The DOD Looks Spaceward

An offbeat but noteworthy story has come to your favorite

Peasant's attention, and I shall share it with you. 

for the first time in about 50 years, the Pentagon has 

publicly briefed a House committee re: sightings of 

UAPs (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena; the term of 

many years, UFO, Unidentified Flying Object, 

has been retired by the pertinent departments of our

government). The hearings were for the purpose of 

explaining the operations of a new sub-department 

of sorts within the Department of Defense created 

to find out what's out there; to see what there is to 

see. No harm in that. We should see what is out on

the frontiers of space, especially if something is 

coming our way, i.e. an asteroid, a comet, a space-

ship, etc. It is simply smart security measures for 

our safety. Although there were no admissions that 

anything of the sort is suspected, some questions 

regarding same should, and likely would, be reserved 

for a closed session. Given the government's longtime

unwillingness to even casually discuss this phenomena,

and its threatening to severely punish people, especially

our military personnel, for continuing to press on with such 

questions, this is certainly a major step forward in

delving into the matter and giving it the attention it

so greatly deserves and to bring any and all relevant 

information before the public, thereby respecting 

and serving our right to know. 

After all, our government works for us --- even though 

it often thinks and behaves as if it doesn't. 

MEM

Progressives Progressively Lose Ground

A startling political phenomenon has occurred, and it has 

begun in places where one would not expect such a thing 

to happen, even in a million years. 

People living in major American cities, all citadels of left-

wing politics, have gotten rather tired of being preyed upon

by criminals and nothing being done about the rising crime 

rates in their cities. If anything, the crime fighting (HA!) policies 

in these cities have touched off the soaring rise in crime that

they are suffering. District attorneys who look for excuses

to not prosecute crime suspects, municipal and county judges

who give ridiculously light sentences (or sometimes none at all)

to same, and they are joined by mayors in decrying the 

proliferation of guns in their locales and how gun control 

would stem their spread (Stop the proliferation of crime instead?

See what goes on in the minds of the criminals, especially 

juvenile thugs, to figure out what makes them behave 

reprehensively? Are you some kind of right-wing nut?). 

Many people have moved away from these cities in recent years:

Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, and Saint Louis

are but a few. They moved because they cared about their safety

more than did the officials in charge of their cities. 

But in San Francisco, the people there did something else.

San Franciscans recalled and voted out their criminal-loving

DA Chesa Boudin. Having elected him on his promise to reform 

the way that criminals are prosecuted in that city, they found out

to their sorrow that Boudin meant that he'd treat them with kid 

gloves and spit on their victims and the law abiding people in

the City by the Bay. It wasn't even close; Boudin was given his 

walking papers with a 60% vote in favor of firing him. 

The electorate of San Francisco prefer "broken windows policing"

to the virtually no-policing that Boudin wanted the city's police to

implement as well as to skip prosecuting minor crimes, i.e. shop-

lifting. But the failure to prosecute these lesser crimes only brought

about a more lawlessness because the criminals thought that the 

city was going soft altogether on enforcing the law. Broken 

windows policing has done wonders where it has been tried, most

notably in New York, but after crime rates dropped because of 

this strategy left-wing politicians became dismissive of it. 

Boudin blamed his defeat on "right-wing billionaires", not even

having a clue as to why he was turned out of office, and having 

been elected with the help of left-wing billionaire George Soros.

Seems that the view from the Ivory Tower is not all that clear and

sharp. But when you consider that the number of drug dealing 

convictions in San Francisco have fallen from over 90 in 2018 

to a microscopic three (!) in 2021 while deaths from drug overdoses 

tallied over 1,300 in the last two years, and Boudin mostly prosecuted

drug dealers with kid gloves by reducing the charge down to the 

lesser offense of "accessory" to a crime (!!) all the while, then 

you can see that Boudin should instead blame the person he sees 

every morning in the mirror instead of blaming super-wealthy 

straw men.

Meanwhile, voters in Los Angeles elevated real estate developer 

Rick Caruso to the run-off election in the mayoral race there in

November, placing him AHEAD of heavy favorite and redoubtable

progressive state representative Karen Bass by about five percentage

points. Caruso's strategy? Promising to be more aggressive on crime

and to clean up LA's multiplying homeless camps. Oh, the progressive

gang of public unions, environmental radicals, and trial lawyers will

do their damnedest to defeat Caruso in the run-off come November. 

