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poll: what happened to the big guy's big surprise?
« on: April 06, 2012, 09:12:33 PM »
Well, we're closing on more than two days since the big guy's big surprise was to be launched, as the big guy promised.

One wonders what the hold-up is.

Speculate, please.
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Re: poll: what happened to the big guy's big surprise?
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2012, 09:15:20 PM »
I'm guessing the big surprise was to have been the overwhelming success of his fund-raiser at that bar, people packed to the ceiling, and thousands raised.

The big guy fell into that trap primitives usually fall into--by planning for something to happen, they expect it to happen.  By wishing for something to happen, they expect it to happen.  By stating for something to happen, they expect it to happen.

Different day, same story, on Skins's island.
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Re: Re: poll: what happened to the big guy's big surprise?
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2012, 09:24:06 PM »
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Re: poll: what happened to the big guy's big surprise?
« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2012, 09:32:04 PM »
After taking a close look at the sour, deranged Marta, I suspect the big guy may be shacked up for the long weekend with the also-absent grasswipe.

After three long years in a bonus room, and the past year holed up in an abandoned bodega, she's love-starved and desperate enough for the hairy, sweaty big guy.

Or maybe the guy who killed Andy has bumped off both of them.

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Re: poll: what happened to the big guy's big surprise?
« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2012, 09:35:13 PM »
I've been reading the big guy's union contract with the city of Omaha.

http://www.cityofomaha.org/humanresources/images/stories/public_documents/union_contracts/2009%20to%202012%20Local%20251%20Contract.pdf

It's about a hundred pages, but it's eminently readable and understandable to the layman.

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PROHIBITION OF STRIKES

The UNION shall neither cause nor counsel any person to hinder, delay, limit, or suspend the continuity of efficiency of any CITY function, operation, or service for any reason, nor shall it in any manner coerce, intimidate, instigate, induce, sanction, suggest, conspire with, promote, support, sponsor, engage in, condone, or encourage any person to participate in any strike, slowdown, mass resignation, mass absenteeism, or any other type of concerted work stoppage.

The UNION shall not aid or assist any persons or parties engaging in the above prohibited conduct by giving direction or guidance to such and conduct, or by providing funds, financial, and other assistance for the conduct or direction of such activities or for the payment of strike, unemployment, or other benefits to those persons or parties participating in such prohibited conduct and activities, provided, however, that the UNION may provide legal representation. In applying the provisions of this Article, all of the terms used herein shall be given the meaning commonly understood.

The UNION shall not be in breach of contract where the acts or actions hereinbefore enumerated are not caused or authorized directly or indirectly by the UNION.

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DISCHARGE AND DISCIPLINE

SECTION 1 -- DISCIPLINARY ACTION -- CAUSE: Any action which reflects discredit upon the service or is a direct hindrance to the effective performance of the CITY government functions shall be considered good cause for disciplinary action. The following are declared to be good cause for disciplinary action against any employee, though charges may be based upon causes and complaints other than those listed:

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MINOR VIOLATIONS

1. Engaging in horse play, running, scuffling, or throwing objects during working hours.

2. Failure to observe parking and traffic regulations on City property or while operating a City vehicle.

3. Reporting late for work, without justifiable cause, but employee did call supervisor (or person designated to receive such phone calls) twenty minutes prior to start of shift to report such tardiness. Employees shall be notified in advance what phone number(s) to call to report that they will be late for work.

4. Failure to perform job in a satisfactory manner.

5. Reporting late for work, without justifiable cause, but did not call supervisor (or person designated to receive such phone calls) twenty minutes prior to start of shift to report such tardiness; or failure to request sick leave twenty minutes prior to start of shift. Employees shall be notified in advance what phone number(s) to call to report that they will be late for work.

6. Failure to follow City job instructions, verbal or written.

7. Vending, soliciting, or collecting contributions for any purpose on City premises at any work location unless authorized by the Mayor or Labor Relations Director or designated representative.

8. Distributing written or printed matter of any description during working hours unless authorized by the Mayor or Labor Relations Director or designated representative.

9. Posting, altering, or removing any matter on bulletin boards on City property unless specifically authorized.
10. Make false, vicious, or malicious written statements about any employee or the City.

