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11/01/12

Wisconsin voters suffering from campaign whiplash?

Obama. Wait a minute, Romney! No, this time I’m almost certainly for one of them. The Marquette Law School poll out Wednesday has Barack Obama up 51% to 43% over Mitt Romney and Tammy Baldwin up 47% to 43% over Tommy Thompson. In its previous poll, the two candidates were virtually tied, with Obama at 49% and Romney at 48%.

Posted at 08:50 AM | Permalink | Comments: 1

10/29/12

An oenophile imbibes Tammy on the left bank and Spanish de Borjas on the right

A bounteous supply of nutritious soil additive was deposited on the grounds of the Experimental Work Farm, courtesy of our deciduous maple and poplar trees, this being autumn in Wisconsin. The indentured servants who have sworn fealty to Squire Blaska attached the bagger to the rotary mower and vacuumed several cartloads of the free-fall while singing simple peasant songs, particularly stadium-rockers from the ’70s. (“Carrion my wayward sun.”)

Posted at 09:49 AM | Permalink | Comments: 2

10/26/12

Election Day approaches; be careful out there, conservatives

At the morning briefing that began every episode of television’s Hill Street Blues, the police sergeant played by the late, great Michael Conrad would admonish the uniforms before they hit the mean streets to “be careful out there.” Good advice for us conservatives as the Nov. 6 election looms less than two weeks hence. Be careful out there.

Posted at 09:38 AM | Permalink | Comments: 10

10/25/12

The old guy goes high-def

As The Onion’s slacker/stoner columnist Jim Anchower would say, it’s been a while since I was rapping at you. Been busier than a fact-checker at a Tammy Baldwin rally. I have just emerged from an intense project that will benefit all who pass through Stately Blaska Manor. I have set up an all-new home entertainment center with the latest (well, almost) electronic gear after a self-taught course of catching up with the 21st century.

Posted at 12:16 PM | Permalink | Comments: 1

10/18/12

Blaska gets hugged, bugged, and mugged by reality

One thing leads to another. The publisher of In Business ran up to me and gave me a big hug Wednesday morning at the Alliant Energy Center. Suffice to say I never got hugs from any of my previous employers. That may be because of what Miss Vicki calls my irascibility, but I don’t think Jody Glynn Patrick suffered any cactus needle wounds.

Posted at 11:12 AM | Permalink | Comments: 1

10/12/12

President Obama recycles Chauncey the gardener

As in the great Jerzy Kosinsky book/Peter Sellers movie Being There. But first, last night’s vice presidential debate. Paul Ryan is a big step up from Sarah Palin, but Joe Biden is a big step up from Barack Obama. Biden attacked, he accused, he interrupted, he rolled his eyes but he couldn’t knock Ryan off his feet.

Posted at 08:59 AM | Permalink | Comments: 1

10/09/12

Madison school board can thank Scott Walker

While the city of Madison and Dane County rushed to ingratiate themselves to their employee unions by extending their employee union contracts in the wake of Judge Juan Colas' overturnable ruling, the Madison School Board (Whooda thunk-it?) actually made good use of Act 10, the Republicans’ revolutionary change in collective bargaining. The school board actually negotiated a break in the union-only hiring monopoly. Can anyone say, camel’s nose under the tent?

Posted at 07:19 AM | Permalink | Comments: 3

10/03/12

Obama-Speak for Socialism

The failures of the current president and his congressional allies are so incontestable that they retaliate by demonizing those who have succeeded. Their failures are due not as much to executive ineptitude as to their very creed. The Obama regime has added nearly $6 trillion to a public debt that has eclipsed the $16 trillion mark for the first time in history. That’s more government debt per person than Portugal, Italy, Spain, or Greece.

Posted at 12:07 PM | Permalink | Comments: 8

10/02/12

I’m in the autumn of the year

It’s all too beautiful, the Small Faces sang back in the day. They must have been singing about this first week of October. I will, therefore, suspend my usual rant and try to summon up my long-lost flower child, sans tie-dyed T-shirt.