But they will face stiff resistance from the people of Los Angeles who 

have had all the lawlessness and disorder that they can stand. They 

have come to realize that their only recourse in taking back their city 

from the forces of social and physical destruction is their votes. 

This rebellion will likely catch on in the other cities I have mentioned.

Would that this would soon happen in Milwaukee as well.

MEM

"Look Ma, No Plan!"

With inflation making a comeback, with a vengeance I might add,

it's no wonder that many Americans have become anxious and 

apprehensive about our economy. Inflation has not been a problem

since the late 1970s and early 1980s, as it has hovered around 2 - 3%

from then until just President Biden's first 1 1/2 years in office (!).

What happened to cause this economic calamity? Biden and Congres-

sional Democrats sent federal spending on a rocket ride, flooding the

economy with so many dollars that we came to the point of what many

economists described as "too many dollars chasing too few goods". 

The supply of many goods was adversely affected when supply chain

difficulties arose, what with the dramatic increase in oil and gas prices

making transportation to market more costly. Biden blocked the oil 

pipeline which would have connected the United States with the 

Canadian oil fields, which we would have relied on in the face of

Biden clamping down on oil drilling in the U.S., a move which ---

along with the building of the oil pipeline with Canada --- pleased

his radical environmentalist supporters no end. Demand for gas

has been steadily on the rise since the loosening of the Coronavirus

regulations, with people getting out more to go to work and to go

out for leisurely pursuits. So, when demand surpasses supply,

inflation results. Add to that a low unemployment rate and you

have people having more disposable income. This is the type of

inflation called "demand-pull inflation", and it is the type which

we now have in no small part due to Biden's spending programs

(can you imagine what our economy would be like if Biden was

able to get his so-called "Build Back Better" plan passed in 

Congress? $570 billion for green energy, $752 billion for child

care and universal pre-K, and $8 billion for elder care?) So how

does Clueless Joe explain his spending as being good for tamping

down inflation? He has no inflation-fighting plan, and this 

emperor has no clothes. 

Biden's Treasury Secretary admitted that in June 2021 inflation 

could reach 3% . Biden called it "temporary", and that "One month

does not make a trend." But by December, inflation was streaking

at 6.8%, a 40-year high. And in order to pay for all of his wild 

spending Biden wants to raise taxes on U.S. taxes, which would 

take away their advantage over their overseas competition, and 

would really be paid for by the consumers who buy their products

because the companies will just pass the taxes along to them by 

raising their prices for their goods. Furthermore, Biden also wants 

to raise taxes on billionaires, but even his progressive backers

admit that there are only 664 of them. Biden would have to raise

taxes on millionaires, then the upper-middle class, then ... where 

would he stop? 

President Biden's support would stop, to be sure. Those voters who 

though him to be a safer bet than President Trump would have a 

rethink and decide not to give Biden another term in the White House.

And trying to further BS the people by writing a bunch of op-ed

pieces in newspapers around the country into believing that things

are not as bad as they seem but instead are improving won't even give

the prez "three yards and a cloud of dust" in terms of ground gained 

with the electorate.  

Your anticipatory Peasant is ready for 2024. How about you?

MEM

On Selective Choice

The Department of Health and Human Services seeks to 

get rid of a rule enacted by President Trump designed to 

uphold freedom of conscience for medical professionals,

i.e. have the freedom of choice to not perform nor partici-

pate in abortions, sterilizations, and "sex reassignment"

surgeries if they have any moral or religious qualms.

The rule, sadly, has never been implemented because of 

lawsuits. 

So Congressional Democrats, having failed to pass the 

Equality Act, which would have made declining to perform 

these acts a violation of civil-rights laws, shall go to their

Plan B: utilizing the administrative state to back up hospitals

by making it easier for them to force medical employees to

either knuckle under and perform the aforementioned acts, 

their consciences be damned, or be fired. 

Gee, it's odd that a political party that claims to be in support 

of choice forbids it on many things, especially in cases of 

people choosing not to wear protective masks during the 

Coronavirus pandemic because the masks were discovered not

to be terribly effective in keeping away the virus, or cases of

someone's exercising their moral convictions, but guarantees

a patient having the right to the choice of whether to terminate

a pregnancy or to switch sexual equipment, and bullies doctors,

nurses, and such into assisting a patient in obtaining these 

services. Funny how that works. We should get the Democrats 

to explain their logic behind this unusual dichotomy; your 

curious Peasant awaits with baited breath.

MEM 

Memorial Day Thoughts (and an Apology)

The Peasant has something to share with you.

