Lincoln Diaz-Balart, R.I.P.

Lincoln Diaz-Balart was a Republican member of the House 

of Representatives from Miami, but wasn't always a Republican,

nor always from Miami. A Democrat until the mid-1980s, 

he admired President Ronald Reagan and his ambassador to the

United Nations, Jeane Kirkpatrick, both of whom saw the world

as Diaz-Balart saw it. Both Diaz-Balart and Kirkpatrick left the 

Dems for the GOP in the mid-1980s. 

Born into a prominent Cuban political family in 1954, the family 

fled Castro and his communist revolution to Miami, where they 

became just as prominent. LD-B has a brother, Mario, who was 

elected to the House in in 2002 and is still there. 

Both brothers are heroes to the Cuban dissidents still in Cuba,

either not having yet escaped or unable to escape. Lincoln Diaz-

Balart passed away at 70. Requiescat in pace.

MEM

On Memorial Day ...

Memorial Day this year is May 26. This important day 

is the day we Americans remember and honor our brave

countrymen and countrywomen who, through the years

of our country's history, have given their lives so that we

might have our country and that it always be sovereign 

and free. 

Let us live our lives in a manner which would show our

gratitude for our fallen fellow Americans that we don't 

take the fruits of their sacrifice for granted, nor do we

do same with our citizenship in our great nation. Let us

strive to maintain our country in the way it was meant

to be, and to rebuke and rebuff all attempts by those who 

would change our beloved country into one which we 

would not recognize and would not want to live in. 

Come join your humble and grateful Peasant in these

actions and to celebrate our blessings!

MEM

Venezuela's Regime Takes One on the Chin

The United States picked Venezuela's pockets --- 

no, not literally. However, the U.S. did cause 

Venezuela's Marxist regime more than a little

embarrassment when it liberated four hostages 

from dictator Nicolas Maduro's grasp quite 

recently. 

Originally there were five hostages, but one 

hostage escaped by unknown means. The five

were members of Venezuela's democratic oppo-

sition: Magalli Meda, Omar Gonzalez, Claudia

Macero, Pedro Urruchurtu, and Humberto Villalobos

had been working for the presidential campaign 

of opposition leader Maria Corina Machado last

year when Maduro's regime attempted to arrest them.

The five took refuge on March 20, 2024 in the 

Argentine embassy and requested safe passage out of

Venezuela under international law, which Maduro

promptly refused. 

Machado won the July presidential election in a landslide,

but when Argentine President Javier Milei refused to call

the election in favor of Maduro's regime, Maduro expelled

the Argentine diplomats who were trying to insure that the

election would be conducted on an even playing field.

Brazil agreed to take charge of the embassy but a few 

months later their diplomats were barred from entry to

the building. The regime then cut its electricity, and made

the situation force the occupants to ration food and water.

There seemed to be no firefight to keep the hostages contained,

nor to kill them. This caused regime enforcer Diosdado Cabello

major conniptions, for the hostages all escaped, leaving him

with no other human bargaining chips. So Cabello ordered his

thugs to raid Magalli Meda's home, thinking such a move would

even things (no, it didn't). Machado said the operation was 

"a precise, complex and perfectly executed operation." 

Meanwhile, President Trump is smiling his famous broad smile. 

Secretary of State Marco Rubio praised the mission to free the 

hostages, further stating that "Maduro's illegitimate regime has

undermined Venezuela's institutions, violated human rights, and

endangered our regional security." The State Department chimed 

in, stating "The Maduro regime's vulnerability and internal weak-

ness in its own country is clear." Let's hope that this is the beginning

of the end for the totalitarian regime of Nicolas Maduro, and the 

sooner the better.

And all the while, President Trump keeps on winning; not just at 

home, but in the Western Hemisphere.

MEM

George Foreman, R.I.P.

The heavyweight knockout artist people in the boxing world

nicknamed "Big George", breezed to a gold medal in the

1968 Olympics then won the world heavyweight boxing title

twice, and did the latter in two separate stages of his storied 

boxing career --- he retired once, then came back after twenty 

years thinking he still had lots left in his tank (he was right!)

and won the heavyweight title for the second time. Both 

victories were by knockout, and the second came when

Foreman was 45! 

Big George was a man of many things: boxer, businessman,

preacher, entrepreneur, and pitchman for his George Foreman 

grill (designed to "Knock the fat out!"). and a patriot, waving 

the U.S. flag all about the ring after knocking out his opponent

from the U.S.S.R. in the championship round of the Olympics 

and answered why he waved the American flag after winning

the bout "How could I not?". Never a political animal, 

he celebrated his gold medal victory because he was simply

proud to be an American and to have honored his country

with his winning performance; before his ring success he

was a street thug who often ran afoul of the law. Boxing was 

his way to a better life.

Along the way he did some acting on TV shows, once in a 

cameo role on Sanford and Son, also in The Six Million Dollar

Man and was a guest on several talk shows. He was even a 

contestant on the game show "The Dating Game"! What is more,

is he was a much-in-demand public speaker; your admiring Peasant

attended one of his talks when he came to Milwaukee a few years

ago.

Foreman also had a ranch which was home to many different

kinds of animals, including alpacas. And he was a most generous

philanthropist. 

Big George went to his final reward on March 21, at the age of

76. He is reunited with some of the other heavyweight champions

and luminaries whom he fought, defeating most of them ----

Joe Frazier, Ron Lyle, Ken Norton, and Muhammad Ali

(who knocked Foreman out in the "Rumble in the Jungle", the only

fighter who could accomplish this feat) to name a few.

And he left a legacy of excellence in everything he did, including

excellently serving and saving souls. Requiescat in pace.

MEM