Last week your urgency-driven Peasant put out a call to arms re:
the upcoming Wisconsin State Supreme Court election, urging
my fellow Wisconsin conservatives to make haste to the polls
on Tuesday, April 2 and vote for Judge Brian Hagedorn to fill
the court seat being vacated by retiring liberal justice Shirley
Abrahamson. I put the cart before the horse, and I want to
apologize and make amends in today's posting. To start, I am
hereby endorsing Judge Hagedorn as the means of flipping a
heretofore liberal-held seat on our state's highest court, giving
us a 5-2 majority and a bit of cushion in advance of next year's
state Supreme Court election which is scheduled to take place
on the day of the state Democrats' presidential primary (!).
On that date you know that Wisconsin's Dems will come out
in droves to vote in their primary, and as a "while we're at it"
they will certainly vote for Judge Hagedorn's extremely left-
wing opponent whom I warned you about last week. Today,
though, we shall focus solely on Judge Hagedorn and his
qualifications for a seat on the Badger State's highest court.
Judge Brian Hagedorn's judicial philosophy is one of strict
adherence to the Constitutions of the Unites States and of
Wisconsin, proscribing omnipresent, activist government
which encroaches on the rights and liberties of the people.
Furthermore, Judge Hagedorn said that as a justice on the
state's top court he would uphold constitutional rights as
written; writing on his campaign website, he stated "This
includes certain rights that some today wish wouldn't be
protected, like the freedom of speech, freedom of religion,
and the right to bear arms. It is my solemn oath to uphold
and enforce these rights against government overreach."
No wonder that left-wingers despise him; to them, the
Judge is a wet blanket!
His professional experience includes working in public
and practice. Judge Hagedorn was an assistant attorney
general at the Wisconsin Department of Justice, as well
as a law clerk for Wisconsin State Supreme Court Justice
Michael Gabelman and Chief Legal Counsel to Gov.
Scott Walker.
Although it is not, and should not be, neither a qualification
nor a detriment, Judge Hagedorn is an evangelical Christian
and has had a part in the founding of a private Christian
school some years ago. But his opponent in the race for the
seat on the state's high court and her supporters launched
a bigoted attack on the Judge claiming that he won't be
impartial when hearing and deciding cases involving gay
people, women, or abortion. On the matter of the school he
helped establish, it has been said that the school bars gay
students and faculty because of their sexual preferences;
actually, no. The truth of the matter is that gay people are
as welcome as anyone to enroll or to seek employment at
the school. What is required, as specified by the school's
interpretation and teaching of Scripture, is that all students,
faculty and other employees at the school not engage in
sexual practices which are so proscribed. The school's
mission is to promote the interpretation of the Bible
which it sees as the true and authentic version of God's
word. Catholic schools, Lutheran schools, Presbyterian,
Methodist, Seventh Day Adventist, Jewish, and Mormon
schools all do this as well. And of course Islamic schools.
Have Judge Lisa Neubauer and her fellow lefties ever
heard of or seen what Islam's Koran teaches about gay
people and women? Yet neither they, nor other left-wing
sorts make so much as a peep against that. And Judge
Neubauer continues to remain silent regarding the
ignorant, prejudiced rantings against Judge Hagedorn
and his religious faith hurled by those on her side of
the political spectrum.
For her part, Judge Neubauer counts herself as a judge
without bias or influence manifest in her decisions.
Oh, really? Her record as a state appellate court judge
shows she sat on many cases having conflicts of interests
with her husband's business interests involved.
She decried the influence of outside money in state
candidate races while accepting money from Planned
Parenthood, which her politically connected family has
long been involved with. Former Attorney General
Eric Holder has been instrumental in funneling PAC
money to the tune of half a million dollars so far.
With most of this money coming from outside of
Wisconsin, this puts the lie to Judge Neubauer's
alleged disdain for outside political contributions,
wouldn't you say?
And of course there's Judge Neubauer's disdain for
constitutional restraints on government, which unlike
that she has for outside money is quite genuine. Need
your faithful Peasant say more?
