Daily Dose of BS Sept 28

After living in La Crosse since 1992 I have been around Oktoberfest for 20 years, participating in the parade many, many times over those years, watching it multiple times and always amazed at the amount of people who come out of the wood work to watch and cheer.  I drove the long way to work yesterday morning to see if there were people lined up on Copeland Park and there were, ok, I understand that the parade is fun and a party in its self but aren’t there things going on, such as life?  Do people take vacation to go stake their claim of park land or boulevard for a 5 hour parade?  I have never staked my claim to city property for parade watching, I am more of a floater.  On the years when I didn’t ride in the parade I would start in one area, and kind of party hop.  I hope that this years parade is more manageable in time than some of the years when it ended up being a 5 plus hour parade.  Here is to a safe, fun, trouble free Oktoberfest.  Gemütlichkeit, Ein Prosit and Old McDonald has a farm, ummm I mean EiEiEio…have a great fest. 

Daily Dose of BS Sept 27

Went to comedy last night and the comedian and I were BS’ing after the show talking about the economy and how great it is, he mentioned that he has to take a “real” job soon to make ends meet after the price of gas is flirting with 4 bucks, he mentioned that if you think about it we spend more on our cars than on our homes, I called BS of course cause that is what I do, anyway he walked me through it and asked how many cars have you had in your life?  What about the other cars in your household, what was the total cost of all vehicles?  What did you pay for your house?  He continued saying and that is how we spend more on our cars than our houses.  Weird right?

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Daily Dose of BS Sept 26

They say that parents get stressed out with putting together a kids lunch before school.  Did your mom, or do you get stressed putting together the perfect lunch for jr?   Personally I look forward to the quest to putting together the best quote breakfast that I can, using building blocks of last nights supper, leftovers from the fridge from a day or two ago and possibility a dry good as well.    I do have a fridge when I get to work so if I have leftover meat or vegies and pasta I do have a place to store it before it gets reheated in the microwave.  I think my adventurous way with food began when I was a kid my mom was in a bridge club and when there was left overs we and by we I mean the kids my brothers and I always had creative ways of eating the leftovers, mom used to multi purpose the food, for example one time there was lots of leftover nacho cheese dip, that became a building block for sandwiches, add a few chips to it and you have a crunchy spicy lunch.  I bet if you ask the other Schmidt boys about the pancakes, they will say mom put syrup soaked pancakes on the bottom of a bowl and it got topped with chili when mom and dad went out for dinner that night.  So for that, my adventurous food creations and for the many other great memories I think you Mom.   

Daily Dose of BS Sept 25

I am not going to lie I am a bit upset this morning.   I thought that each of the touchdowns that are scored are checked and double checked, the Packers lost on a bad call, Rogers was sacked 8 times but they may have been the victim of a bad call.  Now to what has me really upset today, I lock my garage every night before I head in for the night, this morning when I was letting out the dog, the garage door was open.  And I know it was closed since I locked it last night after returning from a birthday dinner with the family, all six of us, it was amazing.  My dog usually barks at things going on outside, last night not so sure either that or I slept really well.  Any way a crow bar was used to break in to the garage, the fridge in the garage was left open, I am glad that I drank all the beers, there were a few pops left in the garage fridge, a few things moved around and my car was gone through, and I mean really gone through they took everything out of the glove box, the ashtray, the arm rest storage and left it all on the seats, I am not sure what they found if anything cause there really wasn’t anything in there, I did get a chance to meet a nice La Crosse Police officer, Officer Roden, she was there in minutes, we went through my garage, looked at the evidence, a cigarette that was left on the top of the car, talked about safety, putting lights up in and around the house.  There have been more and more break-ins in La Crosse we have had murders and drugs making headlines.  What happened to the friendly small community that I moved into 20+ years ago?

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10. “Life of Brian” (1.2 laughs per minute)
9. “Shaun Of the Dead” (1.3)
8. “Bridesmaids” (1.4)
7. “American Pie” (1.5)
6. “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy” (1.6)
5. “Borat” (1.7)
4. “Superbad” (1.9)
3. “The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!” (2.3)
2. “The Hangover” (2.4)
1. “Airplane!” (3)

Daily Dose of BS Sept 24

I am 44 years old and still have to sit at the kids table.  This weekend we drove north to East Grand Forks for my Father in Laws 81^st birthday, 8 hours in the car each way.  Gas prices suck there too, speed limit is a bit higher in Minnesota than Wisconsin, you can go 70 on the interstate, and in North Dakota you can go 75.  I drive a minivan, don’t feel to cool going 75.  Back to family time, my wife is the youngest of 6 and I am younger than her by 3 years so when I first fell into the family I was much younger than the rest of the group,  I remember rocking out my zubaz and had long hair and earrings.  My things have changed now no hair and no earrings but I still have my 25 year old zubaz.  The birthday party brought out the usual, everyone brings their A game best pot luck food, I bring my appetite and my smarty pants attitude, the sister inlaws were all sitting around talking about 31 bags ( much more fun at the kids table ), I overheard it that conversation and said 31 bags there are only 6 of you.  I guess I no longer wonder why I have to sit at the kids table.   

