OS rebounds from defeat

[formerlurker]

Election defeat and a week of sickness?   Dude, we are going to see proof that you are in fact a man because I am having serious doubts here.

[NHSparky]

A game camera on a bird feeder? Let me know when you get the bear who tore ours apart.

TWICE.

[Mr Mannn]

A game camera on a bird feeder? Let me know when you get the bear who tore ours apart.

TWICE.

There was a bear...but Omaha Steve ATE it.

[Mr Mannn]

Still its good to see Steve has a hobby to occupy his time once he scams his way onto the disability band wagon.

[Ballygrl]

Awwwww, good for him getting back into the swing of things.

[obumazombie]

Awwwww, good for him getting back into the swing of things.

Cute. Good one.

[Ballygrl]

Cute. Good one.

I'm serious though. I abhor his politics, but at least he ran for office, kudos to anyone who does that.

[docstew]

Does he realize that he has pics in there of a red cockaded woodpecker? An endangered species.

Hope you didn't want to keep using your backyard, it's protected land now.

[formerlurker]

Does he realize that he has pics in there of a red cockaded woodpecker? An endangered species.

Hope you didn't want to keep using your backyard, it's protected land now.

Really?  How does that work?

[formerlurker]

I'm serious though. I abhor his politics, but at least he ran for office, kudos to anyone who does that.

I have a hard time equating paying a fee to get your name on a ballot as running for office.   In the Northeast candidates have to pound the pavement to collect signatures (amount of which dependent of which office you are running for) and then get those signatures certified by town clerks to get your name on a ballot.  

After that you pretty much are target practice for every group, organization and media to go after.  Except for some local offices, in some romote areas, you campaign.  Folks want you to ask for their vote.  They have memories like elephants for those who don't (and that goes for unopposed seats also).

OS did nothing.  I can't applaud that.

ETA:  although he did manage to bilk the misfits on the island out of their pennies, so I guess that's something.

[Ballygrl]

I have a hard time equating paying a fee to get your name on a ballot as running for office.   In the Northeast candidates have to pound the pavement to collect signatures (amount of which dependent of which office you ate running for) and then get those signatures certified by town clerks to get your name on a ballot. 

After that you pretty much are target practice for every group, organization and media to go after.  Except for some local offices, in some romote areas, you campaign.  Folks want you to ask for their vote.  They have memories like elephants for those who don't (and that goes for unopposed seats also).

OS did nothing.  I can't applaud that.

Did he do any campaigning at all other then the website or the taco buffet?

I wasn't a fan of Tip O'Neill but these 2 instances he cited are awesome:

Thomas P. O'Neill learned two great lessons from his first campaign. One lesson was learned on the last day of the campaign from his high school elocution and drama teacher, a neighbor who lived across the street from his residence. On that fateful day, Mrs. Elizabeth O'Brien approached the aspiring politician and said "Tom, I'm going to vote for you tomorrow even though you didn't ask me." O'Neill was puzzled as he had known Mrs. O'Brien for years and had done chores for her, cutting grass, raking leaves and shoveling snow. He told his neighbor that "I didn't think I had to ask for your vote." She replied "Tom, let me tell you something: People like to be asked." The second bit of advice came a few days after the election from O'Neill's father. During the election, Thomas O'Neill, Sr., removed himself from his son's first election and left him to his own devices. However, after the election, he told Tip: "Let me tell you something that I learned years ago. All politics is local." During the campaign, Tip took his neighborhood for granted and did not work hard enough in his "own backyard." O'Neill took these lessons to heart. He would not hold his career aspirations over the interests of his constituents. The advice paid off: O'Neill served for fifty years in public office (sixteen years in the Massachusetts House of Representations and thirty-four years in the United States House of Representatives).

[GOBUCKS]

He clearly did not get Marta a Good Rig.

Blew all his money on the widescreen, and then spent the DUmpmonkey campaign money on mini-tacos.

Then he gave the dour, dyspeptic Marta a camera about as advanced as the one on my old flip phone.

[obumazombie]

I'm serious though. I abhor his politics, but at least he ran for office, kudos to anyone who does that.

Still, it was cute, seeing the birds on the feeder, swinging on the chain suspending them. A perfect metaphor for getting back into the swing.

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[docstew]

Really?  How does that work?

RCWs are an endangered species that effects training lands on at least three military bases tnat I know of. Foot traffic is supposed to be minimized, actions that disturb tne ground is forbidden. One of the birds in several of his pics is a RCW.

[miskie]

Does he realize that he has pics in there of a red cockaded woodpecker? An endangered species.

Hope you didn't want to keep using your backyard, it's protected land now.

Is it ?

I though the one hanging from the feeder was a Hairy Woodpecker ( what a terrible name ) and the other is a Pileated Woodpecker. The Red Cockaded has the shock of red feathers just behind his eye, IIRC.

[Big Dog]

"I bought Marta an automatic bird feeder camera for the backyard".

Translates to:

"I bought Marta a present to calm her down after she saw the credit card bill."

Set-up fee on those 3 yard signs was a bitch. Wasn't it, Steve?

[formerlurker]

RCWs are an endangered species that effects training lands on at least three military bases tnat I know of. Foot traffic is supposed to be minimized, actions that disturb tne ground is forbidden. One of the birds in several of his pics is a RCW.

Who would regulate that - local (conservation like committee) or would it be federal?

[dixierose]

I have a pileated woodpecker that lives around my house. That thing is HUGE, and it's also beautiful.

[AprilRazz]

That last photo is making me hungry

[docstew]

Who would regulate that - local (conservation like committee) or would it be federal?

EPA under the auspices of the Endangered Species Act

[BlueStateSaint]

I have a pileated woodpecker that lives around my house. That thing is HUGE, and it's also beautiful.

A friend of mine from HS and GS had one attacking his father's garage about 20 years ago (which was, upon further review, clear of all food sources of the damned thing).  One shot from a .22 "changed the behavior" in question.

[GOBUCKS]

The big one is a pileated woodpecker, about as rare as a crow. I see them every day I spend in the woods.

[obumazombie]

The big one is a pileated woodpecker, about as rare as a crow. I see them every day I spend in the woods.

Are you having "The Big Year" ?

[franksolich]

Well, it's good to see the big guy's gone into bird-watching, which should prove more fulfilling, and more successful, for him than spending all his time and energy trying to grab a free ride on a gravy-train of some sort.

I'm not however fully confident that the consequences of his latest mishap will last long; it's too deeply in the big guy, his lifelong desire to get a free ride at any cost.

I'm groaning at the prospect of having to launch an OOS (II), when we got other, bigger, better things on the burner just warming up right now.

[Gina]

Really?  How does that work?

don't you dare