Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Wed Mar-09-11 10:39 PM
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Any DUers that live in or near Madison, may I sleep on your floor a couple nights?
It is time for me to be in Madison for a few days!
Omaha Steve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Thu Mar-31-11 11:15 PM
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I return to work Monday morning
I almost forgot to mention this. I've been off work since my surgery on Jan. 25th. I'll be on light duty for 3-4 months while I continue therapy on my neck and shoulder. My job requires the ability to lift 90 pounds. I'm going off narcotics to do this. I won't be as active as on the DU as I have been.
Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Sun Jun-05-11 07:10 PM
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Can the DU get Omaha Steve to Madison (ground zero) as a project?
Most of you know just how pro labor/worker I am. I never made it to Madison for the protests early this year. I was in a motion restrictive sling for my right shoulder after rotator cuff surgery. I was on drugs and couldn't drive. The AFL-CIO bus was full before I could say I'd go.
Here is the deal. I'd love to be in Madison, Wi on Oct. 1. NU will be there to play the Badgers. I'm not asking for $. I'm asking for help finding two tickets at a reasonable price. Because of my size, on an isle would help but isn't mandatory.
I will go up two days before with my best friend (the Putz) Jeff. We go to all kinds of sporting events together. We will wear "NU fans in solidarity with Wisconsin" shirts. We will visit the capital and the offices of locals involved in the long public union fight. I am an AFSCME member after all.
IF there is an NFL season by then, I could also use two tickets to the Packer game that Sunday. I'm a life long Packer fan that watched the Ice Bowl on the new black and white TV I got for Christmas that year. I'll wear my cheese head. I've never been to a Packer game before. They were out of the country for a preseason game in Canada the one time I made it to Green Bay. Jeff is a Bronco fan first, then a Packer fan.
I did donate to the Wisconsin AFL-CIO, the State Democratic party, bought pizzas, gave to AFSCME Wisconsin, etc.
Can the DU pull some strings and get Jeff and I to the promised land? Only time will tell.
Omaha Steve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Wed Jun-08-11 04:24 PM
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My post # 29,000
Dear friends,
I wish I had something better to tell you all today. I did not win the executive board election to be the next Vice President of my local union. I feel I was by far the most qualified candidate. Apparently that didn't matter. I'm taking some time away from labor, politics, and the DU. I don't know how long it will take to recharge my batteries.
Understand I have always loved the DU and pretty much being the person that speaks for labor on the DU. This just hurts so much.
Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Sat Jun-18-11 05:15 PM
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DUs not my playground anymore (this is not aimed at the mods)
We keep trying to make this the great place it once was again. So far it ain't happened. I've had three questions that went unanswered from powers above in the last couple weeks. Today I had my first deleted (that I can remember in over 29,000 posts) message because I asked if someone anti-union was really a Democrat. I thought it was fair. I remember much worse mud thrown in my direction that never was removed than that. I got nailed by another user for posting a blond joke. The list grows. The fun things don't seem to be here anymore.
I was gone a week and returned Tuesday. For me in the past, 24 hours without the DU and I'd go into withdrawal. Not this time. And my few days since returning have been less than happy. So I won't be around as much. Up to now I've averaged over 4,000 posts a year. I'll be looking for someplace that is more like what the DU used to be. I'll always be reading and may say "duh" and get back in the swing.
Hoping to find nirvana for liberals,
Omaha Steve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue Jun-21-11 10:16 PM
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When the door gets slammed, a window might break out an opening
Stay tuned. A career change is on the table for me again. Two weeks ago I was so low when I didn't get my locals VP slot. It might take a couple months before I can blab.
Change subject. I'm still catching up on DU mail from the weekend. I will get to it and reply to all.
Omaha Steve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Sat Aug-13-11 05:23 PM
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WE said YES!
Marta and I were both asked just now to run for public office in the next election cycle. I can't tell you the offices until after we file at the end of the month. But we are both taking aim at conservative REPUBLICANS!
Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Thu Aug-18-11 08:20 PM
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Life can suck some days, it did for me today
I met with my bosses today. Best managers on the planet. Most of you know I had shoulder surgery in January. I also have a pinched nerve in my neck causing problems. I've been in therapy for several months. I start work hardness therapy tomorrow. I pretty much HAVE to get back to being able to lift 90 pounds and use 100 pounds of force. Most of the jobs I could demote to also have heavy physical requirements. The next couple months will tell. The case nurse assured me they will not rush this and give me plenty of time to try to get to where I need to be. If not, I'm looking at a disability.