11. Failure to punch in or out when arriving at or leaving work at regular time.

12. Causing minor damage to material or equipment due to carelessness or negligence.

No employee may be disciplined for any of the above Minor Violations unless that employee has been counseled, in writing on a form approved by the City, for the same offense within twelve months preceding the event which gives rise to the new discipline, or received a Verbal Reprimand pursuant to prior labor contract.

Once an employee has received an actual discipline for any of the above minor violations, subsequent violations shall result in the next disciplinary step. In the event two years pass from the date of any disciplinary action, additional violations will result in the process starting over again – a new counseling.

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MAJOR VIOLATIONS

13. Failure to report to work absent justifiable cause.

14. Leaving work area during working hours without permission, except in cases of emergency.

15. Violating a posted or published safety rule or safety practice of a serious nature

16. Smoking in restricted posted area or where smoking would create a hazard.

17. Any damage caused by the employee’s negligence to public and/or private property, material or equipment exceeding the amount of $2,000.00. It is understood that if an employee has not been involved, for the two years prior to the proposed discipline, in any situation which caused damage to public or private property, then that employee shall be reprimanded instead of suspended. It is also understood that time limits for the bringing of discipline under this section shall not begin until the City receives both the facts necessary to determine who is liable for the damage and the assessed monetary amount of the damage. In no event shall such time limit exceed thirty (30) working days unless agreed to in writing by the Union.

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For the following violations the assigned disciplinary action for the offense shall be discharge from employment:

18. Sleeping on the job during working hours. An employee may be suspended for this offense, rather then discharged, based on the facts of the case, the employee’s past disciplinary record, and any other relevant factors. “Relevant factors” to be considered in determining whether or not to discharge or otherwise discipline an employee are: acquiescence of the supervisor, public/private nature of offense, duration of offense, beginning/end of shift, extenuating personal circumstances. These factors are listed as examples and are not all inclusive.

19. Gross insubordination.

20. Provoking or instigating fighting during working hours or at any work location.

21. Falsifying City records.

22. Knowingly punching another employee's time card; having one's time card punched by another.

23. Possessing firearms, or dangerous weapons on City property.

24. Theft of any property while on City time.

25. Reporting for work under the influence of drugs unless authorized by a physician or using drugs on City time.

26. Reporting for work under the influence of alcohol. The City shall have the right to require an employee to submit to a recognized alcoholic testing method. As used herein under the influence of alcohol means the employee has ten one-hundredths of 1% or more by weight of alcohol in his body fluid as shown by a recognized method of alcohol testing.

27. Drinking any alcoholic beverage while on City time.

28. Immoral conduct or indecency.

29. Threatening, intimidating, coercing or interfering with fellow employees during working hours.

30. Gambling on City premises.

31. Offensive conduct toward the public.

The provisions about sick leave, disability leave, I leave up to the experts to decipher, though.
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Re: Re: poll: what happened to the big guy's big surprise?
« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2012, 09:36:18 PM »
More mini tacos?

I think he tried these and they were bad...




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Re: Re: poll: what happened to the big guy's big surprise?
« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2012, 09:51:30 PM »
I think he tried these and they were bad...




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Re: poll: what happened to the big guy's big surprise?
« Reply #7 on: April 06, 2012, 10:00:26 PM »
After taking a close look at the sour, deranged Marta.....

Nebraska Democrat femmes look only one of two ways.

Either they're younger thin women with a perpetual angry scowl on their faces, wire-rimmed eyeglasses, and an ABORTION NOW bumper-sticker on their car, or they're doughy middle-aged women who are actually heavier than they look, because instead of eliminating food they've eaten, it stays inside of them, compressing more and more until it has the density of a black hole.

In regards to the big guy's wife, you be the judge which version she is.

The first lieutenant-governor under Ben Nelson (D, was governor 1991-1999), Maxine Moul, was one who matched the second description.  An utterly unpleasant person, she was "encouraged" to resign halfway through his first term, another Democrat woman of the first sort taking her place, while Maxine went on to become director of one of the minor state agencies.

franksolich was well-acquainted with Maxine; had to deal with her a lot, as manager of the late David Hunter's Reunion on the campus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.  She was insufferable, and instead of having other employees suffer dealing with her, I as el bosso supremo took that on, took one for the team.

