TORRANCE TRIBUNE November 29, 2012 Page 5 Political Penguin One Man’s Opinion Duane Plank other, right? Or left.Well, my Pops, staunch By Gerry Chong health insurance is causing companies to So the Kid returned to the mansion for a Republican that he is, never really forced Look what they’ve done to my song, Ma restructure their workforce to avoid the mandate. few days last week, descending home because me to vote one way or the other, but has Maybe it’ll be OK Already, Papa John’s Pizza, Denny’s he so much wanted to hang with Mom and continued to this day to have the viewpoint Well if the people are buying tears Restaurant, Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Dad for the Thanksgiving festivities. Or of a veteran human being who fought in the I’ll be rich someday, Ma LongHorn Steakhouse, Ralph’s Market, maybe it was because he had a can’t-miss Korean War, and still feels that our shores Look what they’ve done to my song Food-For-Less and Smith’s Market have dental appointment scheduled locally, as we aren’t safe from foreign interlopers. chosen to reduce their employees to 25-hour continue to deal with the fallout from a major So not an Obama supporter, shall we say. Look what they’ve done to my song, Ma work weeks. Their competitors are sure to tooth emergency that struck about a week And was over at his MB domicile last week, Well they tied it in a plastic bag follow suit. And turned it upside down Denny’s will also add a five percent Look what they’ve done to my song Obamacare surcharge to all customer bills. Highway robbery, the education fee escalation that has continued Melanie Safka Applebee’s says it will cease hiring because to take place in the Great State of Cali. You may notice that I no What have we done to the younger of the law. Wal-Mart says Obamacare will generation? We’ve tied up their futures in add eight to 36 percent to each employee’s longer refer to our state as the Great Bankrupt State?. a plastic bag and turned it upside down, insurance premium, and any increased costs Ma. Going the way of Europe, U.S. youth it faces will be added to consumer prices. unemployment now stands at 17.1 percent. The young will lose the most in the prior to the Kid heading north to UCSB to taking him some vittles, raiding the liquor The Young Entrepreneur Council says workforce restructuring because they can’t study the history and the political xcience. cabinet, talking about the prosecution of the 53.6 percent of Bachelor’s degree holders support a family on a 25-hour work week. If Anyway, nice to see the Kid for a few miscreants who toilet-papered his estate a 25 years old or younger are unemployed or they’re lucky, they’ll get a second part-time minutes and discuss a little bit of this, a little couple of weeks prior. And he blurted out a underemployed. For high school graduates (ages job and still not have employer-provided bit of that. Turns out he was able to vote in couple of interesting thoughts for a man who 17-20), the unemployment rate is 31.1 percent. health insurance. his first election a couple of weeks ago. Not celebrated birthday number 79 on Wednesday. sure how he voted. Don’t impose my will or He is convinced that the Chinese Army political views on him, as some overbearing will soon overrun our West Coast shores and The young will lose the most in the workforce restructuring fathers do. And you know who you are. He’s that their point of entry will be Long Beach. because they can’t support a family on a 25-hour work week. old enough to make his own decision, as he Because there is a Costco in Long Beach apparently did. But I am surely assuming and, according to dear old Dad, the Chinese that he cast a vote for Prop. 30, to save all government, or one of their incredibly rich More college graduates are getting low- The cost of Obamacare is compounded from of us college-check-writing parents from patrons, owns the megazillion-dollar Costco tech jobs. Waiters, bartenders and food one link of the supply chain to the next. The having the fees jacked up again mid-course. empire. Maybe they do--no time to fact-check service helpers have gained 100,000 jobs, grain farmer will pay for Obamacare and pass Highway robbery, the education fee tonight. Maybe at a later date. but engineers, physicists, chemists and the cost on to the cattle rancher. The cattle escalation that has continued to take place in Also ran by dear old Dad the fact that the mathematicians gained only 90,000 jobs. rancher will absorb the higher cost and add a the Great State of Cali. You may notice that Dems may be looking at a Joe Biden versus Only three of the 30 occupations with the profit and overhead factor to it before passing I no longer refer to our state as the Great H. Clinton fistfight for the Donkey nomination largest projected number of job openings will the higher cost on to the slaughterhouse, and Bankrupt State? Sans the actor/philanderer/ in 2016. Dad, also named Duane, btw, said require a Bachelor’s degree or higher. Most so forth. Through each link, the trucking pretender Arnold Schwarzenegger, things that the Dems couldn’t run the lovely Hillary jobs by 2020 will be in low wage professions company adds his Obamacare cost. By the appear to be turning around a little. “because they have something on her.” like retail sales, fast food and truck driving. time the meat reaches the butcher shop, In fact, recent polls cite stats that connote Not sure if dear old Dad remembers the Look what they’ve done to my song, Ma. Obamacare will have caused grain cost and that most of us paying attention think that the escapades of “Slick Willie” Clinton, but Even in the low-tech industries, employers meat cost inflation. Who will bear the brunt financial outlook is starting to look a little better. maybe he does. Seems like the old guy can are locking down. Sixty-three percent of of these increases? The young. A little Pollyanna positiveness, apparently. pick and choose what and when he wants people with health insurance receive it through So mentioned that I don’t impart my political to remember when it comes to a factoid employers, but Obamacare’s mandate that Well, if the people are buying tears I’ll beliefs on the Kid--let him formulate his own or two…Happy birthday, Dad, from your companies employing more than 50 people be rich some day, Ma biases. Cuz we all tend to lean one way or the esteemed son Duane “Tony” Plank. • working more than 30 hours a week provide Look what they’ve done to my song…• Sports Shorts START A NEW HOLIDAY TRADITION olymPian Carmelita Jeter returns to alma mater INVITE YOUR FRIENDS! November 20 was Carmelita Jeter Day at California State University, Dominguez Hills, Don’t forget to wear your favorite holiday hat as the campus welcomed home its first Olympic athletic. The three-time medalist at the 2012 London Olympic Games—bronze in the 200m, silver in the 100m, and gold in the 4x100m—and the fastest woman alive talked about her experiences and answer questions from the audience during “A Discussion with Carmelita Jeter”. Jeter also served as honorary head coach at the home-opener women’s basketball game against cross-town rival Cal State proudly presents L.A. Seen here is Carmelita with University President Willie Hagan and Vice President of in the Torodome rafters. 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