I hope that you, my wonderful readership, will

be understanding of me in regards as to what I  

am about to tell you.

As you know, in past years I always posted a 

piece regarding Memorial Day on this blog.

Although I always paid tribute to our brave 

fellow Americans who fought and made the 

ultimate sacrifice in past wars, your grateful

Peasant went a bit overboard; as I also gave

thanks to our vets who are still living as well

as those who have died in battle. Your foolish

Peasant wanted to recognize and show gratitude

for their valor, but in doing so I inadvertently 

diluted the original and proper meaning of 

Memorial Day, and I wish to at this time make

a truly heartfelt apology. After thinking about 

the patriotic holiday and reading some articles

about the day I have dined on some humble pie.

We as a nation honor our living war veterans on 

a day which we have named and set aside for 

our show of gratitude to the surviving vets;

it is Veteran's Day. I have, of course, posted 

my statements of gratitude here at that time

of year. I should, however, have not run the 

two days together, as it were, by blending 

their purposes and meanings. The surviving 

war vets gave some, while our vets who died

in battle gave all, and the two must never be 

conflated.

So to all of you, my grand readers, your humbled

and chastened Peasant gives his deepest, heartfelt

apology. To those who gave their lives in war for

our country I give a respectful salute. To the 

living war vets I give my message of thanks 

for your service and sacrifice. And to everyone 

I wish you a blessed Memorial Day. 

MEM

Remembering The Duke

Today, May 26, is the birthday of an American icon, 

a grand star of the Silver Screen, and one of the most

popular actors of all time. John Wayne was born this 

day in 1907.

The Duke, as he has long been affectionately known,

made over 150 films in his long and stories career,

most of them westerns, some war movies, a few 

police/detective dramas, and some other sorts as well.

Although Wayne played many characters, they were 

the amalgam of the same man --- the strong, stoic,

committed, unwavering, patriotic man who always

helps right to triumph over wrong wherever he is,

wherever he goes. A pillar of strength to rely on,

and a figure of positive morale to see one through

anything. Someone who isn't afraid of nor ashamed 

of his masculinity, a man who is masculine without 

being a macho caricature of a man. A stellar example 

of what it means to be an American.

A man that boys could look up to. A man which other men

could emulate. A man that women could trust, count on,

and fall in love with. John Wayne also lived his life 

this way, away from the movie set. 

Would that there were other actors in entertainment who are

of this caliber, on the screen and off, as well as other male

celebrities. We could use more men like the Duke in all 

areas of society as well. 

Happy Birthday, sir. You have given us a magnificent legacy

which, with your memory, will endure the test of time.

MEM

It's a Gas!

President Biden recently announced that 144,000 acres

of federal land, actually a very small percentage of the 

acreage available, would be opened to oil and gas 

development, a welcome development in the face of 

an energy crisis brought on by an erstwhile reversal 

of President Trump's opening up areas to get oil and gas,

which helped lead to the United States becoming energy 

independent and a major exporter of oil --- even if Biden

has had his arm twisted by a court order. 

However, Biden is now in a pinch; he is caught between

an impatient public being so over his slow-moving 

domestic energy production during said energy crisis,

revved up by the invasion of and war in Ukraine, and the 

environmental radicals which make up much of his 

support, which opposes any domestic production at all,

period. So Biden passes the buck, making Russian 

dictator Vladimir Putin the fall guy for the U.S. suffering

gas prices exceeding four dollars a gallon, but we are 

hurt more by the energy-unfriendly policies enacted here

at home. Putin is no exemplar of civilized and gracious 

behavior, but he's not responsible for the United States 

seeing inflation make a comeback, rocketing to 8.3%

according to the U.S. Labor Department. That sorry 

phenomenon is due to Biden pumping loads of money

into the economy via his budget for our current year

with vast investments to increase public housing, 

public health, education, and combating climate change

among other things. The sudden flooding of the economy

with $1.5 trillion (!!) will greatly reduce the spending 

power of the dollar, as there would soon be too many 

dollars chasing too few goods due to the sharp rise 

in the money supply, followed by a stiff increase in 

the cost of the production of goods causing businesses  

to cut back on production, therefore producing less units 

of whatever goods they make. These goods will then 

sell at higher prices. People with higher income will 

feel a pinch; those with lower incomes will feel pain.

All being done while Biden refuses to untie the oil industry's

hands and let them extract more oil and produce more gas.

And all this is to allegedly "Build Back Better".

Sigh.

MEM