I called her the la vieille vache, the old cow, and even Democrats agreed with me.   
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Re: poll: what happened to the big guy's big surprise?
« Reply #8 on: April 06, 2012, 10:07:25 PM »
I vote 'none' -

I'm starting to believe the surprise was a red herring - we were supposed to chase our tails over it.

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Re: poll: what happened to the big guy's big surprise?
« Reply #9 on: April 06, 2012, 10:11:49 PM »
I vote 'none' -

I'm starting to believe the surprise was a red herring - we were supposed to chase our tails over it.

However.

However.

However.

That doesn't explain why the big guy's been absent from Skins's island wholly the past 48 hours.

It's also a good guess that despite any big surprise in the offing, either professional Democrats, or the big guy's own wife and children, embarrassed about what an ass he's made of himself, told him to just shut up.
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Re: poll: what happened to the big guy's big surprise?
« Reply #10 on: April 06, 2012, 10:12:17 PM »
I'm guessing the big surprise was to have been the overwhelming success of his fund-raiser at that bar, people packed to the ceiling, and thousands raised.

The big guy fell into that trap primitives usually fall into--by planning for something to happen, they expect it to happen.  By wishing for something to happen, they expect it to happen.  By stating for something to happen, they expect it to happen.

Different day, same story, on Skins's island.
I think the same thing, hence I voted "flopped before it could happen."
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Re: poll: what happened to the big guy's big surprise?
« Reply #11 on: April 06, 2012, 10:15:01 PM »
I think the same thing, hence I voted "flopped before it could happen."

And of course one can't disregard the possibility that the big guy's in hot water with his boss and fellow employees, or his union, because of all the nasty things he said about them on Skins's island, as shown in that web-site created by his friends, www.electstevedawes.com.
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Re: poll: what happened to the big guy's big surprise?
« Reply #12 on: April 06, 2012, 11:32:08 PM »
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MINOR VIOLATIONS

1. Engaging in horse play, running, scuffling, or throwing objects during working hours.

It's sad that this must be written into a code of conduct for adults in a supposed professional environment.

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Re: poll: what happened to the big guy's big surprise?
« Reply #13 on: April 07, 2012, 12:18:39 AM »
It's sad that this must be written into a code of conduct for adults in a supposed professional environment.

I quoted those rules so one could speculate which ones the big guy's violated.

The rules on sick leave and disability, I didn't bother quoting because they're rather complicated, although one suspects the big guy knows all the loopholes.
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Re: poll: what happened to the big guy's big surprise?
« Reply #14 on: April 07, 2012, 12:21:20 AM »
I think the same thing, hence I voted "flopped before it could happen."

You know, some might be offended by this poll and its accompanying comments, but remember, the Sarah Palin rule applies here in the DUmpster, regarding primitives running for public office.

If the primitives did it to Sarah Palin four years ago (and since then), then it's kosher to apply the same treatment to the primitives.

And the primitives can't complain; after all, the primitives wrote this rule.  We're just obeying it.
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Re: poll: what happened to the big guy's big surprise?
« Reply #15 on: April 07, 2012, 12:34:03 AM »
I quoted those rules so one could speculate which ones the big guy's violated.

The rules on sick leave and disability, I didn't bother quoting because they're rather complicated, although one suspects the big guy knows all the loopholes.
Those rules don't matter. They're written for consumption by the taxpayers, so we'll believe everything's being done in a responsible, businesslike manner.

But the employees are a bunch of public union thug moonbats, and management is a bunch of big-city hellhole political moonbats.

The political moonbats depend on cash donations from the public union moonbats.

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Re: poll: what happened to the big guy's big surprise?
« Reply #16 on: April 07, 2012, 12:50:31 AM »
I agree with Frank, he expected his fund raising event would be a success and was humiliated when it turned out wrong.  He's sulking at the moment.  But I am certain that he will come up with another fantasy soon, that's why I love the big guy; he has the ability to just flat-out ignore reality and substitute it with his own twisted version.  Get some Steve!