I love my job and co-workers. I want to stay.
Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Sat Aug-27-11 05:37 PM
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Here it is DUers, Marta & I are running for the public offices of....
Because of a misunderstanding, Marta and I didn't file before yesterdays deadline. There is a moratorium for a couple months on filing for our races. Our opponents didn't file yet either.
I'm running for the city council against a very well connected Republican.
Marta is running for the school board.
Today was the county party running for office seminar. As soon as I have a treasurer, I will have a Act Blue page for those that asked for it a few weeks ago. Critical since the state just removed all campaign donation limits: http://www.omaha.com/arti...enforcing-campaign-limits
Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Sat Sep-03-11 07:16 PM
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Omaha Steve is ramping up slowly, but ramping up just the same
Today my treasurer and I opened my political bank account. George is married to a state central committee member. There are a few things to do in the next couple months before really kicking things off.
Marta will be running a low key campaign we hope will raise below $5,000 for the much simpler bookkeeping requirements.
More news as it happens on the DU. Stay tuned.
Omaha Steve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Sat Sep-10-11 03:04 PM
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Hail did $9,000 in damage to house & my car
The Omaha area has all kinds home repair salesmen going door to door.
We are out $1,500 on the deductibles. It could have been much worse.
I wish it had been our old insurance company that I didn't care for. Don't ask.
We switched to Hartford through AARP in May and are very happy campers.
http://ir.thehartford.com...asedetail.cfm?releaseid=5...
The Hartford Receives Ethisphere's 2011 World's Most Ethical Companies Recognition
http://ir.thehartford.com...asedetail.cfm?releaseid=4...
The Hartford Named As One Of The "World's Most Ethical Companies" Again In 2010
The AARP Consumer Cellular phone is a great deal too.
Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Sat Sep-17-11 11:07 AM
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Omaha Steve & Marta election update 9-17-11
Marta and I own most popular historic web site in town. It is in my ward when I run for city council. Marta will be running city wide for board of education. So soon there will be mention of Marta's and my run for office on this page, and the front page of our site.
http://www.steveandmarta....raveyards/bellevue/bellev...
http://www.steveandmarta.com
Olde Towne Bellevue is also in my district. My slogan will be: Vote DAWES, Olde Towne Cause!
http://www.oldetownebellevue.org /
We will be filling to run in December.
after which a photograph of.....a cemetery marker
Omaha Steve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Sun Sep-18-11 09:35 AM
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Entitlement? It puts a roof on my mom's head
My 87 year old mom currently lives in a senior apartment with a HUD subsidy. Once she is approved for Medicaid she will be going to assisted living. My sister and I are the only live with a family member options she has. We couldn't provide the level of care she now needs. There would be nobody with her in the weekday (7-5) hours either. Both homes have stairs while her balance requires a cane as a minimum. Therapy says she needs a walker, but she won't have any of it.
Republicans want her to live in the street and die fast. Shame on them ALL!
She paid taxes all her life until dad passed away in 94. She didn't have enough income after that.
I've been pretty quiet for me on the DU the last few days. I've been busy with mom. I'll be a little more active today.
Edit: Mom has a small pension from a non-profit religious hospital. It has lost about 75% of it's monthly payout thanks to lack of regulations on Wall St.
franksolich
Scourge of the Primitives
Moderator
*****
Posts: 27514
My question for my fellow Nebraskan is this: where do "evil" Republicans want to take something away from an 87-year-old woman who's worked all her life?
I've looked far-and-wide, hither-and-yon, here-and-there, and can't find it, where we "evil" Republicans want to take something away from an old woman.
Omaha Steve is lying, and he knows it.
Where we "evil" Republicans want to take something away is from those who never worked, or worked only a little tiny bit, those who never contributed to the well-being of society, those who only took without giving, such as the primitives on Skins's island riding the social security disability gravy-train, with first-class parlor-car tickets paid for by the rest of us.
Omaha Steve is lying, and he knows it. No one wants to take anything away from his mother.
Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Sun Sep-18-11 12:50 PM
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All good things must come to an end (my bumper stickers will be coming off)
I'm told I need a more neutral car to win the election to city council next year. Last look.
Center to right side.
after which a photograph of bumper-stickers on an automobile bumper
Left side.
after which another photograph of other bumper-stickers on the other automobile bumper
Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Sat Sep-24-11 09:34 AM
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While shopping at the mall a saleman asked "would we like to test drive a Toyota?"
When a simple "NO" wasn't enough, he got a blast from both of us his other prospects could all hear. I hope he learned his lesson for the rest of the weekend sale.
Japan didn't extend it's clunker program to US cars.
Some models not made in North America.
Profit goes mostly to Japan.
Lingering questions about safety.
Union organizing drives have been treated unfairly according to the National Labor Relations Board. It was chilly and I had my AFSCME wind breaker on.
He turned and made a get away with a brisk walk.
MineralMan (1000+ posts) Sat Sep-24-11 09:37 AM
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1. Nice. So you read a guy trying to do his job the riot act?
I doubt that the guy you were ranting at has much to do with Toyota's corporate policies, you know. Just say, "No, thanks" and walk on. Very rude behavior on your part, I think.
Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Sun Sep-25-11 05:08 PM
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(Hiatus) When talking about the truth gets a threat of violence from a DUer
http://www.democraticunde...nd.com/discuss/duboard.ph...
I never thought talking about this would lead to a physical threat, but it did. Perhaps I should have never let the DU know who we are in real life. I certainly never expected a DUer that claimed to be a union member to be the person making the threat in reply #50. All this over my response to an abusive salesman. Maybe others don't see the truth the way I do.
Japan didn't extend it's clunker program to US cars.
Some models not made in North America.
Profit goes mostly to Japan.
Lingering questions about safety.
Union organizing drives have been treated unfairly according to the National Labor Relations Board. It was chilly and I had my AFSCME wind breaker on.
After saying "NO" the salesman he heckled us in front of others waiting for a test drive. "What reason could you have not to take a free test drive?"
He got more than he bargained for.
After complaints from shoppers, security had to remind the Toyota dealer that does not have a lot there that they were not to cross the street and approach pedestrians on the sidewalk.
I'm taking some time away from the DU. I don't know is OS will ever return. I may start a new alias and avoid labor or other issues that point to me.
Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Mon Sep-26-11 12:01 AM
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The joy in the Conservative Cave can be overwhelming
http://www.conservativeca...m/index.php?topic=64656.1...
http://www.conservativeca...m/index.php?topic=60709.0
IF my leaving the DU causes so much joy at the (troll) cave, I know I need to stay.
A few DU friends enlightened me.
Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-06-11 11:00 PM
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Some days life sucks
I'm going to be having another epidural on my neck tomorrow afternoon. My third since the end of July. I've been in a lot of pain the last few days. Pinched nerve right C4-5.
Today my sister and I got mom's test results on her mental abilities. Mom is 87. We now will have to move her to assisted living against her will.
Medicaid will make this possible. I thank ALL the Democrats fighting any cuts to Medicaid!
So many Republicans are pro life. How many support a pro-quality life for seniors like my mom?
Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Sat Oct-08-11 05:03 PM
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It's been 2 weeks, I apologized to the Toyota salesman
I went to the dealership salesroom today. I found the guy I was looking for. He barely remembered me. He said he heard a lot more profanity from others compared to my family friendly comments. I explained I'd been in sharp neck pain and was on narcotics. Plus dealing with mom when she can't comprehend she is a danger to herself living alone in her senior apartment. He understood and said people aren't used to a test ride pitch on the mall sidewalk.
We shook hands.
A few DUers were correct I lashed out at this guy over other things bothering me.
To my friends living in their parents basement that read me regularly, I've noticed some of the same verbiage here used by those in the basement chat room.
Omaha Steve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Sat Nov-26-11 05:35 PM
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Dear Skinner you need to check your e mail ASAP! (it's a secret)
Anyone care to guess what this BIG secret might be?
nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Sat Nov-26-11 06:27 PM
Response to Reply #10
12. You are in the running too?
Omaha Steve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Sat Nov-26-11 06:38 PM
Response to Reply #13
14. The high mark of excellence here
I was nominated for a DUmmy.
Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Mon Nov-28-11 08:29 PM
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Our new TV has net features built in Many are free And get this
Several great free news features. CNN, MSNBC, NY Times, etc. It also lets us stream individual segments of shows from the past week or so. Just had to plug in the blue lan cable.
Wonder why it doesn't have any FOX NEWS????
Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Wed Nov-30-11 10:09 PM
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Hole in the Wall Gang report: 11-30-11
First an I'm sorry to any REAL DUer that felt I was bragging about a new TV in our house. I should have pointed out it is our only big ticket item item this year. It was our Christmas to each other. My sole reason for the post was pointing out FOX NEWS was not offered on the net connected set. I know it bothers the Hole in the Wall Gang when they see a fact not fiction that they can't tolerate.
For those that can't connect the dots. Back when Madison, Wisconsin had over 100,000 people from out of town, I could not find a motel room. I still had my right arm in an immobilizer after surgery and couldn't even drive. By the time a room was offered (at my own cost) it was to late to go. So unless the (nameless) motel fairy has a wand for a room and didn't tell me about it, I looked for any place I could find. Said fairy that appears after the fact can stick the wand where the sun don't shine. It will be a tight fit up against his or her head.
Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Thu Dec-01-11 08:13 PM
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These people can't tell the truth ($50 reward for the DU!)
Some Republican conservatives (a few live in the greater Omaha area) want to distort my record as I run for local public office next year. Seems that is the only tactic they know.
Does this look like a security guard to you?
This is the exact same tux I wore a few weeks ago, and they call this security. I was a volunteer for a fund raiser to benefit the Nebraska Kidney Foundation. Best viewed in explorer: http://www.kidneyne.org /
They say I asked for free Packer tickets last year on the DU. I asked for reasonably priced tickets to the NU-Wisconsin game & the Packer-Denver game. You can see from my photo I'm not an easy fit in standard seats. Find a post on the DU where I asked for free Packer or Wisconsin tickets and the DU will get $50 donated in your name verified by Skinner.
They say I'm not working and am on disability. I returned to work following my surgery I had in late January. As of today I am still working for the City of Omaha. I do have restrictions below those required for the job. I'm waiting to see if I can get an accommodation for my job or reassignment to a less strenuous and lower paying job. That is not my decision, it is up to my employer.
I wonder why trash like this want to stay anonymous? I live in a fish bowl and could care less. Get the idea.
If your one of the offending liars, the reward can go instead to the Nebraska Kidney Foundation.
You can't discount home-court advantage in any competition.
:-)
also, franksolich must acknowledge his enormous gratitude to JakeStyle here, for making my fellow Nebraskan more prominent—I’d just never paid much attention to him until our colleague pointed out to me earlier this year how interesting the big guy is…..and I was very happy to be able to write the surprise ending for everybody of course, but again somewhat more so for JakeStyle.
I'm on pins and needles!
Hey thanks for that Frank, that was very kind of you. :cheersmate:
So far I am not doing so well on my choices.
For the special awards:
Newbie: MiddleFingerMom--but it turned out to be fire_walk_with_me
Golden Bong: Dreamer Tatum--but it turned out to be Sarah Iburruri
Broken Elbow: Cyrano--but it turned out to be bobbolink
Willie: Skinner, EarlG, Elad--but it will not be them
For my Top Ten, I had:
10. Raven (a big zip, I'm guessing)
9. EFerrari--came in #8 (pretty close)
8. Skinner, EarlG, Elad--came in #16 (meh)
7. WilliamPitt--came in #17 (meh)
6. Mineral Man--came in #18 (meh)
5. kentuck--came in #14 (meh)
4. Cyrano (still hope)
3. SidDithers (still hope)
2. Sarah Iburruri--came in #6 (at least a Top Ten, plus the Golden Bong)
1. nadinbrzezinski (Nadin WILL win!)
Now there is no doubt in my mind that Nadin will be #1--she better be, or there will be hell to pay!--and that will make all my disappointments melt away.
But now we must ask, Who will win the Willie? Will it be Nadin, giving her a double victory? Or will it be the mysterious other-winner-yet-to-be-named? And who will THAT be, the #2? I'm pulling for either Cyrano or SidDithers.
I'm on pins and needles!
