TORRANCE TRIBUNE February 1, 2018 Page 7
Ingredients
• 10 chicken drumsticks
• 1 large lemon zested and juiced
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 3 whole cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1 pinch each salt and pepper
• Minced parsley for garnish
Honey Mustard Sauce:
• 3 tablespoons melted butter
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1/2 cup mustard
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
Preparation
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Politically Speaking
One Man’s Opinion Another Man’s Opinion
Celebrities Aren’t Banned From Enjoying
Their Right to Freedom of Speech
By Cristian Vasquez
It’s easy to dismiss and criticize celebrities
for sharing their political opinions, but it’s
also as childish as a kid on the playground
becoming upset because a classmate brought
the same version of their toy. The weekend
gave us another edition of the Grammys,
which in all honesty was avoided in this
household like it has been every year. However,
what’s never ignored is the anger from
certain people who have convinced their ignorant
minds and feeble egos that celebrities
have no right to express any sort of political
thoughts. U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.
Nikki Haley demonstrated her ignorance and
intolerance Sunday night when she tweeted,
“I have always loved the Grammys but to
have artists read the Fire and Fury book
killed it. Don’t ruin great music with trash.
Some of us love music without the politics
thrown in it.” Well, Haley and the people
who think like her simply need to stop being
such whiny babies.
Art has always been political. Music has
never existed separate from political, social
commentary. Maybe Haley has never heard
Merle Haggard sing the lines, “After a
soldier fights, should we read him his
new rights? There’s not that many to read
anymore. Where’s all the freedom that we’re
fightin’ for?” I wonder if Haley knows that
the classic American song “Yankee Doodle”
itself has political roots. Or maybe she’s just
selective about whom she wants to criticize.
Maybe Haley is just another one of the
snowflakes that her boss constantly takes
jabs at, but he hasn’t realized as much. Let’s
not pretend that the arts exist isolated from
current events, because art is an expression
of life and life is as varied as the music
that’s out there.
It is ironic that an ambassador chosen
by a party known for constantly slashing
funding for the arts is online criticizing the
message in the arts. If the industry decides
to be political during its biggest celebration,
does anyone really have the right to tell it
to stop? No. Nothing about the freedom of
expression states that it’s limited to people
in a certain profession, income bracket or
from a specific political ideology. Now, do
people like Haley also get upset when conservative
celebrities speak out? Did Haley
speak out against Hank Williams, Jr. when
he called President Obama a Muslim who
hates the military? I wonder where Haley’s
outrage was when Ted Nugent threatened
President Obama and Hillary Clinton. Haley
is a hypocrite of the worst kind and needs to
stop spreading the idea that being a celebrity
makes you unworthy of a political opinion,
especially when that opinion contradicts your
personal views.
Let the Grammys have their night. It’s
an exclusive party for artists brave enough
to take a chance on a creative career and
fortunate enough to have made it. If their
political opinions can ruin your day, then
toughen up. Not everyone in the world agrees
with you. •
One Year In, Trump Seems to Be Doing a
Darn Good Job… If You’re a Legal Citizen
By Duane Plank
So I am still tooling around in my kid’s
Honda Civic, as he kiped my Mini-van about
15 months ago, as he attends music festivals
and similar-type events in and around the environs
of Santa Barbara, chauffeuring around
his posse. He and his buddy descended on the
mansion Friday night, caught me a little offguard,
as they were attending a music soiree
in LA. He had to hit the floor in the master
bedroom, because my dump was going through
a bit of renovation and the furniture was askew.
Anyway, mentioning this because the kid’s car
that I am driving is a Honda hybrid. Doing my best
to save the world and all. And it sports a Bernie
Saunders bumper sticker. Kid became politically
motivated when Sanders made his cheated
run at the 2016 Dem presidential nomination.
If you pay any attention, you may remember
that the nomination was rigged by the
entrenched, old-line Dems for the skow Hil
Clinton, against the upstart Sanders…as she
was expected to trounce whichever Republican
garnered the nomination on the way to busting
the glass ceiling and becoming the first woman
POTUS in the good-old-US-of A. Girl power.
How did that work out?
Mention this because a recent poll -- because
why not float polls two years in advance? --
noted that the pathetic Dems have apparently
listed the fossil Sanders as the second choice
today to nab the 2020 nomination. He trailed
the number one relic Joe Biden. Also mentioned
in the poll was two-time loser Hillary Clinton,
author of the tome What Happened, which
finally showed up on my doorstep courtesy
of the Amazon drones. She was number three
in the poll. Took Amazon two weeks to get
me the Trump book Fire and Fury, but I did
receive way-too-many emails from the Amazon
god zillionaires expressing their remorse for
the delay in the delivery of my books.
Shockingly, Congresswoman Mad Maxine
Waters, who has incredibly become very wealthy
after she started her career in politics (how the
heck did that happen?) is not considered a viable
candidate for the presidency in 2020. Mad Max
has recently toned down her incoherent diatribes
against President 45, though she and a few Lib
losers were threatening to boycott Trump’s this
past Tuesday evening State of the Union Address.
Nice! Stay home, or in some other paidfor
domicile, and not support the…elected…
president of our country. Someone should
investigate Mad Max’s finances, BTW.
And Trump throws out a plan to help the
illegals, Dreamers, whatever, to get a path
towards citizenship, and Schumer and Pelosi,
who probably hadn’t even read the deal, cry
foul. Resist, resist. What programs are you
proposing, my leftist brethren, other than the
garbage of victimization?
Finally, since I have two jobs, I am always
amused when the hardly-working DACA
freeloaders can take time out of their busy
days and protest. At Disneyland. Last Tuesday.
Me, no time to protest. Them? The best and
the brightest, all college grads, according to
the blowhards on CNN. Disneyland? Really?
Adios to the Dreamers. •
Marinated Garlic and Lemon Roasted Chicken
Drumsticks with Honey Mustard Sauce
Recipe from Nestle’s Balance Your Plate
1. In a bowl, mix together lemon juice, zest, olive oil, chopped garlic, paprika,
oregano, salt and pepper. Add chicken drumsticks and toss to coat evenly. Cover
bowl with plastic wrap and place in refrigerator for at least 30 minutes. When
ready to cook, let chicken come to room temperature for about 20 minutes. Preheat
oven to 375 degrees.
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2. Arrange chicken on oiled foil-lined sheet pan.
3. Bake uncovered for 20 minutes. Flip chicken pieces and cook another 10 minutes
until chicken reaches 165 degrees and is no longer pink.
4. Make sauce in a small bowl by whisking together the mustard and honey. Add water
as needed for a workable consistency.
5. With a small pastry brush, brush sauce over chicken and broil 5 minutes until bubbly.
6. Place chicken pieces on a serving platter and sprinkle minced parsley over all. •