These, then, are the stakes on Election Day. Your
gimlet-eyed Peasant has laid it all out for you, my
fellow Wisconsin conservatives and all Wisconsinites
who want an impartial judiciary at all levels paired with
a government bound to constitutional restraints and
the rights and liberties of the people unfettered by
judicial fiat and legislative and/or executive caprice.
With this, The Peasant heartily endorses Judge Brian
Hagedorn for the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Please
come out on Tuesday April 2 and vote for this
distinguished and fair-minded jurist. Vote as if your
rights and liberties depend on it, because they do.
MEM
Thursday, March 28, 2019
Thursday, March 21, 2019
Word to Wisconsin Conservatives: Do or Die Time is Near!
Today's piece is for your faithful Peasant's fellow Wisconsin
conservatives, though all of you my grand readers should take
heed if you are soon to face a similar situation in the states
where you live. An election of great importance is coming
in just twelve days from today; normally elections that occur
in a year between a presidential election year and a gubernatorial
one doesn't draw great numbers of voters, as the offices up for
grabs are generally local ones and have no meaning to those not
residing in those communities. But this election, set for April 2,
is for extremely high stakes. An election for a soon to be vacated
Wisconsin Supreme Court seat will take place on that date. And
with the state's highest court currently in conservative hands
by a razor-thin 4-3 margin, and the next scheduled state Supreme
Court battle coming in 2020 COINCIDING WITH THE DEMOCRATS'
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY, with a conservative jurist vying for
another term when his liberal opponent will greatly benefit from the
resultant heavy Democrat turnout, the ideological makeup of the
court is weighing in the balance. Wisconsin Appellate Court Judge
Brian Hagedorn, a conservative, is running for the seat being vacated
by retiring liberal Justice Shirley Abrahamson and his opponent is
Judge Lisa Neubauer, the very liberal (wait for it!) Chief Judge
of the Wisconsin State Appellate Court. After clashing on the
Appellate Court these two jurists are squaring off for a seat
on Wisconsin's high court. And it is a bruising battle, to be sure!
Some of Judge Neubauer's supporters have publicly attacked
Judge Hagedorn for his religious faith, stating that it makes him
unfit to be on the state's high court because he wouldn't be impartial
in cases regarding gay people and abortion. Hagedorn, an evangelical
Christian, some years earlier helped establish a private Christian school
which requires its students as well as its staff to adhere to the strictures
of their faith, comporting themselves to those rules in their lives at and
outside of school. They further claim that this school expells students
for being gay; the truth of the matter is that the school does no such
thing, but would expel a student for acting upon his or her homosexual
leanings at or outside of school, as it would go against the church's
rules of conduct according to the faith on which it was founded. No
one at the school looks for anyone who even remotely might be gay
with an eye toward expulsion based merely on sexual orientation.
What is happening here is a bigoted attack upon a person of a religious
faith by a group of people who a) disapprove of the religious faith itself
and b) the person practicing the faith. This is part of the Left's stock in
trade, attacking a political opponent on grounds not related to his
qualifications, his record, or ideas but instead something to which he
belongs and has every right according to the Constitution to belong to
and to practice. And the left-wingers hate with a frightening passion
anyone who belongs to a religion and practices a faith which they
vehemently disapprove of, which these days seems to be any faith
other than an ultra-liberal version of the Christian faith, i.e.
Unitarian Universalism, Reform Judaism, or some left-wing non-
denominational church, or Islam (the more radical the better).
All the while that this is going on, Judge Neubauer is trying very hard
to convince Wisconsin voters that she is an impartial judge, and will
be an impartial justice. Lots of luck with that, Judge. The MacIver
Institute, a Wisconsin free market research organization pointed out
recently that Her Honor's husband, Jeff Neubauer, was a Democrat
member of the State Assembly and then was the Chairman of the
state's Democrat party and a member of the Democratic National
Committee. Her hubby gave over $105,00 to national Democrat
candidates and $15,00 to President Obama for his two presidential
campaigns, according to WisGOP.com, ICYMI on March 4.