Hey thanks for that Frank, that was very kind of you. :cheersmate:
Congrats on the #3 spot OS, you giant weepy tool. I am looking forward to following your misadventures on the city council campaign trail.
Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Tue Dec-06-11 09:25 AM
Response to Reply #1
4. Marta hates the campaign politics (fund raise, be at certain parties, etc.)
She plans a campaign under the $5,000 limit. I don't.
More on her race next year.
OS
We need to dredge up that LTTE or whatever it was, where the Weeper wrote that priceless sentence, "I have always supported socialism."
Someone copied it here just a few months ago.
This story is way off base. The rush to sign contracts was to insure a continuation of the benefits and working conditions of the workers. Something very easy to understand. Why go out of your way to make union leaders look bad? Do they make 300+ times more than their members like CEOs of most major US companies?
And to think unions and socialists used to be on the same page. I’ve always backed socialism. Together with labor the team passed workers comp, unemployment insurance, and several other important worker protections. I’d be interested in any reply, update, correction, etc., you might have or publish.
Steven L Dawes
Omaha Steve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Sat Nov-26-11 06:38 PM
Response to Reply #13
14. The high mark of excellence here
I was nominated for a DUmmy.
So it comes down, as we expected all along, to nutcase nadin and the hopeless intravenous drug addict Taverner. . . .
Omaha Steve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Sat Nov-26-11 06:38 PM
Response to Reply #13
14. The high mark of excellence here
I was nominated for a DUmmy.
But now there goes my #3 (Sid) and #4 (Cryano), not even in the Top 20!
Congratulations on capturing #3, fat ass.
ETA: Great picture, Frank, what kind of phone did you take it with?
:lmao:
I wouldn't have gotten too close to Grizzly Adams, either. He looks like he'd dent the floor if he fell.
I'm astonished that Cryano didn't place. I think people burned out on his constant hysteria and just steered clear of everything about him.
Exhaustion, that's all.
I have no idea what waterworks all involves, but have a faint idea that sometimes, once in a while, it might involve pulling up a man-hole cover in the street and going down into those depths.
Seeing Omaha's Ed Norton in person, it seemed to me his own circumference exceeds that of a man-hole.
One wonders how he does it, squeezes himself through.
Poor Obamaha Steve will just have to live with his first election loss.
Omaha Steve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Wed Jun-08-11 04:24 PM
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My post # 29,000
Dear friends,
I wish I had something better to tell you all today. I did not win the executive board election to be the next Vice President of my local union. I feel I was by far the most qualified candidate. Apparently that didn't matter. I'm taking some time away from labor, politics, and the DU. I don't know how long it will take to recharge my batteries.
Understand I have always loved the DU and pretty much being the person that speaks for labor on the DU. This just hurts so much.
Umm, it will be his second. His union's executive board denied him his VP slot.Aw crap. Your right. :thatsright:
http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/topic,59946.0
Aw crap. Your right. :thatsright:
Forgot about that.
Put a fork in me, I'm toast. :tongue:
It wasn't a matter of right or wrong, just a reminder.He has been a bit quiet lately.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Weepy's run at the City Council seat in Bellvue NE. I've yet to see anybody finish third in a two man race. This November may be that chance. And with Weepy's propencity to sob at the drop of a hat, his future failure may have enough runoff to raise the Missouri River an inch or two.
He has been a bit quiet lately.
Probably sleeps with one eye open.
He knows what's in the archives, and lives in terror of they're eventual release.
Would it be safe to say, this is his first, third place finish, before the next. :-)
edit
Rats. It was RSsmithnumbers that did the cover letter. :thatsright: Found it.
A lot of talk.....
With all of the talk about Omaha's Ed Norton's campaign, let's not forget his wife's campaign. She's a DUmmy by injection and deserves all of the exposure that Steve gets.
According to this campfire, spouses are fair game.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/100296612
With all of the talk about Omaha's Ed Norton's campaign, let's not forget his wife's campaign. She's a DUmmy by injection and deserves all of the exposure that Steve gets.
According to this campfire, spouses are fair game.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/100296612
I thought, from the start, that's all it'd amount to, talk.
If Omaha Steve had been serious about running for public office, he would've immediately left Skins's island, so as to put some distance between him and the extreme far-left crazies; if he'd done that, he could've filed, and no one, but no one, would've ever connected the real life Omaha Steve with the Skins's island primitive.