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Re: poll: what happened to the big guy's big surprise?
« Reply #17 on: April 07, 2012, 01:20:18 AM »
Ironically:

IF he would just follow the wise campaign team at www.electstevedawes.com, he could boldly come out as the socialist that he is. He can run a completely unconventional campaign. The media in Omaha is STARVED for such stories, and who knows? Steve, helped along with the intrepid team behind www.electstevedawes.com, may just pull out something that is juicy and oozy!!
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Re: poll: what happened to the big guy's big surprise?
« Reply #18 on: April 07, 2012, 04:28:26 AM »
I agree with Frank, he expected his fund raising event would be a success and was humiliated when it turned out wrong.  He's sulking at the moment.  But I am certain that he will come up with another fantasy soon, that's why I love the big guy; he has the ability to just flat-out ignore reality and substitute it with his own twisted version.  Get some Steve!

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That's the root of my own fondness and affection for the big guy--a fondness and affection that oddly isn't reciprocated--his ability to get egg after egg after egg on his face, yet babble on as if nothing's there.

The big guy would've been great in an old-time carnival, in that stand where someone stood behind a canvas, only his head showing through a slot, and customers got three softballs for a dime, and if they hit him, they got a teddy bear or something.

(Although it is a good thing no such "attractions" and "games" exist any more.)

One can't however discount the possibility that maybe perhaps the big guy is ill, in which case one feels for him--but given his hypochondrial nature, there's a good chance it's not real.  He may right at this moment be conspiring to light a self-pity campfire on Skins's island, "Oh, feel sorry for me because the freepers are being mean to me."

I'd take that with not a grain, but a block, of salt; a block of salt like what farmers leave out for cattle and horses to lick on, to make them thirsty, compelling them to drink water.

If one can't stand the brickbats, one shouldn't be in politics.  And as the record clearly shows, "mean freepers" have been much nicer to the big guy, than the primitives ever were to the 2008 Republican vice-presidential candidate. 
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Re: poll: what happened to the big guy's big surprise?
« Reply #19 on: April 07, 2012, 04:34:55 AM »
Ironically:

IF he would just follow the wise campaign team at www.electstevedawes.com, he could boldly come out as the socialist that he is. He can run a completely unconventional campaign. The media in Omaha is STARVED for such stories, and who knows? Steve, helped along with the intrepid team behind www.electstevedawes.com, may just pull out something that is juicy and oozy!!

All the big guy ever had to do was take the advice and counsel of his fellow Nebraskan--the same advice and counsel probably given him by professional Democrats, since "campaign management" is pretty much basic and generic--and the big guy'd be sitting pretty right now, everything running like clockwork.

But n-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o.....
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Re: poll: what happened to the big guy's big surprise?
« Reply #20 on: April 07, 2012, 04:51:44 AM »
I voted "never had one".

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Re: poll: what happened to the big guy's big surprise?
« Reply #21 on: April 07, 2012, 05:32:31 AM »
I'm a little late to this poll. Voted "other". Because...

OS had an epiphany moment mixed with an economic lesson.

Realized that his ass was about to have to pay for the checks his lying mouth has been writing.

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Re: poll: what happened to the big guy's big surprise?
« Reply #22 on: April 07, 2012, 06:46:22 AM »
I agree with Frank, he expected his fund raising event would be a success and was humiliated when it turned out wrong.  He's sulking at the moment.  But I am certain that he will come up with another fantasy soon, that's why I love the big guy; he has the ability to just flat-out ignore reality and substitute it with his own twisted version.  Get some Steve!

http://www.electstevedawes.com/

This makes sense. 7 people and an open bar. Likely Steve spent far more money than he pulled in.

Had Steve actually said a few things he would do, it might have been different. The whole, "I'm Steve Dawes, please give me money." thing is a bit old now. I like to know what I'm getting for my money/vote.

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Re: poll: what happened to the big guy's big surprise?
« Reply #23 on: April 07, 2012, 06:56:36 AM »
Had Steve actually said a few things he would do, it might have been different. The whole "I'm Steve Dawes, please give me money." thing is a bit old now. I like to know what I'm getting for my money/vote.

Uh huh.

And that's why the big guy's friends were compelled to create www.electstevedawes.com, to get his message out.
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Re: poll: what happened to the big guy's big surprise?
« Reply #24 on: April 07, 2012, 07:13:52 AM »
I voted "never had one".

No goals, no disappointments.

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