Judge Neubauer also backs radical U.S. Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-
Cortez' very radical Green New Deal, which among other things
will work to eliminate air travel as well as taxes fossil fuels and
home heating, furthermore harm Wisconsin farmers and middle
class workers (see www.agweb.com Democrat's Green New Deal
Wants to Eliminate "Farting Cows" --- no, really, that is the actual
title of the article!). Finally, Obama's former Attorney General
Eric Holder is leading a fundraising effort to fill the Neubauer
coffers with lots of lefty money, and has been quite successful
thus far from what your sharp-eyed Peasant has learned.
Judge Hagedorn has not been able to raise nearly as much money
by this late stage, and it is hampering his campaigns efforts in
getting lawn signs out to supporters who have requested them.
You of course see where this is headed.
In the meantime, my fellow Badger State conservatives, please do
what you can to help Judge Hagedorn to wage a successful campaign.
The judge is a staunch conservative who has always worked to uphold
the constitutional principles of limited government and governmental
accountability, in sharp contrast to his left-wing opponent.
If we lose this election, the next election for a Wisconsin Supreme
Court seat may well be won by the Democrats because they will be
at the polls in huge numbers thanks to their presidential primary
being on the same day, That would mean the likelihood of losing both
races, giving the lefties a 4-3 majority on the high court, enough of
a margin to undo the good and necessary reforms, including Act 10,
which Gov. Scott Walker gave us as well as any and all other conser-
vative legislation pertaining to gun rights, education reform, crime
reduction, and measures to save the lives of unborn babies. It is truly
"do or die" time in Wisconsin. And for goodness sake GET TO THE
POLLS AND VOTE on Tuesday, April 2! No excuses, no alibis,
just get your butts to the polls! Bring family, friends, neighbors,
co-workers, and fellow students along! This is a call to arms!
Twelve days until the battle. Will you be ready?
MEM
conservatives, though all of you my grand readers should take
heed if you are soon to face a similar situation in the states
where you live. An election of great importance is coming
in just twelve days from today; normally elections that occur
in a year between a presidential election year and a gubernatorial
one doesn't draw great numbers of voters, as the offices up for
grabs are generally local ones and have no meaning to those not
residing in those communities. But this election, set for April 2,
is for extremely high stakes. An election for a soon to be vacated
Wisconsin Supreme Court seat will take place on that date. And
with the state's highest court currently in conservative hands
by a razor-thin 4-3 margin, and the next scheduled state Supreme
Court battle coming in 2020 COINCIDING WITH THE DEMOCRATS'
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY, with a conservative jurist vying for
another term when his liberal opponent will greatly benefit from the
resultant heavy Democrat turnout, the ideological makeup of the
court is weighing in the balance. Wisconsin Appellate Court Judge
Brian Hagedorn, a conservative, is running for the seat being vacated
by retiring liberal Justice Shirley Abrahamson and his opponent is
Judge Lisa Neubauer, the very liberal (wait for it!) Chief Judge
of the Wisconsin State Appellate Court. After clashing on the
Appellate Court these two jurists are squaring off for a seat
on Wisconsin's high court. And it is a bruising battle, to be sure!
Some of Judge Neubauer's supporters have publicly attacked
Judge Hagedorn for his religious faith, stating that it makes him
unfit to be on the state's high court because he wouldn't be impartial
in cases regarding gay people and abortion. Hagedorn, an evangelical
Christian, some years earlier helped establish a private Christian school
which requires its students as well as its staff to adhere to the strictures
of their faith, comporting themselves to those rules in their lives at and
outside of school. They further claim that this school expells students
for being gay; the truth of the matter is that the school does no such
thing, but would expel a student for acting upon his or her homosexual
leanings at or outside of school, as it would go against the church's
rules of conduct according to the faith on which it was founded. No
one at the school looks for anyone who even remotely might be gay
with an eye toward expulsion based merely on sexual orientation.
What is happening here is a bigoted attack upon a person of a religious
faith by a group of people who a) disapprove of the religious faith itself
and b) the person practicing the faith. This is part of the Left's stock in
trade, attacking a political opponent on grounds not related to his
qualifications, his record, or ideas but instead something to which he
belongs and has every right according to the Constitution to belong to
and to practice. And the left-wingers hate with a frightening passion
anyone who belongs to a religion and practices a faith which they
vehemently disapprove of, which these days seems to be any faith
other than an ultra-liberal version of the Christian faith, i.e.