But because he persists in hanging around Skins's island with the primitives, shooting off his mouth, one suspects he really would rather hang around Skins's island than run for public office.
He could do one thing or the other thing, but not both.
With all of the talk about Omaha's Ed Norton's campaign, let's not forget his wife's campaign. She's a DUmmy by injection and deserves all of the exposure that Steve gets.
According to this campfire, spouses are fair game.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/100296612
Well, but does she hang around Skins's island?
I've never seen her, but that doesn't mean she doesn't.
If she hangs around the primitives, shooting off her mouth, she's fair game.
But if she doesn't, well.....
I don't know.
I see it as no different as Steve interfering in WI politics.
They erased all election boundaries.
Agreed. Especially for a city council seat.
My prediction: if Steve does file nomination paperwork it will place the DU on the map in a way that Rush and others may even pick it up. The Willie award for 2012 will be locked up, so much so that if OS did not win it I would have to agree with him that he was robbed of it.
One thing to remember in informing the people of Bellevue about this currently unemployable candidate for city council is that their council races are apparently "non-partisan".
Of course that's the same as being "non-beathing" or "non-existant", but there's a small learning-impaired segment of the population that still believes a political situation can be non-partisan. It's mainly those imbeciles who call themselves "independent", because they have no beliefs or philosophy.
Anyway, it's a convenient way for a democrat to hide his affiliation in a city largely populated by civilized, decent people.
Unless they are helped, a lot of Bellevue voters won't know the Weeper is a democrat, let alone someone who has "always supported socialism".
reasoning that lack of access to party affiliation would discriminate against minority voters who otherwise wouldn’t know how to find Democratic candidates on a ballot.
lack of access to party affiliation would discriminate against minority voters
One thing to remember in informing the people of Bellevue about this currently unemployable candidate for city council is that their council races are apparently "non-partisan".
Of course that's the same as being "non-beathing" or "non-existant", but there's a small learning-impaired segment of the population that still believes a political situation can be non-partisan. It's mainly those imbeciles who call themselves "independent", because they have no beliefs or philosophy.
Anyway, it's a convenient way for a democrat to hide his affiliation in a city largely populated by civilized, decent people.
Unless they are helped, a lot of Bellevue voters won't know the Weeper is a democrat, let alone someone who has "always supported socialism".
Their party affiliation is noted here:
http://www.sarpy.com/election/2010_candidates.html#Bellevue
When I looked right about the same time Chief Weeping Bull announced he was going to run, I checked the Bellevue city site, the official one, and I don't recall it showed party affiliations.If you read the top of that Sarpy County page, it says
So that would probably explain my assertion that city council races in Nebraska are non-partisan, because all that I know, are--but there may be exceptions, and Bellevue may be one of those.
Party affiliation of the candidate (even for non-partisan races) is reflected for the convenience of the voter.
(Reply #49)
Mon Jan 2, 2012, 10:33 AM
Omaha Steve (30,951 posts)
50. Yep my upcoming opponent is now handy capped by having Fs as a follower
It's called baggage. And Fs doesn't have the balls to admit it is him. What is HE scared of?
handy capped
(Reply #49)Who can argue with logic like that? :whatever:
Mon Jan 2, 2012, 10:33 AM
Omaha Steve (30,951 posts)
50. Yep my upcoming opponent is now handy capped by having Fs as a follower
It's called baggage. And Fs doesn't have the balls to admit it is him. What is HE scared of?
(Reply #49)
Mon Jan 2, 2012, 10:33 AM
Omaha Steve (30,951 posts)
50. Yep my upcoming opponent is now handy capped by having Fs as a follower
It's called baggage. And Fs doesn't have the balls to admit it is him. What is HE scared of?
Are we to interpret the F's as meaning freeper?
grasswire
52. I think I know the DU troll identity.
And I am shocked. But -- as a long-time forensic editor -- I recognize the speech patterns after reading his stuff on FR. There is a tell. A tell.
Franksolich?
grasswire
52. I think I know the DU troll identity.
And I am shocked. But -- as a long-time forensic editor -- I recognize the speech patterns after reading his stuff on FR. There is a tell. A tell.
That's hilarious!
