It was Senator Lazich who tipped us off that she was available to be"dunked" today at the Muskego Community Festival.

If you have ever wanted to dunk a State Senator

I thought if I was in the area...I would stop by.




Senator Mary Lazich observes the dunk tank prior to her turn in the seat. 
For some reason there was a 15 minute delay.


Not soon after she got her butt in the hot seat, a big, burly man couldn't wait to purchase some balls and get her wet.  He warned her he would do so, and he did just that. 

Was he a Republican who had read Fred Keller's blog post on TABOR?  A Democrat?  Or just someone aware of his elected officials (he did know who Senator Lazich was).  Maybe I should have asked him.



Senator Lazich just before the first ball hits the target…notice she is
hanging on.  She didn’t want to get her hair wet.

Keep that head above water!  Just like in politics




Back in the seat.  Actually the Senator's family did their share of dunking
and she was a good sport and eventually her hair got wet.




I,  on the other hand, was not as lucky as Big Burly Man.  For the cause I took three shots and came close...and frustrated, because I like to get things done, I bought six more shots..but, I'm not one for throwing a ball, and while I came close a couple times, it just wasn't my day.

Or was it?  I did get to post these pictures  : )




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Here's an idea...maybe we can help with Franklin's budget shorfall by putting some of our Common Council in a dunk tank to raise funds.  Any contributions would be beneficial about now. 

I guess we can't wait to see the real outcome.

We have to play house.

Harper's Bazaar has a photo spreas of the Obama's in the White House.

Bizarre is right.

But the Huffington Post says it isn't weird that Harper's Bazaar ran the spread.  They think it is weird that Tyra Banks is playing Michelle Obama.

Looking at the pics as a whole it becomes clear that the weirdness factor has nothing to do with Harper's Bazaar running a Obamas-as-First Couple photo spread so much as their decision to use Tyra Banks in the role of First Lady. If they had, say, decided to cast the part of Michelle Obama using an anonymous model, chances are we'd be discussing how the fashion photos perhaps signify that a black presidency (specifically an Obama one) has become culturally acceptable. However, by choosing Tyra -- a cultural force in her own right -- it feels like we're merely watching "Ms. Banks" play out some weird personal fantasy of her own making.

HERE

          More photos from media bistro

 

The latest “first” for Barack Obama comes off the Milan runway. Calling the U.S. presidential hopeful "the man of the moment," Donatella Versace dedicated her Spring-Summer 2009 collection presented Saturday evening to Obama, creating a style she said was designed for "a relaxed man who doesn't need to flex muscles to show he has power."

Chatting with reporters in the cool of the garden of her private palazzo in downtown Milan at an after-show dinner party, the designer also had some fashion tips for the campaign trail. "I would get rid of the tie and jazz up the shirt," she said.




AP Photo  Model wearing one of Versace men's
spring/summer 2009 fashion collection, at Milan fashion week




Well, I am trying to think back a few years as to which leader has been “flexing muscles to show he has power.”  Reagan?  No.  Bush 41?  No.  Clinton?  No. 

Bush 43?  Let me think….Uh, huh.  No.

No….None of those leaders really had any six pack abs to flaunt that I recall.  No great biceps either.  Nope. 

Still, it could be a comment about Bush 43.  It could be a comment about mental muscle.  If that comment is directed at Bush….it should be taken as a compliment.  And it will make me feel that much more secure to know if Barack Obama ends up in the White House, at least he will be dressing well when he can’t make tough decisions.

from the Associated Press  Ü  here

Barack Obama inspires Milan men's runway styles

 

Terry Teachout originally sent up cautionary flags regarding the New York Philharmonic's possible trip to North Korea in his October Wall Street Journal column "Serenading a Tyrant." Teachout wondered:

What would you have thought if Franklin Roosevelt had encouraged the Philharmonic to accept an official invitation to play in Berlin in the spring of 1939? Do you think such a concert would have softened the hearts of the N-a-z-i-s, any more than Jesse Owens' victories in the 1936 Olympics changed their minds about racial equality? Or inspired the German people to rise up and revolt against Adolf Hilter? Or saved a single Jewish life?

Teachout counseled that the Philharmonic and the Bush administration "would do well to ponder these questions before consenting to put America's oldest orchestra at the service of the man who turned off all the lights in North Korea." Teachout to the contrary notwithstanding, the Philharmonic announced that it will play in North Korea in February. 

Teachout attended the Philharmonic's official press conference on the trip. He reports on the press conference here at
About Last Night  ◄   and has cross-posted his report here at The Horizon. ◄

It looks like in setting forth the plans of orchestra president Zarin Mehta,
the Philharmonic is going to create some joy...for Kim Jong-Il.

Philharmonic to Perform in North Korea   ◄

 

 

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I am so "Unglued" about this . . . no, more than that ....

Why send "our" prestigious orchestra to North Korea for the pleasure of this "monster?"

Kim Jong II is a villain. 

He is a glutton  who flaunts it while his people starve. 

He plays with toys while his own people, including children,
are in a concentration camp for political crimes.

He is a PIG....
and we should not be providing him with entertainment!