It is a pretty good Saturday to be a Wisconsin sports fan. Matt Kenseth from Cambridge Wisconsin finishes 2nd at Richmond, securing a Top 10 points position and the right to race for the NASCAR 2005 Nextel Cup Championship. I think that trophy would look real good next to the 2003 NASCR Winston Cup Championship trophy.
Wisconsin won their 2nd football game 65-0, but I don’t believe there is too much honor in humiliating a weak opponent. Ohio State and Michigan both lost their football games. To bad, so sad, time for the Big 10’s Big 2 to buy better players.
It was a gorgeous late summer day and an large number of people, perhaps those without tickets for Camp Randall, gathered instead in Baraboo for this years Fighting Bob Fest. Uncle Jimbo writes his analysis of the ‘progressive’ event in his Fighting Bob Fest Post-Game.
Fighting Bob was well feted by those carrying on his legacy, as 5,000 or so gathered in Baraboo to discuss ways to change the current political and governmental systems.Uncle Jimbo seems a bit surprised that the overall tone of the meeting was positive, however, the substance was still more about problems then solutions. Perhaps being outside in the healthy thriving Wisconsin environment is a temporary cure for bitterness.
The overwhelming consensus was that the current ones favor corporate interests to such an extent that citizens are not really represented by their government, they are it's forced customers.
The one thing missing from all their reform ideas for a corrupt and fraudulent voting system was anything requiring photo ID to vote, the most effective way to minimize what fraud there is. The reason usually given is that it would disproportionately affect minorities, which to me is a racist sentiment. I don't see any way to read that besides, blacks are too dumb to go get an ID.