Poor, addled grasswire, trundling around town, bundled up in three overcoats even in summer, muttering about a pie shop as she pulls her little red wagon piled high with junk salvaged from the trash set out by normal folks.
She's becoming a common sight along the byways of Milwaukie, Oregon, and none of he normal folks have any idea what she does.
She's a forensic editor! That's the ticket! Through the heavy cobwebs of misfiring synapses, tomorrow she may be a molecular biologist, or a psychic.
She recognizes a troll from his speech patterns. She's the first DUmmy to realize that The Magistrate is actually franksolich, and she's shocked!
His carefully crafted cover has been blown, and this is truly a sad day.
Coach is good, but he's no match for the addled, mumbling grasswire.
Their party affiliation is noted here:
http://www.sarpy.com/election/2010_candidates.html#Bellevue
That's MHO, as well.
Formerlurker;
Please note that the Weeper will have until 01 March to register/turn in candidate paper work. He still has time.
And , that may be a tactic to get someone, anyone to start badmouthing him early to the local R's and the newspapers. Best to bookmark the site until a Dawes shows up on the candidates list.
This is a list of offices to be filled in Sarpy County, Nebraska by elections held on May 15, 2012 or November 6, 2012.
*Polling place hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Coach is good, but he's no match for the addled, mumbling grasswire.
I am curious how many signatures he requires to get on the ballot. His lofty goal is to raise more than $5K in campaign funds, which will require him to start campaigning NOW if the election is in May.
Looking at older election results it does appear that the election for city council is in November. That is still cutting it close - although I have no knowledge about Bellevue, it's size, budget etc.
There is a filing fee though he will have to pay -- look for the hat going up for that soon. Dude is on a disability. He can't pay $110.
Franksolich?
I noticed a campfire--in the cooking and baking forum, I think, but I'm not sure--where the grasswire primitive wrote about one of her descendants, apparently a boy of circa kindergarten age, "helped" her with some cooking.
She identified him as her "great-great-grandson."
Whoa.
The grasswire primitive's about 65 years old--there must be some child-marriages in there somewhere.
Nothing against the innocent child, of course, but man, there must've been some early marriages in that family tree.
I'm not aware of any requirement for "signatures" in Nebraska.
I think one gets on a ballot by simply paying the filing fee, usually circa 1% of the annual salary of the office (and so it can cost about $1,860 to run for congressman, for example--whatever 1% of their annual salary is).
Bellevue's the third-largest city in Nebraska, after Omaha and Lincoln; about 45,000 people. It's not the first settlement in Nebraska, but the first actual town in Nebraska, dating from the 1850s.
One can avoid the filing fee by filing as a pauper--Democrat candidates against really popular Republican incumbents do that quite a bit--but the standards of paupery in Nebraska are pretty stringent, and I don't think Omaha Steve would meet them. The Democrat candidate against U.S. Senator Charles Hagel (R-Nebraska) in 2002, for example, was a homeless guy (really).
Probably Chief Weeping Bull would like to avoid having to pay the fee, but I don't think he can.
All you have to do is pay a filing fee to get on the ballot? Oh dear. That is some messed up stuff right there.
In MA you have to collect signatures. The amount of which is directly connected to registered voters and/or how many voters voted in last election. In some towns you can also get on the ballot by caucus meetings of town members, however that is not very common.
I was under the impression that collecting signatures was standing operating procedure in every state. Learn something new every day. I guess I am neglecting the Google.
That could be why the filing fees are high in Nebraska--and they are high--so as to discourage frivolous filings, like Chief Weeping Bull's.
Are they refunded?
In British national elections a candidate has to put a deposit down (to discourage frivolous candidates) of £500, but this is refunded if he gains more than 5% of the votes. Nominating signatures are also needed, but a very low number (think about 10 qualified electors for the election concerned).
She recognizes a troll from his speech patterns. She's the first DUmmy to realize that The Magistrate is actually franksolich, and she's shocked!
His carefully crafted cover has been blown, and this is truly a sad day.
Coach is good, but he's no match for the addled, mumbling grasswire.
It's mainly those imbeciles who call themselves "independent", because they have no beliefs or philosophy.
I suggest that we here at CC look at voting OmahaSteve for DOTY 2012. His campaign for city council is failing by all reports. His weeping will be epic when the ten or so votes come in.