A Travel Advisory to Ignore

Just a few days ago the NAACP issued, no blarney,

a "travel advisory" for the state of Florida to caution

any nonwhite travelers to "be aware of the open 

hostility towards African Americans and People of Color."

The NAACP explained the advisory was a response to 

the policies of Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), which includes

(according to the NAACP) "aggressive attempts to erase 

black history and to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion 

programs (notice that all four of these words are "buzz words"

for left-wingers, particularly the ones which have enthusiastic-

ally embraced "wokeness", that is to say, political correctness 

on steroids) in Florida schools." The lefties spearheading this 

tripe, as usual for their ilk, do not have the foggiest idea what

they are on about.

Florida's public schools are required by law to to teach students

about slavery, abolition, the civil rights movement, and the 

history of Americans of the African diaspora and their accomplish-

ments. For Gov. DeSantis' part, he signed a bill into law adding to

the curriculum the 1920 Ocoee massacre in which many black

Floridians were killed by a white mob. So what's the NCAAP's 

problem?

Gov. DeSantis chose Dr. Joseph Ladapo, a Nigerian immigrant,

as Florida's Surgeon General. His Lieutenant Governor is 

Jeanette Nunez, the first Hispanic woman to hold that position. 

On national aptitude tests in 2022, Floridian black eighth-graders 

scored 255 in mathematics and 247 in reading, on average.

The national figures are, respectively, 252 and 243, just behind

Florida. The NAACP makes its home in Maryland, where 

respective scores are 250 and 244. What say you, NAACP?

It will be most interesting to see if any left-wingers calls out 

the claims of the NAACP for being sheer hogwash, as well as 

the NCAAP's so-called travel advisory for being ignorant drivel.

Your bemused Peasant isn't holding his breath.

MEM  

  

Enjoy Memorial Day--- Brought to Us Through the Sacrifice of the Brave

Memorial Day will arrive on May 29; may you all, 

my great and good readers, your families and friends,

all have a wonderful holiday while always remembering 

how this special day came to be, and who made it possible 

through battle, suffering and sacrifice. We stand, and live,

on the shoulders of giants!

MEM

Twitter Still Has Some Twits

Just earlier today I had been on Twitter, responding to actor 

Kevin Sorbo's tweet re: multi-billionaire Bill Gates who is

currently caught in a bit of controversy which is just serious 

enough so that he will take a brutal PR beating. Sorbo typed

"He's done." I replied "We can stick a fork in him!" And for 

my witty remark, I was immediately messaged by Twitter's

speech police (yes, unfortunately Twitter still has their in-house

Stazi). They informed me that my tweet was in violation of their

speech content rules and therefore they were going to limit what

I can do on Twitter for the following twelve hours. They thought

I posted a "mean tweet", so they relegated me to sitting in the 

corner for half a day for being a naughty boy! 

I've had worse from Twitter's totalitarian twits; some time back 

before Elon Musk bought the tech giant the company suspended 

my account, then shut down my account page and all for what 

was supposed to be for all time. And Twitter didn't even tell me

what exactly I said or did wrong! When Musk purchased the

big bully he immediately instituted new rules regarding about

what Twitter could do regarding the content of Twitter account 

holders' tweets. Although Elon Musk is not a conservative he

is a strong supporter of free speech and the United State's 

First Amendment to the Constitution, and many people closed 

their Twitter accounts prior to Musk's arrival on the scene,

including President Donald Trump, who had his account shut 

down as well. 

Now, getting back to my exchange with Kevin Sorbo and Twitter's

reactionary reaction to it, I have visited Sorbo's Twitter page many

times, and have read the truly vicious stuff that some have tweeted 

to him; Stuff so bad I can't quote any of it here! Just know that these

were poisonous tweets from the far lefties who hate Sorbo because 

he is a conservative as well as a strong Christian, and that he has 

spoken out in favor of conservative ideas and against abortion, 

sex reassignment surgery for minors, weakening the southern border

by letting still more illegal entrants into the country and other lefty

programs and causes. But none of these haters were ever punished

by Twitter for sending their rotten screeds to Sorbo. None got their 

accounts suspended, let alone permanently shut down. None have even

been given a "sit in the corner" kind of punishment like Twitter laid

on me. By the way, I have seen other ugly tweets on other Twitter 

account pages, including death wishes on pro-Israel pages from 

supporters of pro-radical Arab factions and nations. None of them

were sent away by Twitter.

But Twitter thinks I'm a threat. To whom or what? Moreover, I thought

that Musk had sent the anti-free speech totalitarians out the door at

Twitter. While some of these noxious creeps may still be imbedded at

the firm (and apparently that is indeed the case), they are soon to be

found out by Musk and will be accordingly dealt with. Meanwhile,

I have Facebook and MeWe to keep busy with. 

And the battle goes on for our country and for our freedom. 