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Daily Dose of BS Sept 21

After tomorrow 24 of the 50 states will have absentee ballots available.  Why?  We are 45 days away from November 6^th 2012 I can see if we open it up for a week possibly two weeks before an election, and longer if you are in the service overseas, but why do we need 45 days before an election to open the vote?  I am a huge proponent of getting out to vote in fact I have said countless times in my life on the radio and elsewhere if you don’t vote you can't bitch.  (I’ve been called on the carpet for saying that also since this is America and we can bitch just to bitch ya know) but really why open the vote 45 days before an election?  I have been able to make it to my polling place every single time including primaries for at least the last 15 years and have voted in every single general election since I have been 18.  I even cut a trip early as so I could make it home for a primary election.  I am all for making it easy to cast our vote, maybe online voting, but for one how can we assure that there is no voter fraud when it is mailed out and also how can we make it tamperproof when allowing online voting?  What do you think are the best solutions? 

Daily Dose of BS Sept 20

Got a call from a listener yesterday and he was saying he wasn’t pleased with the parking downtown, that got me thinking and I woke up with a song in my head, want to hear it here it goes.
Parking lots are going away eieio
LHI is going to grow eieio
With a good job here and a decent pay there, here a job there a job Don Webers employing a Mob, mob
Work is done I’m parking here eieio
Guess its time to grab a beer eieio
We’re in Wisconsin this is true, that’s all the song I got for you.

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Daily Dose of BS Sept 19

In Cranston Rode Island they took away the Father Daughter dance, saying it violates state law because not all kids have a daddy.  The ACLU moved after receiving a letter from a single mom who complained that her daughter was not able to attend the father daughter dance.  HUH?  I can't throw a football but wanted to be the quarterback when in high school cause they got all the girls, I also want to be the boss here at the station cause I wanna be.  Heck since we are at it I want to get the discounts for AARP but am too young, what if I don’t make it to 50?  Grandparent day was a couple of weeks ago and I don’t have any grandparents anymore so I want the whole holiday taken away.  This is about as stupid as people saying that they don’t want Christmas or Easter because they don’t believe.  Why take away something that others believe in and are enjoying.  This would be a great teaching lesson for the mom she could sit her daughter down and use this as an example of how sometimes life is not fair, that things happen in life.  I am guessing that if the mom had any male friends that one of them would take her daughter.  I have been to the YMCA’s father daughter dance and it was a great bonding time for my daughter and I.  Taking away a special night for all these dads and daughters would be devastating, if it is that big of a deal to this mom, make a special day for your own kid and don’t take away the special day for these other children.  

Daily Dose of BS Sept 18

Getting a bit scared, not sure what to do.  When I was a kid we were able to drive around for the night on 5 bucks and yesterday we inched closer to the 4 dollar mark for gas.  It moved up to 3.969 yesterday 3.969 wow it is kind of upsetting, the prices surged when the hurricane was hitting the Louisiana area because of the refinery’s down there, and I understand it moving up for situations like that but wouldn’t you think that the prices would then drop?  Don’t we have oil sands in North Dakota and aren’t they able to get gas from there for cheaper than it is than it is importing from other countries?  What can we do as a society to bring the prices down?  Will a change in the White House bring change in the pump?  I really don’t see how it could, because if it were possible don’t you think that every president would try their darndest to get the prices as low as possible, especially since the election is just around the corner?  Since I brought up the president I am already sick of the politics as usual.  Is there such a thing as usual anymore?  

Daily Dose of BS Sept 17

If you had any conversation with anyone from La Crosse over the weekend, I will bet that the conversations started off like this, “What the hell is happening here?” or “a double murder wtf?” the word WHY pops in to my head. I have no idea what is going on here, we are supposed to be living in a small town. We now have the most murders locally since 1992 - 4 - I know people who don’t live in a small town think that four isn’t so bad, but when there usually isn’t any, this number is huge (I think that many of us live in a small town for the fact that it is more neighborly, and when murders are happening in the area, it puts a scare into us, makes us feel less safe) , drugs are big problem, robberies are happening more often and we have lots of other crap that is happening here each and every day stuff that used to be exclusive to big cities. What do you blame the rise in crime and drugs on? Got an opinion share it on the radio (608) 782-2554

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Daily Dose of BS Sept 14

I don’t have the NFL network, I didn’t feel like going to a bar last night, I missed the Packer football game and guess what I didn’t die, don’t feel cheated and am ok this morning.  (the Packers won by the way)  I think that the NFL is pushing us to become even more addicted to the game.  It used to Sundays and Mondays on the networks, the networks that are broadcast, then Monday night football got moved over the ESPN then the NFL came up with their own network offering up everything football and special games, games like the most rivalry teams of all time the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears.  We now have preseason games that people watch and fantasy leagues that are another excuse for us to get together and talk football and imbibe.  Do you think it is all part of a conspiracy?  