Unitarian Universalism, Reform Judaism, or some left-wing non-
denominational church, or Islam (the more radical the better).
All the while that this is going on, Judge Neubauer is trying very hard
to convince Wisconsin voters that she is an impartial judge, and will
be an impartial justice. Lots of luck with that, Judge. The MacIver
Institute, a Wisconsin free market research organization pointed out
recently that Her Honor's husband, Jeff Neubauer, was a Democrat
member of the State Assembly and then was the Chairman of the
state's Democrat party and a member of the Democratic National
Committee. Her hubby gave over $105,00 to national Democrat
candidates and $15,00 to President Obama for his two presidential
campaigns, according to WisGOP.com, ICYMI on March 4.
Judge Neubauer also backs radical U.S. Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-
Cortez' very radical Green New Deal, which among other things
will work to eliminate air travel as well as taxes fossil fuels and
home heating, furthermore harm Wisconsin farmers and middle
class workers (see www.agweb.com Democrat's Green New Deal
Wants to Eliminate "Farting Cows" --- no, really, that is the actual
title of the article!). Finally, Obama's former Attorney General
Eric Holder is leading a fundraising effort to fill the Neubauer
coffers with lots of lefty money, and has been quite successful
thus far from what your sharp-eyed Peasant has learned.
Judge Hagedorn has not been able to raise nearly as much money
by this late stage, and it is hampering his campaigns efforts in
getting lawn signs out to supporters who have requested them.
You of course see where this is headed.
In the meantime, my fellow Badger State conservatives, please do
what you can to help Judge Hagedorn to wage a successful campaign.
The judge is a staunch conservative who has always worked to uphold
the constitutional principles of limited government and governmental
accountability, in sharp contrast to his left-wing opponent.
If we lose this election, the next election for a Wisconsin Supreme
Court seat may well be won by the Democrats because they will be
at the polls in huge numbers thanks to their presidential primary
being on the same day, That would mean the likelihood of losing both
races, giving the lefties a 4-3 majority on the high court, enough of
a margin to undo the good and necessary reforms, including Act 10,
which Gov. Scott Walker gave us as well as any and all other conser-
vative legislation pertaining to gun rights, education reform, crime
reduction, and measures to save the lives of unborn babies. It is truly
"do or die" time in Wisconsin. And for goodness sake GET TO THE
POLLS AND VOTE on Tuesday, April 2! No excuses, no alibis,
just get your butts to the polls! Bring family, friends, neighbors,
co-workers, and fellow students along! This is a call to arms!
Twelve days until the battle. Will you be ready?
MEM
Thursday, March 14, 2019
The Democrats Are Coming to Town
This week your loyal Peasant received the most earth-shaking news;
Milwaukee has been chosen by the Democratic National Committee
to be the site of their 2020 National Convention. Milwaukee! Picked
over larger cities with more hotels and other lodging accommodations,
more places for nighttime entertainment, more glitz to be sure, and
more renown for being destinations rather than merely for stopovers
on the way to somewhere else, my Milwaukee was the choice of a
major political party to be the site for their national convention.
And Wisconsin's Republicans are just as happy to have them hold
their shindig in our great state for the same reasons!
Milwaukee has been a host for the Democrats' and the Republicans'
state conventions over the years; I myself have been to one of the
GOP's state bashes in the Cream City as an observer. But now my
city will, for the first time, host a national political convention of
one of the Big Two parties. And although I shouldn't have to say it
I shall do so anyway --- I am NOT going gaga over the Dems
being here! They are, after all, still our biggest enemy in our fight
to re-establish Constitutional restraints on our government, to
reaffirm the Constitution as the root of our nation's rule of law,
and to make our government once again a government "of, by,
and for the People". But not only will their being here next year
for their big bash show that Milwaukee is also a fine destination
city and not just a stop for re-fueling a plane or changing trains
or buses; there are wonderful sites and events to be enjoyed,
especially during the dates of the Democrats' convention, July 13
- 16. Their event will overlap with one of Milwaukee's best known
and loved ethnic festivals, Bastille Days --- our celebration of
French culture. The Dems could take a breather to attend some
of the features of our French festival, where they can listen to
French music, taste French delicacies, sample French wines, and
take in the Can-Can dancers' shows. And they can enjoy some
concerts by the Belle of the Bastille Days herself, Robin Pleur.