Starting with the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

MEM

On Criminals and Good Samaritans

With the shift in caring and compassion away from victims 

of crime and toward the criminals in so many of our cities

these days, it certainly follows that the onus is placed on 

those brave souls who intervene to help the victim or at least

neutralize the threat posed by the criminal. This recent instance

of this in New York is most illustrative of this point.

Daniel Penny, a Marine veteran, on May 1 intervened to subdue

an erratically behaving homeless man who was shouting at no 

one in particular, raving about having little to live for. Other 

people in the immediate area backed away from Jordan Neely,

the out-of-control individual while Penny stepped in, subduing

Neely with a chokehold which resulted in the latter's death.

The lawyers for the one-time Marine said that their client 

"never intended to harm Mr. Neely and could not have foreseen

his untimely death." Was Penny wrong to intervene in the first

place? Or to place the hold on Neely to subdue him? All the 

details will be brought out at trial, and it will be  determined 

whether or not that Penny's intention was not and never was 

to kill Neely, but rather to protect himself along with any and 

all bystanders. Over the years in New York, the city has seen

too many afflicted people like Neely wandering aimlessly in

the streets, sometimes becoming violent. Some have punched 

or stabbed passerby. Some have shoved subway passengers to 

their deaths on the subway tracks. And of those who were 

arrested, how many were removed from the streets to whatever

facility to house them? One gets the impression that the DAs 

and the courts want to let them have their bizarre frolics while

cracking down on those who would defend themselves or others

from these people. By the way, Penny is facing a possible 15-year

sentence for 2nd degree manslaughter. 

To be sure, Neely's death was a tragedy. That being said, however,

brings up questions about the decline of public order and safety

as well as the abandonment of mentally ill people to the streets,

laws in past decades closing down the asylums and similar places

where these unfortunates used to go and get medical care,

yet another example of liberal "care" and "compassion" making

things worse --- especially for those who were ostensibly the ones 

needing help. Neely was arrested many times but apparently never 

received adequate treatment. "The whole system just failed him. 

He fell through the cracks in the system," Neely's aunt said to the 

New York Post. And in this case, the system failed everyone.

For even if Penny is not convicted of the second-degree manslaughter 

charge he is facing because the jury acquits him, these charges

and the ordeal imposed on Penny will be more than enough to dissuade

other Samaritans from intervening in such incidents, for if you try to

stop a robbery or an assault you will be the one prosecuted in court,

not the criminal. And the rest of us will be all the more scared to go 

about our business in our cities. 

MEM

Richard J. Riordan, R.I.P.

An unqualified political rarity has passed;  Richard J. Riordan,

Mayor of Los Angeles from 1993 to 2001--- a REPUBLICAN

mayor! --- died recently at 92. A graduate of Princeton University

in philosophy, Riordan also graduated from the University of 

Michigan Law School. A multi-talented man, Riordan was a

highly successful investor and made himself wealthy.

At the age of 62, when most people start to slow up a bit Riordan

entered the realm of politics, becoming mayor of heavily Democratic

Los Angeles where he applied the principles of business and the free 

market to its governance. He liked charter schools, law and order,

and getting to know the various communities and to understand them,

their people, and their concerns. A Republican mayor, and he actually 

listened to the people of his city! For all this he was elected to a

second term, all this to the consternation of Los Angeles' democrats.

Also, Riordan was quite a philanthropist, with a very keen interest in 

childhood literacy. 

Every city in these United States should have a mayor like Richard J.

Riordan. Sadly, a Riordanesque candidate could not get elected in 

most of our cities, what with the far-left, woke bent of the electorate 

in them such a candidate would be run out of town rather than elected

mayor. Such are the present times, such is the state of our cities 

and their politics.

Rest well, Mayor Riordan. Thank you for the sterling example that you 

set. May others emulate you and politically profit from your legacy.

MEM

An Update on Lina Khan

In November of last year your faithful Peasant wrote a piece

about President Biden's Federal Trade Commission chairwoman

Lina Khan and her fantasizing that she has the power to reshape 

our country's economy according to her whim. She is so 

concerned about "bigness" regarding businesses, but is not 

worried about government having such generous dimensions

and scope. What Khan has in store for the United States will

be a nightmare for not only businesses but for consumers,

innovation, and investors as well. In my previous piece about

Khan I remarked on her seeking to use her department to 

create a "green" economy, which would mitigate climate

change while giving us renewed prosperity; it would in fact

do neither. 

The courts have not looked favorably on Khan's iron-handed

methods of bringing this about, not have FTC employees. 

Christine Wilson, a Republican appointed commissioner at the 

FTC announced her intention to resign her position, stating 

that she does not want to legitimize to Khan and her enablers

"for the rule of law ... and due process." 

The FTC was created to protect consumers from those who 

would take advantage of them by illegal business practices.

So with Khan heading the commission, who will protect 

consumers (and everyone else) from the FTC?

MEM