30. March 2012 by Danny Dirt.

Stephen D. Lukas, 46, of Libertyville, passed away on Sunday, February 26, 2012 at the Pepper Family Hospice Care Center in Barrington. Steve demonstrated amazing strength and courage, continuing to amaze those closest to him through his last moments with us here on earth. His infectious laugh and ready smile will be missed by many.

Steve was born June 2, 1965 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and lived in Libertyville since 1991. He was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

He was a member of St. Joseph Parish in Libertyville, was a former employee of Abbott Laboratories, and was most recently the manager of regulatory compliance for Hospira, Inc. Steve greatly enjoyed his work and was a dedicated employee.

Steve was a loving son, devoted brother, loyal husband, wonderful father, and faithful friend. He was an avid Green Bay Packers fan and passed that love on to his daughters. He enjoyed spending time outdoors, golfing with his wife and buddies, hunting with his brothers, fishing with his daughters, and camping with his family. Steve especially treasured the time he spent traveling with his wife and daughters.

Survivors include his dearly loved wife of twenty years, Kris (nee Fleming) Lukas, and their three precious daughters, Andrea, Rachel, and Stephanie, all of Libertyville; his parents, Stanley and Suzanne Lukas of Antigo, Wisconsin; and three brothers, Scott (Diane) Lukas of Janesville, Wisconsin; Mike (Nicki) Lukas of Almond, Wisconsin; and Mark (Jennifer) Lukas of Hudson, Wisconsin.

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16. April 2010 by Danny Dirt.

On the way home from work, I was cruising through the available radio stations and I once again stopped on Wisconsin Public Radio.  The show was “At Issues” with Ben Merens.  I think the format of the show is kind of a weekly-news-in-review.  People just call in and voice their opinion on the news of the week.  I guess the only difference between that and what I do here on DannyDirt.com is that I pay for this web space where as no private party pays for public radio.  It is tax payer funded along with any additional donations they can solicit.

So this guy calls in and complains that those mean old Republicans are joining forces again to oppose the new “energy jobs bill”, aka “Cap and Trade”, aka “Tax and Hide What You spend”.  Then he says, “I don’t know why more people don’t have electric windmills.  For only $2,000 dollars a family can get their own wind mill, get off of the grid and be energy independent.”

First of all, this is totally not true and secondly, our hero of the show - Ben Merens says nothing.  He asks no follow up questions about this.

Electric windmills that are large enough to provide enough power to run a house - an energy efficient house with energy efficient appliances, and people who live in them that are very energy conscious can easily run $20,000.   If you don’t think so, check out AWEA.

This doesn’t even take into account whether or not the area that you live in will provide enough wind to make it feasible.  Nor does it take into account the growing number of people who don’t like the noise or think the flashing of the sunlight on the propeller blades causes epilepsy or seizures (which I might add that I don’t think there is a lick of truth to).  But that is besides the point.

Here is my point: for a radio network that likes to refer to itself as “the ideas network”, they’re not real big into challenging anyone’s ideas - unless your a conservative, republican, or Christian.

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