TORRANCE TRIBUNE July 5, 2012 Page 5 One Man’s Opinion Political Penguin By Gerry Chong the country believes we are still in recession. By Duane Plank sticks of Georgia, one Jimmy Carter, screwed This morning I’m working on my first The best we can dream of is anemic economic Greetings, comrades and revelers, the day a bunch of our young athletes and decided cup of joe--the neighborhood cat wrapped expansion that is insufficient to keep up with after the Fourth of July festivities. Trust that to boycott the Olympics that year that took around my feet looking for a handout and I’m population growth, and the worst is a flat out you all behaved somewhat responsibly? Did place in the very Communist Soviet Union. browsing through the morning rag’s report on 2013 economic recession. In the words of not partake in any of the illegality of fire- Red scare and all. Boy, that seems like a national tragedies. A small inside page article the civil rights movement, “Been down so works, point a dangerous bottle-rocket at long time ago, doesn’t it? called my attention to the fact that the Fourth long, it looks like up to me.” one of the neighbors’ abodes, the neighbors Seems that the Commies had invaded of July is coming, and it got me to thinking And in this era of discouraging news on who are constantly oh-so unfriendly and Afghanistan and the overmatched one-term about the Founding Fathers and what they an individual level, wouldn’t you at least tight-lipped as you try to greet them as President from Plains, Georgia got his would have thought about our stewardship expect a President to respect the rule of law they walk their dog by your residence skivvies in a bunch and spearheaded a of this ship of state they had handed to us. and the will of the people? and let the scurvy hound relieve boycott of the Games that took place Thomas Paine, reflecting the challenges of The Federal Defense of Marriage Act himself on your pristine lawn? in Moscow. So shockingly, a bunch his time, said, “These are the times that try (DOMA) defined a marriage as between a I will take a leap of faith and tell of Eastern European athletes brought men’s souls,” but I would suggest those man and a woman, and is the law of the you I behaved just like some of you column home a majority of the coveted medals, sentiments apply to us as well. Pull land, but President Obama has chosen to fans would have expected me to behave. leaving our getting-paid-under-the-table up a chair, pour yourself a cup and reject the Constitutional requirement that he The Fourth is the most political of holi- athletes out in the proverbial cold. let’s chat a bit. enforce the law--but instead supports gay days, right? The day, 236 years ago when we Course the tables were turned four years Do you remember when the marriage. The issue is not whether or not declared our independence from the British later when the Soviets and their sympathizers very foundation of the American one supports gay marriage. It is whether rogues who had deified and vilified the op- said nyet to attending the Summer Olympics dream was an education from a or not the President of the United States is pressed who would soon become Americans that went off without a hitch in Los Ange- word-class American university? required to follow the law. He says “not.” after braving a scurvy-laden boat ride across les. And opened the doors for a bunch of That the result of that education was In another arena, only 38 percent of the the pond. Seems that we have patched up our American guys and gals to win medals in a satisfying career…not just a job…but a population supports Obamacare, but the differences with the British folk, and in fact sports that heretofore had been dominated career of the graduate’s choosing? That the President has chosen to reject the public will, are getting ready to send our finest profes- by the men and women/men of the Soviet graduate could marry, have children and save directing the Health and Human Services sional athletes over to jolly old England later bloc countries. enough money to buy his own home in a Department to spend $2.7 billion over the last this month and try to bring back the gold and Speaking of Afghanistan, why is such a safe neighborhood? That his children could three months to implement the unpopular law. the zillion dollars in endorsement money that heck-hole of a country allowed to cause so attend a functioning public school and the Regardless of the decision of the Supreme is out there in the 2012 Summer Olympics. much worldwide consternation? A boycott family be allowed to worship in a religion Court, the President has flipped off the court Now, I will watch a heck of a lot of the of the “all-important” Olympics 32 years of its choosing? Wasn’t it the dream of every of public opinion. Olympic coverage, but not all too interested ago and a war to track down the dirt-bag parent that his children would stand on the On June 15, the President by fiat declared in waving the jingoistic red, white and blue Bin Laden that has taken the lives of how shoulders of generations past and accomplish that he will not enforce the provisions of the pom-pom. Yes, I want the American profes- many Americans? According to a CNN report that which had eluded his elders? Where did Immigration Act by stopping deportation of sional athletes to outpoint the professional about three weeks ago, the 2,000th American that dream go? young illegals and beginning approval of athletes from the other participating countries, lost his life in the war that has lasted nearly Today, every aspect of that dream (quality work permits. Left unsaid was whether or but it just ain’t the same as it was back in 4,000 days. university education, post-education career, not the parents of the 800,000 young immi- the day when we would watch the tube Marine Corporal Taylor J. Baune was marriage between a man and a woman, home grants will also be exempt from deportation. and root against the evil Russians, the evil killed--number 2,000 for whom the bell ownership, quality public schools, practicing The President violates federal law, making East Germans--especially the East German tolled. Baune had just been recently mar- religion of one’s choice) are all under siege. supreme the opinion of one man. women who seemed to have more facial ried, three months before his deployment to Elaborating on each of their challenges would On June 25, the Supreme Court said hair than the Canadian men’s team. In any Afghanistan. Can’t even fathom sending a be depressing and lead me to add Kahlua to Arizona police have the authority to ask for and all sports… son, a father, a brother off to a so-called war, my coffee. Suffice it to say, the American evidence of legal residency during otherwise The Bolshoi that was promulgated back only to have them be returned to American Dream has turned into a cruel mirage. legal stops, relaying information on illegals to then, that the Games of the Olympiad were soil in a flag-draped coffin. War for what? The most insidious consequence of our the federal authorities. Following the ruling pure, was a crock. It was beat the Evil Empire Think Bin Laden was sent to the bottom of failing may be the death of national optimism- the Administration responded by terminating and the other commies. And there were some the ocean a good while ago. -the belief in upward mobility and confidence immigration enforcement agreements with the epic battles between the alleged free world We, and I use that term loosely, found him, in a brighter tomorrow. Sadly we now focus state, thereby defying the intent of the court. and the Russian empire, but they seemed eliminated him and sent his sorry carcass negatively on just avoiding catastrophe for Thomas Paine would undoubtedly agree to take a backseat to politics in 1980, when into the ocean, to hopefully be devoured by one more day, one more week, one more that these are times that try men’s souls. We the miscast peanut farmer President from the See Penguin, page 11 year. 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