I main Blanka and use a SE stick with modded parts

I main Blanka and use a SE stick with modded parts

There is no love for Blanka...that ugly furry bastard! I say ditch him!

How can I resist such a sweet offer? Im sold.

I hate SF, and most of Capcom's games, it's almost like their motto is "don't publish the game if it's not insanely hard".

I'm giving free lessons on how to beat specialbuddy its a 3 part process.
 step 1- pick a character with a dragon punch or dragon punch type move
 Step 2- do said dragon punch or dragon punch type move
 step 3- Beat specialbuddy then laugh.
 
And jeff sometimes even if you really like a character and spend alot of time on it. You can only go so far and need to cut your losses. I started out using cammy but giving her up was the best thing I did. I suggest you give bison a try he's a charge move character he has some good fairly easy combos and some nice pokes. Plus he has the purple power punch.
I really think you should give it a shot im not that great of a bison player but next time your on send me an invite and I'll show you what I know with him if you want.

IMO, 'rog is currently hands down the best charge character in the game.  Blanka was good a couple months ago when people were still figuring him out, now people realize almost everything he has is unsafe, and knowing how to counter his ultra makes a big difference (not eating even that chip damage is very important in some matches)
 
The problem with Balrog is links, which are a big part of making him a very solid character.  Hit confirmable block strings that end in a high damage unsafe move are becoming more and more necessary to play Sf4, and nearly all of these are link combos.  I think of all the characters, ryu and rufus likely rely the least on links (unless you consider rufus st.hp hp tornado a link, im not sure if it is or not).  They have safe pressure and can use their safe moves to apply pressure at the end of blockstrings without having to hit confirm a long link chain.  They also have good link combos if you want to use them, but one of my friends is a very solid ryu and he rarely uses the links available to him.  
 
To figure out link timing, go to training mode, and pick someone with a link combo that you know.  the 'rog combo listed above will work, as will cammy with cr.lk cr.lp cr.lk xx rh spiral arrow, and many others.  start out spamming it, notice the special move doesn't come out, many times the last poke wont come out depending how much you're spamming them.  gradually slow down your button presses.  its kinda like a rhythm game, once you find the link timing, its pretty similar across characters(some are a frame faster or slower, some links are just really hard due to the precise timing needed and no real indicator. Cammys standing close mp, cr.mk link still eludes me no matter how many times i try). 

I'm in the exact same position as the OP really; a Blanka main who struggles with combos.  the thing is though, Blanka has very few worthwhile combos anyway, so it isn't much of a deal with him.  Instead of trying and failing at them, I tend to play a few mind games with them...
 
...namely doing a HP Roll to take a hit, then doing a LP Roll to make them think I'm doing the same move again.  it's amazing how many times it lures people into opening themselves up for a load of hits.  Try luring them like that, then when they're open, punish them by jumping in with a high kick, then as soon as you make contact forward High Medium Punch them for a 2 hit overhead, and keep smasking MP to electrify them out of it.  You can then wake-up game them with a slide or a backstep roll or summat.