The Current State of Things

During my hospitalization and convalescence the new president

(sigh) has been busy introducing and implementing his grandiose 

programs and ideas, some of which he is still trying to install while

others have taken root. Some are calling his fledgling term the third

term of President Obama; President Joe Biden, who was Obama's 

Vice President, learned well at the side of his Democrat predecessor.

Always a staunch liberal throughout his long career in politics, Biden

has been called a moderate when he was running for his party's 

presidential nomination. In relative terms, this was certainly true.

He went up against then-Sen. Kamala Harris and Sen. Bernie Sanders,

the arch-socialist who, while considered an independent, caucuses 

with the Democrats in the Senate. Some time ago your prescient 

Peasant said on this very blog that Sanders may never be elected 

President, but he would receive as a consolation prize considerable

influence over the Democrat Party and the shaping of its party

platform --- and with it the resituating of the party to the far left,

remaking one of America's two major political parties into The

Radical Party. When Biden won the Dem's nomination in an upset

he had to make some deals and concessions to the new and newly

dominant radical wing of the Democrats' party, i.e. backing Rep.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez' (AOC's) Green New Deal, which would

be an energy and economic disaster for the country. And the list of 

Santa Claus-like presents for the far lefties in his party makes for

quite a wish list. AOC, like Sen. Sanders, calls herself a socialist.

Another such present for the gonzo lefties is stoppage of the building

of the wall meant to keep out aliens seeking to enter our country at

our southern border any means possible, never mind such niceties as 

our immigration law. Which these gonzos want. Biden has thus

managed to undo almost all of the work that President Trump had 

accomplished, which led to a significant decrease in illegal entries

by aliens coming up from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and some

countries farther afield. Biden wouldn't, for the longest time, call

the situation a crisis, even though it has truly devolved into one.

DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who once was sanguine with 

this unfolding turn of events, has recently warned that the U.S.

is on pace for the biggest border surge in twenty years, with the trend

especially big among minors. Most of the aliens being detained at

the Customs and Border Protection facilities are staying longer than

normal for such detention. This is the result of Biden reversing

Trump's successful attempts to stem, or to at least slow, this tide.

The Biden administration has created an exemption from Title 42

for minors, thus causing a huge incentive for minors to come to 

the border. And Biden's minions have been claiming all the while

that the current crisis --- Biden at last calling it what it is, a crisis 

--- is the result of having to repair an immigration system which

was supposedly broken by President Trump (!!!). I'm so glad

I don't have a tooth with that nerve! Typical of the left-of-center

crowd that they never take responsibility for their mistakes but

instead blame conservatives and others for same, hoping to con 

as many of the people as they can and keep them conned right

until the next election. 

Getting back to AOC's Green New Deal, this exceedingly bad idea 

would end America's status as a net energy exporter, consigning 

her to again be a major energy importer, reliant on oil and natural gas

for the foreseeable future. In 2020, official figures informed that 

the United States exported more oil and petroleum products than it 

imported. The Green New Deal would work in tandem with 

climate change initiatives which would, among other things, forbid

the exploring and drilling for much of our oil, and scrap fracking too.

And there'll be no more DAPLs (Biden has recently acted to scrap

DAPL --- the Dakota Access pipeline, acting ahead of AOC's 

idea). 

And there's more, much more, that Biden and the Dems have in store

for us. You can rest assured, my fine readers, that we shall examine 

it all right here, and create ways to thwart the implementation of the 

Dems' plans. 

MEM

Please Forgive My Disappearance; I've Got a Note From My Doctor!

You all may have wondered why in February I suddenly disappeared

without a word of notice or an explanation; I do sincerely offer a heart-

felt apology along with a belated explanation for my absence: 

I had a heart attack.

On February 17, Ash Wednesday, I was visited by my friend and land-

lady, but she had to use her key to let herself in. I was barely conscious

as I lay in my bed. I remember feeling weak and very tired but felt no

pain, tingling or numbness on my left side. She tried to get me up but

when she couldn't she called for an ambulance, which took me to 

a renown local hospital. I meanwhile passed out and didn't awaken 

until we got to the hospital where I was wheeled immediately into the

ICU. I figured out that I was at a hospital, and I thought "Well, I must

really be sick or what, but I'm in good hands, so I'm not going to 

worry". From there I was wheeled into the hospital and to what would

be my quarters, where I promptly fell back asleep. 

My doctor said that I had a heart infarction; a small heart attack.

But boy, did it pack a wallop! I was told that when I was 

brought in my heart, liver, and kidneys were all on the verge of 

shutting down. In my unconscious state I didn't dream any dreams,

and didn't have any OBE (out of body experience); All I saw was

darkness. Nothing else. Nothing more. I slept very soundly and thank

God and Jesus I ultimately awakened. 

This was followed by three weeks in hospital, followed by six weeks in 

a convalescence home where I received further rehabilitation after that

which I was given at hospital. Nine weeks in all, during which I had no 

access to a computer (although I tried to arrange such). And that's why

I couldn't get back with you, my grand and wonderful readers, until now.

Meanwhile so much has happened in the realm of politics, stories I've 

been chomping at the bit to examine and discuss; there is SO

much to get caught up on! But we have the mettle, we shall do it! 

So thank you all for your forgiveness, your understanding, and 

for continuing to visit your favorite Peasant here at this blog. 

We shall make up the lost ground and I shall make it up to you 

for my sudden and lengthy departure. God bless you all!

And thank you a trillion-fold to Froedtert Hospital and to Luther

Manor, both in Milwaukee, not far from New Berlin. You all 

helped me to rehabilitate with good therapy, good food, and 

good medicine. And I've enjoyed getting to know those of you

who worked on me and with me. You all are the best!

God bless you too!

MEM