The woke joke

"The left can keep their 'woke' culture. We can all see what it has done to our new President. It has turned him from being a moderate on the campaign trail, to a flaming socialist once in the White House."

Last night was the Oscars. Anybody watch it? Anyone care? I did not see it, and probably never will again. Why? These self righteous, left wing nut balls, really enjoy lecturing the rest of us on how bad, how unaware we are. This is ground zero for the "woke" crowd.

Ironically, my wife and I did see the movie which won best picture. It was months ago, right after it hit the streaming internet. It was not known for much at that time. We watched it, mostly because the same gal who was in the movie Fargo, also starred in this movie. Thus, we figured it could not be that bad. We were wrong. It was dark, depressing, dour, and boring. A complete waste of two hours. We hated it. But the "woke" crowd loved it. Figures.

I despise this whole "woke" joke culture. It is hurting the country. Badly. Our last Republican Governor, TPaw, got hooked into being "woke", even before "woke" became a "thing". I had almost forgotten about what he did. Fortunately, the latest issue of Thinking Minnesota hit my mailbox this past week, and had some very good articles in it. One in particular, penned by a young man named Isaac Orr, really hit the nail on the head. It addressed the "wokeness" of Minnesota's flawed energy policy, and how TPaw got cowed by it.  

The Next Generation Energy Act (NGEA) of 2007. Sounds good. Sounds harmless. Sounds "woke". The Minnesota House and Senate, concerned about climate change (probably called "global warming" back then), sent this bill to Governor Pawlenty for him it sign. And sign it he did. Our electric bills have not been the same since. 

This misguided bill, which mandated a much higher mix of solar and wind by 2020, only resulted in two things: 1) our electric costs have risen 23% faster than the national average, and 2) we had a very close call in 2019 (from brownouts and blackouts) due to that winter's Polar Vortex. Meanwhile, reducing our "carbon footprint", resulted in a reduction of carbon dioxide emissions by 34%. Not bad, until you realize the county as a whole, reduced its carbon dioxide emissions by 32.3%. Thanks to TPaw wanted to be "woke", the good people of Minnesota are paying a lot of extra money for very little environmental improvement, and have taken on much more risk of spotty power in extreme conditions.

The left can keep their "woke" culture. We can all see what it has done to our new President. It has turned him from being a moderate on the campaign trail, to a flaming socialist once in the White House. And every "woke" thing Biden is trying to shove down our throats, hurts the country.

So, is "woke" just a joke? Not really. There is nothing funny about "woke". In fact, it is the most unfunny word in our new lexicon.