who are in the polling in the all-important swing answers that were mouthed by Mr. Obama among which address honor and integrity. It planning major layoffs or plant closings are states (Ohio, Florida) at the time this tome and Mr. Romney. And I probably watched is no wonder then that on October 7, when required to give employees 60 days notice of was penned, wouldn’t hurt Mr. Obama to the second debate, which took place a couple the Military Times polled 3,100 military such an event. Because of the financial cliff look a little more prepared the next time he of nights ago, way past my filing deadline. members about their choice for President, created by the President and Congress, two condescendingly speaks to us and a little less a As I did the VP debate between the acerbic Mitt Romney overwhelmed Barack Obama million jobs may be lost on January 2, 2013. floundering ex-community organizer in search Joe Biden and the young, shoot-from-the-lip by 59-24 on the issue of sincerity and 66-24 The law therefore requires that employers of a teleprompter. Republican candidate, Wisconsinite Paul Ryan. on the issues of the economy and integrity. notify employees of potential layoffs by Any teleprompter. The youngster (Ryan, 42) and the oldster Interestingly, military matters were not at November 1, five days before the election. Whoops, at the time of this penning, the smug (Biden, 69) matched wits last Thursday night. issue. The OMB advised Lockheed Martin and other POTUS, who has all but abandoned running With nothing to lose for Ryan, other than Is there any basis for the military’s low employers to not issue layoff notifications, the country in the last month, has actually screwing up the perceived gains made by “The regard for the President? Let’s take a look and that the taxpayers would pay any costs dropped behind Mitt “The Glove” Romney in Glove” in the first debate against the seemingly at the last week: resulting from such legal violation. Sen. some of the all-too-fluid polls that seem to pop disinterested Obama, Ryan presumably held First, on October 5, the Bureau of Labor John McCain estimates these taxpayer costs up daily, giving the pundits something to spin his own against the elder statesman Biden. Statistics announced that the September job to reach into the billions of dollars--all to as they try, oh so vehemently, to make this Sure that Hillary was watching the debate. growth had been a measly 114,000--a number politically shield the President. election seem like a race between Secretariat If the POTUS is successful in his reelection insufficient to keep up with population growth. Third, the Obama campaign raised an and Seabiscuit. campaign and holds serve in the general Miraculously, however, one month before astounding $181 million in the month of And it might just end up that way. Ready election in a few weeks, that will set up a nice the presidential election, the unemployment September and close to a billion dollars for some more hanging chads? Know of a tussle for the Demo Presidential nomination in rate fell from 8.1 percent to 7.8 percent, thus cumulatively! The Government Accountability few Chads--couple that I would like to leave 2016. Which will actually begin on Wednesday benefiting the President. The BLS explained Institute recently released a 108-page report hanging for some of their past indiscretions, morning, November 7. the falling rate was caused by two factors: The describing one source of the President’s but I guess that we should let moronic bygones Biden would certainly have to be a player, July and August job numbers were revised funds. The website www.obama.com is be bygones, right? As someone great said, right? He may be old, but he will have upwards by 91,000 jobs due to governmental not owned by the President’s reelection forgive but don’t forget. had eight years of experience caddying for hiring that no one had known about! (Really?) team, but by a Democratic fundraiser named Doesn’t resonate here. Tired of forgiving. the fundraising dynamo, the Illinois-based And in consumer phone contacts, the BLS Robert Roche. Roche, from Chicago (of And will never forget. community organizer. Dude has run for the “found” another 875,000 employed people course), is currently living in Shanghai, Anyway, read a very prescient column Presidency a couple of times before. No way it had not identified before. (Truly?) China, and has business ties to the Chinese penned a few weeks back from an obviously he could pass up this lay-up of an opportunity, These two adjustments created the largest government. Sixty-eight percent of the hits to astute political scribe who guaranteed that the right? one-month gain in employment in 29 years! his www.Obama.com are from international seemingly overwhelming Obama advantage And speaking of VPs, or failed VP candidates, Many are guessing that immediately after sources and are referred to Obama fundraising at that time would dissipate. And his point: saw Princess Sarah Palin interviewed after the election, these numbers will be revised sites. Accordingly, only two percentga of the media has a vested interest in pushing the first Presidential debate. Gonna change downward again. Truth may eventually Obama’s contributions are traceable to for a close race--for a cliffhanger on that first my wattage a little here: She is a clueless… win out…but not now, not yet…not until domestic donors. Tuesday in November. So they do what pundits lady. Guess I have been brainwashed, or November 7...after the election. Clearly, the military recognizes honor and and media-ites do. Champion the leader in the something else the past few years. Changed The second thing that happened was the integrity. The question is whether or not the clubhouse, the leader in the polls, pushing her hair color, BTW. directive from the Office of Management and rest of us do. • him to a point and then working oh-so-hard No Palin for President campaign in 2016 to bring the insurmountable advantage back will resonate on these pages. Wonder if Rosie to a toss-up. Barr will run again? • “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” ~ Leo F. 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