GOBS OF JOBS!

GOBS OF JOBS!

(Huffington Post/Politico/Frazer Chronicle)

Oh happy day, we are getting on with our lives, coming out of whatever one might call a “depression, recession, panic, brother can you spear me a dime.....time, or just plain tough times.” The reason for all the commotion, the jobless rate in the United States went from 8.1% down to 7.8%. That's good, right?

Well not according to Allen West, a political animal from the great state of confusion....."No, wait, I'm just kidding," Big Al is a Republican Representative from Florida, that's the "gator state," right? Well anyways, Representative West called the latest "jobs report confusing to say the least."

West further states, that the Obama administration just might have "engineered" the jobs numbers to aid the president's reelection bid. "Well I never!" Actually I never have.....I mean rigged a political race, not even for dog catcher. I'm sure others have, in the long history of free open and honest elections here in the good old United States of America.

These days, people are ranting to their own crowd, what big Al said about the jobs report which was announced this morning, October 5, 2012, is really rather silly, I mean given the history of the most volatile of races, the presidency of the greatest country on the face of the planet, nothing would surprise me.

A CLOSER LOOK AT BIG ALLEN WEST:

Allen Bernard West was born in February 1961, educated at the University of Tennessee, Kansas State, and the U.S. Army Command & General Staff Officers College. Both of West’s parents were registered Democrats, but West remarked that they, (his parents) raised him "very conservatively." I'm not real sure what that last part means, but hey, it's his bio.

West entered military service in November 1983 and retired in 2004 with full military benefits. During his military career, "Big Al" was a decorated soldier with a Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal, three Oak Leaf Clusters, one Valor Device, Army Achievement Medal, Oak Leaf Cluster, Valorous United Award, Air Assault Badge and the Master Parachutist Badge.

Now at this juncture I gotta tell you, I'm impressed with all the "stuff" this guy earned for his "service" to our country. Hell with little exception, I couldn't tell you what any of those medals mean, except that he probably was one tough dude.....of course, remember, "I'm a lover.....not a fighter."

Of course there is one little bitty incident that I'm sure "Big Al" would rather forget, it involved an interrogation that happened in 2003, a weapon, a beating and left an Iraqi civilian with soiled underwear. The Iraqi, Yahya Jhodi Hamoodi, a civilian police officer allegedly plotted to attack "Big Al" and some of his men.

During the course of the interrogation, (by the way, West usually never attended interrogations) probably berating, kicking, punching and other such degrading efforts to get at the truth, "Big Al" pulled out his service revolver and fired a round close to "Yahya's" head. Of course the Iraqi police officer immediately sang like the proverbial canary.

There was no plot to ambush West and his men, and West was brought up on charges by the Army, receiving a $5000 fine. West commented after his article 15 hearing that "he knew what he did was wrong, but he would do anything to protect his men."

Now.....I ask you, "Do you really think that Lieutenant Colonel Allen Bernard West views the current presidential campaign much differently than the war in Iraq? I for one really, really wonder, is "Big Al" just protecting, and causing a diversion.....like the good soldier that he is?