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Daily Dose of BS Sept 13

People love their dogs.  But sometimes it is annoying to watch.  For one I think if you love your dog, love it enough to put in a restraint while in the car or at least in the backseat.  It kind of ticks me off when I see people with their dogs in the front seat, or on their lap while driving, not only do I feel that this is dangerous to the others on the road, but to your puppy as well, if you stop quick little fido will be flat little fido.  Also when you walk your dog clean up after what your dog does, I have had a few times this year while mowing the lawn where I stepped in a land mine, the intials are BS not DS it would however be worse stepping in that big of a pile, but seriously when you have a dog, please pick up after it, keep him leashed while walking, on a leash you can handle, also please try to avoid the retractable leashes, (ask me to see my finger) and travel with her in the back seat not crawling all over you and your steering wheel.   Love your dog, but also love your neighbor. 

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Daily Dose of BS Sept 12

We have been bombarded with the public service announcements for bicycling in Wisconsin, we just finished up a couple weeks ago with Bikefest and we are seeing more and more bicycles on the road, literally with the painting of the bikes on the streets with the arrows, if you haven’t seen the big white painted signs you are not driving on 16^th street among others in La Crosse, the message is Share the Road, and I agree we should share the road, but shouldn’t we also SHARE THE RULES?  How many times have you been in your car and at a stop sign when a bullet of spandex with a helmet shoots right by you and through the stop sign without regards to the oncoming traffic and when there is a car coming the bicyclist will either flip off the car or yell them?  These people are giving bicyclist a bad name.  I’m ok with share the road, but if you are sharing the road with motorized vehicles, then you should share the road rules.   

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Daily Dose of BS September 11th

We will never forget.  We will never forget.  Well we will never forget when it is in our schedule, when it fits in to what we have planned for the day, week, month, or year.  We will never forget.  I hate to be so crass as to say it, but I think many have forgotten.  I think that many of us are busy being busy and do tend to forget what has happened in the past, what lives were lost.  What sacrifices hundreds of thousands of families have made, on and since the date 11 years ago.  I have had many friends who have in the past 11 years been over fighting for us, for our freedoms, thank God that they have all made it home.  What were you doing on September 11^th, 2001?  I was at work, and I remember shedding many tears and still to this day wonder why this had to happen.  It was a day that I will never forget.

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Daily Dose of BS Sept 10

It was great to have football back on the television.  I for one enjoy sitting in my living room and watching the Green Bay Packers.  I love going to baseball games and all the sports my kids play but for football you can’t beat a comfortable chair, a refrigerator, a bathroom without lines or at least long lines and a remote to pause the action, or to review plays at your will.  Watching yesterday’s home opener for the Pack was difficult, not only because they lost, and didn’t look as good as I was hoping but ya gotta love all the late flags, missed and bad calls.  Then this morning you wake up and hear that the Chicago school teachers are on strike.  Haven’t they learned by watching the Division 2 refs so far in the NFL?  Have a little give and take between the brass and the workers and work to get a fair contract between all involved so that way people don’t suffer, us as football fans, and fans of good and right calls and the students in Chicago in the other case, there really can't be anything good for the kids to come of the teachers strike, can there be?  

Daily Dose of BS Sept 7

Hang on, strap in and get ready for a bumpy ride.  Working on the air I find myself thankful that the politicians spend money with us, filling up and selling out our air waves, but at the same time I am upset that the politicians are filling up our air with their BS lies, and the negative finger pointing ads, you know the ones I am talking about.  Who are these ads trying to sway?  Most of the people I have spoken with have already made up their mind, they have a politician in mind, a political party they like and are ready to vote on November 6^th.  60 long days till its over.  With Wisconsin being one of the battle ground states and La Crosse being close to 3 states, I am guessing we will get a few political bigwigs stopping in our fair city.  I am all for the national exposure, and for the politicians coming here, because it is beautiful, but there should be a rule of no spreading political BS when you are here.   The BS part is my job.    

Daily Dose of BS Sept 5

Do we have a drinking problem?  You’ve heard the old saying you drink, you get drunk,  you fall down no problem.  We have a couple of Universities in La Crosse and plenty of bars, mix young men and women getting away from home for the first time moving to a new city, coupled with cheap drinks, peer pressure, and you have a recipe for disaster.  We have had many young men end up dead in the river over the years and had a missing student in La Crosse this past Sunday into Monday.  A 22 year old from West Salem went missing for about 8 hours.  As a parent I could not imagine what kind of thoughts went through the parents head.  I am glad that this young man was found alive, but still drunk at 10:30 the next morning.   According to a news release from the La Crosse Police Department at least 7 patrol officers, 2 supervisors, 6 investigators, 2 deputies with k-9, and 8 firefighters were involved in the search, not only did this stunt cause his buddies to worry not to mention his parents but look at the labor costs associated with this.  I am all for going out for a few beers with some friends, but stay with your friends and get a designated driver.  By the way over the weekend La Crosse cops handed out over 50 citations for underage drinking.