Robin sings the classic torch songs of Paris made popular by
the great torch singers of the past such as Edith Piaf, and plays
the accordian and the guitar as beautifully as she sings. Robin
creates her own stage costumes, and they put to shame the
haute couture of the Paris fashion houses! Furthermore, she
is accompanied by wonderful musical guests for her shows, and
they are all fantastic. Your proud Peasant counts Robin as
one of my many local musical friends, by the way!
Of course our guests will be spending a lot of money while they
are with us --- hotel accommodations, meals, souvenirs and such,
meaning that our gem by the Lake stands to receive a lot of
revenue; local businesses will prosper and the city's coffers
(and the state's as well) shall be filled to a healthy level.
Here's hoping (dare I?) that Mayor Barrett will use some of
that money to restore the cuts he made in the police and fire
department budgets!
Although I find precious little about the Democrats to agree with
and to support, I am not blind to the benefits of having them come
to visit our great city to have their convention. Milwaukee has
much to gain, and not just monetarily, from their being here!
And your proud Peasant is thrilled to see his Milwaukee have
its moment on the nation's stage. Well done, my grand city!
And the Peasant welcomes the Democrats to Milwaukee.
May your visit here be fun and exciting!
MEM
Milwaukee has been chosen by the Democratic National Committee
to be the site of their 2020 National Convention. Milwaukee! Picked
over larger cities with more hotels and other lodging accommodations,
more places for nighttime entertainment, more glitz to be sure, and
more renown for being destinations rather than merely for stopovers
on the way to somewhere else, my Milwaukee was the choice of a
major political party to be the site for their national convention.
And Wisconsin's Republicans are just as happy to have them hold
their shindig in our great state for the same reasons!
Milwaukee has been a host for the Democrats' and the Republicans'
state conventions over the years; I myself have been to one of the
GOP's state bashes in the Cream City as an observer. But now my
city will, for the first time, host a national political convention of
one of the Big Two parties. And although I shouldn't have to say it
I shall do so anyway --- I am NOT going gaga over the Dems
being here! They are, after all, still our biggest enemy in our fight
to re-establish Constitutional restraints on our government, to
reaffirm the Constitution as the root of our nation's rule of law,
and to make our government once again a government "of, by,
and for the People". But not only will their being here next year
for their big bash show that Milwaukee is also a fine destination
city and not just a stop for re-fueling a plane or changing trains
or buses; there are wonderful sites and events to be enjoyed,
especially during the dates of the Democrats' convention, July 13
- 16. Their event will overlap with one of Milwaukee's best known
and loved ethnic festivals, Bastille Days --- our celebration of
French culture. The Dems could take a breather to attend some
of the features of our French festival, where they can listen to
French music, taste French delicacies, sample French wines, and
take in the Can-Can dancers' shows. And they can enjoy some
concerts by the Belle of the Bastille Days herself, Robin Pleur.
Robin sings the classic torch songs of Paris made popular by
the great torch singers of the past such as Edith Piaf, and plays
the accordian and the guitar as beautifully as she sings. Robin
creates her own stage costumes, and they put to shame the
haute couture of the Paris fashion houses! Furthermore, she
is accompanied by wonderful musical guests for her shows, and
they are all fantastic. Your proud Peasant counts Robin as
one of my many local musical friends, by the way!
Of course our guests will be spending a lot of money while they
are with us --- hotel accommodations, meals, souvenirs and such,
meaning that our gem by the Lake stands to receive a lot of
revenue; local businesses will prosper and the city's coffers
(and the state's as well) shall be filled to a healthy level.
Here's hoping (dare I?) that Mayor Barrett will use some of
that money to restore the cuts he made in the police and fire
department budgets!
Although I find precious little about the Democrats to agree with
and to support, I am not blind to the benefits of having them come
to visit our great city to have their convention. Milwaukee has
much to gain, and not just monetarily, from their being here!
And your proud Peasant is thrilled to see his Milwaukee have
its moment on the nation's stage. Well done, my grand city!