Posted at 10:46 AM | Permalink | Comments

	11/01/12 Wisconsin voters suffering from campaign whiplash? Obama. Wait a minute, Romney! No, this time I’m almost certainly for one of them. The Marquette Law School poll out Wednesday has Barack Obama up 51% to 43% over Mitt Romney and Tammy Baldwin up 47% to 43% over Tommy Thompson. In its previous poll, the two candidates were virtually tied, with Obama at 49% and Romney at 48%. Posted at 08:50 AM \| Permalink \| Comments: 1
	10/29/12 An oenophile imbibes Tammy on the left bank and Spanish de Borjas on the right A bounteous supply of nutritious soil additive was deposited on the grounds of the Experimental Work Farm, courtesy of our deciduous maple and poplar trees, this being autumn in Wisconsin. The indentured servants who have sworn fealty to Squire Blaska attached the bagger to the rotary mower and vacuumed several cartloads of the free-fall while singing simple peasant songs, particularly stadium-rockers from the ’70s. (“Carrion my wayward sun.”) Posted at 09:49 AM \| Permalink \| Comments: 2
	10/26/12 Election Day approaches; be careful out there, conservatives At the morning briefing that began every episode of television’s Hill Street Blues, the police sergeant played by the late, great Michael Conrad would admonish the uniforms before they hit the mean streets to “be careful out there.” Good advice for us conservatives as the Nov. 6 election looms less than two weeks hence. Be careful out there. Posted at 09:38 AM \| Permalink \| Comments: 10
	10/25/12 The old guy goes high-def As The Onion’s slacker/stoner columnist Jim Anchower would say, it’s been a while since I was rapping at you. Been busier than a fact-checker at a Tammy Baldwin rally. I have just emerged from an intense project that will benefit all who pass through Stately Blaska Manor. I have set up an all-new home entertainment center with the latest (well, almost) electronic gear after a self-taught course of catching up with the 21st century. Posted at 12:16 PM \| Permalink \| Comments: 1
	10/18/12 Blaska gets hugged, bugged, and mugged by reality One thing leads to another. The publisher of In Business ran up to me and gave me a big hug Wednesday morning at the Alliant Energy Center. Suffice to say I never got hugs from any of my previous employers. That may be because of what Miss Vicki calls my irascibility, but I don’t think Jody Glynn Patrick suffered any cactus needle wounds. Posted at 11:12 AM \| Permalink \| Comments: 1
	10/12/12 President Obama recycles Chauncey the gardener As in the great Jerzy Kosinsky book/Peter Sellers movie Being There. But first, last night’s vice presidential debate. Paul Ryan is a big step up from Sarah Palin, but Joe Biden is a big step up from Barack Obama. Biden attacked, he accused, he interrupted, he rolled his eyes but he couldn’t knock Ryan off his feet. Posted at 08:59 AM \| Permalink \| Comments: 1
	10/09/12 Madison school board can thank Scott Walker While the city of Madison and Dane County rushed to ingratiate themselves to their employee unions by extending their employee union contracts in the wake of Judge Juan Colas' overturnable ruling, the Madison School Board (Whooda thunk-it?) actually made good use of Act 10, the Republicans’ revolutionary change in collective bargaining. The school board actually negotiated a break in the union-only hiring monopoly. Can anyone say, camel’s nose under the tent? Posted at 07:19 AM \| Permalink \| Comments: 3
	10/03/12 Obama-Speak for Socialism The failures of the current president and his congressional allies are so incontestable that they retaliate by demonizing those who have succeeded. Their failures are due not as much to executive ineptitude as to their very creed. The Obama regime has added nearly $6 trillion to a public debt that has eclipsed the $16 trillion mark for the first time in history. That’s more government debt per person than Portugal, Italy, Spain, or Greece. Posted at 12:07 PM \| Permalink \| Comments: 8
	10/02/12 I’m in the autumn of the year It’s all too beautiful, the Small Faces sang back in the day. They must have been singing about this first week of October. I will, therefore, suspend my usual rant and try to summon up my long-lost flower child, sans tie-dyed T-shirt. Posted at 10:46 AM \| Permalink \| Comments

with David Blaska

October 2012