And the Peasant welcomes the Democrats to Milwaukee.
May your visit here be fun and exciting!
MEM
Thursday, March 7, 2019
Not Enough Hours in a Day for The Peasant
Friends, your overworked Peasant has been juggling a bunch of things
coming into March, and I now need to take a little time to tend to two
things: my taxes and my waning energy. I am seeing a tax preparer
tomorrow, and I want to see what he'll charge for helping me file my
taxes; if he's a little too pricey I'll try someone else, but will have to
do my own taxes if I don't get a good, affordable preparer. I did my
own taxes in recent years, but some of the forms I now need to file
are so complicated that I would like to have some expert help if
possible. If worst comes to worst I'll just do them myself again
and let the chips (and money) fall where they may. In case any of you,
my grand readers, wonder why I'm not going to a tax service,
actually I did. I went to my neighborhood office of H&R Block,
a service I had availed myself of in past years and thought I'd renew
my acquaintance with them. Not for the money they are now charging
for their filing my taxes and my getting my "Rapid Refund", which
would have been swallowed by the cost of their service. I somehow
think that I wouldn't fare any better with any other tax service
either.
Also, I am going to march in the Milwaukee Saint Patrick's Day Parade.
There was only one other time I marched in a parade --- make that
participated in a parade, for I rode my bicycle in my high school's
homecoming parade with a pennant attached to it. That was fun,
but in the parade coming up I shall be helping to promote and
celebrate Irish culture, as well as celebrating my Irish ancestry.
This therefore means a lot to me, and I am looking forward to it
with great eagerness. After the parade I shall be heading over to the
Irish Cultural Heritage Center for their post parade party as is my
annual custom. You, my local readers, are welcome to come watch
the parade; it starts at 12 noon at the corner of 3rd Street and
Wisconsin Avenue. And come to the party at the ICHC too! Lots
of great food, Guinness ale (of course!), and lively entertainment
to enjoy! For my readers from afar, if you plan to be in Milwaukee
on March 9 (the parade is always held a week before the special day
itself) come to the festivities too! You'll have the time of your lives!
I shall have some more political and/or economic news for us to
kick around next week. Thank you all for your continued support
and your wonderful company!
MEM
coming into March, and I now need to take a little time to tend to two
things: my taxes and my waning energy. I am seeing a tax preparer
tomorrow, and I want to see what he'll charge for helping me file my
taxes; if he's a little too pricey I'll try someone else, but will have to
do my own taxes if I don't get a good, affordable preparer. I did my
own taxes in recent years, but some of the forms I now need to file
are so complicated that I would like to have some expert help if
possible. If worst comes to worst I'll just do them myself again
and let the chips (and money) fall where they may. In case any of you,
my grand readers, wonder why I'm not going to a tax service,
actually I did. I went to my neighborhood office of H&R Block,
a service I had availed myself of in past years and thought I'd renew
my acquaintance with them. Not for the money they are now charging
for their filing my taxes and my getting my "Rapid Refund", which
would have been swallowed by the cost of their service. I somehow
think that I wouldn't fare any better with any other tax service
either.
Also, I am going to march in the Milwaukee Saint Patrick's Day Parade.
There was only one other time I marched in a parade --- make that
participated in a parade, for I rode my bicycle in my high school's
homecoming parade with a pennant attached to it. That was fun,
but in the parade coming up I shall be helping to promote and
celebrate Irish culture, as well as celebrating my Irish ancestry.
This therefore means a lot to me, and I am looking forward to it
with great eagerness. After the parade I shall be heading over to the
Irish Cultural Heritage Center for their post parade party as is my
annual custom. You, my local readers, are welcome to come watch
the parade; it starts at 12 noon at the corner of 3rd Street and
Wisconsin Avenue. And come to the party at the ICHC too! Lots
of great food, Guinness ale (of course!), and lively entertainment
to enjoy! For my readers from afar, if you plan to be in Milwaukee
on March 9 (the parade is always held a week before the special day
itself) come to the festivities too! You'll have the time of your lives!
I shall have some more political and/or economic news for us to
kick around next week. Thank you all for your continued support
and your wonderful company!
MEM
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